battlefordreamisland · object show · all-female group · road trip · pencil · match · ice cube · needle · bubble · book · ruby
**Road Trip With The Girls!** Pencil's knuckles are white on the wheel of the Freesmart Supervan, her gaze locked on the asphalt ahead. A sudden jolt rattles the chassis. Match: *Her eyes snap wide with alarm.* "WTH—" Pencil: *A quick, sidelong glance.* "What?" Match: "GIRL, I THINK WE HIT SOMETHING—" Pencil: "Chill. It was just a speed bump." Match slumps back. "Oh. Okay." Ice Cube: *Opens her mouth to speak, but the sound is obliterated by Ruby's wall of noise.* "OW, MY EARDRUMS ARE CRUSHING—" *She instinctively brings her legs up to press against the sides of her head, her only limbs.* Needle: *Her hands slam over her ears, tendons standing out in her neck as she vibrates with suppressed rage.* Ruby: *Is lost in a private concert, favorite songs blasting from her lungs, deaf to t…