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  • #3523
    ÉricÉric
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      “Anyway,” Godfrey continued after a ponderous moment, “you’ve gathered more documentation than you ever had before you started a book, Liz. Are you waiting for Finnley, (no offense)”, he waved at her while she was cleaning her overall methodically “to ghostwrite it for you or what?”
      “Stop pushing me. You know the publishers, never happy without a working draft.”
      “Exactly my point. Since when do you care about such things? All you need is a picturesque starting scene, don’t squander your wits in scattered tidbits.”
      “Fuck off Godfrey. Now you got my limerick bone all tingly…”

      #3520
      TracyTracy
      Participant

        “It’s starting to look like the flashbacks are going to be more interesting than the start of the story, Liz,” Godfrey mentioned, while perusing Liz’s notes.
        “Does it matter?” she replied crisply.
        “What are you mumbling, Finnley? Soliloquy? What’s that?”
        Finnley rolled her eyes, resisting the urge to snort lest it make her cough.

        #3511
        TracyTracy
        Participant

          Godfrey, I do know what a window is.” Godfrey looked a bit miffed, so Liz added, “But thank you for the informative article notwithstanding.”
          Finnley snorted, which made a dreadful mess all down the front of her overall.

          #3447

          Sadie tucked her legs up under her body and snuggled down into the large armchair in the lounge. Her wet hair was twisted in a towel; her skin smelled like tropical coconuts from the body butter she had slathered on after her shower.

          Just because no one can see me doesn’t mean I have to turn into a bag lady, Sadie told herself sternly.

          She turned the television on and the wall became alive with one of her favourite home makeover programmes—a series on portable home design. With the light building materials nowadays, it was pretty common to transport the frame of a house in a backpack, just printing out the additional materials to construct it as required. Sadie set the screen to view only—sometimes it was fun to interact with the programmes, but right now she needed to think.

          Her own home, built early last century in an industrial area which had long since been converted to residential housing, was sparsely furnished, but tastefully accessorised with soft colours and rich textures to give it a homely feel.

          I love to touch and feel things, she thought, stroking the mossy green velvet arm of the chair.

          In a world of so much clutter, her peaceful apartment was a haven of tranquility. She enjoyed silence, or maybe it was just that outside noises could so rudely interrupt the conversations going on in her head. Her boyfriend, Owen, an architect, was currently working on a big development project on Mars and not due back for at least another few months. So, other than when she was on a job, she had spent a lot of time alone lately.

          She felt bad about scaring poor old Finnley, remembering her wide and terrified eyes darting around the room before she took off out the door.

          She has probably gone to see that strange Elizabeth lady she works for. I hope they don’t think she is losing it and fire her.

          And still no word from Linda Pol. Sadie was philosophical.

          Being invisible wasn’t so bad.

          Not now that she had got over the initial shock. In fact, the possibilities were starting to seem rather intriguing.

          #3439
          TracyTracy
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            Finnley, you’re late again” admonished Elizabeth. “And you look tired”.
            “It’s complicated” Finnley said. “It’s my other job, it’s hard to explain.”
            “Well if you’re too old to hold down two jobs, Finnley, perhaps you should give one of them up.”
            “Are you firing me?” asked Finnley in astonishment.
            It was Elizabeth’s turn to be astonished. “Certainly not! That’s not what I meant at all!”

            #3434

            Sadie soothed herself. It has only been 2 days. Get a grip. Your hair won’t smell yet.

            She wondered whether to speak—the longing to confide in someone was almost overwhelming— and she followed Finnley, trying to pluck up courage. Not only would it be breaking protocol to give away any details of her recent mission, more importantly, she did not want to frighten the elderly woman. Instinctively Sadie knew that if there was anyone she could trust it would be Finnley, who had been through so much in her own life and surely, innately perhaps, understood and accepted those things outside the established norm.

            Finnley.” she spoke softly. “It is me, Sadie. I am not sure how to … I am here, but you can’t see me. Please don’t be frightened. Let me explain. It will make sense …. well sort of.”

            it will make sense?

            Sadie? Where are you? What’s going on?” Finnley’s frail voice faltered and Sadie wished she could reach out and reassure her.

