Art & Prose from Lady Norémon

"Nigel Overstreet has offered you a tiny sip of Hesperidean Cider. Splendid!"

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:47:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on December 11TH, 2015 @
10:29PM at { http://ambiguous-detective.tumblr.com/post/135019627898/lorrie-is-concerned-noverstreet-and-i-am }

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[Short sad drabble for n_overstreet for the surprise of offering Lorrie Hesperidean Cider! An AU in if Lorel had come back. Screenshots on {{Tumblr}}.]

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Nigel Overstreet has offered you a tiny sip of Hesperidean Cider. Splendid!

You took a sip of the Hesperidean Cider Nigel Overstreet (Nigel Overstreet in Fallen London) gave you. It tasted of the Garden and the time before men.
You now have 1 - A Meagre Aftertaste x A Taste of the Garden

A Taste of the Garden 1 - A Meagre Aftertaste The taste still lingers. The smell of earth and grass when you sleep. What will it bring?

@LS_Cassius Accept at your leisure, Ellis. And there is plenty more where that came from!
— Nigel Overstreet (@N_Overstreet) December 10, 2015

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Cassius sits, no longer Lorel, no longer as pavonine as before. Everything aches in this dreadful, damp place, but it is only flesh & bone. Sinews & organs held onto her slight frame. The invitation surprised her, a welcome surprise of many that weren't. This silly fop, this client that took off before his ridiculous quest's completion, she never expected to see him again. She frowns slightly as she lifts the glass. Before…before she would have been adverse to drinking the fabled Hesperidean Cider. Even though the claims of it were most likely false, immortality was nothing to risk. She'd seen paths it could lead to, where bodies would be hard-pressed to any longer be called human. Rotting corpses, exposed skeletons, only their spirit continuing to animate them. She wouldn't really call it "living". Before she considered that no kind of life for herself, but now she may as well be. Her own will being what continues her on, the duty she still had to complete. Murdering Scathewick was going to be marvellous. And that pledge, and that wish is what animates her own broken body. At least it isn't Venderbight's screecher wards.

It took awhile to process he was referring to her as "Ellis", the name processing over-and-over in her head. She hadn't heard it in so long, and the ridiculousness brings amusement which flickers in her eyes. With a smile resting on the edge of the glass, she inhales--it smells more of orchards in sunshine than any sort of alcohol. Memories of a home she can never return to again until she is truly, truly dead. Her only ever home. It is nice sitting here, and now all this time later she knows the why of Red Honey, the physical thirst to feel memories such as this home smelling cider. Before the nostalgia can turn to regrets she shoots the drink back. Letting all feeling go to the experience.

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"On A Fall"

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:09:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on November 6th, 2011 @
04:27PM at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2011/11/06/ }

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( *The dirigible catching on fire and crashing.* )

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Knives on a leash

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:10:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Ashley commented on a post I shared on Facebook about a found "cat snake" (a ferret) that they looked like Knives. Knives is honoriamharlowe's [her #EBZRP character] pet weasel. I wanted to try drawing it. I actually wanted to draw Knives & Triton on a walk; but given events of this weekend I am less likely to do so. I tried to capture the annoyance of being on a leash so I tried to add Lydia's pissy face. I went with purple as I think of it for Honoria.

This was drawn & coloured on my Samsung Galaxy S5 with my finger. I got ArtRage for Android.

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( Lineart & Without Whiskers )

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Velocipede

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:31:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Traced from that vector image with changes. I debated getting it on a birthday cake (before I saw the bat in Greenwood Dairy Queen's available designs).

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Lorrie, Alfie, & Robin doodles

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:44:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I wanted to draw doodles of Frederick, Elise, Mila, Flora, Robert, et cetera, et cetera. But my tablet driver & my laptop don't get along sometimes (my tablet is a 2007 Bamboo Fun CTE-450), and when I started drawing Alfred, things got choppy. Checking the Wacom Preferences confirmed my suspicions. I'm not up to restartng my laptop right now (I worry about my portable Skype getting borked by Microsoft every time I exit it/sign-in), so here is just 3. And the labelling with my trackpad.

