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House of Resilient Children, Chapter 1: Dani (Saturday)
Series: House of Resilient Children
Word Count: 3600
Summary: "There's nought so miraculous as the resilience of children." Premise post here.
Notes: the Patreon poll winner for this month! This is a horror story, so bad things happen! Content warnings (and stupid architectural trivia) in the comments below.
“—And when the anti-Rapture comes, the people will realize!”
Dani tried to keep her face blank and show no emotion, focusing on the torsion wrench in her left hand, the pick in her right, the lock in-between, all presents from her brother Chester and hidden from view in her sweater’s kangaroo pocket.
Chester was the one trying to calm things down. He was smiling, trying to be reassuring, but she could tell he was uncomfortable. Not as much as everyone else on the ferry, though.
“Pops, come on, it’s okay…”
But Papa Mike was on a roll. “You see, the false prophets have convinced you that angels steal away the blessed, but that’s a blasphemous lie! It is the fallen that take the flawed, leaving a sterile, empty world in their wake!”
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Series: House of Resilient Children
Word Count: 3600
Summary: "There's nought so miraculous as the resilience of children." Premise post here.
Notes: the Patreon poll winner for this month! This is a horror story, so bad things happen! Content warnings (and stupid architectural trivia) in the comments below.
“—And when the anti-Rapture comes, the people will realize!”
Dani tried to keep her face blank and show no emotion, focusing on the torsion wrench in her left hand, the pick in her right, the lock in-between, all presents from her brother Chester and hidden from view in her sweater’s kangaroo pocket.
Chester was the one trying to calm things down. He was smiling, trying to be reassuring, but she could tell he was uncomfortable. Not as much as everyone else on the ferry, though.
“Pops, come on, it’s okay…”
But Papa Mike was on a roll. “You see, the false prophets have convinced you that angels steal away the blessed, but that’s a blasphemous lie! It is the fallen that take the flawed, leaving a sterile, empty world in their wake!”
( Read more... )
