Backpack Gremlins, a drabble of Dragons Next Door

[aldersprig]

A much-belated 100 words on the Gremlins mentioned here for kelkyag

Guarding a kid's backpack was, Azdemkious had to admit, easy work, if a little strange.

Az and Kelkathian had drawn backpack duty this week, trailing Sage's daughter Junie to school and back, watching her, monkey-wrenching anyone who was stalking her - and there were at least three distinct teams doing so, that Az and Kel had found.

It was, as backpacks went, a nice one. Az had done a stint in WWII in a G.I.'s backpack - now THAT had been a mess. Some sandwich crumbs and a spare long, pointy stick were nothing compared to the places Az'd been.

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Comments

[meridian_rose]

I think I'd like a backpack Gremlin :D

[aldersprig]

If they're on your side, at least ;-D

[clare_dragonfly]

Oh my! Three teams stalking Junie?! The Pumpkin, the Tower, and hunters, maybe?

[thnidu]

Why, oh, why, did you have to summon the gremlins? I had two working kitchen timers. BOTH of them suddenly failed as I was starting to time my French press coffee maker. One of them just showed the top of the numerals and wouldn't respond to button pushes. The other one suddenly flipped itself into clock mode and wouldn't do anything else. Fortunately, the timer function on my watch wasn't affected. Knock on wood!

[aldersprig]

I'm not the one that summons them; I just channel them ;-D