The fullsize of that can be viewed by opening the image URL in a new tab, or going through the link to the Scrapbook route.

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Alfred's grandmother trackpad drawing

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 04:44:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I felt like trying to draw Alfred's paternal grandfather, as I hadn't drawn much of his family before (I made teketek dolls of his parents though), and she's who he gets his hair & eye colouring from. I drew/coloured it with my laptop's trackpad, as I was watching the end of "The Cobert Report" that I fell asleep during the original airing of. I might try redrawing her with a pencil or my tablet though. I haven't named her yet, and how things are it really doesn't matter now anyway.

I based the dress off of this one, which is from the 1830's [and her hair is based-off Sarah Josepha Buell Hale's]:

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Backstory is she mostly taught Robin & Alfred things their father didn't want them to know (like about their grandfather's culture), giving Robin his nickname (his actual forename is 'Robert'). She died around the time Alfie was 10 years-old. Margaret dislikes that he got his auburn hair from her, and not something similar to her husband's or her's. Roberto dislikes that she married a foreigner, and gave him such a name that he's had to deal with (and changing his surname when his children keep "Cassius" would cause problems too).

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Named her "Sophronia".

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3 Course Notebook Doodles

Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:32:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I have a 240 page notebook that I've been using for all the courses I've taken this year. I am now using it for Discover Driving which I am retaking as I did it around 2005/2006 and some laws have changed [like the school zone one], and I would rather have the course again instead of cramming for the beginners' test with my old notes for the 5TH time. They aren't charging me full price as I was part paid for my driving last time, but didn't get to do much of it. Anyway! I've been drawing a bit in it. Mostly just in the margins [like this of Lorrie in bed with a healing dislocated shoulder in a sling after using her sword to cut-off Scathewick's head]; but I've left the last section [it's a 3 section/subject one] for fucking around in, unless I fill-up the other sections. So far it only has 3 doodles in said section ^^;

Today I drew a doodle of Zinnian wearing the outfit [excluding the wristwatch] I wore on Friday. Which had a t-shirt [Joe Fresh, $1.48 from the clearance rack] I bought because it was something my little Alexander would wear. And after reinstalling my scanner [which I used in August but must have deleted a file with System Restore for it] I scanned it and 2 other doodles. Then I coloured it.

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And back in the spring [I misread the RAZR filename as in the autumn] I doodled a picture of Shahi from "Boy Princess" during my food handling course.

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Lastly; I doodled the first ever picture of me with my 'new' haircut. This was around 3:00PM of a course I had been at since 8:45AM, when I was so tired and getting SO ANNOYED at the guy who sat next to me [we had to share the question books for the quizzes, and he'd fiddle with his 'phone (which an instructor had told us we weren't to use as practice for when driving), or talk to guy beside him instead of doing the answers. Then when I'd get annoyed from waiting and flip to the next page to do those questions myself, he'd take the book and huddle over it to catch-up on his answers (meaning I'd have to hurry to finish the questions near the end, or do them from memory). Every time he'd get his 'phone out of his pocket he'd hit my hip, elbow, or knee and he kept taking-up more and more of the corner of the table until I was sitting on the edge and had moved my notebook to my lap as I didn't even have that much space left on the table. (I'm going to go out of my way to avoid him for the next 3 sessions)].

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"On Meeting An Inquiry Agent" -- Part # 3/? (unfinished)

Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:39:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I am posting what I had of the 3RD part typed because I'm not sure now if I will ever finish it. I prefer to type on my Nintendo 3DS, but I can't guarantee I will have the confidence & capacity for any more. I did make robin_cassius before LiveJournal's change though. I've also made Lorel a Tumblr (which is mostly just a Queue that posts once a day). And I temporaliy disabled comments on Lorel's account due to crushing anxiety. LJ.NET [ljnetdev] has stopped loading a list of Communities now, and though Semagic [ljwin32_sema] can't either they allow you to manually add a Community to post to. So that's what I'm using until that breaks too -___-; Any way; if I finish this I'll update, but right now I'm posting what I have.

