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Infinity Smashed: Savaged By Garbage
Feb. 19th, 2015 08:05 pmHello everybody! This was one of the winners of the Patreon Money Poll, and it was prompted by rolodexaspirin on LJ! Many thanks to my fine Patreon folks who sponsored this--contrapangloss, inurashii, hanasaseru, bmprager, cloudiah, Lydean, Jack, and Seamus! Happy Fearathon, and enjoy!
Savaged By Garbage
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Thomas gets a job cleaning out a home violating Treehouse sanitation norms, and realizes the situation is way worse than he realized. This is an Infinity Smashed story, but stand-alone.
Notes are at the end.
In Treehouse, where barely anyone was literate, the town criers were living billboards, phone directories, and newspapers. Different criers specialized in different things, but all possessed encyclopedic memories and clear signing.
From its perch on a branch, the labor crier declaimed, “Needed, citizens of diligence, good dexterity and no larger than my junior, for thorough clean out of Scrap Merchant’s house—”
The pay was whopping, but a shudder ran through the crowd. Still, Thomas raised his hand; he could use the money.
“No!” Thomas’s roommate Strong-Legs signed, yanking his head down with its mouth. “Don’t do it! I care for you!”
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Savaged By Garbage
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Thomas gets a job cleaning out a home violating Treehouse sanitation norms, and realizes the situation is way worse than he realized. This is an Infinity Smashed story, but stand-alone.
Notes are at the end.
In Treehouse, where barely anyone was literate, the town criers were living billboards, phone directories, and newspapers. Different criers specialized in different things, but all possessed encyclopedic memories and clear signing.
From its perch on a branch, the labor crier declaimed, “Needed, citizens of diligence, good dexterity and no larger than my junior, for thorough clean out of Scrap Merchant’s house—”
The pay was whopping, but a shudder ran through the crowd. Still, Thomas raised his hand; he could use the money.
“No!” Thomas’s roommate Strong-Legs signed, yanking his head down with its mouth. “Don’t do it! I care for you!”
( Read more... )
