Day 4 (Team July)

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I'm butting in here to post, because it's evening of the 4th here, and there is no post! So join me in the boasting progress reports and encouragement for this day's creative work!

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[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Heirs and Graces

Phase 3 -- July's writing:



Knuckled down this evening, and finished the fight scene, although I may expand it a little in editing. Now the aftermath:

"Lord Edward, what have you been doing this time?" Ada Bellows said, setting the kettle on the hob.

"That's a story for another day. I've no time for tea either," Edward said. He dried his hands on a tea towel, and pulled a comb from his pocket. First off he was going to remove nine-tenths of the Brylcreme from his hair. Then he was going to change his clothes, and get Ada to dispose of this set. He'd got her son out of a nasty jam a couple of years before, and she was a reliable sort when it came to repaying favours.

"As soon as I've gone," he continued, "I need you to go out to the phone-box, and call the police. Don't give your name, just say you heard a nasty commotion at the bottom of the steps, and you want someone to see what's been going on."

"Should I know what the commotion was about?"

"Best you don't." He'd left the Norton up at the Ace Café after a heavy drinking session the week before. If he took a taxi up there now, he could be well away from London before the police did more than seal off the area around where Jones lay. He'd head north, maybe spend a night in one of his old haunts before going back to Italy in a day or so.

He had a lot to think about.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Looks like you are making a lot of progress!

Intriguing... :)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[kerravonsen]

Covering his tracks, hmmmm?

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Great progress.

Edward has quite a network! I hope he makes it back to Italy.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Edward is very good at keeping track of people, even if he connects better with them on the more superficial levels.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

He had a lot to think about.

Heh. I'll bet he did ;-)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

:-)

It's been a busy morning for him.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I assume the weasely man is no more. A rather major difficulty!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

He's no more. Hence the call to the poilce (why get minions to tidy up after you when the authorities can do it instead?). And, yes, it does present a major difficulty.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Things are heating up! I assume from the novel you were writing that he gets away with it.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

They are indeed. It's going to cost him (and not just financially), but I don't see him getting convicted anywhere in the current timeline.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Steady progress! I particularly enjoyed the detail about the Brylcreme.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Different personas blatantly require different levels of personal grooming. ;-)

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

We all knew that Edward is no stranger to weaving a tangled web, but this one is turning into a real knot! i will be very interested to know how it all fits together.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I'll be pulling some threads together very soon.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Very good progress, finishing the scene, congrats!
I see Jones has met his match. I hope Edward did not kill him, though, because then he would be in a real jam.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Jones is indeed no more, and Edward is off to construct an alibi.