Drabble 111

Finished 2:28. I'm pretty much out of ideas now. 

Blue was still locked in his cage, trying to find a way to explain the bloodstains on Raven's floor that didn't include the words: 'I murdered some small children'. For someone who'd been giving him orders to kill innocents only a few days ago Raven was surprisingly not okay with the fact that Blue had killed somebody while he was gone. Blue might have pointed out how hypocritical it was of Raven to complain about Blue committing murder while he was out committing murder, but the look on Raven's face told him that may not have been the best idea.

Drabble 110

Finished 3:32.

Out in the mountains, a small village lay in ruins. The only survivor was a small child, who'd hidden under his bed when the soldiers had passed through his house. He would grow up to become a great warrior, and seek revenge on the men who'd destroyed his village and killed his family, ultimately ending the reign of the evil king that was responsible for all of the suffering in the land. Or he would have done, anyway, had Anansi not been so ridiculously prepared and sent the soldiers in to double-check for survivors, to avoid just such a situation.

Drabble 109

Finished 1:14.

“Wait, so this laptop thing had broken again?” asked Blue.

“Not broken, breaking; it's not quite broken yet. Not entirely, anyway,” replied Raven.

“How flimsy are these things?” asked Blue, poking the laptop with his stick. It didn't seem to do much, and Blue still couldn't quite glean what the purpose of it was besides to make life difficult for the Author. “Well that's hardly going to help,” snapped Raven, snatching the stick away from him. “Can't you go find a defenceless puppy to kick? Heavens know the Author needs something to write or we'll be sitting here all day.”

Drabble 108

Finished 3:37.

Raven returned a couple of days later, looking worse for wear and muttering to himself about bodyguards. He noticed the bloodstains on his floor the second he stepped foot in his cottage, and it wasn't too difficult to figure out where they were from. He found Blue asleep upstairs and didn't bother to wake him gently before dragging him downstairs and throwing him into his cage. “I thought you wanted me to kill people,” Blue whined; “so why are you mad at me?”

“I told you to kill someone,” snapped Raven, “not to walk their blood all over my floor.”

Drabble 107

Finished 00:47.

It had been more difficult than Blue had expected to kill the children from atop his horse. He had eventually dismounted and killed them on the ground, but he'd had to chase them down because his unsuccessful attempts at a mounted attack had given them a chance to flee. He didn't get back until late, and walked blood though most of Raven's cottage without even realising. When he did notice he considered cleaning it up before Raven got back, but it was late, he was tired, and Raven had been complaining he'd been bored, so he decided to leave it.

Drabble 106

Finished 00:07. Now my cooling fan has broken, so as soon as I can actually afford it the laptop is back in for repairs. Yeah, computers hate me. For now, repeated thermal shutdown is the best I'm going to get. Let's just hope this doesn't end up frying my new and expensive hard-drive. 

The best Blue had been able to find that he wouldn't suffer too much for killing had been a group of small children, and he couldn't see that much fun in killing the defenceless. The only other option he could think of was to ride over to the next town and find somebody to kill there, and that felt like a little too much effort just for one murder. He considered going home and not bothering, but it had been far too long since he'd last gutted a defenceless child and there was a group of them just sitting around.

Drabble 105

Finished 2:04.

Raven was sitting by the roadside, waiting for his mark to pass by. Admittedly, for an assassin, Raven didn't seem to kill people all too frequently, and it was easy to forget just how much sitting and waiting was actually involved. He wished he'd thought to bring a pack of cards or a book, but he knew if he didn't pay absolute attention that he mark would merely ride past him alive and well. All that left for him was to wait quietly in the bushes and wonder if Blue might actually have done anything interesting while he'd been away.