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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 7:52:19 GMT 10
Title: Professionals Rating: PG Word Count: 195 Pairing: Crane/Rosethorn Round/Fight: 1/F Summary: Briar's got half the information but arrives at the right conclusion.
If someone had told Briar, just before Blue Pox broke out, that Rosethorn and Crane would work side by side without muttering death threats, he would have laughed in the unfortunate person's face. (He wouldn't threaten them: Rosethorn could do that fine by herself.)
Which was why he was surprised, to say the least, to find them bent over the same well of essence, with the same rack of ingredients further up the bench, pursuing the same task with single-minded fervor.
The room was the quietest in the greenhouse, and Briar's ears were sharp, but their heads were bent so close he couldn't hear what puzzle they discussed. Their hands moved across the bench, Rosethorn's palms open to accept a tiny crystal jar in the exact moment Crane offered; Crane turning to look at some symbol Rosethorn sketched across the desk, even before her fingers touched the wood and started drawing.
When Crane returned to his desk, Briar was astounded to realize that he had come and gone without a single argument -- as though Crane and Rosethorn were street urchins, who hadn't the luxury of letting emotions get in the way of their tasks.
QC by: journeycat
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sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Mar 30, 2011 7:59:55 GMT 10
Oh! I love Briar's perspective here, especially when he compares them to street urchins. And the way their described as working together is wonderful.
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Post by gear on Mar 30, 2011 8:03:20 GMT 10
This is wonderfully written - the juxtaposition between how they act when lives are on the line and how they act at other times is fascinating, especially from Briar's point of view.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 10:05:28 GMT 10
sidonie, Well, I was wondering how to make Briar a proper voice rather than Generic Narrator, and that was all I could come up with.
gear Despite everything, they ~have~ always seemed to work together smoothly when it matters, so I loved exploiting that.
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Kit
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Post by Kit on Mar 30, 2011 12:42:49 GMT 10
*flail* Love it. An excellent fleeting moment, and I think you've infused just the right amount of Briar into the voice. (Which I am really, really enjoying, by the way. I've been captivated by all your writing. )
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