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Nov. 8th, 2014

WHO: Peggy Mayweather & Joan Ryley
WHAT: Educating the newbie (Backstory challenge prompt: learn)
WHERE: PEDA
WHEN: Eight years ago, when Joan became an agent.
STATUS: Complete!

( The first rule of recording devices is: never leave it where you can't get it back. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ private eyes, c: joan ryley, c: margaret 'peggy' mayweather

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Nov. 4th, 2014

rationale

WHO: Evelina DiGirolamo & Joan Ryley
WHAT: Eavesdropping. (Backstory challenge, prompt: "listen")
WHEN: Sometime in the last two years.
WHERE: In front of the Daily Herald offices
STATUS: Complete!

( She spent more time listening to conversations than having them, but it was usually a lonely affair, sitting in a car or going through hours and hours of recordings of planted bugs. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, c: evelina digirolamo, c: joan ryley

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Nov. 1st, 2014

mince

WHO: Helen Cleary and her mother, Ida
WHEN: 1923
WHERE: San Francisco
WHAT: Trying to wheedle information about her father's identity [Prompt: Suspicions]

( Everyone always forgets the second part of the rhyme -- satisfaction brought him back! )

Tags: ! narrative, - backstory, - challenge, @ out of town, c: helen cleary

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drawls

WHO: Robert Boyd, featuring his parents Francis and Eleanor
WHEN: June 7, 1944
WHAT: Bad news [Prompt: Author's choice]
WHERE: Quinney Heights, Personville

( The three of them made an odd picture, frozen in place for a long moment )

Tags: ! narrative, - backstory, - challenge, @ quinney heights, c: robert boyd

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rationale

you know we're out for many more miles.

WHO: Joan Ryley
WHAT: Backstory Drabble Challenge [Suspicion]
WHERE: Downtown
WHEN: One morning in 1952
STATUS: Incomplete (will be updated)
WARNINGS: None

( That morning I got in the car because I woke up at the same time my alarm clock would've gone off if I'd bothered to set it and realized I have no idea what I'm supposed to do on mornings I don't need to get in the car. )

Tags: ! narrative, - backstory, - challenge, @ downtown, c: joan ryley

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Oct. 31st, 2014

leavethegun

WHO: Sal Morello and Helen Cleary
WHEN: 1950
WHERE: Two Belles
WHAT: Grand theft pizzelle [Prompt: Irresistible]
STATUS: Complete log

( With eagle eyes, she had spent the the past ten minutes surveying and counting every breadstick, cookie, dinner roll, and cake that came out of the oven. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ two belles, c: helen cleary, c: salvatore 'sal' morello

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goodstock

WHO: Dean Norcross & Joan Ryley
WHAT: Dean drops by to see his sister and finds Joan instead. [drabble challenge: "break"]
WHERE: PEDA
WHEN: Last Tuesday
STATUS: Closed :)

( Even private eyes object to rifling through others' stuff. Especially when it's our stuff. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, c: dean norcross, c: joan ryley

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esq

WHO: Roger Fitzgerald & Robert Boyd.
WHEN: The spring of 1954.
WHAT: Two lawyers walk into a fundraising event. [Prompt: Suspicion]
WHERE: The Egret Gallery.
STATUS: Complete.
WARNINGS: Insufferableness.

( “I forgot how provincial everything is here.” )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ downtown, c: robert boyd, c: roger fitzgerald

dappered

WHO: Aristotle Fletcher, NPC McConnell
WHAT: Narrative
WHERE: PEDA
WHEN: Summer 1953
STATUS: Complete
WARNINGS: None

( Poisonville's not something you can really explain, he tells me. You have to live it. )

Tags: ! narrative, - backstory, - challenge, @ private eyes, c: aristotle fletcher

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values

WHO: Benas Venclova & Joe Miller.
WHERE: Ashe Emet Synagogue.
WHEN: Fall, 1951.
WHAT: Two Jews don't meet in synagogue. [Backstory Prompt: RAIN]
STATUS/WARNING: Complete, none.

