tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post7654334568682697365..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Saturday October 29th, 2016Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-12186053974444371502016-11-25T11:27:43.166-08:002016-11-25T11:27:43.166-08:00Greg - I would not want to be a professional mover...Greg - I would not want to be a professional mover, is all I shall say about this day of moving :P<br /><br />I had quite a bit of fun writing this week's story. Thank you for nudging me along the way to doing it :)<br /><br />Fantastic description of the message and how it is revealed. And I enjoyed how the head of the family being a vampire is only one of two significant problems. Let's see what the second is, shall we?Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-322464055814899662016-10-30T23:06:47.984-07:002016-10-30T23:06:47.984-07:00I don't envy you that moving job! I know ther...I don't envy you that moving job! I know there's a lot of satisfaction in a job well done, but moving boxes and furniture is Sisyphean and I avoid it as much as possible. I shall look forward to the picture though :)<br />Wow, this is getting dark! I wasn't expecting them to try and talk to the voices in the house and now they have... it doesn't seem good. Children are hardly the most reasonable beings, especially upset ones. I like how they're pulling together to try and deal with the situation, and I really like how you've built to this climax, and... I guess I'll have to wait and see if they can get out of this. I'm not convinced.<br /><br /><b>Protection</b><br />"A moment," said Ernest. "When I asked about the coffins first you said sixteen, not fourteen. Would I be right in thinking that you -- we -- are deliberately spreading misinformation?"<br />Samual nodded. "The Lords-Martial are hopeful that they can use this to trace any leaks that happen. As you are aware we lost three operatives in the Baltic region in the last four months. Some might call it carelessness, but there are worries that it is more systematic than that. The Lords-Theurgical are deliberately setting the wrong number up in order to disrupt any resonances that might allow someone to locate the coffins magically."<br />"They'll have filled one of the coffins themselves?"<br />"I swear, Sir, I sometimes think you should be briefing me! Yes, with a representation of a condemned prisoner, who is now under close watch in her cell."<br />"I see," said Ernest. He stared into the twilight, the lights of the hotel just appearing in the distance. "Well, back to the funeral then. I was assuming that we would be simply attending, probably with a formal procession and a lot of speeches about the undoubted nobility and bravery of Lord Campion, retiring for lunch, and returning to London. But you mentioned four days."<br />"Things are a little complicated. Lord Campion's family tomb has layers of theurgical protection that mean the funeral can't happen until the day after tomorrow. If you could take the message tube from the glove-box and open it, now, please Sir?"<br />Samual waited while Ernest broke the wax with a thumbnail and eased the end-cap off the tube. He gently tilted it, allowing a piece of blank paper and a silver token to fall into his lap. He turned the paper over, checking it was unmarked, and then picked the token up. As he touched it it glowed softly, and immediately writing appeared on the page, moving as though being written as Ernest watched.<br /><i>Lord Derby, you are hereby granted eyes-and-ears access to all necessary details of the Campion family's duty to the Kingdom.</i> Underneath were nine signatures: the Lords-Martial, -Magical and -Theurgical.<br />"This would have killed me if I was an imposter?"<br />Samual nodded. "And I'd have had some explaining to do. And probably cleaning the upholstery. So Sir, there are two significant problems, the first of which is that the head of the Campion family is an effective vampire."Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com