
Characters
Dinah (Starlight Express), Greaseball (Starlight Express), Rusty (Starlight Express), Porter (Starlight Express), Hydra (Starlight Express), Slick (Starlight Express), Lumber (Starlight Express), Dinah/Greaseball (Starlight Express), Greaseball/Slick (Starlight Express), Dinah/Greaseball/Slick (Starlight Express), Dinah/Slick (Starlight Express), Hydra & Lumber & Porter & Slick (Starlight Express), Rusty & Slick (Starlight Express), Mama McCoy | Poppa McCoy & Slick (Starlight Express), Mama McCoy | Poppa McCoy
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Summary
"Hey Greaseball, excuse me a minute- just a word?""Alright, what is it?"Later, Momma would ask her why she had done it, and she would shrug in response. It wasn’t like she could tell the truth anyhow- let that stay buried, locked away under layers of oil and obfuscation. She was good at that. Let them think it was all for some quick cash.Or,What prompted Slick to crash Rusty? The answer (and the repercussions) are more complicated than you'd expect.
Note
This work takes place in the same 'verse as all works within "I sing the body electric"Title from the song "Caterpillars of the Commonwealth" by Will Connolly
Chapters
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years of imitating mastery only made me a better thief
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
waiting on the kingdom, come to meet me in my sin
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went looking for a creation myth, ended up with a pair of cracked lips
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
oh brother, i see you burn like me
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
show me where my armor ends, show me where my skin begins
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
and i want you so badly, but you could be anyone
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
i won't pretend i don't remember how unusual we were
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
somebody ought to corrupt you on the dance floor, and take you home
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
and i'm calling for my mother, as i pull the pillars down
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
i was little, i was weak, i was perfect too
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
you named it the reckoning, in your perfect notebook lettering
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
but every time i kneel down to meet my maker, the only thing i see is your face
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM -
we got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels
April 20, 2025 at 06:23 AM