Two more scenes.
In the first, Cauinn is at the Feast of the Eight. She finds herself thinking about Cirellio and, in particular, his unusual Fatalist religion. People dine, music is performed, games are played, drinks are passed, speeches are spoken, the children of the third culture make general asses of themselves, and, later in the night, there’s a commotion about the crowd.
A pillar of smoke rises out of one of the satropies causing mass panic. High Chancellor Gaitan announces the Shiirati Council has chosen to send the palace guard to help patrol the city. People believe arsonists are behind the fire, and likely a distraction to get at their homes and businesses (as fires don’t happen all by themselves and are difficult to sustain, let alone one sizeable enough to cause a giant pillar of smoke). Cauinn is not surprised and pushes her way through the chaos, looking for Cirellio.
WC: 434
In the second scene, Shanung’s group has gotten to the ground level and hides in an alleyway, tracking Nevius and Morikel as they make their movements through the city.
It’s not long before Nevius picks the lock of the city’s relic house and they sneak inside, closing the doors behind them. As Shanung’s group tries to puzzle out what all this meant, two men’s voices can be heard behind the doors. They start yelling, arguing intensely. This alerts a pair of guards, who run to the relic house and throw open the doors, revealing a glimpse of Cirellio facing Morikel. Nevius is laying on the floor, dead. The group feels the rising urgency in the air, with more guards running in their general direction. They decide they’ve seen enough and turn back for the chapterhouse.
WC: 335
Total: 9,731
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Comment by Steph — November 11, 2008 @ 9:38 am
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Comment by christopher. — November 11, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
You’re right! These scene summaries aren’t very vague anymore.
Luckily, I haven’t revealed anything major, yet. We’re still in the build-up phase to a major hit.
I think you guys could tell the tension in the wire was building, because you actaully caught me just in time; I was a few scenes away from revealing something very, very major.
Anyway, you get the point. The story is going to each group of characters, intertwining their stories together profoundly, showing the reader the events that unfold before, during, and after the pillar of smoke rises that night.
How did a fire start, anyway? Is Nevius really dead? Was he murdered? What’s the relationship between Cirellio, Nevius, and Morikel? And what does Shanung’s group have to do with any of this?
:D
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Comment by cirellio — November 11, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Back in kindergarten, my teacher introduced me to the letters of the alphabet in the form of cute inflatable characters.
What six-year old kid could’ve guessed how much power and potential was locked inside the alphabet? How 26 simple letters could be so intricately woven together to invoke such emotion and truth and be a mirror for humanity to peer into and see themselves staring back?
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Comment by cirellio — November 11, 2008 @ 2:39 pm
The writer, Markus Zusak, is an amazing writer who not only writes about a harsh story of war & death but makes it relate to the reader. Oh, and he uses Death as the narrator which was awesome. A good read! One of the best books I have ever read. If you don’t have the time, at least look up a good summary / synopsis of it. :)
I just thought I’d share! Your comment about the power of the alphabet sparked that thought. :) I loved your description of the alphabet, by the way. Beautiful.
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Comment by Latrina — November 12, 2008 @ 12:23 am
Thanks for sharing one of your favorite books :) I always like that. I’ve actually read a synopsis or two and several book reviews for The Book Thief. It all sounds very interesting. Particularly how Death himself is the narrator. I’d lay down money that a movie’ll be made of it.
Come to think of it, I have a feeling a movie will be made for Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora, too.
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Comment by cirellio — November 12, 2008 @ 9:01 am