Comment and I'll write your epilogue or maybe a micro story.
I'll get to them in the order they were conmented. It might take a while though.
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Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Straylight · 31-35, F
@Harmonium1923 Thank you. Several are more short story than epilogue, but whatever.
Straylight · 31-35, F
@Straylight This was the third house you'd been called out to on this street, you think to yourself as you knock on the door. A haggard looking woman answers, looking like she hasn't slept in days.
"You must be the exterminator, please come in!" She closes the door behind you. "Its been awful, these things keep us up all night crawling around the house and picking through our trash. Please do something!"
You smile reassuringly "These infestations can be troubling, but I assure you they're not as dangerous as they look. Now, where do you hear them the most during the day?"
"The basement mostly." She responds.
You head down into the dark and find a good open spot on the floor. Setting your trap, you place some ham down and hide. You only have to wait a minute before one of the little vermin takes the bait. With a snap, the snare trap yanks him into the air.
"I'll cut you slow!" The angry little creature screams, kicking and yelling obscenities.
"Is that one of them?" The lady of the house asks from the stairs.
"Blooood magic! Mwahahaha!" It shouts to her. You take its arm and spin it around on the rope until it's too dizzy to talk.
"Yes, this is your standard east European red cap, a cousin that links gnomes and goblins."
"Nasty little thing. Don't they dye their hats in blood?"
"No," you reasure her. "That's an old wives tale. Blood would dry brown anyway. No, these little creetens are all talk. They're not social creatures rather, so I doubt theres any more, but I'll spray and put out some traps."
Shes relieved to be done with it. You put the little monster in a cage in the back of the van. Most would kill them, but you will send this one to a fey reserve.
A call comes in. No rest for the wicked, theres a pixy nest at the high school and the kids are starting to lick them to get high.
"You must be the exterminator, please come in!" She closes the door behind you. "Its been awful, these things keep us up all night crawling around the house and picking through our trash. Please do something!"
You smile reassuringly "These infestations can be troubling, but I assure you they're not as dangerous as they look. Now, where do you hear them the most during the day?"
"The basement mostly." She responds.
You head down into the dark and find a good open spot on the floor. Setting your trap, you place some ham down and hide. You only have to wait a minute before one of the little vermin takes the bait. With a snap, the snare trap yanks him into the air.
"I'll cut you slow!" The angry little creature screams, kicking and yelling obscenities.
"Is that one of them?" The lady of the house asks from the stairs.
"Blooood magic! Mwahahaha!" It shouts to her. You take its arm and spin it around on the rope until it's too dizzy to talk.
"Yes, this is your standard east European red cap, a cousin that links gnomes and goblins."
"Nasty little thing. Don't they dye their hats in blood?"
"No," you reasure her. "That's an old wives tale. Blood would dry brown anyway. No, these little creetens are all talk. They're not social creatures rather, so I doubt theres any more, but I'll spray and put out some traps."
Shes relieved to be done with it. You put the little monster in a cage in the back of the van. Most would kill them, but you will send this one to a fey reserve.
A call comes in. No rest for the wicked, theres a pixy nest at the high school and the kids are starting to lick them to get high.
Straylight · 31-35, F
@Harmonium1923 Sory this took so long.
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
@Straylight Wow, there’s a lot going on there! Awesome, and perfect for Halloween! Thanks!