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You step out of the car door cautiously, catching an eye of both the rabbit’s mortal guise and spectral form next to each other excitedly grinning your way.
“You’re pretty proud of yourself right now.”
“Can’t be helped really, just got to save someone’s life. Bit of a new one for me.”
“What’s the usual job like?”
“Someone asks for a big thing in exchange for their soul or something, proceeds to cause all sorts of problems and I collect when they eventually get themselves blown up.”
“Honestly I gotta be picky about who I let summon me…”
“Can you do that?”
“Sorta. But without contracts I’m stick in limbo without any way out. People like you let me get some fresh air.”
Both forms seem to be synched up, on closer look realizing her spectral form is just a projection at the moment.
“So… what about now?
“Now we wait til things are clear before we pop back into your world together. Til then maybe we can just hang?”
“Yeah… I could do with that. What’s there to do in here?”
“Well… need to hook you up with some self defense for starters.”
“Like a gun..?
“It’s a backwash conservative town, everyone and their mums hook you up with that. Something stronger. Going to share a bit of the magic…”
The rabbit reaches a hand toward you before stopping.
“Actually I should ask if you’re okay with me uh.. I’m going to mark you.”
“O-Oh?”
“Yeah, bit of a thing. Any preference? Chest, back, some place you could cover up in general is good.”
“What kind of marking is it?”
“Something indicative of who you made your pact with. So uh… you know.. Stitches or zipper likely.”
“Oh wow um.. See stitches on the neck or joints would be pretty aesthetic but I feel like the zipper would be so striking….”
“It’d be harder to cover up.”
“Maybe I don’t want to.”
“You want people to know?”
“Nobody’s going to fuck around with that so….”
“Good point.”
“Stitches sound cute though.. And they could pass for a choker or something.”
“Really up to you. We don’t even have to do it now bu-”
You poke her cheek playfully. “The sooner we get out of town, the sooner we can hang out, right?”
“I-I mean yeah.”
“Mm…. honestly I’ve always wanted to get cool mods like that but folks here get pissy. Even tattoos get you the stink eye…”
“That’s another option. You think about this a lot?”
“Always. It’s kinda embarrassing to think about…”
“Too embarrassing to share?”
“Maybe? I mean I guess I can..”
“So… when I was in high school I saw a photo set of someone with a sea mine for a head.”
“Thought that was the cutest thing…. Is that weird?”
“I can arrange that too…”
“Maybe… feels like a big one to invest in… can you pick? Something smaller though. Think I’ll be here all day if you don’t…”
“Hmm..” Her hand lowered toward the back of your neck. “How’s that feel?”
“Kind of like that actually. Very discreet, like a necklace or a choker…”
“Then I can just…” She traced her finger all the way round before pulling her hand back.
“Give it a shot.”
You felt around a line of metal teeth now settled there until you manage to touch the zip. It was larger than average. The rabbit places a tiny mirror in the palm of your free hand.
“I… really like that actually. Does it do anything?”
“Not yet but.. When you’re in a pinch, pull it as hard as you can.”
“It’ll bring out your potential.”
Before you can finish processing those words you yank it open, feeling your body quickly boil and shed from the neck outward.
Your whole body becomes snarled with curved feathers and metal linings and the sensation of seeing the world from an outside perspective briefly.
The zipper reforms and holds together your newfound form. The rabbit looks at you with awe and a tint of red.
“Oh my god you went straight for it. You bastard.”
“A-Am I okay?”
“Sure are! You’d actually make a pretty cool looking entity honestly… how you feeling?”
Your whole world feels weightless and brittle compared to you right now. You could flip a car with no issue.
“Wild…”
The rabbit grabs the zipper and pops it off, teeth and all. Your form reverts instantly.
“Perfect. Hopefully you won’t need to use that.”
You feel around your neck, metal zipper teeth gone and replaced with a simple stitch pattern.
The rabbit slides the metal chunk into your pocket.
“I haven’t made my end of the deal happen so you’re free from anything permanent yet…”
“So for now you got a neat little tool to save for an emergency. Line it up with any living thing and rip it right open. You’ll never know what’ll happen but it’ll always be something to capitalize off of.”
“That sounds super dangerous.”
“It is! But… I wanna trust you, and you need every bit I can give you to get through this alive so… consider it a trial session.”
“Now, wanna head back soon? You had loose ends to deal with.”
