loaded him into an automobile that was little more than a dark cube of metal with an engine on the front. He would have complained about the aesthetics of it, but there was nobody to hear him. -- this made me think the car had no driver, and was somehow driving itself -- I didn't think Australia was supposed to be quite THAT far ahead of the rest of the world, technologically, in this 'verse...
Fraud though, that's good and solid. You should probably go with fraud. -- Oh my god I love Jack Baker. It is impossible to overstate how much I love Jack Baker.
He leapt up onto the stage when she was still halfway there and gave a whoop of triumph, and Clare stopped short, breathlessly. -- wrong name, unless we're in Jack's POV, which I don't think we are yet.
"If you keep this up I'm going to just expect it," Jack said.
"Oui -- I will always save you." -- only possible response. Love it.
When you open your bank-boxes and find them full of bricks, your banks will fail. Your government will fail, and commerce will cease. Your money will be devalued and your economy destroyed."
"He's bluffing," Bell shouted.
"Am I, Bell? Send for the bank boxes, if you don't believe me, and you'll find them full of bricks. -- I think the direct repetition is weakening, not strengthening, the speech, here. Ellis can do better than that!
I beg your pardon, it's only that I've never been part of a coup before." -- sporfle.
She smiled. "I'm pretty sure it wasn't yours to give in the first place, and I don't remember asking your permission. I'm currently in the process of leading a revolution, and if I can run a country I would think that I know when I'm in love and when I'm infatuated. And the proper response to what I said," she added, leaning back so she could look at him, "is either I'm sorry or I love you too." -- No matter what her name is, she is awesome.
Australia has been in an uproar these past weeks thanks to your friend Fields -- I would think Elizabeth Jackson would adhere to propriety enough to say "your friend Miss Fields," even when referring to the lady's revolutionary activities.
Oh, Jack talking to the train. I <3 Jack. Again. Still.
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Date: 2012-05-16 01:19 am (UTC)Fraud though, that's good and solid. You should probably go with fraud. -- Oh my god I love Jack Baker. It is impossible to overstate how much I love Jack Baker.
He leapt up onto the stage when she was still halfway there and gave a whoop of triumph, and Clare stopped short, breathlessly. -- wrong name, unless we're in Jack's POV, which I don't think we are yet.
"If you keep this up I'm going to just expect it," Jack said.
"Oui -- I will always save you." -- only possible response. Love it.
When you open your bank-boxes and find them full of bricks, your banks will fail. Your government will fail, and commerce will cease. Your money will be devalued and your economy destroyed."
"He's bluffing," Bell shouted.
"Am I, Bell? Send for the bank boxes, if you don't believe me, and you'll find them full of bricks. -- I think the direct repetition is weakening, not strengthening, the speech, here. Ellis can do better than that!
I beg your pardon, it's only that I've never been part of a coup before." -- sporfle.
She smiled. "I'm pretty sure it wasn't yours to give in the first place, and I don't remember asking your permission. I'm currently in the process of leading a revolution, and if I can run a country I would think that I know when I'm in love and when I'm infatuated. And the proper response to what I said," she added, leaning back so she could look at him, "is either I'm sorry or I love you too." -- No matter what her name is, she is awesome.
Australia has been in an uproar these past weeks thanks to your friend Fields -- I would think Elizabeth Jackson would adhere to propriety enough to say "your friend Miss Fields," even when referring to the lady's revolutionary activities.
Oh, Jack talking to the train. I <3 Jack. Again. Still.
~ c.