tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73183593742320484442024-02-22T00:37:21.125-08:00Pens and an Inkling Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-33765455031212346642015-10-15T04:09:00.001-07:002015-10-15T04:11:47.357-07:00Piecemeal Terror - Pt 5<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: white;">It had been a long day. Dwyer's shoulders slumped as she closed the door behind her. She was finally alone. There had been little rest since the day of Bordeaux's disappearance. Harley and her had locked themselves away from the prying eyes of a precinct, delving further and further into the depths of the archives. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Old cases, new cases. There had to be something there that could give them that one, precious lead. Harley had lost herself, frenzied and wide eyed, frantically throwing file after file, each as of little use as the first. Her eyes had sunken deep into her cheeks, hollow and dark. There was an air about her that had changed. No longer was she the wise-crack officer. With every day that passed Dwyer watched her descend, withdrawing into herself. She muttered more, sometimes so indistinctly that Dwyer began to wonder if she was really there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Staring into her lazy dinner, Harley's unconscious uttering swirled about in Dwyer's mind. After weeks of searching, they still had nothing and yet that had not been the thing to perturb her partner. It was a deeper anxiousness. She remembered Harley's first words the evening Bordeaux was no longer there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"Fuck! Every single fucking time! I tell her, don't turn round! Every, single, goddamned, motherfucking time!" </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">What more could Dwyer say? After a few days, Harley had brought her a sad looking cup of coffee. Despite the harsh bitterness, Dwyer drank it gratefully. Pushing unruly strands behind her ear, Harley stared at Dwyer, not quite seeing her. It was as if she could see something Dwyer could not. It was the same look Bordeaux had given her when she first saw her; gaze intensely picking at her, as if she were a strange mark on her skin that had suddenly caught her attention. One that needed to be investigated, ripped open and put back together in a way that made sense. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"You got a handle on what we do now?" Harley had asked nonchalantly. Dwyer nodded slowly, unsure of what words to use. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"In a sense. In that we go to crime scenes that appear off. Sometimes they're just weird people doing weird things,"</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"The rest are like this." Harley looked delighted for a moment, flashing Dwyer a wide grin, amused at her quip. Dwyer could only stare at her blankly, not sure if this was something she should be chuckling at. Their superior had disappeared and Harley was alright with this? But then, this was clearly not the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"The first case I remember freaking out! One second she's there the next she's gone! Of course this was because she was leading some bizarre alien creature down an alleyway. Should have heard her! Sounded like she having the time of her life!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"Yeah, I mean fuck I dunno. I didn't get a good glimpse of it,"</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"I cried in a corner for a good two minutes. Then I gave chase flashing my badge like a maniac but by then they had disappeared. I think about two or three days passed and finally Bordeaux showed up, covered in shit. She had whatever it was, or at least what was left it, in a bag. The chief was off for two weeks after he looked inside."</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">"Nooope. Not going there!" Harley had laughed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">As the weeks passed, Harley began to mumble, "... Got to look myself. Can't be sure, can't be sure,"</span></div>
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My parents graciously gave us a car to use for a week whilst we begin the moving in process. Today we attempted to do some chores. At the end of the day we came home, tired and a little worn. We did a lot of waiting in traffic, looking around shops and what not. But it's not all bad as the company was lovely and it was nice getting those things done. :)<br />
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And I have a new plant Agatha to commemorate the new change!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-73323963962025583612015-08-15T07:52:00.001-07:002015-08-15T07:52:39.043-07:00A Week of Excuses - Day 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are moving. Our little cohort will be growing from four to six in the coming week or so and I am excited/tired/nervous/apprehensive/ready/whatthehelldidIjustdo/thisisgoingtobeawesome! There are so many emotions and thoughts racing through my mind that it's hard to believe that change has come and made itself our guest for the time being.<br />
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Today, we signed our lease for our new house.<br />
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And I am looking forward to a good rest. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-41605624056546898122015-08-14T07:41:00.002-07:002015-08-14T07:41:23.140-07:00A Week of Excuses - Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I've decided to take the next PT post in a more interesting direction and I have this silly little excuse of a comic to thank. :)<br />
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The Hyrule Warriors is strong with this one. In all seriousness... that's all I did tonight.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-4462642525046415362015-08-12T05:57:00.001-07:002015-08-12T05:57:37.093-07:00A Week of Excuses - Day 2 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just plain old laziness tonight. Also let's play guess that character! The person who can guess the character I am playing as in panel 2 gets to satisfaction of knowing they're right!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-17951671474717037452015-08-11T06:00:00.000-07:002015-08-11T06:00:14.717-07:00A Week of Excuses - Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The new PT post is on its way. Its a bit longer than the past few weeks as I want to cover some more ground character wise. But I do feel bad. So this week and this week only, you'll get to hear all my excuses in a four square format!<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This is special detective Bordeaux. She’ll be conducting the interview alongside me today.” </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I don’t want to have to repeat myself.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“My name is Francine Dwyer and I’m an officer at the Central Police Station.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dwyer then. As my friend here stated, I am special detective Emile Bordeaux. Can you confirm that you recently visited a crime scene with Detective Simon Argent on the third of July 2012?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Please, no, he was right there! I swear it! I just rounded the corridor and then he was gone! But he should have been right there!