umbrella-taxis

~The Umbrella Brigade~                     ~Prologue~ And their they were. Parading into the building without a care or worry about how they looked or appeared to other people. The first puzzling character was a very lofty and slender man. He had long mouse brown hair about two inches below his narrow shoulders, silver framed sun glasses with blue lenses, an azure shirt, and a grey wrinkled tuxedo which was about two inches above his ankles. And below those ankles were two, yes two, muddy dress shoes that had two feet in them. Now the other two characters were both of the feminine gender. One about the age of the man, and the other abou

The Green City is beautiful place. There's no doubt about it, really, even for me, and my family lives on the outskirts- almost in Shade Quarter, but not quite. All the same, parts of our neighborhood are more yellow than green, and the houses are small and crowded. It doesn't matter, because it's still beautiful. Even the Shade Quarter is striking, despite the deep shadows and less-than-ideal conditions. The people who live there are still happy with their lot. All in all we Green People are happy sorts, and that's more than can be said for all the Slick People I've seen- them always going about their dreary work with dreary faces in their h