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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

Oh I am glad you keep extending this story. Presumably by getting carried away with each scene. I heartily approve. It's wonderful!

I hope that fat torturing child-abusing bastard gets what's coming to 'im. He's increasingly reminding me of Gilles de Rais, or Baron de Bonvoisier.

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Nick Winney's avatar

😆😆😆 100% correct Evelyn... the torturing scene just occurred to me out of the blue...not necessary.. but I think his character is kind of alive now and whispering to me...like Speighthart did.

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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

Then you’d best be careful… wouldn’t want to get possessed or owt, eh.

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Nick Winney's avatar

definitely not by the spirit of count otho...

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Well, if I understood Nick's story correctly, the souls of two of his victims have been moved into the growing fetal bodies of a pardling and a wolfling... Unless the thing that keeps sending venomous critters out through that Opened Door gets him first, the reincarnated twins should be able to turn him into teeny weeny, widely scattered blobs of fat-torturing-child-abusing-bastatrd in pretty short order... but hopefully for the rest of the characters, he won't get to live that long... I guess we'll just have to wait to see what Nick comes up with - I'm betting that he has something especially "special" up his sleeve for the wankerous sadist.

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Nick Winney's avatar

mostly spot in Jeannine! there is an element of making it up as i go along as Evelyn surmises! there are numerous potential revenges and plenty of twisty turns to tie the basic story arcs together.

the Sisterhood is chaotic good and Corbis is likely to come through... perhaps baron vastus may have an epiphany. plenty of northumberland place names to work with and also a few breton places now too! Kermarie Surlard may make an appearance and the brilliant Garen Marie is going to get a "cameo" death I think, as this was her project...as a special thankyou 😀

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

This is getting better and better! I have to say that the quick way to get to the Wizard would have me screaming my head off - I've been known to freeze up on ladders. I'm not sure how you're going to wrap this up, though I'm of a mixed mind about it: For your sake I hope it's over soon, but for all of us hungry readers, I hope it goes on and on! 😉

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Nick Winney's avatar

Thanks jeannine... this scene borrows very heavily from a high speed experience at a huge slate mine zip wire...

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

You're braver than I - that's one experience I've managed to avoid and which will continue avoided! I like slow speed experience just fine. 🐢

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Nick Winney's avatar

never again...

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

🤣

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Drew Valdez's avatar

I’m hooked. Heading to part 1 now

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Nick Winney's avatar

I do hope you enjoy them! I have got to get myself back to this century and this realty though - i’ll be getting myself pigeonholed…

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

But you're very good at this particular pigeonhole. 😎

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Nick Winney's avatar

🫠

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

Gormenghast by the seat of your pants! In that I know that you’re creating as you’re writing and that’s a very good thing in my book. This has the joy of inspirational creation, but the measure of Gormenghast. And it’s all the more delicious because of it!

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Nick Winney's avatar

thank you zivah… episode 7 is on the bench…but its getting tricky… the world is bigger than ive done the building for…first world problems…

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

I know what you mean! My Pinky Promise serial has grown legs and run away with itself! 😂

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Nick Winney's avatar

ah yes - which reminds me I didnt read episode 3 yet! - so much to read - Ediths diary, shieldbreaker, Liz’s gothic noir horror….and all so good!

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Zivah Avraham's avatar

It’s quite overwhelming, isn’t it? But such a treat 😊

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