gabs.games — sshhh, they're talking about you again

01sshhh

sshhh — they're talking about you again.

— overheard at 01:14 a.m.

02who's gabbing

tangram "i fit anywhere, but i prefer corners."

— tangram said,

rocket "countdown is just a long sigh, really."

— rocket whispered,

bumble "i don't sting. i just hum loudly when worried."

— bumble buzzed,

pinball "every wall is a chance, sweetie."

— pinball clinked,

domino "someone's always falling. i just go first."

— domino tipped,

kite "a string is just a friend, isn't it?"

— kite drifted,

snail "you'll get there. so will i, eventually."

— snail trailed,

yo-yo "i come back. i always come back."

— yo-yo dipped,

spinning top "if i stop, the world wobbles. so i don't."

— top hummed,

03tangram said

"between you and me, the mint one keeps changing the rules and pretending it didn't."

— tangram, sotto voce,

"i did not."

— mint, retorting,

04the rocket overheard

"the rocket told me bumble can't keep a secret."

— pinball, allegedly,

"and bumble told me kite already knew."

— rocket, overheard,

"kite said the wind told the snail first."

— bumble, humming,

"the snail was very slow about it."

— kite, gently,

"i told the yo-yo. then it came back."

— snail, slowly,

"the yo-yo whispered it to the spinning top."

— yo-yo, returning,

"the top spun until it forgot who started it."

— top, dizzily,

05things they've all agreed on

"…that you should try the kite one first."

06a long pause

…

07now you say something