Moving Forward
The place had to deal with enough stragglers and layabouts, people who only stayed for the shelter.... "you're awake?" the sound forced a gasp from the rabbit.
Black Meridian 22: Jack in the Box
"you wanna give me a paw gettin' a straggler?" "straggler?" he asked, standing and holstering the gun. "yeah, some slick fool ain't got enough sense to clear out. thought havin' the big-bad kalico by my side might..." she shrugged.
Spirits (Part Four)
Most of the wolves were away from the fire, and the few stragglers barely took notice of her as she wandered over towards loka's hut and furtively opened the door. "are you here, priestess? we need to talk..."
Winter Help - Chapter One
"we got a straggler. geez, she always does this." he opened the cattle door, and in poked a large brown cow which i later learned was named gertie. "she hides behind the barn where you can't see her until everyone else is out of here.
Wolves in Caps - 1 - Pages Turn
Students were already drifting out, and there were only a few desperate stragglers to be shooed and reassured after them before he could leave. the doors locked with a heavenly click.
Paying Rent
That meant to sam that she'd get to collect any stragglers--maybe once a month, she figured, though it was possible that ratio would die out as time went on--and sam suspected that fiela doubted she would be terribly rash with her decisions.
Open Ocean
I planned to find a cozy, bustling bay to bide my time and hopefully lose track of the unwanted straggler. the straggler, i'd discovered, who had kept on my track the whole night.
The Book of Warlock 3. In the presence of magic.
Could even have been soldiers from one of the realms ahead of them, skirting around the war band, intent on capturing stragglers to tie down on their steeds and bring back for questioning.
Red Moon: Ragnarok: Chapter 13
Throw a massive wave and let it sweep over the enemy and weaken them, then pick off the stragglers. a brutally efficient strategy done with expertise. but who could do that. it wasn't fenrir.
D-Day
They had fled to the ships and some stragglers scrambled before my eyes into tug boats ten men deep until they half-sunk, dipping dangerously low in the choppy water. bright colour flickered past the corner of my eye and i jerked into motion.
The Origin of Shadow - Chapter 5
Shadow: "because i'm trying to stop him" vido: "yeah right, you could just be a straggler of his army, how do i know you're not lying?"
MoonDust, Chapter 35
Imogene half expected them to meet general slate, or perhaps more paf stragglers, but there was no one.