“Yeah, let’s go meet some folk, get you familiar.”
“You’re pretty proud of yourself right now.”
“Can’t be helped really, just got to save someone’s life. Bit of a new one for me.”
“What’s the usual job like?”
“Someone asks for a big thing in exchange for their soul or something, proceeds to cause all sorts of problems and I collect when they eventually get themselves blown up.”
“Honestly I gotta be picky about who I let summon me…”
“Can you do that?”
“Sorta. But without contracts I’m stick in limbo without any way out. People like you let me get some fresh air.”
Both forms seem to be synched up, on closer look realizing her spectral form is just a projection at the moment.
“So… what about now?
“Now we wait til things are clear before we pop back into your world together. Til then maybe we can just hang?”
“Yeah… I could do with that. What’s there to do in here?”
“Well… need to hook you up with some self defense for starters.”
“Like a gun..?
“It’s a backwash conservative town, everyone and their mums hook you up with that. Something stronger. Going to share a bit of the magic…”
The rabbit reaches a hand toward you before stopping.
“Actually I should ask if you’re okay with me uh.. I’m going to mark you.”
“O-Oh?”
“Yeah, bit of a thing. Any preference? Chest, back, some place you could cover up in general is good.”
“What kind of marking is it?”
“Something indicative of who you made your pact with. So uh… you know.. Stitches or zipper likely.”
“Oh wow um.. See stitches on the neck or joints would be pretty aesthetic but I feel like the zipper would be so striking….”
“It’d be harder to cover up.”
“Maybe I don’t want to.”
“You want people to know?”
“Nobody’s going to fuck around with that so….”
“Good point.”
“Stitches sound cute though.. And they could pass for a choker or something.”
“Really up to you. We don’t even have to do it now bu-”
You poke her cheek playfully. “The sooner we get out of town, the sooner we can hang out, right?”
“I-I mean yeah.”
“Mm…. honestly I’ve always wanted to get cool mods like that but folks here get pissy. Even tattoos get you the stink eye…”
“That’s another option. You think about this a lot?”
“Always. It’s kinda embarrassing to think about…”
“Too embarrassing to share?”
“Maybe? I mean I guess I can..”
“So… when I was in high school I saw a photo set of someone with a sea mine for a head.”
“Thought that was the cutest thing…. Is that weird?”
“I can arrange that too…”
“Maybe… feels like a big one to invest in… can you pick? Something smaller though. Think I’ll be here all day if you don’t…”
“Hmm..” Her hand lowered toward the back of your neck. “How’s that feel?”
“Kind of like that actually. Very discreet, like a necklace or a choker…”
“Then I can just…” She traced her finger all the way round before pulling her hand back.
“Give it a shot.”
You felt around a line of metal teeth now settled there until you manage to touch the zip. It was larger than average. The rabbit places a tiny mirror in the palm of your free hand.
“I… really like that actually. Does it do anything?”
“Not yet but.. When you’re in a pinch, pull it as hard as you can.”
“It’ll bring out your potential.”
Before you can finish processing those words you yank it open, feeling your body quickly boil and shed from the neck outward.
Your whole body becomes snarled with curved feathers and metal linings and the sensation of seeing the world from an outside perspective briefly.
The zipper reforms and holds together your newfound form. The rabbit looks at you with awe and a tint of red.
“Oh my god you went straight for it. You bastard.”
“A-Am I okay?”
“Sure are! You’d actually make a pretty cool looking entity honestly… how you feeling?”
Your whole world feels weightless and brittle compared to you right now. You could flip a car with no issue.
“Wild…”
The rabbit grabs the zipper and pops it off, teeth and all. Your form reverts instantly.
“Perfect. Hopefully you won’t need to use that.”
You feel around your neck, metal zipper teeth gone and replaced with a simple stitch pattern.
The rabbit slides the metal chunk into your pocket.
“I haven’t made my end of the deal happen so you’re free from anything permanent yet…”
“So for now you got a neat little tool to save for an emergency. Line it up with any living thing and rip it right open. You’ll never know what’ll happen but it’ll always be something to capitalize off of.”
“That sounds super dangerous.”
“It is! But… I wanna trust you, and you need every bit I can give you to get through this alive so… consider it a trial session.”
“Now, wanna head back soon? You had loose ends to deal with.”
“Yeah, let’s go meet some folk, get you familiar.”