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( 'This is small, so the staff might have to launder items themselves. Larger establishments-or well to do-contract out. Or we are thought foolish.' )

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And the Communities not loading has been fixed!

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Percy & Daphne Cassius & Maria

Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:41:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

So since I drew William for his birthday [April 13TH], here are the twins on theirs. And also my first ever attempt to draw Maria. I'm really fond of these two, and though I don't think on this AU much now, I would think of them having little adventures. I am also proud that I drew these on the same page and didn't have to resize either of them or move them around~

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( Sketch! )

( Without added paper texture! )

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The teacups are based on Sally Webster's mugs from "Coronation Street". I will post a screenshot of them when I find an episode with a good shot of them, but I've always been fond of them since Rosie was still dating Jason. The Country Store bulk & health food store in Greenwood has a little teapot decorated like them too. You can kind of see them in this .GIF post & this .GIF post, but only briefly. [I actually had this post ready at 10:00PM-ish, but have been looking for a screenshot of them :/ ]

And Daphne's dress is based-off the one here. And her shoes are based-off these.

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Maria:

She's a Corvus mellori [little raven]!

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The original sketch thing:

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The tea drinking scene is because I was thinking of this art I drew for Helen years ago.

The Second Doctor, The Third Doctor, & The Eighth Doctor~♫

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Magnificent Midnight-Blue Evening Gown

Sun, 01 Jun 2014 04:06:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

These are from mid-2011 from when the party distraction Storylet was released. The story behind how Lorel got this dress is that she woke-up in it after a night of prowling (drinking Black Wings Absinthe). But these were painted in ArtRage back when I think it's called "A Polite Invitation" was first released and on Twitter several of us were playing it out over about the span of a week. Lorel wasn't sure about attending, but wanted to wear the Magnificent Midnight-Blue Evening Gown, and then Cécile Béringer came in through one of #27c bedroom's windows and did Lorel's hair & put lipstick on her [Things happened with other players though that made me too disgruntled to continue to play Lorel going to the party, but here is what she was wearing during the party off-screen]. I originally wanted to have Lorel wear her long hair wig (made from her own hair back when she first cut it short on her preparations for London), but the short hair with the dress & lipstick added more ridiculousness & was what Cécile worked with.

And a version without lipstick:

And a little doodle too:

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I cannot find the large size of the old Magnificent Midnight-Blue Evening Gown in-game image, so I edited one from the default old gown image to try to show what it looked like in-game:

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And you can see the chain for the vial that had Red Honey/Gaoler's Honey in it. Lorel would wear this all the time, because it was such a risky thing to have traces of. I played The Chambers Of The Heart until it kicked me out, meaning Lorel got the maximum One who has Indulged in Unknown Pleasures Quality and was fairly traumatised by the experience. Leading to her ceasing use of Prisoner's Honey until helped with it by a held hand. And then she stopped again after being honey-mazed from later Nemesis stuff.

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I edited her hair in OpenCanvas 3.03e to remove the hairclips & lace bit.

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2010 hunting The Jack-of-Smiles

Sat, 31 May 2014 23:17:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Here is a drawing I drew of Lorel in 2010 from when I first played The Jack-of-Smiles storyline. The Watchmaker's Hill one. I found a Draft this week in my GMail of something I wrote of her dealing with a Jack, but nervous about posting it on the ls_cassius Journal. Anyway; Lorel has 10 Annoyance to the Jack-of-Smiles, over 80 Petrified Humnan Hearts, and so many damn Diamonds from this time.

