To conclude or not to conclude...

[gilpin25]

Nearly three weeks with a LJ, and I've come to some conclusions:

1. I can't think of interesting posts that don't involve me doing embarrassing things, so I'm drawing conclusions instead.

2. I still don't know what half the buttons do.

3. mrstater can make a post about getting something stuck on her skirt and domestic problems, and get over 90 comments. Are there a lot of Molly Weasley's out there? ;)

4. Several people friended me after I posted a meme which apparently believes I have a robot army and the power of tan. I don't know whether to be worried or not. ;)

5. I could spend all day doing meme's and discovering that my alter ego is Hermione, my aura is yellow, I'm a film writer, I'm 20% abnormal (they don't say where the abnormality is located), my superhero is The Silver Jet, I'm 73% Scorpio (the other 27% is presumably looking for a home and a star sign), my Italian name is Allegra Esposito, and my famous last words will be "Nice doggy." Although molly_coddles says I can lie, lose a decade of predicted life, but say something far more interesting like "Doctor, please do something..."

Anyway, it's fortunate I haven't done any of that, because I've been too busy finishing my last big chapter of our joint fic "Up All Night." There's one part of it I'll be happy if I never see again, but it appears I'm going to as mrstater and I have come to a joint decision to start posting the fic when I'm back from holiday (Lake District here I come and, yes, I know the one and a half people who are reading this are heaving a sigh of relief;)). So Monday 18th will be D-Day in more ways than one.

And as everyone seems to have mastered a LJ cut, apart from me, there's another short extract behind this (if it works):





He smiled. “I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, in fact I’m sure I haven’t, but please feel free to feel sorry for me in that particular way again at any time.”

She straightened up and sobered up almost instantly, her hand falling away from her mouth. Her eyes met his. They were still rather watery but they were sparkling at him, alive with amusement and … possibly something else.

Remus hesitated, reminded himself sternly that he'd given that sort of thing up for the evening and, instead, planned his next line and what she was likely to say in return. Just to make sure, he even planned the line after that. And a back-up one in case he needed to improvise, plus a spontaneous joke in case he needed to appear ... naturally spontaneous. There was also time for an emergency get-out clause, in case it all went pear shaped, though possibly that wasn’t the best choice of words after recent events.

He took a step towards her. At exactly the same time as his feet moved, there was a sharp crack next to his right ear, and his head snapped round in alarm to see what had made it.

Comments

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

I'm a little high on cleaning products, I think, because it took me a minute to remember what the crack in his ear was.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

You know the whips are in my other chapter. Stop misleading people! ;)

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! The circus chapter! Now I remember!

[molly-coddles.livejournal.com]

Crack? I thought this was a Joint fic. And you're adding in the huffing of cleaning products? Hm, sounds fun. Keeping the crack in his ear, though, that's inspired. Do you suppose the drug-sniffing dogs assume a submissive posture when they're pointing on the alpha?

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. You know how Obi Wan uses the Force to convince those Imperial dudes not to inspect Luke's droids? Remus does that with the drug dogs. "There's no crack in my ear. I am the Alpha."

[jdbracknell.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a sneak preview!

That all sounds very intriguing (did Remus accidently accuse Tonks of having child-bearing hips, I wonder?), and I'm still wondering where the glitterball sex comes in - I can't wait to read the whole thing. Cheered me up nicely after a rather crap day.

Hope you have a nice holiday :).

[mrstater.livejournal.com]

did Remus accidently accuse Tonks of having child-bearing hips, I wonder?

Werepup-bearing hips, get it right.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

...I'm still wondering where the glitterball sex comes in - I can't wait to read the whole thing

Actually he's just tripped over the glitterball, trying to impress her with his Travolta-like moves to "You Should Be Dancing." That's why she's a bit hysterical... But it's the code blue that's going to be the real killer, and I've left that to my partner in crime. ;)

Hope you have a nice holiday

Thank you. :) If I don't iron anything soon we won't be taking any clothes with us, plus I'm worrying about that computer withdrawal thing!

[godricgal.livejournal.com]

You always seem to be ironing, what's with that? ;)

[godricgal.livejournal.com]

A prime example of a LJ cut, I commend thee;)

Only ten days to wait, eh? That is quite a teaser of a snippet, are you sure you couldn't get one of your robots to post it while you're away?;)

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

It's my excellent teachers again, although mrstater had to provide some emergency last minute technical advice, like 'Yes, that should be okay!'

