Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Denise is our host.
The rules require stories be of Six, (and only Six), sentences in length.
This is a Ian Devereaux week, so what follows is the next installment in ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf‘
This week’a prompt word:
DISTANCE
Like a champion cliff diver being heckled by a suicide response team, Leanne swung her gaze from the dark roast blend in the bone china mug and looked up at me, “I need to know what happened to Elias.”
Beyond the patio of the cafe, in contrast to most travel brochures, the hills in the distance were huddled, as if protecting a secret; I looked at her, “As your private investigator, I’ll stop looking when you say, ‘Stop looking.'”
“Yet you’re here as my friend as well.”
“The same standards apply;” as she replied, I was appreciating why this part of Europe is the preferred setting for tales of dark magic and deals with the Devil, and so, was spared the full power of her smile; to say Leanne could convey a message with nothing more than an eyebrow or a tilt of a shoulder pulling at the corner of her lips was like saying the United Nations General Assembly was culturally diverse; I continued, “I’ve been known to engage resources that are less, how to say, traditional…”
“You got a guy?”
“Oh, far more than that, ‘I got a woman…’ in Chicago; lets just say, if the Delphi oracle were a real thing, smokin hot and insanely dangerous, she might qualify to work for the woman who runs the Omni Corporation; trust me when I say, just telling you her name is Anya Claireaux puts both our lives at risk.”
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Nice! Would love for Anya to have a walk on in this story.
Well done, sir.
P.S. A little bit more surprised than not, Ian and Leanne appear to have become a bit more “personal” in their relationship.
I agree, Anya would be a nice addition; who doesn’t love a strong woman (even if fictional)?
I am fascinated by this story – oft finding myself out of breath half way through. Is that your intention? 😇
Yes?
lol thank you and while my basic ambition is to write an engaging Six, if it chances to be exciting, all the better.
It’s not just what happened, it’s why. As usual, your character development is fascinating.
Thank you, M
Loved the beginning–you definitely have a gift! I got lost at sentence 4…sorting out which character is speaking, oh well, maybe I’m fatigued or distracted. Have the Best of New Years!
Thanks, J.
(Yeah that whole thing about ‘un-tagged’ dialogue is both fun and, at times frustrating)
Well, I soldier on :) By the way, I’m not sure which of your posts it was in, but you ended with, “It’s not fittin’, it’s just not fittin'”–wasn’t that a quote by “Mammy” from Gone With the Wind? :)
ayyiiee my mind! totally wouldn’t doubt it, given the food processor of a mind I have at times… can’t say I’ve read (though everyone used to comment on how long it was)… quotable lines from the movie version… “I don’t know nothin ’bout birthin babies”
Nice lead in to the next character in the story and will bring us back to learn more about her.
Thanks, Pat. Definitely. I’ve done a link to a little backstory on our Ms. Claireaux a fun read.
Nice leading sentence about being heckled by a suicide response team.
Thanks, Frank… I kinda liked it.
You are quite the scene setter Sir Clark. I was especially intrigued by “the hills in the distance were huddled, as if protecting a secret”; they are not alive with the sound of music, I’m thinking, or perhaps it’s dark music.
That ain’t Julie Andrews, thats for sure. (Speaking of charmingly dark, wait’ll Anya Claireaux shows up…)
I like the hints of the setting with the café and the hills, and the mention of European dark magic and deals with the devil. I thought of Lyon, France (which has certain occult links which I need to research more for some future tales), but equally it could be Catholic Spain or Italy, or even Germany.
Curious I am.
A good episode that, with the mention of Anya to make an appearance mayhaps?
totally what makes google street view such a amazing thing… though, for reasons I respect and resent, a lot of Germany has not participated in the driving of a google-enabled camera vehicle up and down streets every where… so I takes some creative mousifying to get scenes from the ground in Deutschland.
Anya, as I’ve repeated probably way too much of late is one of my favorite characters… not so much evil as ‘without moral restraint’ and like that one bad girlfriend we’ve all had (however briefly) I find myself going all ‘but you got to meet her, she’s really something’
You’ve go to meet here…. lol. here’s a chapter from ‘the Case of the Missing Starr’ where we get a glimpse of our Miz Claireaux
Ah, cool, Germany :)
Okay, so I followed the link to ‘meet Anya’ and… well let’s just say I hope I don’t meet her in real life (or on the end of a telephone call)… not to say I don’t like her.
Go Anya, you rock! (and I accept your terms unconditionally) 😉
She something…no?
Funny about some characters, likable no matter what, like Anya.*
*don’t even think about the psychoanalytics of authors and characters and such…lol
You are a word artist! Beautiful portrayal.
When it comes to wordmsiths, you beat the heck out of the anvil! Great six
thanks Paul… I sent a backstory link on the character ‘Anya Claireaux’ to Vintage, be happy to send one to you*
*if there was any doubt I was a clark (as opposed to a roger)… this destroys it. (Leave it to Doctrinaires to discuss the ‘Why do you say that?’)