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prometheanslogs2015-07-23 07:06 pm
givemeareason) wrote in prometheanslogs2015-07-23 07:06 pm
A Kidnapping
[Who:] "John Eddowes", Open
[What:] Anything?
[When:] Several days after the Batton Hollow log.
[Where:] Eddowes' Apothecary
The papers were headlined with a story about the imported technology being employed in airship design. In spite of the ban on medical and scientific experimentation, it seemed the country's leadership had no problems with allowing this sort of advancement...particularly if it mean the advancement of their fortunes.
Eddowes tended to ignore the first page; it was usually propaganda, no matter what the content skewed towards. His interests lay in the stories buried on the tenth page, where few people cared to read. These were after the obituaries, the editorials, the scathing diatribes about the youth today. On page ten, the really interesting stuff lay.
Today, for example, there was a short article about a journalist from a rival newspaper, arrested for "heresy so calamitous, this paper dares not repeat." Aside from the egregious misuse of the word "calamitous" (for Eddowes would rarely, if ever, call the written word disastrous), it was a fairly straightforward piece: the journalist was being held in the royal city, awaiting trial. The subsequent article was of more interest; clearly, it was a situation someone in the higher ranks was trying to keep quiet. Lord Alaric Previn's son was presumed kidnapped, and his governess, the last to have seen the boy, stood accused.
He was just scanning the article for some detail as to why the father might have been targeted when the door opened. Irritated, he refolded the newspaper to the front and set it aside. It would have to wait.
[What:] Anything?
[When:] Several days after the Batton Hollow log.
[Where:] Eddowes' Apothecary
The papers were headlined with a story about the imported technology being employed in airship design. In spite of the ban on medical and scientific experimentation, it seemed the country's leadership had no problems with allowing this sort of advancement...particularly if it mean the advancement of their fortunes.
Eddowes tended to ignore the first page; it was usually propaganda, no matter what the content skewed towards. His interests lay in the stories buried on the tenth page, where few people cared to read. These were after the obituaries, the editorials, the scathing diatribes about the youth today. On page ten, the really interesting stuff lay.
Today, for example, there was a short article about a journalist from a rival newspaper, arrested for "heresy so calamitous, this paper dares not repeat." Aside from the egregious misuse of the word "calamitous" (for Eddowes would rarely, if ever, call the written word disastrous), it was a fairly straightforward piece: the journalist was being held in the royal city, awaiting trial. The subsequent article was of more interest; clearly, it was a situation someone in the higher ranks was trying to keep quiet. Lord Alaric Previn's son was presumed kidnapped, and his governess, the last to have seen the boy, stood accused.
He was just scanning the article for some detail as to why the father might have been targeted when the door opened. Irritated, he refolded the newspaper to the front and set it aside. It would have to wait.
no subject
"Any interesting news today, sir?"
He seems to be determined to make small talk whether Eddowes wants it or not.
no subject
No one likes walking in on a young man committing self-abuse. He would like to warn Goodwin that it will make his palms grow hair and cause blindness, but Eddowes knows from personal experience that it isn't true. If it is indeed what's happening in the back room, he considers warning the young man about carpal tunnel syndrome, though.
He decides to focus on the news, instead. "Nothing of note. A new design introduced in airship mechanics, the society page overrunning its usual length, an open call for engineers at the university."
And the disappearance of a Lord's young child. Nothing important at all.
no subject
Best to focus more on the news and less on whatever it is Goodwin does in the back room. He hums a little as he places bottle after bottle on the shelves, making sure everything's in its proper place and looking neat and organized. "That doesn't sound all that exciting," he murmurs. "But I guess it's better than murders and explosions. Fires. That sort of thing." After a pause, he adds, "Although I'd be more likely to read the news if that sort of thing were happening with more frequency." Yes, he's going to continue talking. "It's something in the absence of proper entertainment, after all. Something somewhat exciting to read about." As if bad news has so little impact that it might as well be fiction.