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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.]

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[That little stunt is met with Pokey's lip curling up in disgust at the sight, along with, well, slight concern. Not that you need to see that part.]

Oh wow, look at you. Starting a new collection, huh?

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-25 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah. I have to keep them down as long as possible.

[Not something he's looking forward to.]

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-08-25 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
....Why?

You don't know that you have to....

[C'mon you goon don't put yourself in pain all day...]

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-08-27 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[shaking his head]

Not taking any chances.

[identity profile] godisachild.livejournal.com 2011-08-30 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
....One of the others in your house'll probably feel they need to drink it at some point.

[It doesn't always need to be you. Just....give it a rest, jackass.]