ACTUAL Progress!
After endless epic fights and battles, and a series of cuts and rewrites that nearly had me in tears, I have finally finished up the beginning of 24 and can move back to the later, so much more fun bits!
<--- Me
So even though I'll probably end up having to rewrite parts of it again, it's still, for now, done. And as a celebratory gift, here's a short snippet from one of the bits that I actually quite like. Anyone up for some Lily/Marauders banter? ;D
"Just so you know," I told Sirius calmly, absently unrolling Marley's newspaper before promptly returning it back over to her, "if you and Remus were both dangling off separate cliffs-slipping finger grips, feet swinging, yelling and carrying on, the whole dramatic debacle-and I was the only one about to help, I don't care if he has an ocean and you have a puddle, there's a typhoon approaching from the northwest, or a rampaging elephant is heading full speed straight in the direction of your quickly crumbling mountainside...I'm still saving him first."
There was a brief moment of silence after I'd finished my pronouncement, and I casually began to climb over the table bench to slip into my spot between James and Sirius. Then, almost immediately:
"Tactful," from Remus.
"Brownnoser," Sirius sneered at him.
"Rampaging elephant heading towards the quickly crumbling mountainside?" Peter repeated thoughtfully. "That's a new one."
"Someone pass this girl a waffle," James ordered, tossing his arm about my shoulders. "Besting Sirius is famishing, isn't it?"
"Exceptionally," I agreed.
"I wasn't bested," Sirius grumbled.
"Go whine about it," I returned.
He tried to hide it, but Sirius's lips quirked upwards slightly, impressed.
<--- Me
So even though I'll probably end up having to rewrite parts of it again, it's still, for now, done. And as a celebratory gift, here's a short snippet from one of the bits that I actually quite like. Anyone up for some Lily/Marauders banter? ;D
"Just so you know," I told Sirius calmly, absently unrolling Marley's newspaper before promptly returning it back over to her, "if you and Remus were both dangling off separate cliffs-slipping finger grips, feet swinging, yelling and carrying on, the whole dramatic debacle-and I was the only one about to help, I don't care if he has an ocean and you have a puddle, there's a typhoon approaching from the northwest, or a rampaging elephant is heading full speed straight in the direction of your quickly crumbling mountainside...I'm still saving him first."
There was a brief moment of silence after I'd finished my pronouncement, and I casually began to climb over the table bench to slip into my spot between James and Sirius. Then, almost immediately:
"Tactful," from Remus.
"Brownnoser," Sirius sneered at him.
"Rampaging elephant heading towards the quickly crumbling mountainside?" Peter repeated thoughtfully. "That's a new one."
"Someone pass this girl a waffle," James ordered, tossing his arm about my shoulders. "Besting Sirius is famishing, isn't it?"
"Exceptionally," I agreed.
"I wasn't bested," Sirius grumbled.
"Go whine about it," I returned.
He tried to hide it, but Sirius's lips quirked upwards slightly, impressed.