Open | Some used your name for glory

[kadia]

WHO: Colin, Kadi, and you.
WHAT: Catch-all/open
WHEN: July and August
WHERE: Various places in Northcliff Pass
NOTES: Starters inside. cw: mentions of a cult and the abuses of it.

Comments

[keenly]

"Very much so," Colin answers apologetically. "Please, she's a really good layer." Not to mention very sweet. Chickens have a weird reputation among those who don't keep chickens.

[engravitas]

"I'll keep an eye out." It doesn't sound like much of a promise, and Ben is already lighting up a cigarette, either so unbothered or simply ensuring that everyone thinks he is.

[keenly]

Colin almost speaks again, until he’s suddenly gaping at Ben as if seeing him sprout a second head. The man is afraid. Of what? Of him? Of everything. Why? What is Colin doing wrong? What can he do differently to make it better? He tries backing away. Actually, might as well be safe and leave. With a belated nod to acknowledge what the man said, he turns and walks briskly away.

[engravitas]

That look is enough to make Ben's blood run cold, and although he's the last person in the world to want to make a scene, he watches Colin go with a look of confusion and dread.

Fuck.