"i dunno, lu," edmund says skeptically. "the quizbowl team doesn't really need cheerleaders."
"wait, check it out, check it out," lucy burbles, then she stands straight in the ready position. "ready? okay! tangent, sequent, cosine, sine! three point one four one five nine! gooooo finchley!"
she looks at edmund expectantly, who looks at her like this: :-/
"like," says edmund, "maybe you should stick to football."
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MEANWHILE, IN FRONT STORY
on one side of the hotel bed, susan has already dropped off to sleep, gathering most of the blankets around herself as she snores softly. lucy and peter are at the desk, faces lit up by the glow of the computer monitor, on which edmund's pixellated face is currently displayed.
"what were they like?" edmund asks. "how are they?"
peter shrugs and lucy says, "they're happy. but i guess a little sad. they kind of didn't know how to act around us."
"they were okay," adds peter, shrugging. "mom was happy to see us."
"was dad?"
"i think so," says peter.
"of course he was," says lucy.
peter adds, "i dunno, they miss us. says we should call them sometime, or email. dad says they're sick of hearing about us only when we get caught."
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the macmanus brothers seem to like corin well enough, but he knows how they roll so he's always wary, even as the three of them now are paying for each other's beers and liberally bumming each other cigarettes. corin is always aware that maybe one day connor and murphy will be coming after HIM, and that will be no fun.
"what do you want with aslan?" connor demands. "has he done something?"
"no no," says corin. "we just have a favor to ask of him. i've called his office and thrown my weight around, but so far nada."
"have you tried worcester?" asks murphy.
corin makes a face. "worcester? what the hell is in worcester?"
murphy replies, "what isn't in worcester?"
i have some thoughts about caspian's role in the hope diamond thing. and also about lucy, 'cos i dunno, now that i've written more from her POV, i kind of wish i had kept the lucycest even more implicit. the other three have pevencestuous mindfuckery covered, but lucy is just kind of sweet and happy-go-lucky. i think her relationships with her siblings are the least complicated of the four.
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"wait, check it out, check it out," lucy burbles, then she stands straight in the ready position. "ready? okay! tangent, sequent, cosine, sine! three point one four one five nine! gooooo finchley!"
she looks at edmund expectantly, who looks at her like this: :-/
"like," says edmund, "maybe you should stick to football."
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MEANWHILE, IN FRONT STORY
on one side of the hotel bed, susan has already dropped off to sleep, gathering most of the blankets around herself as she snores softly. lucy and peter are at the desk, faces lit up by the glow of the computer monitor, on which edmund's pixellated face is currently displayed.
"what were they like?" edmund asks. "how are they?"
peter shrugs and lucy says, "they're happy. but i guess a little sad. they kind of didn't know how to act around us."
"they were okay," adds peter, shrugging. "mom was happy to see us."
"was dad?"
"i think so," says peter.
"of course he was," says lucy.
peter adds, "i dunno, they miss us. says we should call them sometime, or email. dad says they're sick of hearing about us only when we get caught."
+
the macmanus brothers seem to like corin well enough, but he knows how they roll so he's always wary, even as the three of them now are paying for each other's beers and liberally bumming each other cigarettes. corin is always aware that maybe one day connor and murphy will be coming after HIM, and that will be no fun.
"what do you want with aslan?" connor demands. "has he done something?"
"no no," says corin. "we just have a favor to ask of him. i've called his office and thrown my weight around, but so far nada."
"have you tried worcester?" asks murphy.
corin makes a face. "worcester? what the hell is in worcester?"
murphy replies, "what isn't in worcester?"
i have some thoughts about caspian's role in the hope diamond thing. and also about lucy, 'cos i dunno, now that i've written more from her POV, i kind of wish i had kept the lucycest even more implicit. the other three have pevencestuous mindfuckery covered, but lucy is just kind of sweet and happy-go-lucky. i think her relationships with her siblings are the least complicated of the four.