Last week a hungry Shayla, disguised as a forestry worker from off-planet, entered a work canteen and felt her spidey senses tingle.
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Joining the line at one end of the servery, Shayla flashed her work badge to a sleepy cashier and took a mess tray. She glanced along the rows of hot trays, and spooned a portion of sweet fries.
Her scalp crawled once more at the sudden silence nearby. The cashier had miraculously wakened. “Umm, you can’t ...” He stammered to a stop when Shayla treated him to her best ice warrior glare.
“Hey,” someone hissed behind her. “I guess you’re new here.” The speaker used a dialect common on the Wala home world.
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18 comments:
The suspense in this story keeps building.
Something tells me Shayla's been spotted - let's hope she's not in too much trouble!
Sounds like she's going to learn the rules really quick. Great snippet!
Stephen, LOL - that's good to hear :)
Peter, spotted? We'll see. She's clearly done something wrong though.
Jessica, if you think she's going to learn any rules you don't know Shayla very well yet :)
Sounds like things are going to get a little tense. lol
Uh-oh, sounds like she's not observing proper canteen etiquette, though I have a feeling she doesn't care. :-)
Uh-oh. Nice build-up of tension!
Karen, you reckon? :)
Christina, she'll make that clear quite soon...
Steven, things are hotting up in the kitchen.
My first impulse was to be worried about Shayla then I realized she's pretty capable. Still, could be a lot of people there who maybe would like to teach her a lesson. Yeah, still a little worried!
Ew, a rule breaker. I like her already! Great snippet!
Marcia, Shayla can look after herself, that's for sure.
Elizabeth, utter disdain for the rules. What's not to like? :)
Huh, I wonder what the heck she did. Is she not allowed fires? Do people not serve themselves?
Great job raising questions. :)
"spidey sense" way cool. This is a great blog hop to join.
Caitlin, Shayla is seeing the gap between what should be happening in the camp, and actual reality.
Donna, it's a very cool weekly hop :)
If Shayla gave me her ice warrior stare, I'd stammer to a stop, too.
I am intrigued, how she got to here from the end of the first book. :-)
Something's wrong, but what? Guess I'll have to read on to find out.
'Ice warrior glare' Love that. :)
Teresa, wouldn't you like to know? :D
Ed, that's the idea :)
Heather, I kinda liked it too.
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