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a drabble a day with moments from the lives of the inhabitants of hell's kitchen and their daemons.
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"Dæmons are the external physical manifestation of a person's 'inner-self' that takes the form of an animal. Dæmons have human intelligence, are capable of human speech—regardless of the form they take—and usually behave as though they are independent of their humans. Pre-pubescent children's dæmons can change form voluntarily, almost instantaneously, to become any creature, real or imaginary. During their adolescence a person's dæmon undergoes "settling", an event in which that person's dæmon permanently and involuntarily assumes the form of the animal which the person most resembles in character. Dæmons and their humans are almost always of different genders."Matt's daemon is Alstriona, a brown hyena. Day 1: Flickering - 100 Words - A dim room. A singular, flickering light. Maniacal laughter comes from the shadows.
Flickering
April 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A single florescent light flickered erratically, somehow surviving even after Matt's billy clubs had smashed through all of the humming light panels in the room. He stepped carefully over the unconscious thugs on the floor, heartbeats slow, broken bones shifting with their breaths. Matt himself cradled two bruised ribs as he made his way to a metal table. He ran a gloved hand over the surface. Papers. Lots of them. He smiled triumphantly- he had found the right warehouse after all.
Eeerie laughter drifted from the shadows and Matt grinned wider as Alstriona padded towards him, the hyena's excitement infectious.