Teaser For Chapter 6

[Bob Schroeck]

I watched in frank fascination as Belldandy simply picked up the
very mundane telephone and punched at least twenty digits into
its keypad. I resisted the urge to shake my head, but geeze, the
way Celestials did things in this universe. Every time I thought
I understood them, there was a new twist.

A *telephone* link to Heaven?

"Weird" just did *not* cover it.

But I made a mental note to try the redial if I had a chance.

(What? I had -- have -- more than a couple philosophical
questions about the nature of mortal existence that I think are
rather important, and if I could reach some kind of Customer
Service department, I fully intended to *ask* them.

Yes, politely.

Well, at least at first.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Star Ranger4]

Yeah, I can see that... I dont think anyone could resist at least considering being able to ask a few questions like that.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[itsune9tl]

Bob Schroeck wrote:

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I watched in frank fascination as Belldandy simply picked up the


very mundane telephone and punched at least twenty digits into


its keypad.

Look at the dial and find that she probably dialed in "1NEEDT0TALKT0FATHERPLEASE" using the letters on the keypad.

[ordnance11]

Does the phone have a redial function? The manga showed a rotary phone.

The televangelists would be green with envy. A direct line to heaven.
__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[Bob Schroeck]

Doug's not really paying attention to what she's actually using. He's thinking in terms of what he's familiar with.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

And here I thought your answer was going to be "Would a technophile like Paradox settle for a rotary phone?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

Nah, that'll be Chris's answer.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Ebony]

robkelk wrote:

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And here I thought your answer was going to be "Would a technophile like Paradox settle for a rotary phone?"

I kind of expect Paradox to say, "Rotary phone? What rotary phone?" And the next time that Doug looks, there is no phone. The phone's just a
special effect of the Norns' communication method. Or, it's whatever type of phone that it needs to be for whomever happens to be using it.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[Ebony]

robkelk wrote:

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And here I thought your answer was going to be "Would a technophile like Paradox settle for a rotary phone?"

I kind of expect Paradox to say, "Rotary phone? What rotary phone?" And the next time that Doug looks, there is no phone. The phone's just a
special effect of the Norns' communication method. Or, it's whatever type of phone that it needs to be for whomever happens to be using it.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[Star Ranger4]

Hey guys? if you get to 200k, split it at a cliffhanger???
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[Bob Schroeck]

We already have the place where we're going to split it marked out. We just have a roadblock -- an absolutely necessary scene that the muse refuses to talk to either of us about. We just have to finish that -- it's partially written -- and the last scene of what will become chapter 6.

As for a cliffhanger, will Paradox having an "aw, crap!" moment count?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Star Ranger4]

It most certainly does. and that its the end scene rather explains why we havent had a stock split yet.

I seem to recall something the same happeneing to you two back in chapter 2 or so... the scene you were going to use for the split was the same that wouldnt
come out.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[Black Aeronaut]

Bob Schroeck wrote:

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We already have the place where we're going to split it marked out. We just have a roadblock -- an absolutely necessary scene that the muse refuses to
talk to either of us about. We just have to finish that -- it's partially written -- and the last scene of what will become chapter 6.

Well, what I do when I hit a bad sticking point is that I go out and get somebody's opinion. Usually something someone says will jar the creative
machine back into motion. Just a thought, ya know?

[Bob Schroeck]

We probably should. That's why we have a prereaders' list, after all...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Black Aeronaut]

*Looks up at Bob with the copyrighted adorable giant watery eyes of cuteness. Yeah, it was a bitch to get through the red tape for those damn things.
Don't even ask about how much they cost.*