Four reviews, MrsMosley!?
I'm going to have to go re-read the earlier parts, b/c I didn't remember that the K info was released to the public.
<whistles as she begins to file through her chaos of notes and various scribblings> Ah, here we are. Chapter 29:
If the police were overwhelmed and Lois was on a killing spree, the paparazzi was having a hey-day. Cheap papers exploded on the street, crying despair—that Superman was dead, killed by this once-believed-futile threat of kryptonite.
Even the criminals seemed to pick up with the sudden rage. A failed bank robbery brought in three hoodlums, to find that they had green crystals stuffed into their pocket. Upon research, it had been discovered that it was nothing but cheap dyed glass, but it still made Lois go cold.
His weakness was out there and known. Adults walked a little faster, glancing up at the sky with a sad sort of fading hope that they tried not to let anyone else see. Kids cried as they saw computer-altered or artistic portrayals of Superman—lying dead and bleeding amidst glowing green rocks—and the Star’s front page’s bold headline: “MAN OF STEEL MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD.”
Hope that helps.
OH, no. If Clark closets himself up in the Fortress for the next eight years, away from Lois and the DP, I'm going to... be really mad at you!
lol. You're going to pull a MR and send chainsaw and stick men after me? <grins> <holds out arms> Come to Mommy, babies!
Wow. O_o. That was odd. Ignore that last bit. <clears throat>
Something Jor-El couldn't have predicted.
Nope, but Jor-El really just doesn't know his son. <shakes head> Poor Clark. So many people expecting so many things out of him. . .
I am so looking forward to 39! And this time I'll try not to go AWOL on you.
lol. Don't worry. It cost me most of my sleep-time last week and my health to get this last chapter out even a day late, and I don't expect my readers to be willing to pull the same sort of sacrifice. Real life is a devil, sometimes.
Anyway, thanks again so much for your amazing reviews, MrsMosley. I am very, very glad that you're back with us (and that my guilt stick is still working
)!
<rubs hands together with glee>
Chapter 39 is actually technically all the way written--it just needs quite a bit of editing, and with a ton of homework today and a massive test tomorrow, it probably won't be posted early (I had to add that just because I knew the begging would flow in if I didn't . . . and it may flow in anyway
). There are just some things that need some careful balancing here, though I certainly have enjoyed writing them. I've found there's this very thin line I have to walk so my readers don't decide to hate any of the characters I don't want them to hate, despite some of their . . . less lovable actions.
Hm.
But first I have to write a 2 page paper in the next half an hour. Curse being sick over a whole weekend! (and, of course, I am not going to blame my procrastination on anything to do with Darkest Dreams
)
Have a great day!
SmirkyRaven