            “Maybe you should sit down.”

            #3416

            Noticing the distinctive odour of unwashed hair, Finnley looked around cautiously. Perhaps there was an intruder hiding somewhere. Of course, Finnley reasoned, it could be that Sadie had returned early, and had brought an unsavoury visitor with her who had left the lingering, but never the less pungent aroma. It surely couldn’t be Sadie, who was usually so scrupulously clean and sweet scented. Unless Sadie was poorly and had been too unwell to bathe.

            Her concern about Sadie over riding her fear of a possible intruder, Finnley checked the bedroom, calling out softly to Sadie, but there was no sign of her in there. Next she checked the bathroom, tapping gently on the closed door, and then cautiously pushing it open when she had no reply.

            Eventually, after checking everywhere and finding no sign of Sadie or any indication of an intruder, Finnley decided she was being over anxious ~ Sadie must have had a guest, and they had recently left the building together. She started to clean, methodically and efficiently. But her unease escalated as the more she cleaned, the stronger the smell of unwashed hair grew, and she was unable to pinpoint where the smell originated from ~ it seemed to be moving around, following her.

            #3412

            Sadie put on a jacket. She wasn’t cold but she found it fascinating to watch the jacket disappear as it made contact with her body. It wasn’t instantaneous, rather, it seemed to slowly dissolve. The colours faded first and then the fabric began to disintegrate until there was nothing visible. She stroked her arm and was relieved to feel the softness of the fleece jacket.

            Everything I touch, disappears. But it is still there.

            She checked her messages. Still nothing.”What the fuck are you doing, Linda Pol?”

            A soft click of the front door latch alerted Sadie that someone was entering her apartment. It was Finnley, her cleaner.

            Of course, she is not expecting me to be back yet!

            Sadie resisted the urge to call out. Finnley was an unusual lady— rumour had it that she had been abandoned by her mother at birth and raised by rats—however she was an excellent cleaner. Sadie watched as Finnley entered the hall, stopped and sniffed, as though aware of her presence. She had a flash of anxiety, wondering if her unwashed hair smelt.

            #2470
            ÉricÉric
            Keymaster

              “What would you have me do, Lizzie darling?” Godfrey asked slightly puzzled, as he was still longing for a good cup of anything to get him into the present and into the morning.
              “You could start a new thread if it would help, I would even reopen the very first one, yes I would do that…” Godfrey continued
              “Truth is, things are never quite the same during Finnley’s winterly vacations” He said to the cup that Elizabeth just brought him “She was the one with the brilliant rewrites and scissors magic…”

              #2073

              In reply to: Scrying the Word Cloud

              TracyTracy
              Participant

                “Green years help often book!”
                Elizabeth hand surprise.
                Head Sanso: “Let dragons…..”
                Finnley: “Dory fishes quickly!”
                nothing answer…..
                notice appeared remembered spiders,
                speaking raucous Dolores:
                “Stranger bird gift,
                looks deep matter!”
                “Write”, supposed young Phenol, whether himself less knows inside.
                Monica bloody apparently, probable cow”.

                :yahoo_cow:

                #2346
                TracyTracy
                Participant

                  “The fact of the matter, Finnley,” Liz whispered confidentially to her dear freind, “ is that I feel scared to say something discontinous now, which results in me saying nothing (or rather, not all that much).”

                  “Leave it with me, Ann dear” replied the resourceful Finnley. “I’ll have a word with God about nonsense.”

                  Liz” corrected Liz.

                  “Oh dear. I think you’ve been infected with the continuity virus.” Finnley looked worried.

                  #2790
                  TracyTracy
                  Participant

                    Some shaven sheep on the floor where mother goose got pens… that’s what I call giant game! Meddling it’s intricate design, and its daft words pointed to the distinct lack of any mention of God.

                    We’re talking threads, spinning a myth, warming and weaving, all meaningless beleifs with which to travel, peanuts that can’t be contained inside ones own weaving, in and out of the warped story, and the weft Text.

                    Viewers may be considerd to be a patchwork piece. These indiviual multitudes are loom weights to create a tapestry in the style, so to speak, of the background qualities of Finnley.

