Oh! Yeah, she pronouns are fine :)
Original post: http://www.johnskylar.com/post/82996706080/masochistic-writer-does-tumblr-ask-event. Tag for all posts: #noirproject.This one is for @obsessivepuzzles, who I'm working with on a top secret project to be announced soon. Check out her blog! I'm on my iPad, so I'm having some issues with the formatting, but here's where it starts:
The spray paint cans littered the crime scene, emptied of their souls all over the brick alley-wall.
A 30 foot mural screamed across the neighborhood as the cops wandered the site looking for anything that might point to a suspect.
It was the fifth mural this week.
I stepped back to see the three-color monster in all its glory. This one read, “YOU ARE FREE TO BE YOU.” It showed people, real people from the neighborhood, painted with deep black lines, blue highlights, and some red accenting here and there. It showed hookers, bookies, cops, barflies, the works, all of them happily getting along. In the gutter, unconscious, was a mob enforcer.
That had been the theme of all the murals: take down the criminals.
"BE YOUR OWN MASTER," the second read.
"THE WICKED ARE JUST SCARED," said the first.
In the corner, on all three, the signature just said “KSB.”
And they were starting to change minds around town, it seemed. Some people were talking about a neighborhood watch. They even asked me if I’d consult.
The detective on the scene turned to me. “You want to help us catch this hooligan?”
I squinted at the mural again, which was starting to reflect some glare as the sun came out.
"No, not really," I said. I tossed my cigarette down and put it out with my heel, then walked off to find something worth doing.