PicoWriMo

Sorry for vanishing for long - weekend away turned into weekend away, followed by a quick turnaround at home, then another trip; all with extra stress due to possible rl crisis-ness. However, now safely back home and everything stable for the moment. All this lead to no writing or research while I was away, but hopefully now that I'm back I'll get back into it (but probably not until tomorrow as today is a day for resting and recovering). Also, catching up on comments, although idk if I'll manage to ever catch up properly... but looking forward to seeing the what everyone has been up to.

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Welcome back!

Hope you managed plenty of rest since your return.

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Thank you! Rest and work (which needed to be done), so all good.

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Glad you are safely returned. Looking forward to updates when you've rested up.

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Thank you!

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I vanished for a few days as well, with far less excuse...

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Welcome back to you too!

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Welcome back! Don't worry about catching up with comments, just get back into research/writing :)

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Thank you! (but I want to catch up with what the rest of you have been writing too :D)

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Another 500 words today, after a busy afternoon of paperwork and administrivia. Edward's arranged for transport to collect him, Roo and Quinn, but Christophe is planning to get a lift back to his hotel in Linda's car before the horsebox turns up:

"In that case..." Edward considered his words carefully, and decided to try a different approach. "How's Roo? I'm afraid his mother's news rather took me by surprise, and I didn't want to say anything that would influence his decision either way."

"He's good, I think." Christophe glanced over to the fireside. "He seemed very excited by that package you asked me to give him."

"How would you feel about spending more time with us – with both of us, if Roo decides to stay with me rather than move to South America with his mother?"

"I'd like to." Christophe fished out his tobacco tin and cigarette papers. "But there are things I need to do before I can settle down. It might take me a year. It might take two, or maybe a lot longer. Growing up, I always resented Da for not letting us know when he'd be turning up or how long he'd be going away for the next time. And Katja resented me for the hours I used to put in, even when I was managing to get home most nights."

"Katja?" 'Kate' in several Northern European languages, Edward seemed to remember. He carefully avoided the question of what had caused Christophe to work unsociable hours.

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Another day of good progress! So much is happening! Edward's practically proposing.

administrivia

What a great term! Possibly, I've admired it before, but it deserves more.

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Thanks for the encouragement. Edward wants stability for Rupert as well as for himself -- or at least the possibility of it at some point in the future -- and that's really what Christophe wants, barring this big personal quest he's determined to finish first (even though he still won't tell anyone what it is).

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Ah.

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I know all about that administrivia, I do. Your dialogue is still going well, nice and flowing and natural sounding :)

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Thanks. There'll be more administrivia today, once I'm done with the cleaning.

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500 words is excellent progress on a busy day, kudos! Nice excerpt; I like Christophe & Edward's careful conversation.

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Thanks on both counts.

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I've finished Chapter 6 and posted it to FF.Net:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11237183/6/A-Matter-of-Time (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11237183/6/A-Matter-of-Time)

I've also started Chapter 7 and roughly planned out the rest of the story. It will change as I keep writing, it always does, but at least I now can see the end of the tunnel.

Excerpt:
Ianto hums noncommittally. He knows, of course, that Jack used to fly just about everything at some point of his unnaturally long life, from spaceships through atmospheric gliders to old-fashioned airplanes, but he never actually saw him doing so.

Unless one counted Jack’s reckless driving style that seemed to defy the laws of physics on occasion, that is.

“Well,” Archer says after a lengthy pause. “This was a very… educational little chat, Mr Daniels, or whoever you truly are. I still don’t know why I should take you with me to Rigel X, though.”

“Because I’m Torchwood; and you know that we always get the job done,” Ianto replies simply.

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Great work there.

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Thank you. :)

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Fantasic progress!

Ianto playing the Torchwood card there.

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That he does. :)

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elmey.livejournal.com

Thank you for putting up today's post! I haven't been feeling well and went to bed early and got up late--I'll preschedule tomorrow in a few minutes.

I think the driving style must have some connection to the flying==once a daredevil always a daredevil :)

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You're welcome. :)

I think the fact that Jack can come back from the death didn't help his driving style, either.

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I hope you're feeling better.

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Yay for posting!!!

Unless one counted Jack’s reckless driving style that seemed to defy the laws of physics on occasion, that is. ... I do like that :)

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Hey, that's a recurring canon event: Jack driving and the rest of the team holding on to their intestines.

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Kudos on excellent progress! Planning is useful even if it seems to inevitably mean that the story changes under your nose... So Archer has prised some more truth out of Ianto -- good for him!

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I try to make baby steps here - I don't think Archer could stomach the whole truth at once. Imagine a guy half your age telling you that he used to have wild monkey sex with your great-great-great-great-grandfather!

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Back to nothing new again. Argh! So, I edited. A further excerpt from Mycroft's conversation at the facility.

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Mycroft folded his hands on top of the folder. “You hadn’t intended to breed the animals?”

“The litter came as a surprise,” Dr Agarwal explained. “Randolph had adopted two kittens shortly before arriving here under the impression that the animals had been neutered at the rescue centre where he acquired them.”

“When it became clear that the young female was pregnant, it offered an exciting opportunity to observe if any of the parents’ learned behaviours might be passed on to a new generation,” Skye added immediately.

“Then one of the resultant litter going missing was surely a cause for concern?” Mycroft remarked.

“We thought he might have got out of Randolph’s quarters and hid,” Agarwal said. “Perhaps died.”

“So you would eventually nose him out beneath the stairs,” Mycroft said.

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A very dry and unemotional discussion (on the surface at least). Then again I've always tried to remain calm in the face of cats deciding to hide themselves in strange parts of my houses.

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I've never felt I found all the hiding spots, although I've certainly tried.

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Oh that last line... I winced, good writing.

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I had a debate with myself about that line, but it happened to me with a mouse one time.

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Editing counts, too! This is a fascinating excerpt; so Red & Gray are supercats!! That would explain why they like the super-Holmes duo so much :)

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I'm so pleased you like the idea! :-D

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136 words written tonight, and I might spend some more time editing since I've got a few extra minutes. But in case I give up and go to sleep, I figured I'd go ahead and check in! :)

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Still making consistent progress there.

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I'm impressed by the steadiness - you get some done every day.

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Kudos! Your steady progress is fantastic.

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Mostly a washout. I did two more 30 Days posts & read the Jade Dragon scene I was working on, but the plumbers pretty much exhausted all thought, creative or otherwise.

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