Part One: by @kaelci
"Well buffer me with bluegums and call me Bonnie," I murmured reverently.
Standing in the tower above the apartment complex, I could see everything. It was all laid clear before me. Everything! Hell, I could even see into the complex three blocks over. Unfortunately, that was not part of my jurisdiction.
I raised my binoculars and started my purveyance. Purveyor Extraordinaire. I certainly didn't see that as part of my resume when I was younger.
There was a cat in Dorothy Doona's room. That was illegal. Room 29B. I quickly noted it down on my notepad and scanned the other rooms, all of them with their curtains bared open as though they held no inkling of people like me. The Purveyors. At least I wasn't a voyeur. Apparently the last guy got fired for that.
A small smirk touched my lips and I raised my binoculars again, and dropped them to the ground within a second of re-raising them. Room 17D had THREE cats. No, no. That was unacceptable.
Grabbing my notepad, I flew down the tower.
Part Two: by @felt.buzz
I hammered on the door of 17D. I heard some noise on the other side, scraping of chairs, possibly moving a cat litter tray or three. I heard the tinkle of the chain being put across the door and then it opened, just a crack. An eye looked out at me blinking.
"Hey..." I checked my notebook. "Mrs Clayton?"
The eye blinked and I heard a weak voice say, "Yes?"
"Jake Freak," I said, flashing my badge. "Perveyour Extraordinaire."
"How can I help you, Mr Freak?"
"Lady, you know you ain't supposed to have cats on the premise?"
"Why of course! Dirty little creatures, illegal too," the eye blinked, and widened in fear.
"I've detected you have three of the little bastards in there, lady. I have to deal with them," I took a deep breath. "And I have to make an example of you, too, I'm afraid."
Mrs Clayton's eye blinked again. Then I heard the click of what sounded very much like gun.
"Step away from the door, Mr Freak," she said. "Or I'm gonna blow your fucking head off."
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Hullo, hullo! It's We-Write time!! :D There's only a little bit of time of left, but you can grab a partner and join in tooooo! The prompt is -- Buffer -- and you can find the challenge at the following link:
@freewritehouse/25fnx3-march-madness-day-28-prompt-buffer
This time @felt.buzz offered to be my writing partner and I jumped with joy! Bruce is one of my favourite freewriters and I was super chuffed to do a We-Write with him! :D I have permission to post his half of the story also as he already has his four posts set for today, and I hope that you enjoyed this wacky tale! I know I enjoyed it! :)
I also realised after the fact that I totally meant Surveyor and Surveillance not Purveyor and Purveyance... but eh. Maybe the character is looking for wares at the same time as illegal cats, haha!!
The header image is CC0 and courtesy of Pixabay!
Thank you for reading!!!! :D
