Today...Early...FTL...

~In A Tight Spot~

Bad things happened to heroes. That wasn’t news. Steph had been threatened, beaten up, and kidnapped (once by her own dad), and a couple times the bad guys had tried to kill her. None had succeeded, and even during the other stuff she hadn’t felt like she was in a huge amount of danger. Well, not most of the time. There was always Batman or Batgirl or Robin on the way. Plus the people who tried to hurt her often underestimated her, and that worked to Steph’s advantage. Especially as Robin—the bad guys were too busy laughing at a blonde Robin with boobs, and they let down their guard enough for her to get her licks in.

Now, though, she was scared. After standing up and moving her arms rhythmically within the limits of the cuffs, she got enough feeling back to try working on escaping. First she took stock of her situation. The cuffs were welded to a chain that ran up to a high ceiling somewhere in the darkness overheard. She was nauseous from the blow to her head, and aching all over from the fight earlier and hanging unconscious by her wrists. Her kit was gone, including the lock-picks normally stashed in her gauntlets. She just had her costume itself and her wits.

After a few moments, Steph realized why this situation frightened her so much. It wasn’t being held captive, it wasn’t waking up alone in a big dark room and having to wonder what the bad guys wanted. It was a small detail: the welded cuffs. Someone had taken the time and trouble to weld a set of steel handcuffs to a chain. That meant they used this setup a lot, and didn’t want any chance of someone slipping away.

It meant this might’ve been an unplanned capture, but whoever had her had done this before.

~Love and Other Headaches:
Won't See Me Closing In
[Chapter Thirty-Three]

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kalalanekent

30 November 2008 @ 09:16 pm

Today...Early...FTL...

Made it through in one piece. More annoying and draining than even Black Friday. Going to go lay down and veg for a few. Then I'm going to work on something happy. Like the last tiny bit of the current chapter so we can get it out to beta (

htbthomas, tell me when it's safe to start sending to you again and

trekkie6, let me know if you still want to beta. I haven't heard anything in a little while) and then mess with the Christmas oneshot and the next chapter......Zzzzzzzzzzzz.......

*falls asleep with head on keyboard*

Tags: the authors in rl

On the Verge of:

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htbthomas on December 1st, 2008 02:27 am (UTC)

You can start sending right away - I finished! *twirls*

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 03:22 am (UTC)

I loooove you! *tacklehugs*

And congrads on proving to everyone else just how awesome I always knew you were. I'm still in total awe of your word count! I'm so crazy-proud of you!

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elliania on December 1st, 2008 02:47 am (UTC)

Aww, you sounds so tired!!! *gives you a cup of coffee so you can write more* LOL

Nah ;p *huggles* Take care of you, sweetie! <3

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 03:24 am (UTC)

*happily takes the coffee anyway* To tell you the truth, I'll likely brainstorm with Anissa while watching TV. And does this mean I'll see you around the writing again? *looks excited and happy*

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elliania on December 1st, 2008 03:26 am (UTC)

around the writing? Its depends. I'm following heirs through ff.net, but I have to say, I'm SO late into the 12 daus of clois new challenge. I have so many fic to read and as I work 7day a week, it's quite difficult to find free time :( But I'll try. You might see me more around into the comment. But not much for graphics *shy*

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 03:33 am (UTC)

I only need to bug you about banners every once in a while. I have a few planned for later, but I'll warn you before that. I know that you don't have too much time these days, but I made you a promise that I would only let you do the layouts. That's why I'm so glad that we found this one.

And it's okay if you can't review. Just let me know what you liked and didn't like when you get to it. Your feedback still means a lot to me, Katness. *snuggles* But don't feel like I'm forcing you. You know that's not my thing. ;) *blows kiss*

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saavikam77 on December 1st, 2008 03:39 am (UTC)

Aww... *gentle huggle* Get some good rest, hon.

And don't forget that I still want to beta for you guys, even though Barb is back on the job. ^_~

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 03:41 am (UTC)

Awww! Are you sure? We'd love you forever!

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saavikam77 on December 1st, 2008 04:35 am (UTC)

Of course! :D I'm honored to be part of the beta team! And I'd love to have you and Anissa still on *my* beta team for Aftermath, too, if you guys still want to do it. ^_^

*hugglesmishes*

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 05:21 am (UTC)

We'd love to; it's just that we've never been betas and resisted it for years. That and we want to both get your beta done to the best of our ability plus write, which is sometimes interesting. *LOL* But we'd love to, if you can forgive us the occasional "OMFG! THE BETA!!!!" moments.

*hugglesmishes right back*

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saavikam77 on December 1st, 2008 05:42 am (UTC)

I hear you on 'interesting'. :p Sometimes time management can be a real bitch, especially when you have a job, to boot. But of course I can forgive the OMFG moments. XD Sometimes it seems like that's the only SQUEE I get for Aftermath anymore. *wistful sigh*

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kalalanekent on December 1st, 2008 06:30 pm (UTC)

OMG, no kidding on the time management. I don't even remember being this pressed for time during once-weekly LS! GAH! And with my hours going back and forth, it's just so much lose. :(

And awww! I hate that, especially since the writing is awesome! The only reason I can imagine is because some assume that they've already read it, which sucks. Essentially what you're doing is a reimagining of Aftermath less than an edit. People just don't understand that writers can do that with something and make it into something new. And didn't you tell me that you had something planned to follow Aftermath? When you finally get to that, that will likely perk up your readership, too. It happened with LS and Heirs.

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saavikam77 on December 1st, 2008 08:25 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I can't even imagine how I ever cranked out 13 pages a week on Aftermath, now. All I can figure is that it was b/c I had my laptop and b/c I wasn't working on anything else at all. :p

The loss in readership has been a real downer. Most of the folks that read the first posting have said they're waiting for me to finish the whole thing (which is gonna take many moons yet), but you're right about people not thinking much has changed. It really has, even though some stuff is coming through practically untouched. There's just so much new stuff, and so many sections being rewritten almost from scratch...

I'm actually planning to do part of the Aftermath sequel as my 12 Days Xmas fic this year, after much deliberation on how to make something fit the prompt. *evil grin* I really hope it gets people interested again, enough to go back and read the Big Edit. *fingers crossed* O_O

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kalalanekent on December 2nd, 2008 06:34 pm (UTC)

Really, I think we can get back to doing the same word count in a week; it's just that we've let ourselves get a little lazy. We really need to get back on the ball. Seriously. I hate that it's taking this long to get the story written. *crosses arms and pouts*

YAY for the 12 Days fic, then. That should sttir up interest pretty well. Make sure to mention in the notes for it that you're restructering Aftermath. That way you reach the entire LJ community to it.

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