( and are pretty efficient at that )
I was going to have Lorraine act a bit like the Filth-zombies and yell out some of the more sensical phrases, but as usual things went differently in writing than in planning. Desmond’s mostly tried to take them on from a distance (or takes them out fast) so doesn’t get to hear them mumbling about groceries.
I chose a slightly-reference surname because canonically Carter doesn’t have one.
( Chapter 371: Vapor Trails )
( -twenty-one- )
this is the second time I’ve written a fic with a romantic offer to kidnap someone else. It’s weird that it happened twice, but makes perfect sense in context.
( -twenty- )
( we can't go back )
usually I try not to make specific kinds of jokes about things like word count numbers but in this case given what’s implied I think it’s pretty appropriate, actually
happy Echoes anniversary!
This is just a nebulous fluff thing that wouldn't leave me alone the week before until I wrote it, and then when I was done I stared at it and went 'uh, this actually works really well as a 'special' because it doesn't really spoil anything and probably doesn't 100% fit in with the story anyway'. So it may someday be somewhat AU whenever I get to that part, but isn't as much as, say, A Tad Too Inviting. Also I'll note I'm sick, keep writing chapters out of order that I'm probably going to have to heavily revise whenever I actually get there, and have been watching The Bourne Identity a lot all because of a) being sick and b) a one-off joke that's going to happen in the next interlude-esque volume? That being said I actually kinda like this a lot and hope you do too, thanks for sticking with this story!
( what it says on the tin )
I’m actually one of the weirdoes that prefers the first game to the second but thinking about “Chad” there’s some similarities here that make this song pretty relevant for writing this chapter.
Desmond actually getting to use information from Initiate is great.
( winter's lieutenants )
( -nineteen- )
More extraneous dialogue. “Even then, I dare say disintegration would not agree with you. Care to find out?”
( -eighteen- )
Reading about Looms for a later part and getting sidetracked reading about the Newblood houses and...yeah, that fits Blake extremely well, so him actually having a second heart before his first regeneration is more meaningful for the plot than just for survival. Yay for awesome coincidence.
( -two- )
( the purple circuit )
( -seventeen- )
“Do you know what you’re doing?”
“If it worked anything like a genie, I’d have asked for wealth.”
blake is the type to make a bargain with janus (actually so is Avon and blake might get caught by servalan and travis alongside a very confused spike)
thank you and hi /waves to new subscriber
( -sixteen- )
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