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Alfred Cassius doodle

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:42:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

[I'll upload the non-Twitpic sized ones someday]

Here is a sketch I did of Alfred back around the time I did sketches for dunsanyrdr in 2012. I planned on scanning & colouring it in the style of the above Robin & Flora ones, but never got around to it until yesterday. He is holding a turnip, which is something he took a lot of pride in growing. I'm not sure if he'd wear a bright maroon/prune/purple suit jacket, but I really wanted to use that colour in something so I went with it. He would wear the brown trousers, brown suit vest, and the light purple accessories though. I love how I mixed the turnip XD

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( Without added paper texture! )

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And old wedding teketek avatars I made in 2011 (that I found while looking for the children ones).

Not what they actually would have worn, though the suit one is something like Lorrie would wear. I was just messing around with tektek.

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William Cassius doodle

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:10:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I've not really shared or talked much about my AU characters of William, Daphne, & Percy. Sunday was William's birthday though [April 13TH], so I decided to try doodling a picture of him, since all I did was a tektek doll (with 2 different versions because the hair style I wanted wasn't in the exact colour shade I wanted, and I couldn't find one in that shade that I wanted) in 2011. I also wish I was better at not drawing things so small. This is only a little over 300x300 pixels wide, but drawing things small is a problem I've had for years. Which is why when I scan things I scan at 400DPI; but since I drew this with the pencil tool in ArtRage 2.6 I can't really adjust it -____-;

He is kind of based on this kid:

[Who on looking again looks a bit like Patrick Jane/Simon Baker ^^;]

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Daphne | Percy

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( And skipable TMI rambling on the AU )

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{ http://twentytwowords.com/see-what-your-kids-will-look-like-based-on-your-genes-with-this-amazing-guide/ } ← Has similar to the traits charts I used.

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Palettes [on Twitpic]

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:38:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Here are just the colour palettes I have for the characters I have drawn on R-2E-054. I have many on my external hard-drives, but this is what I have on here. Also these are uploaded on Twitpic.

And my skintones of all the characters I've drawn on this laptop looks like dicks.

{ http://twitpic.com/e16wr0 }

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( Lorel, Zinnian, Alfred, William, Mizuki, & Armand )

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Unfinished Ask.FM "Choose Your Own Adventure"

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 03:11:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Back from about a year ago. On my Ask.FM account. There is one where I played a knight ran by a peep that I'll post later. The knight person also wanted to start another one wih me, but after this I lost my confidence/trust so never did so. I have been debating trying though, but now anxious that she'd not be up for it after all this time. Again; this one never got finished leading to a lot of crap feelings.

Lorel is a terrible character to use for a supernatural story as it all creeps her right out.

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( You find yourself in a seedy motel room. You don't remember how you got here or even where you are. )

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"On Meeting An Inquiry Agent" -- Part # 2/?

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 04:14:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Here finally is Part #2. I was planning on posting it around Christmas Day, but I did not have Internet at my residence, and wasn't really in the brave mood once I did again. There is a Part #3 that is half-written (I'm going for 2 pages each part), but that may be the last section I finish. My writing mood got dampened by losing my comfy chair for almost a week [adoptive brother's girlfriend sprayed the covering with perfume as a 'joke' (I'm allergic). And with waiting for the Bell-Aliant technician & holidays I didn't get to wash it right away.] & the losing Internet business. It's now been pretty much wiped-out because I saw something that I read as/felt like "Things are better now that Cassius is dead.". It hurt, but it doesn't matter if I get into those feelings--especially not here. But it has made me feel pathetic about writing this, and the drawings, or anything else I have done, and kind of ripped-out the 'permission' feeling I had to do/post stuff. I had wanted to have this backstory as something I'd continue, an ongoing project to get me to work on other things (and get to Robin whom I never have before). I wanted to get out of that annoying 'sentence. sentence. sentence.' thing (I fall into but don't notice while writing) at least. But I feel idiotic & awful about it right now, so I don't know if I'll do anything beyond Part #3 or not. I can't even fathom a timeframe for me to finish/post that part either.

