OLIVE MCCANN
“A chipmunk…”
“A chipmunk?” Olive repeated, considering. “Yes I suppose that’ll do,” She added, grinning brightly at Ewan. Her pacing around the boy increased, and she allowed herself to draw ever so slightly closer to him with each loop,
“umm, do you like animals?”
“Oh, I really like animals, Ewan,” Olive didn’t smile this time, staring Ewan right in his eyes. “In fact, I like them so much… well I guess I’ll just have to show you,” She added, winking.
Olive was now within a metre from Ewan, circling slower now, for added effect of course.
“You see, Ewan,” Olive explained with faux consideration. “I made a promise a while ago, a very big promise. But the thing is… I find it very hard to keep this promise.” She smiled at the boy, now about 60cm from him. “I’ve been hungry for so long, and I just find it so hard not to fall back into old habits, you know?”
Olive paused in her speech for a moment for extra effect, before continuing, relishing in the emotions of the room. “Can you keep a secret for me, Ewan? I promise it won’t hurt.”
Oh to make a promise with the intention of keeping it. I can’t relate.
Only a foot separated Olive and Ewan now.
Smiling gently, Olive paused right in front of him, tracing his jawline with an idle finger.
“Chipmunks, huh?” Olive practically whispered, her eyes alight with glee. “Too bad. I really like horses.”
Stepping back, Olive allowed her bones to crack and shift, shrinking and elongating as they did so. Soon, she stood, three metres tall and immensely powerful, in front of Ewan, in one of her brother’s favourite forms for scaring.
Olive bent her head down, until it was only a foot above Ewan’s.
“Dinner time,” She whispered, her voice coming out cracked and hissy in this new form.
@eunoia - Ewan
