AN ICE SURPRISE
Ending Cutscene
(Sly Voice-Over)
By the time we landed, the rest of Interpol had arrived. (Sly gets out of the plane and flashes his badge, walking away and drawing all their attention, as Thaddeus sneaks out of the back of the plane.) We didn't have Morty the penguin, or any way to fish his remains from the ocean. So they just busted the rest of the place instead. (With police lights flashing, the entire compound gets covered in crime scene tape.) Carm and I directed them to the best places for evidence while the rest of the gang flew under the radar. (The van drives off; it zooms in on Murray, driving, Thaddeus, in the front seat, and then moves to the back seat, where Bentley is using all his robot arms to prevent Tennessee from trying to lasso something out the back door.)
Once the initial investigation was over, Carmelita and I, as cops looking for 'evidence', combed every inch of the place for anything belonging to Thaddeus. (Their earpieces almost seem to bounce as the two wander from room to room, grabbing monocles and gloves and suit jackets suited for the 1800's). However, even once Thaddeus had all his stuff with him... he stayed in the present with us. (Thaddeus bows deeply as he accepts the items, putting his monocle back on at once.) I thought for sure Bentley'd force the issue, but instead, he just... accepted it. (Bentley surrounds himself with charts and graphs and scribbles down mathematical formulas in the back of the van.) He even mentioned something about it supporting his theory. But right now, that means there's gonna be another Cooper around, and I can't be sad about that. (Tennessee and Thaddeus play a tense ping-pong game.)
No, we've got other things to be concerned about. (Images of past baddies float by) Who's behind these robots? Who else has the technology to go back in time—and has been planning The Cooper's destruction this long? I thought ending Clockwerk would end the threat to me, and my family. (Clockwerk's image looms in the background, behind Sly looking determined into the distance.) If there's someone else... we'll be ready.
END AREA 2
A/N:
End of another area, so time for an update.
Where I wanted to be by now: Finishing area 4.
Where I am: trying desperately to write/finish two Splatoon fics for AO3 and a third for a zine I got chosen to be part of (finished writing them all as of last week but have to edit and prep them for posting still), working 40 hours a week (45 with commute), streaming 10-15 hours a week, and balancing 2 gaming groups and a family commitment. I have area 4 *outlined*, and area 5 has four scrapped outlines.
The plan right now: I participated in, and completed, NaNoWriMo 2005-2019; I chose not to participate in 2020. The goal is 50,000 words in the month of November, or-with my average wordcounts-about two full areas. I'm writing this note a bit ahead of time, but the zine's final deadlines/alterations/whatnot are end of October, I should be done with the splatoon fics except for posting, and will spend the entirety of November getting down area 4 and as much of area 5 as I can manage.
If I succeed, then a quick clean-up of area 4'll ensue in December (chapter titles, spelling fixes, a find and replace for the abbreviations I use instead of certain character's long name/s) and there'll be no posting gaps or delays. If I don't, there'll be another note in early December and we'll move to one update every two weeks. I hope I can avoid that.
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Stay safe, everyone.