Eerie, Indiana triple drabble: A Form You Are Comfortable With

[froodle]

Prequel to "Parking".

Marshall Teller stepped out of the run-down apartment building, letting the heavy fire door swing close behind him. His breath plumed in the frosty air and he dug in his coat pocket for his car keys, trudging down a garden path gone slick with ice.

He stopped at the sidewalk and looked around.

"No," he said, his tone one of rapidly dawning horror. "No, no, no."

A little girl in pigtails and black patent Mary Janes too light for the weather looked up at him.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked.

"Somebody stole my car!" Marshall almost shouted. He took a deep breath, feeling the cold air scour his lungs, and forced himself to lower his voice.

"Have you seen it?" he asked. "It was parked right where you're standing. It's red with an "I Brake For Cryptids" bumper sticker and..." He trailed off, noting the black and yellow Bigfoot silhouette on the girl's candy-apple sweater.

"Oh no," he said.

"Oh yes," said his car, beaming up at him with a mouthful of headlight-bright milk teeth. "I thought you might be upset about your vehicle achieving full sentience, so I took a form your human brain can comprehend."

"I'm pretty sure the human brain can comprehend cars," said Marshall.

The car shook her human head, white-blonde hair whipping wildly about her round, rosy cheeks.

"Not talking ones," she said. "Not without going insane and dying from the sheer mind-destroying shock of it."

"No," said Marshall. "We're actually pretty okay with talking cars."

The car looked worried.

"I think you might have gone insane already," she said. She mounted the curb, her knees shrieking like an axle being dragged over asphalt. Marshall flinched back.

"It's okay," said the car, reaching for his hand. "This happened with Hasslehoff too."

Marshall started screaming.



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