                    In this focus you choose this situation, that of God. You shall focus an attention to detail and perfection, balance, movement, with tremendous detail.

                    “Tell me about it” remarked God drily, offering challenging information. “The Sumari does not concern itself with Finnley” who stuck her tongue out at God, sighed in resignation and reached for the peanuts. “No point in fighting your warp.”

                    #2788
                    ÉricÉric
                    Keymaster

                      (#1682)

                      Elizabeth frowned as she hung Finnley.

                      “crazy!” he’d said. “killing spiders and magpies and lord knows what else”

                      “Woohoo”

                      Really, Elizabeth could be exasperating at times

                      Finnley had been silent hung in frustration floated across of Elizabeth’s closed eyes as she lay on the bed.

                      She was aware of the breeze and the giraffes heat was intense, heavy.

                      spiders webs, and the sound of gurgling….

                      and then silence and the tinkling of windchimes….

                      Big brown eyes atop gaze at Elizabeth as her eyes flutter open and then close again.

                      Elizabeth can see the head and shoulders and the serious face, she can see the lips up and down and round and round …..

                      Elizabeth drifted off to sleep.

                      #2065

                      In reply to: Scrying the Word Cloud

                      TracyTracy
                      Participant

                        Eyes previous threads ~

                        Nobody!

                        Finnley free rather real string writing;
                        Strings tell attempt;
                        Lack experience.

                        Dragons, whatever…

                        Stop!

                        Wondered…
                        Attention certainly taking,
                        Mused write somewhat ~
                        Seem face thinking…
                        Taken, wrote silly, shouted dancing!
                        Enjoyed!
                        Exclaimed comments ~
                        Voice life thread!

                        #2344
                        TracyTracy
                        Participant

                          “Allow me to explain about loom weights,” said the man in the elaborate blue turban. “You create a type of pattern, so to speak, a tapestry. The picture of the tapestry is created in the style, so to speak, of the qualities of the family that you align with. The details and the background threads of the tapestry are the expressions of qualities of the family that you are belonging to.”

                          “I knew this tapestry and weaving stuff would fit in somewhere” interrupted LizAnn.

                          “Shh!” said Finnley.

                          “In this” the man in the blue turban continued, “You may notice certain qualities and expressions throughout your focus that appear to underlie all of your directions that you choose within your particular focus. This is the influence of the family that you are belonging to – in this situation, that of Sumafi.” He looked pointedly at Godfrey. “You shall notice throughout your focus what may be expressed as an attention to detail in the qualities of the Sumafi family, and at times this may be associated within your societal beliefs and definitions as a type of perfectionism.

                          “This is counterbalanced by the Sumari” he said with a glance at LizAnn, “Who do not concern their movement with tremendous attention to detail.”

                          “Tell me about it” remarked Godfrey drily.

                          The man in the blue turban grinned and continued, “The expression and qualities of the Sumari are merely to be creating new directions and offering challenging information which shall spark new explorations of your reality. But the attention of the Sumari does not concern itself with outcomes or endings or detail.”

                          “Yes, we had noticed” interjected Finnley, who stuck her tongue out at LizAnn. LizAnn made a rude gesture to Finnley and said “See, I told you I couldn’t help it.”

                          Godfrey sighed in resignation and reached for the peanuts. “I suppose the point of all that is that there’s no point in fighting your warp. Or is it weft?”

                          #2780
                          TracyTracy
                          Participant

                            Margaret reckoned she’d made a rather amusing essence, whose vibrational tone translated as the name Pigoosus. A dirty park littered with pigeons droppings had been so full that she had barely noticed the “ubiquitously absent” Finnley

                            The inspiration to take a break from that strange coollage of magpies was full of surprises, indeed still in fairy land, apparently with some invisible being that she was considering working with. Hesitant at publishing her book, Finnley swore out loud at that Mr Arak, forcing her to work with Al.

                            Finnley was still wondering who this Al was. Perhaps he had a damn good coontract.

                            #2778
                            F LoveF Love
                            Participant

                              The myopic Finnley DIDN’T wear fishnet stockings.

                              Unable to resist the library, and in a tutu, he was just hoping that he did the right thing in sending the staff before dinner to the stables.

                              Finnley, in the library, before dinner, waited.

