Chapters tagged slow burn

Thinly veiled mechanical exposition Pt 1 by pwizdelf

Chapter 28

===81 Spring 1382========== “Victim’s body can’t be identified in the first twenty-four hours and description matches no missing persons alerts,” Curry read aloud from the study sheet he was using to quiz me on watch guard recall policies, swinging one leg idly off the side of t...

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Thinly veiled mechanical exposition Pt 2 by pwizdelf

Chapter 29

“Some things are the same… a DNR order filed by the victim still takes precedence, assuming a city magistrate doesn’t overturn it for some reason. But that’s not very common,” I added, which we both well knew because if it were at all common for magistrates to rescind a DNR, they...

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Obligatory Nan appearance by pwizdelf

Chapter 30

“Children,” Nan interrupted us politely in Csoglaran after I’d finished explaining to Curry’s satisfaction what Watch Guard recall policy said must be done for a week-old body found in the harbor. “Not that your graphic talk of rancid corpses isn’t delightful, but—” she motioned...

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They'll see you shortly by pwizdelf

Chapter 31

===85 Spring 1382========== In the end, the detective examinations week was one of those strange times that made me feel as though I had never done anything in my whole life but prepare for and take exams, and never would do anything else, while at the same time, concluding itse...

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Fair is for people who are used to things going their way by pwizdelf

Chapter 32

It took me a moment to catch up enough to parse all of that, and then I was horrified. “You think I cheated on my detective course examinations?” There was a long, deflating silence during which she didn’t speak, or at least, one that felt long to me, and when she still didn’t sp...

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Five-thirty in the afternoon on a Fourthday by pwizdelf

Chapter 33

“I think you should retake the oral section of the examinations,” she said, “in a written format. The purpose of the oral examinations is to observe the student’s ability to respond to certain thought exercises on demand. Typically the more expedient approach is oral question and...

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Scut work and pints by pwizdelf

Chapter 35

===27 Harvest 1383========== “Hey,” Curry whispered, leaning over several stacks of papers and knocking his boot against mine where our two desks were pushed together. When I looked up from my busywork he grinned happily at me. “Guess what. It’s Fourthday afternoon, and we’re de...

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Less sexy than it sounds at first blush by pwizdelf

Chapter 36

“Soo… hey,” Curry said, coming back from the bar and leaning on our high table some hour-or-so later. “Hey, you. Want another pint?” I asked. “Or… do you want to go?” I was pretty sure Baggett and I were both fine with it if we just all left and then resumed our aggravating, not...

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A mean cunt in a crowded pub by pwizdelf

Chapter 37

I was still mulling over what the evening might hold in store, glancing around the taproom to see if anybody caught my eye—or if I’d caught anyone else’s—when someone slid into Baggett's seat next to me, cheerfully drumming their fingers on the table. I’d already half-turned, thi...

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The first time I saw a wig on the beach by pwizdelf

Chapter 38

“I don’t know if there’s any sight quite so joyful,” Baggett said in a dreamy sort of voice, passing me the hash joint he’d just rolled, then leaning on the boardwalk railing, “as a bird so absolutely determined to eat a piece of paper that once had a fish pie wrapped up in it. I...

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