Your Daily Theme for December 24, 2012
Anticipation
Waiting can bring out a person's bad habits. Write a scene where a character is waiting on something he or she is really excited for. Focus on changes to the character's demeanor and behavior.
He couldn't stand it. What was taking her so long? Sari said she'd arrive in a few minutes, and with her...
Bumblebee rolled his optics, a trait he had acquired while living on earth. "Come on Sari, what's taking you so long?" He mumbled, looking out the window.
His tension mounted as each nano-klik passed. Bee began to count the digits on one servo, then the next, before beginning again. He had reached five-thousand when he heard a clatter coming from the doorway.
Raising his helm hopefully, he began to sigh in relief before cutting himself off. Then, for no reason at all, or so it seemed to the other, Bumblebee began to yell. "What the frag are you staring at? Huh? Get the slag away from me! I'm busy, I have more important things to do than be bothered by you!"
"Uh... Bumblebee, I did not say anything-" Began the confused, and slightly irritated, motorcycle-bot before him.
"Cut the slag! I don't wanna hear ya! G'way you mindless drone!"
Now extremely offended, the ninja glared at the annoying yellow compact and walked away. Glaring at the retreating back, the yellow bug suddenly switched moods and sighed sadly.
"Now why would I go off and do a thing like- Nah, what the- Hey! Sari! Where have you been?" The youngling suddenly shouted, previous encounter forgotten.
"Sorry Bee! I didn't mean to! See, I was pulled off track, it's snowing!"
"Snow- ...what?"
"Ahaha, oops... Oh my gosh! This is your first snow!"
"Sari~!" The youngling whined as he was pulled out into the wet cold. "You said you would tell me all about Christmas~!"
"Yeah! And one thing that you gotta have on Christmas, is snow!" She grinned, happily. "I haven't had a non-white Christmas yet! And I don't plan to ever have one without snow! So come on!"
Bee has quite the vocabulary when he's impatient. Yee gads, youngling, where did you learn all that from? Probably Ratchet, come to think of it...
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