Olivia.
The crickets chirped again. “what?” she repeated, fluffy ears flicking, the cheap silver hoops in her ears jingling faintly. “you said i could have a snack.”
His Midnight escape
No chirps of crickets, no squeaks of bats, no movements in the bushes; only the sounds of his footsteps and his breathing. the silence of the night was then abruptly interrupted by another bloodcurdling howl.
MINOTAUR UNIVERSITY: PART 1
A mild enchantment discipline, but even when that wore off none of the neophytes would recognise him as rector has he was wearing a rather unostentatious summer suit, the likes of which one might wear to the races, or to sip a cool ale or tea beside a cricket
The Garden Chapter 3: The Start of a New Begining
Like a miasma, all that could be heard was the sound of crickets from outside, and vera spoke up.
Staying Human: Chapter Four
The crickets, frogs, and nocturnal birds were playing their song just for me tonight, it seemed. my ears cocked themselves to the side as a mouse scampered under my feet, and i resisted the urge to catch it for a snack.
Home
Even the bird songs and crickets sounded wrong. and there was always who he left behind. he smiled particularly bitterly at that, childhood friends before before the era of the phone and of the blue bird whom he had no means of contacting.
Midline Shift 31 - A Different Side of the Galaxy
He tried not to bump into any of them, blue-skinned humanoids and hard-faced crickets with flat noses and mouth flaps, lanky amphibious beings and of course the odd human.
Lonely Oak Chapter 55
Outside the crickets had picked up, died down, picked back up, and died back down again. he'd already spent two hours trying to sleep.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 15
The drums stopped immediately, and the chatter slowly faded away until only the crackling fire and the ceaseless chirping of crickets could be heard. "ander, you stand at the feet of the cora, who sees all.
Through the Looking Glass: Penance: Chapter 1-B
Down the table she saw the rest of the furious five, whom she thought had the most redundant names of all; tigress was appropriately a tigress, viper was a snake, mantis was... a cricket, but she tried not to dwell on the fact that he was actually something
Starlight
Anyway, hope y'all enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it~ ^w^ the uneven, oddly rhythmic snap of the campfire's tongues lapping against the firewood carries through the thick night air, the quiet hum of crickets buzzing in my ears.
Prologue
crickets chirped through the silence, birds fluttered from window to window, and the occasional car horn sometimes honked in the distance. very average, but also very soothing.