carmen's journal
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Co-Written Planning Committee
(co-written with @Carmen and @Acton Roux ) The following events happen 1 month after the events of Ultramarine. ‘I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!’ Flanked by his favourite feline, Joseph Kerr strode briskly through the network of tunnels beneath Stone Harbor. In lieu of his...- Joe Kerr
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A Siberian Lesson
Something enlightening happened to me along the tracks of the Trans-Siberian. Awaiting departure from Sverdlovsk station, I was in my seat, reading an English-translated copy of 'Crime and Punishment'. Gratifyingly, I discovered the 1938 edition inside a used bookshop in Yekaterinburg. I was...- Carmen
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 4]
[Previously...] 9:08 AM Somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Chase woke at 6:00 AM and immediately read the previous day’s reports. He reviewed the news, checked messages from international contacts, and completed a 2-hour morning routine. A double shot of espresso later, he...- Chase
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 3]
[Previous Chapter] A month later, perhaps two… Buenos Aires, Argentina Slums littered this city, but most of Argentina’s wealthy lived like kings. The hacienda sprawled along a cliff-side beach complete with a Venetian glass mosaic pool, a hedge maze, statue-lined fountains and other such...- Carmen
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 2]
[Previously...] Later… [Still at] Tarragon, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta For the rest of the meal, she was quiet. The food came and went, and both of them declined dessert. Chase because he didn’t like them and his guest, well, because she wasn’t feeling it. He was terrible with smalltalk, so he...- Chase
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Canon Tête de Femme [Part 1]
[Co-written and edited to Chase’s point of view.] Some time, now or never… Tarragon, St. Paul’s Bay, Malta Chase Devineaux took a flight from San Francisco to Milan, a train to Naples, a car to Salerno and then boarded a boat to St. Paul’s Bay in Malta. Granted, he took the long route, but he...- Chase
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Lucy:
In other news....so much for being enthusiastic about the new Carmen game. I'm finding disappointing spoilers from the first ones to play it... -
Lucy:
Maybe later when I have time and if people are curious enough I can post the spoilers here....
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Lucy:
"Napoleon attacked by rabbits" so I had to go google search it. "The story of Napoleon being "defeated" by rabbits during a hunt in 1807 is a humorous anecdote, but it's not a confirmed historical fact, though it is mentioned in General Thiébault's memoirs. "
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Victorique:
what did the parrot say when creating a new system of measurement? "Polly metric"
