Inner Monologue

I must have posted this at some point in the past, but its not the bones of it anymore. It can't be just me, I feel like Valerie is pretty insensitive to her father. She must have some idea as to the why/how he died, but she's off laughing at how Rei slanders him.

( No longer just the bones. )

I feel very worn down, I think its a combination of all the work I did with sketchup (my eyes need some rest), and getting worked up over almost everything. I hate being set off like this and I need to cut out the triggers.

Time to snuggle in bed and try to either get work done or pass out with ice cream. Either way it looks like a great way to start a vacation to me.

Previous entry put into "friends only", like the last one of its nature. I mean every word of it, its just a little more personal than the others.

"You will struggle, and you will be helpless, but you will pull through it. You'll see things you wish you wouldn't, and you will get very angry over them, but you will never lose your temper. And you will have to do things you won't be proud of."

I've been writing faster than I can name chapters. Both an amazing and frustraiting thing. I feel alive when I write, I love it. Even better now that the story is picking up quick.

Of course I'm having to force myself even more to write chronologically, I gave in a little and skipped up to the first time Kamen calls out Van Dean on his bullshit. Van Dean of course lets Kamen know exactly how the unification was broken, and contrary to what he says, he is well aware of who Artemis was talking about.

( Serpent in the Garden )

I saw someone peel an orange like this once, it was amazing. Of course I embellished it as I have done with the muscat trick (still pretty neat). I love the way fruit is handled, of course I imagine that everything that is done by Van Dean would have some poetic dance to it, these parlor tricks are no exception. Of course it also gives Kamen a strange first(ish) impression of what he's got to deal with.

( The Orange Trick )

The whole thing with cutting grapes was another idea, I've never seen this done (it would be impossible). The whole reasoning for muscats is how well they pair with darjeeling (the tea is often likened to a muscat), of course the variety of grape is absolutely delicious. You cannot compare it to the slosh they sell at the regular markets.

( The Muscat Trick )

Apparently I've been using words that microsoft doesn't recognize as being english. Worse, apparently they're swear words that I've been using properly without realizing it.

I chose a really, really crappy era to set part one in, 1863 was right before anything big happened in the world. Alice in Wonderland was after (can't make any cracks on mirrors), the first department store would have just opened up in Britian (but Kamen wouldn't have gone), and full out plumming was after (this does make it rather humorous to explain running water to Kamen).

( He's so mean to Pandomé. )

There seem to be a number of tricks that Van Dean's thumbprints are pretty engraved in, the first is of course the entire ordeal of eating hearts, which is a symbol of envy. Its a slightly different way of looking at his rivalry with Kamen, but it still works out perfectly with the story.

The second is the mural trick. Best way to lock someone in a room is to take away the doors, but it ends up being a little more sinister than just that,the doors are still present, however they're merely pictures on the wall. The victim ends up loosing all energy trying to get them to work as doors. Later on in the book he uses this trick when he is present in the room, more like a tactic to keep people from running away.

( Kamen and Celeste )

It wasn't meant when the bit was written, but it is interesting food for thought, Celeste and the ancients could have been human originally. Who is to say that the gods that she chased out weren't our gods? Technically she herself isn't a god, but is hailed as one due to creating the buenans. I get awful images of Kamen held up in the tree by Celeste, almost like the manga pictures of Hotaru being held up by Professor Tomoe's machines.