#mitm ch 3

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WIP Folder Game

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Tagged by @fezwearingjellybananas (thank you!) I was going to say I'd limit myself to just the open documents, but I have so many documents open that there are only two in the folder that are not open right now, so ... you get all of them

Open docs:

okay FINE here's the role reversal au Tony Stark's Space Roadtrip Somnolence kenobi fic concepts Running Laps (technically spread across multiple docs) In Spite of the Uneven Odds daft karate show nonsense, or, acts unseen Meet in the Middle Outlining Act 3 / MITM Ch 26 Drafting Believe

Currently not open:

the untamed pacific rim au notes the untamed leverage au notes

I'm definitely not going to manage to come up with 11 people to tag bc brain blanking but @philcoulsonismyhero @raemanzu and anyone else who wants to have a go if you like!

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 11

Stella, ever-cautious, tries to stop them from going out into the city, where dangers lurk in the shadows. Lula and Evie brush off her concerns, and they head out into the night.

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Transcript:

[Lula comes up the back stairs, Stella trailing behind.] Lula: "Sorry. I couldn't shake her off."

[Lula joins the group. Stella faces them head-on with a sharp look.] Stella: "You're really going out? After all that's happened?"

Thea: "Oh, Stella, we'll be careful--" Lula, muttering: "Well, I won't."

[Stella speaks directly to Deliah, who hides at the back of the group, head ducked to avoid the confrontation.] Stella: "Have they told you yet, Deliah? About the bloodhunters? Not to mention the Viscount!"

[Deliah looks up at Evie.] Deliah: "Who?" Evie: "Nobody. Don't pay her any mind."

[Lula leads the group away, back down the hall toward the back door.] Lula: "C'mon, ladies, let's get a wiggle on before the sun comes up." Thea: "I wonder who'll be singing tonight..."

[The group walks down the hall, leaving Stella behind. Deliah casts one last look behind her, wondering if Stella is right...]

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 10

Evie puts the finishing touch on Deliah.

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Transcript:

[Deliah walks down the stairs. Evie is standing to the side, looking up at her. She has her own dress on, a sparkling red number with black pearls around her neck.] Evie: "Goodness, Thea really has worked her magic on you, hasn't she?"

[Deliah arrives at the bottom of the stairs, and Evie steps up to meet her, pulling out a tube of lipstick.] Evie: "You're missing just one thing, doll."

[Evie takes Deliah's chin in hand and swipes a bright red lipstick over her lips.]

Evie, offscreen: "Better." Deliah, blushing slightly: "Oh, I--thank you."

[Thea comes down the stairs, and Deliah and Evie spring apart.] Evie: "There you are. Now we've got to wait for Lula to finish sewing a whole new frock, or whatever it is she's doing down there..."

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 07

Deliah reaches out to Evie for answers, but she's not very forthcoming with the details.

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[Evie and another woman are in the parlor; Evie is sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette, while the other woman stands with a glass of whiskey.]

[Deliah approaches the room nervously.] Woman: "Well, come in, won't you? We don't bite." [Evie and the woman laugh.]

Deliah, taking a step into the room: "Evie, is it? Could we talk?" Evie: "About what? First you have to promise you won't start weeping again."

[The woman takes a sip of whiskey as Deliah takes a step closer to Evie, pleading with her.] Deliah: "I need to know what happened to me. How you... found me. Please." Woman: "Better listen, Eve. Her eyes already look a bit dewy."

[Evie relents, looking away from Deliah, into the middle distance.] Evie: "Fine. You were in an alleyway. There was a man there, but I didn't see his face. He ran away when I shouted. That's it."

Woman: "It's not every day an upstanding young lady wanders into an alley and gets stabbed for her trouble."

[Evie leans back, taking a puff of her cigarette.] Evie: "Oh, cut it out, Lula. I'm bored. Let's go somewhere."

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 09

Deliah gets dressed up for the first time since she put on her wedding dress.

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[Deliah stands in Thea's room in just her corset and skirt while Thea assesses her dresser.] Thea: "Hmm... I think I have just the thing for you."

[Thea adjusts a dress over Deliah's shoulders, giving her a necklace and a headpiece, then bends down to straighten her skirt.]

Thea: "There you are. You look simply perfect, if I say so myself."

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 05

Deliah wanders through her new home, finally sinking into the luxury of a hot bath to scrub away last few days of blood and grime and pain.

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 08

The ladies decide a night on the town is in order. Deliah isn't so sure.

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[Thea is visible coming down the stairs.] Deliah: "Is that all? You can't tell me anything else about that night?" Evie: "There's nothing left to tell; that's the whole of it. Look, why don't you come out with us? You're wound tighter than an eight-day clock."

[Thea comes up behind Deliah.] Thea: "You're going out? To the Penumbrate?"

Evie: "No, I was thinking we'd just go down to the docks to eat the rats."

Thea, jokingly: "Evie, one of these days that tongue of yours is going to get you in trouble." Evie: "You assume it hasn't already." Deliah: "What's the Penumbrate?"

Thea: "It's—" Lula pipes up, smirking: "Oh, but don't spoil the surprise, Thea. You've got a spare frock, right?"

