Acknowledgments: Drabbles are based off the titles of books 2-12 of the Everworld series by K.A. Applegate. Which is why the numbers start from 2.
Warnings: Very, very short shorts. Not to mention angsty ones. Lots and lots of purple prose ahead, because I like to indulge myself once in a while. Have a desktop handy to bang you head against, just in case.
II.
In the casino, all is bright and everyone is happy. She knows this like she knows her hair is black and the sky is blue.
She crashes into a man wearing what looks like a cowboy hat, and something of his clatters to the floor. The locket is surprisingly girly, with curves and vines all over it, and he looks puzzled when she hands it back to him.
It has fallen open, and there is a picture of two smiling little children, both of who share the man's glossy black hair. She wonders who they are.
He starts to answer, then breaks off looking puzzled. He tells her he doesn't know, and she can somehow feel the panic rising in him. In tandem, her mind flashes to a morose man in black with her little brother's frown, glancing at them before his attentions are occupied again.
The scent of lotus flowers drift over and images which were grasped at are now out of reach. The locket clatters to the ground again, rolling out of sight. This time, it is barely spared a glance.
In the casino, Bianca Di Angelo does not have to think about anything apart from how she will entertain herself next.