The Lunatics: Status Update · 3:32am Apr 6th, 2014
You guys.
I have gotten so much work done today.
Okay, so 1400 words isn't so much to brag about. But I've gotten enough done to have a pretty clear idea of where I want to take the story. And honestly, I think if I manage to pull it off effectively, it's going to be pretty epic.
And I'd like to paste in an excerpt that won't appear for some time, but I think it's a nice piece of writing.
Golden evening sunlight streams in through the windows of the study, illuminating dust motes that dance in the musty air. Caballeron breathes in deeply, as if he could inhale the history that weighs down the tomes all around him.
And it is all his.
He settles down at his well-appointed desk, taking a pen in mouth. The paper before him seems full of possibility, but—there comes a knock from the door.
“Come in!” Caballeron says easily.
The door opens, and to Caballeron, it’s as if an angel has walked in. She seems almost the same color as the sunlight that pours in through the wide windows, a golden, rich color. Her wings flutter a bit at the sight of Caballeron.
“Hard at work?” she asks, with a slight smile.
“As always, nothing I could not be easily persuaded to abandon for you,” Caballeron says, and means it.
“You’re a hopeless romantic,” she says, and he knows that she means it too, just like he knows that the sun is setting in the west. Caballeron’s eyes flicker to her flank, lingering for just a moment on the stylized compass. She strides to his desk, leans towards him, deep magenta eyes staring into his. Caballeron finds himself leaning towards her, and their lips meet.
It’s not long, but lasts—long enough to feel more than casual. She leans back, and smiles at him. She chuckles. “You should shave.”
He shrugs. “Probably, yes.”
“But it’s good to see you back.”
“It is good to be back,” he says, and smiles back, a real smile.
Just in case you think I've bait-and-switched you into a romance, let me assure you that's not the case. The use of present tense is consequential and intentional.
Intentional present tense, eh? Interesting. I'm curious as to how that will be incorporated.