Critical Failures VII by Robert Bevan

Author:Robert Bevan [Bevan, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert Bevan
Published: 2019-03-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Dave turned to look at the little shop where they used to buy beer for their gaming sessions. The large black letters spelled GARDNER'S against the yellowed background of the sign. “It's open.”

“Would you mind accompanying the good officer there and picking us up a pack of toilet paper?” asked Tim from around the side of the Chicken Hut.

Dave raised a brow at Officer Williams, who shrugged. “Okay. Anything else?” He only then remembered that Officer Williams was the only one who had any real-world money, and felt rude for making the offer on his behalf, but Officer Williams nodded reassuringly.

“Grab me a pack of smokes and a case of beer. We don't know how long we're going to have to wait around for your stupid boots to recharge.”

As they walked to the shop, Dave considered turning invisible and stealing what they needed, but decided against it. He wanted to believe that it was because he wasn't truly evil, but he knew in his heart that it was more a matter of convenience. Invisible or not, trying to climb up on the counter to grab a pack of cigarettes while an elderly woman was standing right there was more trouble than it was worth. And besides, forcing a cop that he was essentially holding hostage to pay for their shit wasn't exactly the definitive lesser of two evils.

“What's a wererat?” asked Officer Williams, snapping Dave out of his crisis of alignment.

“It's like a werewolf. But, you know, a rat.”

“So you're saying that you can turn into a rat?”

“A dire rat,” said Dave. “About as big as a medium-sized dog. Or I can take a hybrid form.”

Officer Williams nodded. “I don't guess you'd be willing to demonstrate, would you?” Dave could practically read his thoughts. It was like when Sarah Connor was being evaluated at the nuthouse. Even after the Ring of Invisibility demonstration, this guy thought Dave was just some random nutcase.

I'll give you a demonstration, you condescending fuck. I'll bite your head off and fuck your neck hole. Jesus, Dave. Cut that shit out. You're a good person. The rules of some stupid game can't make you evil. Keep your shit together.

Still, it might not be a bad thing to demonstrate, solely for the sake of keeping Officer Williams in line.

“Sure,” said Dave. He didn't want to strip down to just a pair of boots in front of a police officer, and he wasn't sure how his new robe would handle the transformation into hybrid form, so he opted for dire rat form instead.

“JESUS CHRIST!” cried Officer Williams when Dave peeked his rat head out from under his robe.

Now that Dave thought about it, they'd kind of overloaded this poor guy today. Turning into a rat might have been a better Day 2 demonstration.

Officer Williams started sprinting toward the store. “Help!” he shouted. “HELP!”

Fuck!

The last thing they needed was more attention, and Dave was the last person who had any business trying to chase down a cop. At least, not in his dwarf form.

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