blood-drinker-watch-tinker:
The silver moon hung above–a single eye peering down from within the cover of misty darkness. It illuminated, in a spotlight, an old, weathered bench that still awaited the train, even though a train had not traversed the region in a long, long time. The tracks laid before the bench were fragmented and rusted. The lands were barren as far as one could see, and nature had begun to reclaim the bygone stop.
A man sat alone on the bench, reading the papers in the little hours of the morning. At once, he glanced up into the darkness that engulfed him, his copper eyes almost expectant.
“Hello, out there. Care to read the weather report? The forecast calls for sunny skies.”
He clicks his tongue with a note of sharp disapproval.
“Personally, I prefer the cloudier days, but… what can one do in the summertime?”
He stared at the grayscale figure outlined within the consuming, familiar darkness, waiting for it to emerge. The warmth the anonymous one emitted was something fiery. He flipped the page.
Leon liked it when their tasks took them out into the more isolated areas of the earth, where humanity for some reason or another decided not to settle. It was… peaceful. A chance to meditate on the nature of Life, existence, so on so forth. In short, this was much needed alone time (if one ignores the trees). Alone time that was now being interrupted. They narrowed their eyes at the lone figure sitting on the old bench, reading a newspaper of all things. Probably not human then, considering how dark it was even with the moon out.
They approached slowly and quietly, hoping to avoid any actual confrontation when the man suddenly looked up, making eye contact and addressing them. Wonderful. Muttering out a Word and activating their shielding, Leon stepped forward into the light.
“It’s all the same to me if I am to be honest good sir, though sunny days are preferred by my plants.” They said, approaching the stranger slowly. “May I ask what you are doing out in such a remote locale though? I imagine there are better places to read the paper.”