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the_bigshow Mun Prompt: Things to Remember
1. When you create your character (or interpret a canon one,) please to remember that how you present that person has an impact on how they are received. "Biting sarcasm drips from their every statement" or "Likes to retreat to his lair when upset" might sound deep, but it makes a character damn hard to play against. Think about how YOU interact ( Read more... ) -
Parents tell white lies
They watched two little boys walk away with their grandfather, one praised and the other ignored. A deadly pattern of pain and confusion set to be repeated in another generation. Neither she nor Bobby could watch the scene without their stomachs turning, but there wasn't anything they could do. Preference could not be charged as abuse under New ( Read more... ) -
Rings and things
Two adults and five teenage girls overloaded even that house and Alex retreated to the garage for a few minutes peace. She grabbed his mail so she could read the flyers and a law enforcement supply catalog. Tucked among everything else was a thick cream envelope with engraved wedding rings on the flap. As it was addressed only to him, she couldn ( Read more... ) -
Impossible
The body was in the Bronx. After the three found the week before, this one was almost peaceful. Not that being tied by one ankle and beaten to death was peaceful, but the landscape around it was quiet and green. Like the others the weapon was clearly a piece of rebar along with the occasional blow from a booted foot. Alex walked the scene, her ( Read more... ) -
realmofthemuse Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Subway's no way for a good man to go down
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown.
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realmofthemuse Mun Prompt: Misconceptions
If you look at the name of Alex's LJ account, you'll see the huge clue to the main misconception about her. Most people think of her as a foil to Bobby Goren's Sherlock Holmes-the not quite as bright one who asks the questions so the great detective can explain it all ( Read more... ) -
#215 Seduction
Fingertips touching when manila folders were passed back and forth. Small smiles that were never shared with another and never discussed. A hand at the small of the back as they walked through a doorway. A word of unexpected support at just the right moment ( Read more... ) -
#214 What's so great about it?
Alex Eames had worked with five partners, not counting her TO, in her career with the NYPD. She learned from each of them and she hoped they learned from her. Coming onto the job as a legacy meant she had to prove herself more than most. Coming onto the job a woman didn't exactly lessen that. She had to be tougher, smarter, harder working than ( Read more... )