Theea
yla
I don’t stick around after the scraping sound—definitely a crab, right? Just a lost crab.
Maybe Uncle Ronin has a point.
I slip out of the alley, muttering to myself. Who hangs advertisement posters in a scary alley? I keep my head down and my hands quick, plucking smug cursive from notice boards and shop windows and replacing each with NOVA in glittering, star-bright letters. By the time I’m done, my stack is gone and the rival flyers are folded tight in my jacket. I spot a covered trashcan tucked between a fishmonger’s stall and a rack of drying nets and make a casual pass—lid up, evidence in, lid down.
Back at the rendezvous, I fall in beside Niki with a nod to him with a smile. I turn to Nova. "Every poster’s up and the evidence is gone," I report, then glance at my hands and clothes. ”Aside from the fact that it looks like we just shook a rainbow down for its glitter allowance."
Theea arrives empty handed (aside from glitter) and successful (also maybe on Ronin's side about the Crab Thing).
Maybe Uncle Ronin has a point.
I slip out of the alley, muttering to myself. Who hangs advertisement posters in a scary alley? I keep my head down and my hands quick, plucking smug cursive from notice boards and shop windows and replacing each with NOVA in glittering, star-bright letters. By the time I’m done, my stack is gone and the rival flyers are folded tight in my jacket. I spot a covered trashcan tucked between a fishmonger’s stall and a rack of drying nets and make a casual pass—lid up, evidence in, lid down.
Back at the rendezvous, I fall in beside Niki with a nod to him with a smile. I turn to Nova. "Every poster’s up and the evidence is gone," I report, then glance at my hands and clothes. ”Aside from the fact that it looks like we just shook a rainbow down for its glitter allowance."
Theea arrives empty handed (aside from glitter) and successful (also maybe on Ronin's side about the Crab Thing).
Know I'm gonna get there somehow, take it all in and breathe out
I got everything I need now, think I'm done looking down,
got my head in the clouds
I got everything I need now, think I'm done looking down,
got my head in the clouds
