Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 11
Refilling a pair of empty glasses before continuing her conversation with Mr. Ceiling, Eva partook of yet another draught.
“Ice cold peppered vodka?” questioned the head coordinator of all the Hero Caretakers from the planet Cassandra.
“Yes, ma’am,” said Ceiling. The lisp was gone now the fallen tiles had been replaced.
Opening yet another bottle, Eva refilled her tumbler and poured Cassie’s glass full. They both took a swallow.
“I don’t believe I’m familiar with peppered vodka. Have I had it before?”
“I don’t recall you having experience with the drink, ma’am,” said the Ceiling.
Eva and Cassie tilted glasses towards each other and slammed another swallow. Cassie noticed her water tumbler was empty and refilled it. Eva’s glass was now brimful.
“Well, I quite like it. How about you, Cassie?”
“It’s different,” said Cassandra, Heroes Caretaker ... cautiously. Carefully choosing her words due to an increasingly confused tongue, “It’s not Restorative, but good in it’s own way. I say, Ceiling?”
“Yes, Ma’am?”
Cassie made a grand gesture and accidentally sent one of several empties spinning. The spinning bottle was likened to a bowling ball among the pins. “Have we drunken all these bottles?”
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