In this part Lorel tells her Uncle Frederick about her evening. And despite being nervous, her & Alfred meet-up as they planned (the meeting is in Part #3).

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( After she had sat down, letting the cup warm into her fingers, inhaling the tea's steam, she finally snorted and told her uncle of her evening. )

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Part #1 → { http://ladys-rambles.livejournal.com/2013/12/20/ }

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"On Meeting An Inquiry Agent" -- Part # 1/?

Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:14:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

I have had this scene in my head for years, but either never got around to working it out, or didn't feel 'allowed' to post it. This year I'm trying to do things for fandom_stocking (my stocking is {HERE}, by the way.) though, and wanted to get into capacity for writing other things so I decided to start work on this first. I am working on the next part now (about 300 words in at 10:05PM 12-20-2013) but thought that I should split it up after the last sentence sounded like an end.

This is how Lorel & Alfred met. I have ideas for, and used to think of writing out little adventures they had as partners, but I doubt I ever will. But this part here is about their first meeting. For those that don't know; Alfred is Lorel's spouse that was murdered, and also was her teacher & partner at the inquiry agent office they set-up (L & A). His murder was the reason she started her quest for vengeance, and why she took on the persona of L.S. Cassius & went to The 'Neath/London.

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( 'Your trousers are wet.'. It was a statement, a completely true but unexpected statement. The young man turned and grinned. )

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Almost all of my Lorel pictures now on PhotoBucket

Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:42:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on July 8TH, 2013 @ 09:29 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/33329.html }

[ahnjehleehn wanted references of Lorrie to draw for me, so I've uploaded most of the images that I have (and a few that just looked like her). Anyway they are at the link below.

{ http://s569.photobucket.com/user/lady_noremon/library/Echo%20Bazaar/Lorel%20Cassius }]

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Lorel with spider

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

"Darling and lethal as vampire-kitten. Use a long-handled comb."

This was quickly drawn for Alexis Kennedy as an attempt at a thank-you. He sent me a
Luxuriantly Coiffed Sorrow-Spider after I e-mailed about my fuck-up of not knowing the Rose-bearing Maggot was only worth 3 Masquing and only if under 25 Masquing total. So thus after over a week of grinding for Gifts of Scorn, purchasing a bunch of Nex on Robin's account, and trying for over a day to draw the Lilac card again, I was 3 Masquing short of the Companion I wanted--Lettice, the Mercy (I got the Canny Costermonger earlier in the week as I was reminded of Lorrie). I had the choice of giving-up, or trading-in the Promissory Note for Intimate Favours I also bought, or waiting to see if Lettice became available another way. Given how horrible this month, and especially this week has been, I had taken the give-up option.

I expected no response to my e-mail, and felt silly for having sent one. But at 9:15PM AST I got:

( 'A good thing has happened.' )

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Also another thank-you to Gabriel & Jamie for last-minutely sending me the 2 Masquing items I wanted but the Robin's account does not have the Connected for. Mr. Morgan sent me the Glass of Teeth, & Imeja sent me a Key-to-Heart Dagger.

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"On Honey With A Dreaming Scholar"

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:50:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on June 25TH, 2011 @ 11:02 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2011/06/25/ }

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[So basically one of my *sits down and just types what comes in one big, rambling session*! This on the honey-dreaming, and OF COURSE contains spoilers! Also it is mostly just a vomit of words, that follows roughly "Nemesis" 25-29.]

( SPOILERS FOR 'NEMESIS' PARTS 25-29!!!!! )

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"On One Year Below"

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:57:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on March 18TH, 2011 @ 02:01 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2011/03/18/ }

This continues into
a thread that I never finished where Nathan Attford visits her and invites her to see peafowl & have a picnic. This also takes place just after "In Search of a Soul" & Lorel sneaking out. And also references their Inquiry Agent office at #27c Ladybones Road opening (Which not much was done with).

