ficlets100 - number seven.

[rawri]

001.	Guilt	002.	New	003.	Solitude	004.	Content	005.	Tale
006.	Distort	007.	Luxury	008.	Listen	009.	Party	010.	Scent
011.	Storm	012.	Lessons	013.	Apology	014.	Relief	015.	Breeze
016.	Fading	017.	Passion	018.	Stay	019.	Rain	020.	Within
021.	Dread	022.	Revenge	023.	Time	024.	Perfect	025.	Eyes
026.	Bloom	027.	Beginning	028.	Bath	029.	Object	030.	Lost
031.	Pride	032.	Death	033.	Dance	034.	Remember	035.	Savage
036.	Late	037.	Crossroads	038.	Change	039.	Hope	040.	Dawn
041.	Hero	042.	Annoy	043.	Trouble	044.	Imagine	045.	Believe
046.	Words	047.	Home	048.	Understand	049.	Cage	050.	Animal
051.	Woods	052.	Fun	053.	Dare	054.	Spell	055.	Pray
056.	Warmth	057.	Mess	058.	Leap	059.	Attention	060.	Shopping
061.	Dessert	062.	Paper-cut	063.	Compromise	064.	Mouth	065.	Gone
066.	Intuition	067.	Fairies	068.	Gift	069.	Priceless	070.	Jewel
071.	Grin	072.	Quake	073.	Blush	074.	System	075.	Pressure
076.	Crash	077.	Closer	078.	Break	079.	Habit	080.	Safe
081.	Confusion	082.	Someday	083.	Instigate	084.	Goodnight	085.	Paint
086.	Always	087.	Guide	088.	Embrace	089.	Fall	090.	Help
091.	Different	092.	Anticipation	093.	Real	094.	Enough	095.	Again
096.	Glorify.	097.	Lack thereof.	098.	Fix.	099.	Smile.	100.	A little.

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sherlock bbc. -> ⌈52.⌋ Fun.

[rawri]

version: tiny.

"These bits really are nasty. They get all wrapped up in your talons, there's nowhere to sit without /something/ catching a bit of static shock; downright infuriating, isn't it?"

"Yes, it most certainly is! Why, when I was a hatchling, they kept them all in town. Now look at them, strung all over the countryside, it's dreadful..."

"I'd say so. They should really go back to being underground."

"Shame, simply a shame."

"What /are/ you two prattling on about? No, wait, I don't want to know." A dark head appeared over an open toolbox's lid, eyes squinting at the two perched on a too-close-for-safety-regulations-but-no-one-could-bring-themselves-to-care willow branch until one brought herself up in silence and the other hunkered down with a shadow of annoyance. The first snorted, returned his eyes and claw-tip to the box, hind claws readjusting their grip on the edge.

"Sherlock, dear, what are you doing, exactly?" That was her - a wheezy voice, sort of, in the way that all elder dragons had the tendency to get wheezy when their breath turned more smoke than flame. The dark head didn't reappear.

He sing-songed back in a flat, bored voice, "Never you mind, Lady Hudson," which had the old girl clacking her teeth at him and stretching thin, popping wing joints out. She gave an exasperated, 'just make sure you're both roosting by dusk, please' look toward her other companion, of which she got a big of a rolling shrug in return. She took that, though -

"Make sure you're at the nest by dusk, Sherlock!"

- Had to say her point aloud, and swept off the branch with enough clumsy force that John thought he might've seen a few leaves fall. He worried for a second that she wouldn't catch the wind before hitting the ground, but then she was on an updraft and something that sounded like a long, drawn-out lightning crack rippled across the air, had him scrambling to keep from immediately swooping off himself. He shook himself for it; he had better nerves than that!

Still, the sound of a crowing-with-laughter Sherlock didn't make him feel better. Turned out, he found out as he looked over, that the reason the (overgrown winged lizard--!) dragon was crowing because he was /perched/ like a crow, claws gripping the wire tight with his wings out for balance, tail and neck all set up for arrogance, mouth stretching wide with just the right amount of teeth.

"Oh, come off it," John had to say, even though he was a bit impressed. Even more impressed when there was absolutely no light hogging up the sky that night, but he wouldn't mention that. He hopped from the branch to the telephone post, walking with just a bit of cautious over the large rods. They had said the new toolboxes were lizard-proof: evidently not. "Your spine's going to get stuck like that one of these days."