Sunday Snippet
Sep. 6th, 2020 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wrote_and_writAnother week down. Huzzah. (It’s fine. I’m tired. Teaching is hard. Writing is SLOOOOOOOOW.)
I’m picking away at my Guardian Week fic (long past the due date, but I WILL finish it). Here’s a snippet from the next chapter. I’m having fun repurposing minor characters from the drama for minor characters here.
“You’re certain?” Zhao Yunlan asks again.
“As certain as we can be,” Zhu Hong replies, with much more patience than Zhao Yunlan deserves. “Lai Su fell out of favor with Ya Qing, so his access to information is limited to the few friends he has left. But he says he heard it from someone who heard it from Li Yan who saw the cloak.” Zhu Hong reaches across the table for Zhao Yunlan’s hand. “It’s the best we’ve got.”
“Do you trust Lai Su?”
Zhu Hong snorts. “No. Not a bit. But we pay him well, and I trust his self interest.”
Zhao Yunlan sighs. “I suppose that’s good enough.” He squeezes Zhu Hong’s hand. “Alright. Round up the troops. We’ll leave in half an hour.”
I’m picking away at my Guardian Week fic (long past the due date, but I WILL finish it). Here’s a snippet from the next chapter. I’m having fun repurposing minor characters from the drama for minor characters here.
“You’re certain?” Zhao Yunlan asks again.
“As certain as we can be,” Zhu Hong replies, with much more patience than Zhao Yunlan deserves. “Lai Su fell out of favor with Ya Qing, so his access to information is limited to the few friends he has left. But he says he heard it from someone who heard it from Li Yan who saw the cloak.” Zhu Hong reaches across the table for Zhao Yunlan’s hand. “It’s the best we’ve got.”
“Do you trust Lai Su?”
Zhu Hong snorts. “No. Not a bit. But we pay him well, and I trust his self interest.”
Zhao Yunlan sighs. “I suppose that’s good enough.” He squeezes Zhu Hong’s hand. “Alright. Round up the troops. We’ll leave in half an hour.”
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Date: 2020-09-06 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-07 12:06 am (UTC)I want them to be friends, even if there is also unrequited attraction/feelings. Their friendship is so important to me. ❤️
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Date: 2020-09-07 02:56 am (UTC)Awww. That's kind of her. (I too want them to be friends.)
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Date: 2020-09-07 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-08 02:13 am (UTC)I do indeed!