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In The Halls Where She Nodded Nearly Napping by Fafnir313, literature
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In The Halls Where She Nodded Nearly Napping
There was a hiss, a roar, and then a wave of cheers. Morta sat with her legs crossed in her elliptical amphitheater, staring over the liquid sands of the Colosseum. A string of purple grapes lay across her shoulder. She popped a fruit in her mouth, chewing slowly, fixated on the mock naval battle.
The Gnatu flooded the basement membrane with dense fluid and took command of elaborate rafts with cast iron carronades. The volleys came fast, the acrid scent of gunpowder filling the air as splinters of wood ruptured and peeled.
Morta smiled, a chunk of ivory rosewood slapping against her knees.
She loved ringside seats.
The booming thunder of a belching long-nine and the shriek of spherical cast iron shot colliding with the mast. She licked her lips, savoring the taste of metal and sawdust, sulfur burning her nose.
Gawds, it felt nice to be home, but Morta missed the screaming. The Gnatu used to scream for her when she was a little girl, but now they just saluted, going down
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