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Shounen Bat (Lil' Slugger) ([personal profile] strike_you_out) wrote2011-08-20 03:13 pm
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twenty two | vitamin D & calcium & razor blades

726 Anderson Lane; Saturday morning
[Every morning, a row of fresh milk bottles greets the first resident to step foot out onto the front porch of 726 Anderson Lane. Today, the foot belongs to Slugger. After witnessing firsthand what sort of punishment awaited those who didn't go along with the Milkman's latest folly, he's decided that straight-up drinking the milk is less dangerous than the alternative.  Not so much for himself but for his "family", whom he would surely massacre in a heartbeat along with a good section of Mayfield if he were droned, and Slugger much preferred to do his murdering while in his right mind.  


Picking up a bottle, he uncaps it, smells it, dips a finger into it experimentally. Something sharp pricks his skin below the milk's surface. This bottle may as well have his name written all over it. Slugger takes a seat on the steps and silently braces himself before raising the bottle to his lips and tipping it back. 



It takes him a long time to finish the bottle because each time he takes a drink, his throat instantly swells to repair itself from the damage. Occasionally, he can't help but cough up and spit out a milky razor blade. Perhaps the worst part of it, aside from the pain of course, is the unsettling sensation of milk sloshing about in his insides whenever he moves and vague metallic clinking sounds. Luckily, he now has less than half a bottle left. With a resigned sigh, he begins to accept that this was possibly how life would be from now on in this town, this hell.]

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[identity profile] hintcoinplz.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[While Luke's minor injuries are starting to slowly heal - his head stopped throbbing and luckily he didn't have to spend the week tied up in a basement - the wound in his arm still wasn't healing and he was having trouble moving it.

So while searching for pain medicine, Luke finds Slugger.]

S-Slugger?! What are you doing?!

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[At the sound of Luke's voice, Slugger peers over his shoulder.]

Drinking the milk for today.

[His voice is harsh as he speaks but he's surprisingly still capable of speech and without blood gushing from his mouth.]

[identity profile] hintcoinplz.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Drinking the milk...why?! You'll get killed!

[He doesn't know drinking milk stops drones from killing, as he's been out of it the last few days.]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone has to or else one of us gets droned.

[He faces forward again and takes a dry swallow. There's one razor blade back there that just doesn't want to go down.]

Today's my turn to drink.
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[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Walking over.]

Enjoying the milk?

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[In response, Slugger purses his lips then leans over and drops a razor blade from his mouth. Guess which milk he got.]

[identity profile] hungry-monster.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Johan nods. Moving his collar to the side you can see a series of welts.]

Mine had spiders in it.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Spotting the familiar bites, he acknowledges them with a nod.]

Did you get droned?

[identity profile] birthclod.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[... Ah. It's him, isn't it?

Even while being droned, Clod remembered Slugger and his words to her. She didn't expect she would be droned... not after drinking the milk anyway.

She walks over to Slugger, but along the way, she notices that he's spitting out razor blades.]


... The milkman. He enjoys hiding all of these... surprises inside his milk.

Sometimes, he doesn't put anything into them.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Slugger looks up in time after spitting out one more razor blade to spot Clod approaching. Finally, they meet as themselves and not as drones.]

Nothing new. He's always done that.

[identity profile] birthclod.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Clod gives a noticeable grimace. The experiences with the special milk and the droning both left a bad taste in the girl's mouth. She never accomplished murdering anybody with her own hands before. Even when she spread madness into her world, none of that was accomplished directly.

No, she's human too. The guilt can only be nothing short of unbearable.]


Sadistic cad.

... Hm. You seem to be taking the pain surprisingly well. I... remembered how you couldn't bleed that time.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[The milkman's sadism wouldn't bother Slugger in the least if it didn't directly effect him or the small group of people he's learned to care about. He meets her eyes at the mention of 'that time'.]

I don't, normally.

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[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Mart just wanted to check out that freaky bat kid after the wasp fiasco but HOLY SHIT that was messed up. Mart is awkwardly attempting to watch inconspicuously from across the street.]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[From the looks of it, he seems too focused on trying to guzzle down a few big gulps as quickly as possible without choking, to notice anyone watching.]

[identity profile] jaws5sonofjaws.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Mart's gonna step in closer attempting to be all stealthy like....]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Slugger coughs and pounds on his chest with a fist. Eventually, whatever it is that's caught seems to dislodge itself and he lets out a breath. That's when he sees movement and a glimpse of a familiar silver-blue head.

Smirking, he looks at Mart and wiggles his fingers in a wave.]

[identity profile] puzzlerprince.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
...was that a razor blade?

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Almost done. Almost. He finishes the gulp he just took moments ago and is trying not to cough.]

Need a shave?

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh hey look who it is. He is just frowning at you Slugger. Don't mind the fact he looks a little pale himself.]

You friggin' idiot.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Give him a moment, he's busy stifling muted coughs behind his lips and trying not to spray milk and razors everywhere. For now he'll just hold up the bottle to show how close he is to finishing---literally one more sip.]

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah. That's real good. You should be proud.

[Idiot. Why didn't you pass it off to Eddie, or to the new kid in your house? He can guess why you didn't give it to Susan, but come on, you can't care about them as much as her, and the importance he gives to YOU should obviously outweigh any other concerns.]

Well don't just stare at it. Get it over with.

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[identity profile] miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com 2011-08-21 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sitting next to him.]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Beside her Slugger idly twirls an overturned empty milk bottle on the step below him. Several razor blades lay scattered on the ground below.]

...If I get droned by the milkman, you should kill me.

[Because he doesn't trust the milkman not to drone him even if he did just drink the whole bottle.]

[identity profile] miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks over at the milk and then nods.]

Same.

[She would be dangerous as well...very dangerous.]