Eris is by James!
The world was reduced to a dull ache around her by the smokes. She did not have so much that she could inebriate herself nightly as she wanted, but she was in a bad way today and had needed its comforts. The liquor was next, she knew, but she had not dabbled in that as of yet -- tonight, anyway. Frowning, she took a step toward her ruins, and then another, and then one more. The whole earth seemed dizzy and blurred, and the ground would not remain still beneath her feet.
She was unaware of the stalker until the voice cut through the spinning world and turned her around, slowly and carefully, as if she were afraid turning too fast might make the planet spin off its axis. A deep frown set in her muzzle and she glowered toward her daughter. What -- she started, leaning over a bit too far with the cock of her head -- do you want?
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