I glare at him, wondering what the heck I actually signed. Kind of hoping I never find out.
What are we doing here? Pansy talk or work? You got something else for me to do or not? I glance over my shoulder one more time as I push past him. Barrons is standing in front of Mac like a shield, and I allow myself a quick flash of a smile. Ryodan is right, I need to learn to hide what Im feeling. Shes safe. Shell always be safe with Barrons in the picture. I never have to worry about Mac. Just about what she might do to me one day. Id rather worry about that than Mac, so essentially all is right with my world.
FOURTEEN
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
It turns out Ryodan didnt have diddly-squat for me to do. There were no other iced scenes to visit so he made me hang around his office with him.
I wanted to go back out and examine the debris of the warehouse scene that exploded the other night, pick through it more thoroughly for clues (thinking I could move my hidey-holes at the same time), but he told me to study all the folks and Fae through the glass floor and see if I thought any of them might be responsible for what was happening.
I said, dude, you said you think its happening spontaneously, like some part of Faery is bleeding through. Now you want me checking out individuals like they might be doing it. Which one is it?
He said both and went back to his paperwork. I dont think he feels the same sense of urgency I do, since its only been humans getting iced lately and none of them on his turf. If he doesnt start showing me some investigative action, Ill be forced to work on it on my own time, and I dont know how to squeeze everything in, plus sleep every few days or so.
Mac left pretty quick. She seemed to get real nervous about what was happening with the ZEWs. Thats Zombie Eating Wraiths for short, because thats what they look like. They had dirt and cobwebs on their cloaks, clues to where they hole up. I relaxed once she was gone. Then I got tense again having to watch Jo down there in the kiddie subclub, showing off so much leg to the Unseelie, and theres no question they were liking it. Id like to have legs like Jo some day, all curvy and smooth-skinned and pretty.
No bruises!
She kept looking up at Ryodans office with a weird look on her face, all longing-like, like she must have known I was up there. I didnt know she missed me so much! It made me feel bad for not spending more time with her. Sometimes shed look real hard at the stairs like she was hoping maybe Id come down.
I watched, sword hand itching all the while, because there were so many things in the club preying on humans that needed killing. By dawn I was a seething knot of repressed, homicidal sidhe-seer thoughts, and not one bit wiser about who or what was behind the icings.
Two goodthings came from the hours I sat there till he finally let me leave. I learned about four new types of Unseelie and I composed my next Dani Daily. I plan to clean it up a little visually, make it even more professional-like before printing.
Now, sitting up on my favorite water tower perch, I read through my handwritten copy one more time, proofing it before I go to press.
The Dani Daily
May 24, 1 AWC
Brought to you exclusively by
DANI MEGA OMALLEY aka
I Give a Rats Ass
and unlike IMITATION
newcomers
I always have been
YOUR ONLY CREDIBLE SOURCE FOR THE LATEST NEWS IN & AROUND DUBLIN!
Whos been bringing you the facts about whats what ever since the walls fell? Me.
Who searched you out and brought food and news to your hidey-holes when you were too afraid to leave them? Me. Who carried messages, hunted for missing family members, and brought them home to you if they were alive? Dani Mega OMalley.
Who dug through the rubble for wallets and IDs, and gave you back their things so you could grieve? It wasnt some fly-by-night organization that got most of their whole first papers news out of being snarky about me. Thats not news. Thats slander. I give you facts you can use.
Whos been killing your enemies and teaching you how to fight for the past seven months? Who rounded up the children and took them to safety? Dont forget what you know is true just because somebody else suddenly pops up, imitating MY paper, making crazy fecked-up claims. I havent seen any power or water running yet that isnt generator-powered, and, folks, I can hook that up for you.
ICare
Always will, Dublin.
Dani out!
I dont do rebuttals and I aint got no love letters in me, so thisll have to do. Once I print and post it, Im going to hole up and sleep like the dead for ten hours. Been up two or three days now. I always forget until Im about to keel over.
Ive been sitting on my water tower, looking down over the city, watching the sun come up. The air is clean like it never was before the walls fell. Its foggy but not smoggy like it used to be. I love living in a harbor town. Once, when I was nine, I stowed away on a fishing boat. They couldnt get rid of me until the end of the day because they needed the full days catch. They finally ended up letting me ride up front, wind in my hair, salt spray in my face. The docks have always fascinated me with big ships coming and going places, tales of adventure and excitement stuck to their hulls like barnacles! Now they just sit, dead in the water like so much else. Ive got a cool hidey-hole on one of them. I decide I aint been there in a while and Ill catch some zs there later.