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Officer Dwyer do we need to give you a moment to calm yourself before we continue?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Excuse us. Harley? A moment please.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The interview is suspended. Time is 15:37 on the tenth of July 2012.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Can you confirm that you are Officer Francine Dwyer of the Central Police Station?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And you worked with Detective Simon Argent?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You were the last reported person to have seen him, can you please confirm that for the record?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“That is correct.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m going to be handing over the questioning to special detective Emile Bordeaux.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Thank you Harley. Are you alright to continue Officer Dwyer?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Yes.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Officer Dwyer what was your relationship to Detective Argent?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I was his partner.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bordeaux leaned back into her chair, arms crossed as she considered the distraught officer, frantically glancing about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What’s going on?” Exhaustion had hit the weight of her partner’s death weighing down upon her.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bordeaux tapped her pale lips with a manicured finger, “This is off the record naturally. When we found Detective Argent he was repeating those numbers over and over again.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“His left eye was missing,”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What?”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There was a deep cut to his abdomen,”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dwyer?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What!?” Tears poured down the officer’s drawn face, eyes distraught at the new information.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Before we found the detective the suspect of case 35679-F did indeed begin to talk. Harley the transcript please,”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No, no.” Harley begins, voice monotonous.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Please god, I’m sorry. Whatever it is I’m sorry. Please, where is she? What did you do to her?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Where’s Dwyer? No, no, no, no…”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Stop! Please...” Dwyer’s arms encased her head as she sobbed bitterly, her body shaking at what were potentially the last words she would ever hear Simon say. He was terrified! Yet at the end of it all, he had been, as he always had, looking out for her.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dwyer?”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What do you want from me?!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You.” Bordeaux’ voice lowered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I need </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> because </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are the last lead we have in this case.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re going back into the field Dwyer,” Harley slapped a manila folder in front of her yet there was no case number.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“No.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dwyer, you have no real choice in this. You’re going to have to get yourself together because till further notice, you’re assigned to special investigations.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And what is it you’re investigating tell me?”</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-c29c43d9-eded-115d-98d8-b5bb25626678" style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Well for starters,” Bordeaux smiled, “We’re going to find out what those numbers mean.”</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-71489382223190301432015-07-27T04:24:00.000-07:002015-07-27T04:29:45.102-07:00Piecemeal Terror - Pt 2 <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Haggard, the detective stared at the disheveled, trembling man across the table. He shook violently, eyes sunken and bloodshot, mouth twitching as he attempted to formulate words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Sir, I’ll ask again, what happened in that house?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detective Simon gave up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">left the man to rock himself into insanity, wildly searching about the room. His manic demeanor had refused to cease from the moment they picked him up. He had been repeating that sequence of numbers when they found him, huddled on the porch of his home, covered in his family’s blood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What now?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leaning by the door to the interrogation room stood Officer Francine Dwyer, a pen poised between her lips, an impatient finger tap, tap, tapping over her notes. There were barely two sentences on the page. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dwyer’s pen clicked to a halt. The detective stared at his feet, his face contorted with frustration. He ran his hands through his hair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We’re getting nothing out of that twisted fuck.” Simon spat</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Forensics said that the bodies are still missing," </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I know,"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Despite the drifting noise of chatter and phones, slamming doors and printing paper, there was silence between the two detectives. They were both thinking the same thing. <i>What did we miss? </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"We cased that house Simon," Dwyer said quietly, brushing a stray strand of light hair from her brow. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I know,"</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"We don't have to go back. We have enough evidence even without the confession or bodies."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>“...I know,”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"Simon,"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He reached out patting Dwyer on her shoulder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"I know."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>“Nothing for it then.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>Dwyer was sure the colour drained from them both as the words echoed about the empty hallway.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The crime scene was an hour’s drive from the Central Police Station. They took Dwyer’s car. Beside her, Simon leaned back into his passenger’s seat, eyes closed, a hand resting on the closed, navy bound notebook. It was worn about the edges. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Have you been home at all Simon?