                              “Damn it!” Finnley muttered. “I can’t do it alone”.

                              A master in karate, a surge of adrenaline overflowed his mind and all he remembered was he was bald.

                              NOTE : Well. By the time I took out all the pornographic stuff there wasn’t much left to work with. :yahoo_nerd:

                              #2774
                              F LoveF Love
                              Participant

                                There was a light on in the office. Perhaps the sun doesn’t shine?

                                Finnley cheered up Elizabeth and offered congratulations to the others not chosen to succeed.

                                “Listen to your heart and remember that I sprinkle you with bottled water.”

                                She had no idea what happened, but she suspected a couple of guests locked in the closet, and on the run, had been tiring. As Dr Lemane, the sniggley one said, “It’s a bit odd, don’t you think?”

                                #2603

                                In reply to: Strings of Nines

                                TracyTracy
                                Participant

                                  “Never mind that,” Ann said to Gordon, who hadn’t said a word, “Where the bloody hell is Finnley?”

                                  :yahoo_idk:

                                  #2546

                                  In reply to: Strings of Nines

                                  ÉricÉric
                                  Keymaster

                                    These past few months away from home had been the occasion for a great deal of introspection.
                                    For one, indulging fully into that somewhat frowned upon habit of his, regarding peanuts, had allowed him to gain a great deal of understanding and acceptance as well. Now his daily ration had dramatically decreased and he didn’t fancy as much as he used to the little round things.

                                    Another thing that Godfrey had noticed was the reorganisation that had taken place in all aspects of his life, and to be perfectly honest, his life was still a bit messy in places, but he was slowly getting there. How could a publisher publish anything of common interest without a bit of presentation, henceforth order?

                                    Ann wasn’t too keen on the “O” word —especially when doubled— and surprisingly it always managed to give good results so far. So perhaps now he was settling down, and she was getting her own flamboyant creative juices all ablaze, they would manage to get somewhere. Or anywhere, for that matter.
                                    A Tramway to Elsewhere was Ann’s debut novel, and had made her known to Godfrey. It was a brilliant short story about three tourists lost in a huge hotel in Europe, and trying to get an easy escape to Anywhere. And by some uncanny and hilarious succession of events, they were led nowhere but to Elsewhere.

                                    Now, something else was giving him a strange feeling. He didn’t know if that was because of the lack of peanut oil in his bloodstream (or the accompanying whiskeys for what was worth), but he was starting to get slightly paranoid.
                                    He didn’t know where he’d got the idea, but he started to suspect the cleaning lady to not just be a cleaning lady. She was doing her best to keep a low profile, but somehow she wasn’t that good an actress. A thing that started his suspicion was that name… Franlise, eerily reminiscent of the obnoxious yet efficient Finnley in Noo York. Elizabeth had told him they’d suspected her for a long time to have inserted some paragraphs in Elizabeth’s novels, especially the most torrid parts that would have made a pimp blush like a nun. What had saved the cleaning lady was that in addition to being rather forgiving, Elizabeth suffered from frequent strokes of forgetfulness and bipolarity which made the investigation difficult if not moot altogether.

                                    But there, Godfrey was rather surprised at Ann’s sudden interest in continuity. He’d known of a covert organization known in the milieu as the Fellowship of Unification and Continuity in Knowledge.
                                    Over the years, the hearsay had amounted to just a few deranged people, but recently there had been an increase in mentions of such nature in reports of the Guild of Authors. Strangely, there was less and less books that were published which had not an impeccable sense of continuity.
                                    In a way, it had been perceived at first in literary circles as a blessing for the authors who had not to contend with fans and geeks of all kind who were hunting down each and every detail to prove or disprove unsaid theories. But Godfrey was starting to see some not so perfect points in that. It would be like wanting to string together all the eyelets of your shoes even if they do not belong to the same shoe (or the same pair of shoes). Soon, you’d be embarrassed to find a way to walk without looking like a penguin.

                                    Anyway, though all allegations made as to the existence of such secret organization had been mostly derailed as utter nonsense, he couldn’t help but find some inexplicable appeal to them as sound explanations for all the glitches he kept noticing.
                                    He would carefooly spy on Franlise.

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