[Thea turns to Deliah excitedly.] Thea: "Oh, let's get you all dolled up, Deliah. Can we?" Deliah: "I—I suppose so, yes."

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 04

Deliah discovers an open door.

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[Deliah's empty teacup rests on the end table]

[Thea stands and takes the cup] Thea: "Here, I'll take your cup back to the kitchen. I'm glad you felt up to talking."

[Thea leaves the room]

[Deliah listens intently as the door shuts--but there is no sound of the lock turning]

[Deliah stands, moving tentatively to the door]

Deliah, out loud to herself, reaching for the doorknob: "Does this mean...?"

[She twists the knob and the door opens]

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 06

Deliah finds the kitchen and Mrs. Rathbone again, but no answers.

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[Deliah emerges from the bathroom, dressed again with her hair pinned up. She walks around the dining room table toward another door.]

[In the kitchen, Mrs. Rathbone prepares a hunk of raw meat at the counter. Without looking up, she seems to know Deliah is there.] Mrs. Rathbone: "Hungry yet?"

[Deliah leans against the doorframe, staring down at her hands.] Deliah: "I don't know what I feel. Hunger. But deeper."

[She steps into the room, keeping her head ducked, shy.] Deliah: "Am I really not allowed to leave?"

[Mrs. Rathbone looks up at her at last, quirking an eyebrow.] Mrs. Rathbone: "Of course you are allowed. But I don't think you will make it far if you run out mid-afternoon."

Deliah, with tears in her eyes: "I still don't know why this is happening to me. What have I done to deserve this?"

[Mrs. Rathbone turns to the oven, opening the oven door with a blast of hot air, her back to Deliah.] Mrs. Rathbone: "That's a question for Evie, my dear. Not me."

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 02

Deliah receives a visit from another stranger, albeit a kinder one.

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Deliah lies in bed, bored, weighed down by sadness.

[A stranger knocks and enters the room] Stranger: Hello hello--are you in there?" [She giggles] "Well, of course you are."

[The stranger lifts a cup of tea] Stranger: I'm Thea. I brought you tea. Deliah, warily: Just tea?

[Thea kneels on the bed, extending the cup to Deliah.] Thea: Yes, just tea this time. How do you feel?

[Deliah stares into the cup as Thea sits down next to her.] Deliah: I don't know how to feel, really.

Thea: I know. It was the same when I turned, too. At first it's like your whole body is on fire, but after a while, you feel... nothing.

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 01

Forced to accept her new situation, Deliah can't help but remember what was, and mourn what could have been.

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[Flashback: Deliah sits behind the counter at her father's shoe shop. A man approaches.]

George: I apologize if this is too forward but... what is your name?

[In the present moment, Deliah leans against the door, pressing a hand to her face.]

[Flashback: Deliah sits with her family at the dinner table.] Arthur: You think he's in love with you? You're a shoe shop girl, not a socialite. Louisa: He's just going to leave you high and dry, like Bert did me.

Grace: Leave your sister alone. If he says he loves her, then he loves her. [Deliah looks away, tucking her arms against herself. A portrait of her deceased father is visible over her shoulder.]

[In the present moment, Deliah sinks down to the floor.]

[Flashback: George and Deliah ride in his car together. Deliah looks away from him.] George: My mother won't even hear of me marrying you. My father won't finance a wedding.

George: But I'm going to marry you even if we have to elope in a little village church somewhere.

[In the present moment, Deliah cries.]

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☞ MURDER IN THE MOONLIGHT / CH. 03, PT. 03

Deliah and Thea open up to each other.

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[Deliah hesitates] Deliah: "Did you just... turn... too? Your face... it looks familiar. Thea: "Oh, that's from the posters, I'm sure. I was a big hit with all the news rags when I first went missing."

Deliah: "The posters...?" [Thea looks almost proud] Thea: "My daddy gambled. I was his collateral. But when they took me, he never came looking."

Thea: "The police wouldn't let a pretty girl go missing, though. That's why I have to keep my head low for a while. You will, too."

Deliah: "My family... they'll be looking for me. I ran off without even saying goodbye. Oh god..."

[Thea wraps an arm around Deliah's shoulder] Thea: "I find goodbyes overrated. Families, too. It's easier to leave when you don't know the last time is going to be the last time."

[Deliah puts a hand over her mouth] Deliah: "But that's the thing--I never meant to leave."

[Thea leans closer, comforting her] Thea: "None of us ever do."

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Chapter 3 finally drops this week! 👀

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hello friends 🥺

hope y'all are well!!! sorry for my unintentional absence (tho u may have seen me lurking). i did nanowrimo in november and also have been feeling generally unmotivated to open my game lately.

but!!! i'm looking to redo my theme, finish posting mitm ch. 3, and start posting my new decades legacy very soon, so keep an eye out for me posting content again ✌

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a little list of things i want to work on/post in the next few weeks (as a reminder to myself as well, lol):

simself!

pride post

cottage living siblings

create a minor sim challenge

school of magic build wip

and an introduction to the school’s headmistress!

mitm ch 3

aaaaand maybe a sprinkling of legacy posts

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ok.... i'm almost done editing ch. 2 of mitm but i think i'll post some upgrowth challenge posts after ch 1 finishes up this weekend to give me some time to start taking pics for ch 3!!