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( 'Neathversary )

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quick "Echo Bazaar" drabble

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:16:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on June 7TH, 2010 @ 02:00 AM at { http://lady-noremon.livejournal.com/474134.html }

This is hella old.

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The city of London. Grand, old, city of London. Sure the weather may not be the best all the time, but that just adds to its charm. Or at least it did until the whole city was whisked-up and fell underground. Cushioned by a ‘cloud’ of bats in fact. I have always lived in the country, so I didn’t see it for myself, but the papers at the time were very adamant that there was a whole lot of bats. Enough of the buggers to blot out the sky they said. The ground also seemed to swallow it all, as at the site on the surface it is mostly barren, but lacking of the gapping chasm that would be expected.

There is a pit down into it, and those who wish to venture underground can do so there. Well, I shouldn’t use the word ‘wish’, as there are some that no longer have a place on the surface, usually those who have done something so horrible that they are sent to Newgate Prison, which yes, is still used for England, but not for the more common criminal anymore. There are other prisons for that. No, Newgate is used for the worst sort now. There are stories about how London has embraced its new location, and though it only really has one type of weather, the people seem to be enjoying themselves. Crime is more commonplace than ever, not just pickpocketing, but horrible crimes such as arson and murder.

It seems that the once respectable London has become a laissez-faire for all seedy things. They even call it ‘The Bazaar’. And it seems that it is well known that Hell has even set up a embassy to get in on the market. London truly has Fallen.

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"A waking dream -- Is Someone There?"

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:50:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on December 29TH, 2010 @ 11:44 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2010/12/29/ }

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Sputtering. Shaking. Cassius' first realisation of sight is the brown eyes staring back at them. The horror and confusion in them takes startles and they do not realise who that they belong to. That the scraggled mess is their own reflection. But how? Why? So many questions still. The look they give themself reminds them of the fish they saw upon falling on black 'ice'...once. Its face literally frozen in the fear of freezing alive and the confusion of how exactly it was happening.

Slowly Cassius starts to remember a...what exactly was that place? Was that what a jungle is? They had only ever read about them and seen illustrations...but how could they have been in a jungle? This was still London, even if underground...and all other trees were dead, so how could there be a jungle? And the sun--The sun! There was sun in that place...was it really, truly the sun? The last image in their mind was of stars...Stars! How could they be in such a place?

The ache of their body starts to sink in and they finally notice that their jacket is missing and the shirt is in tatters...and is that...blood? Was everything real? Something wet seems to be dripping down their hand and for a moment they contemplate how much like honey it is; before rolling back their sleeve to see a gash just by their elbow.

"I fell looking for a stream."

But they couldn't have actually fallen...and yet there is mud and...leaves stuck in it. Cassius reels back and grips the sides of the dresser.

"....nothing is ever here in the first place"

They mutter, remembering they uttered the same thing...how long ago was it? Where were they again? Is this all a 'Neath dream? Or have they even been down here to begin with? They cry out and shake.

A voice squeaks out and briefly they wonder if it is their own, until a large rat pulls himself up to have a better chance of making eye-contact. "'Ow 'bout ye get o't of that things?"

Maybe.

But even if Cassius is imagining all this, imagining being somewhat cleaner and freshly dressed would be a better option. 'If this is all in my head...' They think, 'Then maybe this Disgraced rat really is the best guide?'.

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"The d---able stuff that falls from the ceiling."

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:24:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on December 4TH, 2010 @ 07:34 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2010/12/04/ }

I almost fell on a patch of ice on Queen Street in Bridgetown today, and I thought of this, so I'm posting it.