Unfortunately the robots are coming with me to enjoy the hill walks. It builds team spirit, makes them bond etc. And it's actually a nightmare trying to find snippets that don't give too much away... ;)

[shoebox_addict]

Wow, yeah, see this blurb and your comments scare me. Lol!

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, you know mrstater is very trustworthy, and will make me behave. ;)

[molly-coddles.livejournal.com]

So what would happen should the tan robots and nice doggy get together whilst you're vacationing...?

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Due to this being a joint/crack/cleaning fluid fic, my robots have unfortunately had to breed with mrstater's pale blue sheepdogs. The results have been somewhat unfortunate, but they're very intelligent... ;)

[kileaiya.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord, I am too excited about this for my own good.

I love Remus planning out a spontaneous joke! So very him.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about vanishing clothes. It's a very hot night... :)

[joely-jo.livejournal.com]

My goodness... you have entire conversations on your LJ! No wonder you have no time for anything else! ;)

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

This isn't normal, is it? LOL I knew I'd never get the hang of LJ! ;)

[bratty-jedi.livejournal.com]

So do we now have rotating comment explosions so no one person (i.e. mrstater) has to clean up the mess every time or is this just a temporary transfer?

I am going to join the crowd as to the curiosity/anticipation on the joint fic. You two are certainly being quite the teases with this. However, I also want to hear more about these embarrassing things you mentioned at the beginning of your post. Any Nymphadora of the Week worthy moments?

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

So do we now have rotating comment explosions...?

How so few people can say so much is a wonder, isn't it? LOL

I also want to hear more about these embarrassing things you mentioned at the beginning of your post. Any Nymphadora of the Week worthy moments

Not unless it's Nymphadora Being Irresistible To Cats Week. You can see the embarrassment already! Animals always seem to like me (hopefully it's not the smell;)); we have quite a big garden, and it became obvious some time ago that a small ginger cat thought it was her private hidey hole. I'm home all day, her owners - if we've got the right house - are out, and they have young kids so I assume she comes for some peace. Anyway she's taken to following me around, waiting outside the door...and now she's brought her boyfriend to join the party. He's big, black and gorgeous, and now the two of them are, erm, dogging our every move. My husband nearly broke his neck yesterday when he failed to notice them sat on the step when he went to get the paper.

So as I washed the front windows yesterday, watched by two silent sentries sat next to me, I couldn't help but wonder how I'd explain this to their owners if they happened to drive by... Anyway I'm hoping my holiday will a) give them a new crush, and b) one day I'll have this effect on men. ;)

And I am planning to read your Nymphadora fic - I tried Tuesday but ff.net was on the blink. I'll get there!

[wildmagelet.livejournal.com]

Remus hesitated, reminded himself sternly that he'd given that sort of thing up for the evening and, instead, planned his next line and what she was likely to say in return. Just to make sure, he even planned the line after that. And a back-up one in case he needed to improvise, plus a spontaneous joke in case he needed to appear ... naturally spontaneous. There was also time for an emergency get-out clause, in case it all went pear shaped, though possibly that wasn’t the best choice of words after recent events.

Lol. This made me giggle aloud. At work in the library. I really ought to stop reading LJ at work. This is so Remus. What's embarrassing is that I've done something similar before.

Have a great holiday! I'm not jealous at all. Really.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Especially for not mentioning the ironing. :)

And the good news is Remus does get very naturally spontaneous... ;)

[bratanimus.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I've missed all the LJ conversations! Blasted full time job and blasted time zone! :D

Thanks for the teaser snippet of Up All Night. It looks fabulous, and a very original take on Remus' internal monologue. I am very intrigued! :D

If you figure out what all the buttons on LJ do, please let me know. Actually, don't, because as you know I've got a Mac and that makes everything more confusing. Perhaps I'll ask Mrs Tater.

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, all you've missed is everyone questioning my ability to actually pick up an iron and do something with it. And I did finally manage an hour's worth very late last night!

As for the snippet - it's so hard to find bits that don't give too much away, and then I worry I'm just misleading everyone. The other one I did seemed to suggest we were writing a Remus/McGonagall fic! LOL (In case of doubt, it's definitely R/T we're torturing;))

Must go pack...after I've read A Star Danced. :)