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The one thing that stood out to me for improvement was a bit of "as you know, Bob" with this line:

> “Oh, right.” Charles nodded. “You’re a centaur.”

Urf. I could see someone saying something like that to a person they know to be funny, but without knowing Charles well enough to know if he's that kind of guy, it really comes across as the author awkwardly slipping in some information through dialogue instead of pausing to describe it.

I also think a centaur would do better kicking with their back legs than their front, but that may have been deliberate, since the front-kick went as poorly as expected. {= )

Otherwise, this was a cute scene of two friends killing time together. Fun! Except for that guy at the end. >.>

~Neshomeh

I think this means we fight at some point. A long John Woo-inflected gunfight, slowly transitioning into a knife fight, then a fist fight, then a grappling match. The last three are all insane one-take swirling transitional shots following us as we battle through your lair.

Well, it's either that or we confront each other and start snogging like teenagers. Both work for me ',=]

My reason being? It worked for me.

Veterans around here know I have serious anger management problems and could be... let's say strident in my attacks around here. It was not acceptable, and while I always apologized afterwards, that didn't make me hurt people any less. I got sat down and talked to and we worked out how to deal with my anger going forward.

There has not been a serious issue with my conduct on the Board in the two years since.

Talking works when all parties want it to work, and sometimes that's thrown around as a negative, implying that because it's not always true, it's never true. It was true for me, and if Minh wants to be a positive part of the community, I hope it is true for them too. =]

Heh! Eheheheh!

Box Kicking

Sorry I took so long, folks, I was both busy and dumb today, you know how it is.

Subject to change if more people respond, but so far it looks like we'll do this All Write on Thursday around 8/8:30 pm London time.

~Z

Hi there, it's me, Larf, also known as the temporary Delta Juliette because I'm posting the write-off results this time.

Our prompt was: ‘Huh. I didn't think you could send a box that far.’

There was a lot of post and mail stuff!

Shipping and Delivery, by Thoth

Fish Tails, by Iximaz

School Projects, by Granz

Customer Service, by Tomash, warning folks it's a wee bit NSFW, bit NSFST and such forth.

Interuniversal, by Delta Juliette (the real one)

Gathering Intelligence, by your old pal and buddy and friend and boy, Larf!

We do have another story coming up by OrangeFox, which needs to be made from a PDF into a Google Doc--that'll get posted within this thread because, er, I've got to go real soon. Like now.

I think it's worth taking the time to set out in clear language exactly what our expectations are at this point, what will constitute not meeting them, and what will happen in that event. Having a clear record is never a bad thing.

~Neshomeh

Aha! Does that mean we're both secretly running the show? Let's do it. Best crime buddies?

Classic! I'm jealous of how the boss blatantly likes you more than me and at some point you probably throttle me!

Anyway, if your professor doesn't give you an A+, just say the word and his car ends up in the Nile River.

It's really kind of you to say that!Anyone would think you liked it or something =]

As for focussed with the double s, it's a British spelling. And, er, I'm British. =]

The twist ending was excellent. The message was executed exquisitely. Your work belongs on the shelves of literature professors everywhere. In my book, you've already earned that Master's Degree.

Also, I found a spelling error:
"She was laser focussed, her mind trying fervently to parse the text in front of her, trying desperately to understand the wisdom of the ancients – and then suddenly something clicked.

I'd probably be good around 8-8:30pm start too, gives me time to get home get food and sort out anything I need to do.

So far that's one person for 8 pm, one for 8:30, and one unspecified, so I have a feeling the consensus might end up in your favor.

~Z

I'm busy putting small children to bed before then, sorry.

Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate them very much. =]

Looks like London is currently UTC+1. You can also Google "London time" and it'll give you the current time, which can be compared to yours to get the time difference. Time. Timey-wimey.

Okay, I'll stop saying "time" now.

~Z

I am very interested! What UTC is London?

I'm not in the EU, but ~3:30 PM EST on Thursday - or Wednesday, but Thursday is preferable on my end - works a whole lot better than ~9:00 PM on basically any day of the week. And I do love these timed writings.