the animorphs

[instar]

Renée is gone in the morning, a pot of maple oatmeal for the girls and Trouble cooling on the stove and a note on the fridge, she's going to be gone all day on a day trip to Tucson with her friends.

Andi wakes up first. Bella's not far behind.

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[instar]

"Penny for your thoughts."

[palmofyourhand]

"Who, me? Just wondering what to break first."

[instar]

"It's really very convenient that we have someone willing to perform the experiment."

[palmofyourhand]

"Isn't it?" he agrees.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble beams.

[instar]

"Have you decided," Bella inquires delicately, "what to break first?"

[palmofyourhand]

"Mm, not quite."

[instar]

"Okay. Can you break things with your bare hands or should I go scrounging for instruments of blunt trauma?"

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan giggles. "Oh, scrounge for instruments, by all means, I can't imagine that making it any less fun."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble laughs and keeps drinking his iced tea, slowly.

[instar]

"I think we have a hammer."

[aeskhyne]

"Ooh," says Trouble. "Yeah, bring the hammer."

[instar]

Bella goes looking for the hammer. It takes her three minutes to find; the garage is kind of a mess.

[aeskhyne]

When she comes back, Trouble has finished his iced tea and is kissing Ethan again.

[instar]

Bella coughs politely.

[aeskhyne]

He disengages. "Hi, Bella!"

[palmofyourhand]

"I'll take that, thanks," says Ethan, reaching for the hammer.

[instar]

She hands it over, and sits down, and flips her notebook open again.

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan eyes Trouble some more.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble grins back at him.

[palmofyourhand]

Ethan runs a hand thoughtfully down Trouble's left arm, most recently broken of his limbs.

Then, smirking, he takes the hammer to it.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble is exquisitely cooperative.

[palmofyourhand]

It makes some lovely sounds. Well, lovely to Ethan.

He glances at Bella and asks, "How much damage should I do before he morphs again?"

[instar]

"Morphing's tiring and we don't want him stuck - see if this makes it any harder, I think, then work up from there?"

[aeskhyne]

"It's sure as hell distracting," says Trouble, beginning to morph. "Not that much harder, though..."