( This is America. We are all from somewhere else. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, c: benediktas 'benas' venclova, c: joel 'joe' miller

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Oct. 30th, 2014

paraphrasing

WHO: Evelina DiGirolamo & Fintan Gallagher
WHAT: Backstory Drabble Challenge [Prompt:Break]
WHEN: 1942
WHERE: Personville, Illinois
WARNINGS: Mentions of murder at most?
STATUS: Complete

( “You shouldn’t even be here.” )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, c: evelina digirolamo, c: fintan gallagher

Posted at 08:44 pm | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

dragonshoard

WHO: Tom Rowley
WHAT: Another episode of "Cairo's male characters and their mothers: narrative-style." Except this is just me rambling for 1000 words so please feel free to ignore it.
WHERE: Various and unspecific.
WHEN: Also various and unspecific.
STATUS: Complete, closed.
WARNINGS: Death?

( Maybe there was no honor among thieves, but there was a great deal of pride. )

Tags: ! narrative, - backstory, c: thomas 'tom' rowley

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Oct. 29th, 2014

invariably

WHO: Sally Min and Lillian Gallaster
WHERE: Bullpin of The Daily Herald, Personville, Illinois, United States, North America, Earth– oh you get the picture.
WHEN: Spring 1952
WHAT: Lillian, being a saint, calms Sally down after she gets in a bit of a huff about a so-so freelance article. Because quality colleagues.
STATUS/RATING: Mild cursing. Completed log.

( Ugh, look at it. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ daily herald, c: lillian gallaster, c: sally min

Posted at 10:53 pm | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

mince

WHO: Clint Beauvais and Helen Cleary
WHEN: 1950
WHERE: Two Belles
WHAT: Dinner [Prompt: Respect]
WARNINGS: None

( I’m a busy man )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ two belles, c: clint beauvais, c: helen cleary

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esq

WHO: Roger Fitzgerald & Irene Norwood.
WHAT: A first meeting. [Prompt: Match]
WHEN: The spring of 1948.
WHERE: A mixer in Boston.
WARNINGS: N/A.
STATUS: Complete.

( “I'm just waiting for a friend, don't mind me.” )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ out of town, c: irene fizgerald, c: roger fitzgerald

Posted at 07:43 pm | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

bluenose

WHO: Joe DiGirolamo and Sylvia Hartfield
WHAT: A chance meeting in the historic underground.
WHERE: Two Belles Dance Hall
WHEN: c. 1924
STATUS: Complete

( Everybody wants to have a good time, and nowhere else are they allowed, so this...this is where we make all of the fun things happen. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, @ two belles, c: joseph 'joe' digirolamo, c: sylvia hartfield

leavethegun

WHO: Jack and Sal Morello
WHAT: "I always wanted to be a gangster..."
WHERE: A store in Personville
WHEN: May 1930
STATUS: Complete
WARNINGS: Crimes

( Fifty dollars in the box! And we, um. Some more in the—the safe. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, c: giacomo 'jack' morello, c: salvatore 'sal' morello

Oct. 24th, 2014

newsdesk

Who: Benas Venclova & Lillian Gallaster
What: Coffee break (PROMPT: BREAK)
When: Spring 1954
Where: Daily Herald Offices
Warnings: None

( One educational article and one for leisure. )

Tags: ! log, - backstory, - challenge, @ daily herald, c: benediktas 'benas' venclova, c: lillian gallaster

Posted at 03:02 pm | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

laar

WHO: Raymond van de Laar & Evelina DiGirolamo (feat. Sammy van de Laar)
WHAT: Late night at the Daily Herald; backstory prompt: popcorn
WHERE: The Daily Herald
WHEN: 1949.
STATUS: complete
WARNINGS: none!

( Alright, but remember, we only throw popcorn at people we don’t like. )

Tags: - backstory, - challenge, c: evelina digirolamo, c: raymond van de laar

Posted at 09:41 am | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

Oct. 22nd, 2014

paraphrasing

WHO: Evelina DiGirolamo & Harry Ramsay
WHAT: Backstory Drabble Challenge [Prompt: Midnight]
WHEN: 1953
WHERE: Personville, Illinois
WARNINGS: N/A
STATUS: Complete

( “Just nonsense. Isn’t that what most people write about?” )

Tags: - backstory, - challenge, c: evelina digirolamo, c: harry ramsay

Posted at 06:52 pm | Link | Comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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