Eerie, Indiana fanfiction: Sub-Aquatic

[froodle]

The fountain was dry, the great white stone basin drained, the three-fold water spouts quiet. A few damp leaves, their autumn colours muted and waterlogged, clung in sticky lumps to the bottom of the reservoir, smelling of wet rot and leaf mould.

Inside the smallest pool, the one with the broken-limbed cherub whose weather-worn face turned eternally into the cold north wind, a dirty orange-brown tide-line had appeared exactly half-way up the interior wall. Marshall stood considering it, his gloved hands jammed deep into his coat pockets and the bobble on his woollen hat bobbling in the breeze.

“Something terrible must have happened here, Simon,” he said. “Look where the paint has corroded away.”

Simon nodded sagely. He was wearing one of Mrs. Teller’s hand-knitted balaclava, and looked like a very small, very colourful cat burglar.

“Do you think some horrible sewer beast tried to come up through the filtration system and feast upon innocent townspeople picnicking in the public gardens?” he asked.

Dash X pulled the worn collar of his trenchcoat up around his neck and scowled. He’d refused the offer of a scarf and hat, and now his fingertips were turning blue.

“Or,” he said, his jaw tight to stop his teeth from chattering, “The Eerie Curry Connoisseurs and Comedy Club had a bad night and this is the nearest body of water between there and the bus stop.”

Marshall and Simon took several hasty steps away from the still fountain.

“Oh, yuck,” said Simon. Marshall looked faintly green. He glared at Dash.

“Why can you never just let it be a sub-aquatic hellbeast?” he demanded.

Dash shrugged.





Microwave-verse

Bonfire by froodle, in which Pinocchio is ruined forever

Gingerbread by froodle, in which there is a witch in the Eerie Woods

Leaves by froodle, in which plantlife finds Marshall entirely too enticing

Offspring by froodle, in which there are dragons

Based on Your Previous Purchases by froodle, in which Mars should really pay attention to Amazon's reccomendations

Housework by froodle, in which a rota cannot be agreed upon

Breakfast by froodle, in which Dash's attempts at cookery do not go well

Ghost in the Machine by froodle, in which a new laptop opens an old wound

Consequences by froodle, in which an encounter with leprechauns leaves the boys very tired indeed

The Microwave by froodle, in which Andrea Fantucci returns to Eerie after a considerable absense

The Eldritch Abomination in the Room by froodle, in which the microwave is most definitely not discussed

Basic Household Maintenance by froodle, in which manticores are inconsiderate houseguests

Torrential by froodle, in which there is a storm, and the boys eat ice-cream

Linens by froodle, in which Dash X makes a bed

Night Music by froodle, in which Simon is woken by a nocturnal visitor

In For The Night by froodle, in which Dash refuses to leave the house

Hound by froodle, in which Simon makes a friend

Errands by froodle, in which Simon has a to-do list

Waterlogged by froodle, in which Eerie experiences heavy rainfall

Wildlife by froodle, in which Simon and Marshall go to the beach

Rainbow by froodle, in which Dash fails to properly appreciate Michael Flatley

Jackolantern by froodle, in which the local pumpkin patch has a problem

Comments

[deifire]

*snerk* Yuck is right; I'm totally with Mars here!

And I love the description of balaclava-clad Simon.

[froodle]

Eeries powers that be really need to consider investing in more public toilets than just the ones in the bus terminal and supper club.

Simon is not made for stealth. Bilious yellow woollen headwear does not help him.

[evilinsanemonkey]

ewwwwwww

also Dash the ruiner of everything is the best.

[froodle]

He probably knows it's a sewer monster and just lied to mess with the other two.