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What do you think?” Simon yawned, rubbing his eyes with his palms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hey. When we get back I'll take care of the paperwork. I’m younger than you and definitely better looking. You need your beauty sleep.” Dwyer was relieved when he chuckled at her concern.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m not that old.” He grumbled, though the smirk on his face took the sting from his words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Older than me.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">As silence fell between them again, Dwyer began to fidget, her fingers tapping at the wheel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Spit it out Dwyer,”</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“This case. It’s weird. It’s like those ghost stories girl scouts tell each other around a campfire to creep each other out. I don’t like it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “You scared?"</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I am neither confirming nor denying that fact.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re right. I’ve been on that guy since the moment we picked him up. Nothing. Absolutely fucking nothing. Just those goddamned infernal numbers!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It’s alright to admit you’re scared you know. I sure as wish to never see that house again.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Do you think we missed something?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The look Simon flashed her left her heart falling, dread snaking it’s way down her spine.</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-f50b2d36-ca60-c475-c5cc-e3222e1b06e8"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We have yet to find the wife’s body for one."</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-f50b2d36-ca63-b2c5-7f12-46bd7f362bc1" style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Man it feels weird to be back here again! Hey do you think forensics cleaned it? I mean look at it! They even dusted!” Dwyer chatted nervously. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">The house felt empty and cold as they entered the crime scene. The floors shone brilliantly, as if someone had waxed the wood recently. Even the air was devoid of must.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-f50b2d36-ca63-b2c5-7f12-46bd7f362bc1"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What are we looking for?”</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-f50b2d36-ca63-b2c5-7f12-46bd7f362bc1" style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The eye of the wife is gouged out. Here look,”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">"That's weird." Dwyer took the photo from him, flipping it in her hand. "Do you think the suspect did it?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Before Simon could answer her t</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here was a creak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Is someone here?” Dwyer tensed instinctively.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Dwyer?” His voice tensed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The detective rounded the corner, gun raised. Nothing.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He stepped cautiously, blood resounding in his ears. In an alcove to his left, the digital clock blinked 11:59pm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">“924586, 924586…</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the entryway, the radio began to repeat those godforsaken numbers, over and over and over again. The shuffling began to grow louder. Behind him, the door to the bathroom shuddered, the small, gurgling squeals of a baby becoming shrill. A frantic pounding from the bathroom door filled the corridor with rhythmic panic, matching that of the detective's own heartbeat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">The woman turned, face veiled in her own blood, a dark pit where her left eye should have been. Her head cocked to one side, a crooked smile cracking over her stained features.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">The detective awoke to find himself alone in a black room. Lifting himself off the ground he stretched his muscles, unsure of how long he had been unconscious. He wasn’t given time to investigate. A door opened. Beyond the darkened room was the seemingly normal corridor. In the small alcove, beneath the smiling portraits of summer vacations, award ceremonies and birthdays was the digital clock.</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-f50b2d36-ca33-959c-1753-98d503eff09d"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>It blinked 12:00am.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-16969639778967240282015-07-23T00:19:00.000-07:002015-07-23T00:19:24.801-07:00Let's Recycle!So I am still feeling the effects of this dreaded flu! So what better time than to recycle an old post I made to a blog AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS ago. I studied the slice-of-life genre in manga and anime as part of my honours project. I was attempting to determine what qualified as a slice-of-life narrative.<br />
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I have 10 000 odd words that demonstrates that. Here is my non peer reviewed, solely opinion based article that was never published in a journal on why K-On! is and should never be considered a slice-of-life anime.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am new to this. I have blogged before but not long posts of deconstruction. I have not had much to say in terms of anime and manga but as time has gone by and I have been exposed to more and more of the culture I have discovered that yes, I might have a thing or two to say about some things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it goes. Buckle down your seats my friends because… K-On is not the groundbreaking anime people say it is. Ok so I lied. It’s not much of a revelation. I don’t hate it so much as think that it is vastly improved when sped up by 1.5x. If you can ignore the high pitched cuteness of the characters'</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> saccharine squeaking, you’ll begin to truly believe that this is actually the pace the anime is supposed to be watched at. But I digress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I really want to say is that K-On! should not be classified as slice-of-life. I am not intending to get on the “K-On! sucks bandwagon.” Oh no. Regardless as to how I feel about this anime, my recent research just highlighted how little people know about the true meaning behind what makes a slice-of-life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me outline a few things others have to say about the genre. Horton and Romero define the slice-of-life genre as being close to real life. They explain that though slice-of-life may utilise elements such as drama as a way to increase tension and or conflict, this should not be its main focus. However the mundane activities of the characters, settings and plots, whilst based on real life situations, should be “explorations of humanity.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So how does K-On! not do this? Simple. There is little exploration of what it means to be human. There isn't much depth to the characters either. Rather it is the objectification of cakes, tea and Mio’s underwear. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Oh my stars! A 'revealing' look at the depth of K-On!'s exploration of humanity.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The focus of the anime is the characters' everyday routine, granted, but that’s all there is to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cowboy Bepop by comparison deals with deep moral issues whilst living a life of a space bounty hunter. I have yet to see Faye and Spike talking about how “Kawaii” those cakes are and how they really should be playing music but oh my god, did Mugi bring out another cup of tea potentially laced with alcohol? (Wow… kinda got away from me there.) No, K-On! does not explore the essence of humanity. Rather, it meanders around, going nowhere and doing nothing. The only thing it does do is take up time by eating all the cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, if we were to take Baker’s view that a slice-of-life was to have the absence of a satisfying ending and “a kind of arbitrary ‘core sample’ of life lived”, then hats off to K-On! because it certainly does that. Yet there is another factor that Baker argues that elaborates on this. As far as he is concerned, a story ends when the audience has been presented with enough morals or lessons or with a conclusion of an argument. He does explain that whilst the audience may not be presented with a satisfying ending, they are forced face the reality of the situation with a deeper respect for life as it is presented through the narrative.</span></div>
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Starting a blog that you've been meaning to commence for months whilst debilitated with the flu is not the brightest of ideas. Particularly when you've set yourself an update schedule.<br />
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This week has been close to a write off. Today was supposed to be a breakdown of translating a script into a storyboard but that has not happened. That's not to say I haven't been working on it. I just haven't got anything visual to show and I'd rather save that for next week.<br />
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However, I did make a little bit of progress and that started with my read through. Luckily no one was around when I got to read said script out loud and with all the voices. I enjoy building a character from the ground up. Once they are firmly there in my mind, drawing or writing for them is much simpler. Their expressions, the manner in which they converse with others, it's all there. A character has to be real to me before I can begin to do anything constructive with them.<br />
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I really like the story I am working on and can't wait to start putting it together. I will have to get the blog domain from my collaborator so you guys can check him out. It's a detective-noir story. I've been gathering ideas in regards to the look for it (thank you Pinterest). It'll be grungy, black, and dripping with a heady aesthetic.<br />
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Last week, I sat there during a massive, freezing storm, reading the script that was sent to me. It too began on a cold night. Stark scenes sprang to my mind as I began to hear the sultry tones of our protagonist. She talks of a case. A missing person.<br />
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This is a great technique. When you read dialogue aloud you get a sense of not only your pacing, but how your character is reacting to things. Are they flighty in their speech, or are they gruff and sharp? This is where you begin to really put the pieces together. And props to the writer in this case.<br />
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The scene I do want to highlight is one that takes place between the protagonist, Marla and her sister. As I read through it, I began to hear a slightly Marilyn Monroe-esque lilt to her sister's voice. The scene descended. Two women sitting about a bright 1950's kitchen. Painfully clean, yet there are signs of wear and tear. A small, torn corner of the wall paper. Stains on the floor from where the children have been playing. A sad collection of bottles by the bin. She's in a respectable wiggle dress with a flowery pattern, her hair slightly mussed from a day of chasing toddlers, a stark contrast to her dark, neat, angled sister Marla.<br />
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By reading this conversation aloud I now have them firmly in my head. From here I can begin to break down the script into what content will go on each page before I place it on a storyboard. All of which will come next week.<br />
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And I shall have to leave it there. Many apologies for the shorter post.<br />
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Tomorrow shall be my rant day. I have yet to chose what I want to say but no doubt I will be as surprised as you.<br />
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Thanks and good night!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09284342017792370812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7318359374232048444.post-42433697808776836142015-07-19T16:44:00.000-07:002015-07-27T04:24:39.818-07:00Piecemeal Terror - Pt 1<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
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The dreaded bout of the cold reached the shores of Fort Petersham. Every hacking cough spiraled down the stairs, reverberating the walls. Illness lingered in the air, the barely warm rooms comforting the patients within. Their bodies shake as spluttering and sneezing grip them tightly, squeezing what air remains in their lungs before they collapse, exhausted from the exertion.<br />
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It'll be a long, winter's night.<br />
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I sit here, cocooned in my elegant, purple and white polka dotted robe, stylish, pink tartan pajama pants, penning the events that are to come. And by events I mean musings on this here very blog. Every week you, dear reader, will receive three posts.<br />
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For it was on Mondays that she did decree, "Let there be piecemeal horror! Give them just enough. Small bits and pieces for them to collect. Make them cringe, make them huddle behind their monitors, render them gibbering wrecks! Actually no, just make it mildly interesting."<br />
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For it was on Tuesdays that she did decree, "Buggar that! I got things to do!"<br />
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For it was on Wednesdays that she did decree, "Look upon the work of illustration. A dark, twisted detective story; from script to page. Told by one and shown by the other. A narrative woven on a cold, winter's night."<br />
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For it was on Thursdays that she did decree, "I SHALL RANT!"<br />
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For it was on Fridays that she did decree, "Too tired..."<br />
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And weekends I have off :P<br />
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So join me on Monday for the first installment of Piecemeal Terror.<br />
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(I think I am running out of Strepsils....)<br />
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