Fox In A Box

A Little Help With the Ratings

“Aren’t you an entertainer?” Haymitch says, paraphrasing the response Plutarch often used to deflect his overdramatic accusations of cruelty [...]. “I spent the whole day listening to some painted moron talk about stock options, whatever they are, just to get a single slice of bread out of him. I’m in dire need of entertainment!” After that, Plutarch is left with the non-choice between falling into step with him and resisting, thus causing them to tumble over like a pair of rambunctious kittens.

Forty Years a Jackal (Ripley Series Daemon AU)

They say dæmons are made of dust. That much, Tom could now attest to.

Simple Pleasures (Yotsuba Group Severance!AU)

From the way he made the ice slosh around in his glass, rather than taking another sip right away, Namikawa suspected Mido was about to say something dreadfully sentimental. He wasn’t wrong. “Do you think we’re on good terms at work too?”

The Three Rs (Yotsuba Group Severance!AU)

“He’s been sitting there for the past hour and a half, give or take,” Mido informed Shimura as they came within sight of the water dispenser, and of the suited figure crouched in its shadow. “Is that normal?”

Nevermore! (ch. 3)

“My great, great, great… Uh. Ancestor’s dæmon,” Plutarch says, as if sensing his thoughts. Haymitch glances down at where Isel is trying to strike up some banter with Alethea, who seems however more interested in locating her human’s missing cufflink among the multicoloured carpet threads. “Talk about a downgrade,” he snorts.