Recent content by Dieder J Strietz

It was easier to breath outside. Even with the feint scent of rotting fish and stagnant water caught behind old ships, too long anchored. Hulls full of barnacles. They had been docked for too long. Too comfortable. He frowned. Till the sound of Purple came loud behind him. Orders...

Threats behind the flowers. Thorns beneath the welcome petals. But that was always part of the deal. Wasn't it? His smile only widened the more. "You put a lot of weight on the trust and compassion of a cowardly mouse, purple," He didn't flinch. His voice didn't rise. He looked to the boy...

A laugh from the blonde gambler. "Then I'd tell you find yourself another ship," but the how of the words, the way they came from his mouth, was a thing full of half truths. A bluff to call a bluff. A lie to spot a lie. "But he ain't no monster now, is he, Purple?" the young man grinned...

A gamble. A huff of breath and his mouth split into a smile, wide and bright with teeth across his lips. Cool as he played it, the two words were like the distant flash of lightning. They raised the hair on his arms, and at the back of his neck. "I'm listening," he said, and tamped his...

Dieder emerged from the cabin, in a loose shirt, and some old trousers worn through the knees. His brow was stiff, but his expression was stony as he regarded the purple haired invader. He strode over, as he stretched. Arm over elbow, twist at the hips. As if nothing out of the ordinary had...

Past the cluttered hoard of scores and conquests past, DJ laid Izzy down onto her bed. Looked at her a moment while she slumbered. Sat there at the edge of the poor excuse for luxury that passed on their ship. Grinned a sour and bitter split of his lips. Elbows rested on knees, his head braced...

Sure, he could scrap. No where near as good as Izzy though. Never could, and would never pretend to. He had his own strengths though. A keen sense for tone and tells. And the way her voice came sharp and fast well, didn't take much of his keenness to pick up on it. "Hard to tell," he quipped...

Dieder looked over the kid. Fear plain in his eyes though he tried to keep a stiff lip. Blue eyes fat with tears. Grubby as a grub could be. DJ just smiled at him. Gave him a nod and a wink. "You're a tough lil guy, no doubt about that," he whispered. Trying to ease the kid. Desperate. That's...

Kicks, claws, and the flash of bared steel. Somewhere in the whirr of movement, the crash of bone against wood, and thump of flesh against flesh, DJ had scooped up the kid. In his arms and took cover behind a counter. "Hey, shh, it'll be alright," the kid squirmed, elbowed, fought back, and...

A hand reached out to the old metal handle. He stared at her a moment. "No rats?" The distant sounds of the Vel Luin port came into his ears. Bright bells rang distant, and gulls cried and squawked over yonder. DJ's eyes went back to the door. Something rattled again inside, and the coldness...

"Rats," the mouse spoke again. "Need to be let off the trap," he said easy, and slipped free of curling strength. Felt the cold slip where the warm well of skin's kiss let loose. But it was so hard to pull free from that comfort. Languid, Dieder did rise. Blinked away the thought of staying...

Come the crowing of the cock, and the break of day's light. Limbs wrapped around like lengths made most pleasant press against warm other. A plop of fish. The break of water. A flutter of lashes, and the easy crack of grin across pink lips. A clatter. A clang. Blinks, frantic. His dark gaze...

He winced come the sharp elbow. Kept his eyes on the mysterious stranger. "How accomplished we talkin," cowardly as he was. Getting one over a notorious mark had its draw.

Dj smirked. "Well, let's hear it then," No use in beating around the bush.

Breath came in fast pulled pants. Aches and pains pulsed where fist had met bone, and where wood and floor had slammed against him. In the darkness of the alleyway, he couldn't help but fix a smile on his face as Izz called him cute, some stiffness returning to his spine as he eased himself up...