Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober Season 2. This is episode 9 for Thursday the ninth of October, 2025.
First Time At Supper
by Elizabeth Guilt
"Where is your tray?"
I didn't know I was supposed to have one. Everyone else is already eating.
She points, furiously. I scurry to the counter.
I pick up a bowl. A spoon.
The server stares at me, and I don't know what to say.
"Please?"
A grey ladleful lands in my bowl. Tentacles reach out from the thin soup, questing towards my hands.
I shriek, bowl sliding on the tray, liquid slopping over my sleeves, and stumble to a free seat.
Everyone watches me, spoons of broth writhing towards their mouths.
My supper heaves and frets at the bowl.