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Tweak says, "DANCING PURGE"

Hemingway. (ernestoic) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-07-06 21:30:00

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!open, ~steve rogers (preserum)

Scott is dead. Perhaps one of the doctors would like to come out and take a look, I know he was receiving his vaccinations with myself, and it is possible that he had a bad reaction. I'm not certain.

He was a hypochondriac, so when he tells you he's dying you scarcely bat an eyelid. How foolish I was. I should have had more patience with him. I thought he was being dramatic again. He was always saying he was dying, and nothing ever came of it before.

There is little point in dwelling on it. I have been to the bookshop, and his novels are still there. Some of which he is yet to write, so I can only assume that he has gone home to publish them. Death is nothing to fear, after all. Pity the living, not the dead.

I am not a religious man. I don't believe that any God exists in order to give as he takes away. All I can say with certainty is that whatever power is behind this island has a peculiar sense of humour. As they take Scott from me, they offer me this little creature.

He's not impressed, can you tell?

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aphotic_auror
2013-07-09 05:56 pm UTC (link)

Indeed, sir...! You know, I think I am going to have to track down your novels here, because you truly have a gift with looking into human nature, and of course, with words, too!

And I'd love to meet the little tyke... Though I have to wonder why there was never any need for a babysitter in Paris! I mean, was your wife not quite as impressed with "gay old Paree" as you were...?

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[ooc- sorry, I made a wee mistake!!]

ernestoic
2013-07-09 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Thank you, I appreciate that. I hope that I don't disappoint in my fiction. The Torrents of Spring is something that I wrote in only ten days, it's is something of a joke intended to break a publishing contract without actually breaking it. I consider The Sun Also Rises to by my actual first novel. I'm currently working on something else, although it is already available in the bookshops here- and many others that I won't write for a few decades. It boggles the mind. Anyway, you can let me know what you think, if you do get around to it.

Wonderful! Well, there weren't really any. If you were rich, you could hire a nanny, but we could hardly afford to buy wood for the fire. My wife was often home, but when she wasn't, we had a cat. A very loving and protective cat, that would keep the baby warm and not let anyone go near the boy or any harm come to him. It was more trustworthy than any nanny, any day.

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[ooc: it's FINE, really; we all make the occasional wee mistake!!]

aphotic_auror
2013-07-09 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Indeed, sir? Because I actually already picked up the first one you mentioned simply because it intrigued me, being the shortest of your works, and with the longest subtitle... Ha! So I suppose I'll be reading your little "joke" first off...?

At any rate, well, I'd be glad to come over any time to meet the boy, so long as he doesn't act like the kitty-cat who babysat him in his infancy! (Haha! No, really, that cat sounds rather sweet, and I'm sure you couldn't have paid for a better nanny or au pair!)

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	ernestoic 2013-07-10 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	Well, maybe you'll enjoy it! My wife hated it, but Scott Fitzgerald thinks it's a masterpiece, so- it's a matter of personal opinion I suppose. Enjoy! Oh, wonderful. No, no, he doesn't hiss and scratch, fortunately. Wouldn't have been much good bringing him up feral, would it? Yes, it was a terribly sweet cat, I have a certain fondness for them anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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