Brass – Page 3 – Little Fears

Useless Paper

April 3, 2019 LittleFears23 Comments

Brass Ep. 63

Copper unfolded the map, wondering how much further the journey was. She sighed and turned the map so Iron could see it. Iron glanced across and saw an almost blank map. Just one road running north to south. No markings, no sign of Brass and no map keys. Just a blank sheet with a single road, going nowhere.

Copper folded the map up and tossed it onto the back seat. The only piece of paper less useful than that map was Theresa May’s Brexit plan.

Hah! Boom! Take that to the face, May!

Etsy thingy, for sellers (and buyers). I noticed yesterday, that free delivery on all items with free delivery now has a noticeable ‘free delivery’ highlighted with green under each item. Awesome.

I hadn’t noticed that before. Not sure when it appeared. Also, hey, look a that. Every print on my Etsy store, does indeed, have free delivery!

Obligatory Etsy store link: etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears

Photo by Clever Visuals on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.

Cow Dance

April 2, 2019 LittleFears8 Comments

Brass Ep. 62

Eventually, they left the dead forest and the flat sands with odd dunes returned. Copper recalled when this area was all farmland.

Iron titled her head, listening to the faint sound of Rolling Stones music. “There used to be dancing cow here,” remarked Copper. “It would spend its days grooving to Paint it Black and Gimme Shelter. The music was then adapted into a series of cow noises.”

Iron nodded in appreciation of the moos like Jagger.

Original photo by Spencer Russell on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.

Sea Pie

April 2, 2019 LittleFears21 Comments

Brass Ep. 61

They climbed back into the car and continued their journey. Iron noticed the seats were smaller and closer to the steering wheel. Copper sunk into her seat when she noticed the car had shifted from left-hand drive to right-hand drive. The duo looked to each other in silent acknowledgement.

With the turn of a makeshift key Iron continued driving while Copper rummaged through the glove box. She pulled out a leaflet with a skull and crossbones logo on the top. ‘Sea Sick Sams meal deals’ read the top of the leaflet. ‘Chicken pie, £12; vegetable pie, £9; beef pie, £15.’

Copper lamented the high prices and grumbled to herself, “ruddy pie-rates.”

Original photo by Arthur Aldyrkhanov on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.

Lemon Cat

April 1, 2019 LittleFears20 Comments

Brass Ep. 60

Copper noticed some dried fruit half buried in the sands. She reached down and picked up what may have once been a lemon.

She’d never been keen on these yellow fruits. She’d heard a story about a cat that’d climbed a lemon tree. It fell out, hitting its nose on every branch on the way down. It took enough knocks to the face to give it a permanent angry scowl.

Apparently, it was a right sour puss.

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Wood Bank

April 1, 2019 LittleFears16 Comments

Brass Ep. 59

Another few hundred miles and they found themselves in what was left of a forest. Most of the trees had sunk into deep into the sand. Even those that hadn’t, had lost all their leaves.

Iron nudged Copper and pointed out a cabin just off the road. They pulled up for a look and could see it had a banks décor inside. Tellers windows and a large vault door set further back.

Copper reached out of the car door and picked up a sign that read ‘Old Forest Bank’. “What a strange place for a new branch,” pondered Copper.

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Distant Sands

March 29, 2019 LittleFears18 Comments

Brass Ep. 58

From the theme park gates onwards, neither Copper or Iron saw anything resembling the world they had known for the next few hundred miles. Flat sand in every direction occasionally rose into dunes where there had once been dense forests. Townships were absent wherever marked on the map.

The lack of distractions let Copper’s mind wander back to the creature that had been watching them. It reminded her of a bird. Its piercing eyes was about all Copper could make out. It would certainly explain how it got onto the roof it was perched on.

Whatever it was, it had ruffled Copper’s feathers.

Original photo by Sean Thoman on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.

Tired Mice

March 28, 2019 LittleFears18 Comments

Brass Ep. 57

They drove on through the night, stopping only to scavenge fuel from other abandoned vehicles. They’d occasionally pass driving and recharge time between each other. They polished off a bottle of oil between them, leaving them refreshed for the day ahead.

As morning broke, a curious sight got Irons attention. The head of a cartoon mouse laid on the ground next to the gates of a theme park. Copper knew what it was and she wasn’t stopping for a look around.

It was a trap for humans owned by a mouse.

Sorry folks, I missed yesterdays tale and today I’m super late. Been sat about with only a mobile this last 24 hours. Great for browsing social media and blogs. Terrible for actually posting, haha. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

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Car Pool

March 26, 2019 LittleFears32 Comments

Brass Ep. 56

They hopped in the car, continuing their journey to Brass in a tad more comfort than they’d become accustomed too. A rumble and roar came from the back of the car every so often. Sometimes smoke would billow out from the rear of the vehicle.

Copper checked the back seat and found a pack of earplugs. They certainly helped make the noise from the rear of the car more bearable, and driving was certainly better than walking all the way to Brass.

Iron just found it a little exhausting.

Shout out to Tre of A Cornered Girl for buying me a cuppa Ko-Fi yesterday. Thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.

Car Scrape

March 25, 2019 LittleFears19 Comments

Brass Ep. 55

A whir and a clunk, and the car started. Iron snatched a cloth from the centre console and began cleaning the window. Copper rummaged about in the boot of the car and found a window scraper.

The duo got to work cleaning all of the Fords windows. It reminded Iron of the time she used a Grim Reaper toys plastic scythe to remove the snow from her old car.

It wasn’t a task to repeat though. Iron knew she’d de-iced with death.

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View Point

March 22, 2019 LittleFears25 Comments

Brass Ep. 54

Copper watched the road they’d come from. Keeping an eye out for the creature that had been watching them. Iron continued fiddling under the dash of the car. An occasional whir and grind came from the engine.

It reminded Copper of the one car she’d driven. It would always stop working during the hottest hours of the afternoon. She couldn’t stand that Ford Siesta.

Shout out to the impeccable Liz of See Liz Blog (with friends!) for a cuppa Ko-Fi yesterday. Also, thanks to Warren for the continued $10 Patronage.