LJ Idol Season 8, Week 25: "Closer"

Apr 30, 2012 16:18

"Who Are You?"

A lot of my job is research, digging deep to find out who people are. In this case, the person I was digging on was me, and the research material was the back of my eyelids. It wasn't very stimulating reading.

The knock on the door interrupted me. "Come in," I called. The door opened to reveal a goblin looking dirtier than last week's ( Read more... )

far far away, murder by death, pen to paper

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lawchicky May 1 2012, 01:45:00 UTC
Oooh, like this a lot!

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copyright1983 May 1 2012, 02:47:13 UTC
Had a feeling you might. :) Thanks for reading!

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medleymisty May 1 2012, 01:47:48 UTC
Murder by death is the most awesome tag I've seen, I think.

I love how your character's voice and perspective is so different from lrig_rorrim's narrator. I also like all the little noir bits, especially the clever bits like "a fox that would make a hunter drop his bow for good" and "A dive Jacques Cousteau wouldn't survive." :)

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copyright1983 May 1 2012, 02:48:47 UTC
I *think* I might have stolen the tag from a short film some friends made once.

That last line you mentioned was inspired by a different noir parody I saw once, which mentioned "a dive lower than scuba gear can go." :)

As always, thanks for reading!

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basric May 1 2012, 09:17:40 UTC
OOOOO I liked it. Well done.

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copyright1983 May 1 2012, 13:07:31 UTC
:) Thanks for reading!

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lrig_rorrim May 1 2012, 14:56:19 UTC
I just wanted to say again how much much I like this! You set such a deliciously fun and dark tone. Thanks for helping bring Carre-Four to life with me. :)

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copyright1983 May 1 2012, 15:16:23 UTC
:) See my comment on your post.

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alien_infinity May 1 2012, 16:08:09 UTC
I liked this one a lot! :)

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copyright1983 May 1 2012, 19:25:48 UTC
:) Thanks for reading!

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