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A moment of walking along, and then a moment of laying on the cobblestone, dazed and with no idea how they got down there. Their pants and jacket were wet on one side, and there would probably be a bruised hip in the coming days. If it had been back above, Cassius would just hang everything out by the fire, and all would be well. But this d---able stuff, which was called 'snow', but certainly wasn't -real- snow, was a completely different matter. They had read on experiments conducted with cats and it, and they had no wish to let it seep in and possibly be absorbed through their skin.

They swore.

When Cassius had opened their eyes that morning and saw The Chief laughing by the window, they swore. It was not that they didn't like snow...but this could not even been called 'snow'. This 'snow' was horrid, and probably toxic, and of unknown origin, and unnaturally cold & slippery, and--well and it made walking more of a dance than anything. This was how L.S. Cassius came to have slipped and fallen right in the middle of the street. Cursing-probably making a scene-they gathered their bearing and headed to the nearest public laundry. And better still the nearest public laundry to a place to buy better boots.

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"On Triton And A Lovely New Rug"

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:51:00 GMT

Posted by: lady-noremon.livejournal.com

Originally posted on October 6TH, 2011 @ 08:08 pm at { http://ls-cassius.livejournal.com/2011/10/06/ }

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Triton...that is his name, isn't it? He spent the last week being called 'Darling' after all. But yes, his name is 'Triton'. Like Poseidon’s fish-tailed son, the one with the conch shell--only this Triton is a a bright green lizard, of around the size of a small cat. And this lizard is under the care of a rather eccentric little detective named L**** Cassius. A detective that has been very chipper as of late, more than he has ever seen them before. And that bat claims more than he has seen them for ages. They talk more when they are in a good mood. And they take him out for longer walks when they are in a good mood.

Today he has been carried up all these stairs to the large carpeted room that his detective gives him free-roam off. The pink carpeting feels lovely beneath his little lizard toes, and--what is this? Ah, that's why he was shut-up in the room with the bed earlier. They've bought a rug! A soft, cushy rug that feels even lovelier underneath those green toes. It is a ornately patterned rug, but all Triton can think of is how close he can get to the wood-stove’s heat, while still being sat on this plush rug. If only the drying rack could support his weight like it can that little bat the detective dotes on so. Then he could climb up it and sleep on a drying towel right by the fire, contently using it like a hammock. But as it won't, he is either stuck sleeping on the hard wood floor, or a ways away from the stove on the carpet, or now this rug. 'Such a lovely rug.' he thinks as he slowly closes his eyes, stretching his legs out to lay more flat. This distance will have to do.

But it is better than the past while. In the least now the detective has the coals burning all the time they visit this place--Though to be fair it isn't as cosy as the smaller place with the red armchair he can lay in. He has really enjoyed sleeping there lately, especially now that they've begun sliding that earthenware jug under the covers a bit before they go to bed. It is really lovely to climb into an already warm bed and snuggle up by their feet. That 'Saunder' doesn't know what he is missing by sleeping up on his perch. How can a perch by the stove beat being under the blankets? Maybe the detective will take them back that place on the rooftops soon? Well they'll need to feed crickets to him and the bat first. Oh and 'perhaps'-that's a word the detective often uses-he will get a bit of that food made by that loud tall man too? And maybe the detective will sit for awhile by the fire with him on their lap again before they go? Their legs are rather boney, but they're warm, and the detective will run their hands down his back and tell him 'What a handsome lizard.' he is.

They've gotten more comfortable in how they hold him as of late, still not as used to it as the cheerful blond one that calls him 'Darling', but no longer the half-scared way that they did when they first rescued him. He thinks that is what it called anyway. He had been abandoned by a person he can no longer remember (besides that they worn gloves to handle him), and the the detective opened the draughty box he had been left in and took him to the large rooms. They had stuck him into this lovely warm water and washed all of the horrid smelling soot off, and then they even fed him so many crickets! Sure they take him out on a leash, but he is certainly grateful to them. More grateful if they hold him on their lap again though. Ahh, but first this nap.

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