What are we doing here? Pansy talk or work? You got something else for me to do or not? I glance over my shoulder one more time as I push past him. Barrons is standing in front of Mac like a shield, and I allow myself a quick flash of a smile. Ryodan is right, I need to learn to hide what Im feeling. Shes safe. Shell always be safe with Barrons in the picture. I never have to worry about Mac. Just about what she might do to me one day. Id rather worry about that than Mac, so essentially all is right with my world.
FOURTEEN
Knock, knock, knockin on heavens door
It turns out Ryodan didnt have diddly-squat for me to do. There were no other iced scenes to visit so he made me hang around his office with him.
I wanted to go back out and examine the debris of the warehouse scene that exploded the other night, pick through it more thoroughly for clues (thinking I could move my hidey-holes at the same time), but he told me to study all the folks and Fae through the glass floor and see if I thought any of them might be responsible for what was happening.
I said, dude, you said you think its happening spontaneously, like some part of Faery is bleeding through. Now you want me checking out individuals like they might be doing it. Which one is it?
He said both and went back to his paperwork. I dont think he feels the same sense of urgency I do, since its only been humans getting iced lately and none of them on his turf. If he doesnt start showing me some investigative action, Ill be forced to work on it on my own time, and I dont know how to squeeze everything in, plus sleep every few days or so.
Mac left pretty quick. She seemed to get real nervous about what was happening with the ZEWs. Thats Zombie Eating Wraiths for short, because thats what they look like. They had dirt and cobwebs on their cloaks, clues to where they hole up. I relaxed once she was gone. Then I got tense again having to watch Jo down there in the kiddie subclub, showing off so much leg to the Unseelie, and theres no question they were liking it. Id like to have legs like Jo some day, all curvy and smooth-skinned and pretty.
No bruises!
She kept looking up at Ryodans office with a weird look on her face, all longing-like, like she must have known I was up there. I didnt know she missed me so much! It made me feel bad for not spending more time with her. Sometimes shed look real hard at the stairs like she was hoping maybe Id come down.
I watched, sword hand itching all the while, because there were so many things in the club preying on humans that needed killing. By dawn I was a seething knot of repressed, homicidal sidhe-seer thoughts, and not one bit wiser about who or what was behind the icings.
Two goodthings came from the hours I sat there till he finally let me leave. I learned about four new types of Unseelie and I composed my next Dani Daily. I plan to clean it up a little visually, make it even more professional-like before printing.
Now, sitting up on my favorite water tower perch, I read through my handwritten copy one more time, proofing it before I go to press.
The Dani Daily
May 24, 1 AWC
Brought to you exclusively by
DANI MEGA OMALLEY aka
I Give a Rats Ass
and unlike IMITATION
newcomers
I always have been
YOUR ONLY CREDIBLE SOURCE FOR THE LATEST NEWS IN & AROUND DUBLIN!
Whos been bringing you the facts about whats what ever since the walls fell? Me.
Who searched you out and brought food and news to your hidey-holes when you were too afraid to leave them? Me. Who carried messages, hunted for missing family members, and brought them home to you if they were alive? Dani Mega OMalley.
Who dug through the rubble for wallets and IDs, and gave you back their things so you could grieve? It wasnt some fly-by-night organization that got most of their whole first papers news out of being snarky about me. Thats not news. Thats slander. I give you facts you can use.
Whos been killing your enemies and teaching you how to fight for the past seven months? Who rounded up the children and took them to safety? Dont forget what you know is true just because somebody else suddenly pops up, imitating MY paper, making crazy fecked-up claims. I havent seen any power or water running yet that isnt generator-powered, and, folks, I can hook that up for you.
ICare
Always will, Dublin.
Dani out!
I dont do rebuttals and I aint got no love letters in me, so thisll have to do. Once I print and post it, Im going to hole up and sleep like the dead for ten hours. Been up two or three days now. I always forget until Im about to keel over.
Ive been sitting on my water tower, looking down over the city, watching the sun come up. The air is clean like it never was before the walls fell. Its foggy but not smoggy like it used to be. I love living in a harbor town. Once, when I was nine, I stowed away on a fishing boat. They couldnt get rid of me until the end of the day because they needed the full days catch. They finally ended up letting me ride up front, wind in my hair, salt spray in my face. The docks have always fascinated me with big ships coming and going places, tales of adventure and excitement stuck to their hulls like barnacles! Now they just sit, dead in the water like so much else. Ive got a cool hidey-hole on one of them. I decide I aint been there in a while and Ill catch some zs there later.
