365 Days of Drabbles, Day 194
Nov. 12th, 2013 04:49 amFor
colliemommie: “Hazard Pay.”
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“So what's down there anyway?”
“Albino alligators, fluke men, dog sized rats.”
“Seriously now.”
“I am serious. Oh, and it's High Summer, and everything is fermenting.”
“And we're going down there because...?”
“We're getting paid an extra two Crowns an hour.”
“That... doesn't seem worth it. Most of my jobs don't require a backup holding a scatter gonne.”
“You will also have Her Radiancy's eternal gratitude.”
“I find that hard to believe.”
“Believe it. In a town of eight million people, they really need to be able to flush the toilets.”
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* * *
“So what's down there anyway?”
“Albino alligators, fluke men, dog sized rats.”
“Seriously now.”
“I am serious. Oh, and it's High Summer, and everything is fermenting.”
“And we're going down there because...?”
“We're getting paid an extra two Crowns an hour.”
“That... doesn't seem worth it. Most of my jobs don't require a backup holding a scatter gonne.”
“You will also have Her Radiancy's eternal gratitude.”
“I find that hard to believe.”
“Believe it. In a town of eight million people, they really need to be able to flush the toilets.”