Grouchiness is not yet gone. It took a hiatus yesterday for a few hours to do Christmas stuff, but I am still in a bad mood. Sometime when I am rested I will not be. Now let’s just see whether we’re more or less busy at work today. I didn’t make a final post yesterday to mention that when I left there were 650 callers on hold and 200 people on the phones. Bear in mind that we have two other call centers, and that was 9 in the morning for half the country. Not that this is interesting or relevant to anyone.
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holy shit thats a lot of calls. O_o i do not envy you on that. poor lady. *gives candy and a hug* hope that helps.
Ehhh, I was just bitching. That many calls doesn’t really make all that much difference to me, since I can only take one at a time and leave when I’m scheduled anyway. But thanks for the hug and the candy!! :D
i understand. ^__^ and you’re welcome!
I hereby apologize for thinking nasty things about Virgin Mobile when I saw their holiday commercials, just in case that help to right the karmic balance. Good luck.
Heh!! I have actually never seen any of our Chrismahaunakwanzakah commercials, but I hear from multiple sources that they are very offensive. Feel free to think of them as you please. I tend to defend Virgin Mobile rather fiercely, as I was a pleased customer before I was an employee… but if the commercials are really that bad, what is there to say? :D
Another winner! This was also perfect. I couldn’t have asked for anything better than this. I love the physical changes in Trowa. I also love the picture. I’d want to count all his freckles, too. Have fun, Quatre!
It was so cute seeing Trowa’s reaction when Quatre said they thought Duo was still in love with Trowa. It’s so awesome that Duo’s feelings for Heero were part of the cure to the curse.
I love this story so much. Thank you!!!
I redrew the freckles in that picture about fifteen times, and, though I finally managed to come up with something I liked, they still look a little more grey than I would like. EVEN SO, I am extremely fond of freckled Trowa for some reason. And I’m sure Quatre will have fun counting them :D
I’m glad you liked Trowa’s reaction to the revelation. He probably forgets that what is obvious to him about Duo’s behavior (even after so many years) may not be obvious to everyone else.
Curses are such finicky things, aren’t they? They’re like my own, magical version of narrative causality XD
I’m very glad you love the story ^__^ Thanks for your comments, as always… now if I could just get the next part posted…
WOOOO-HOOOO! :D
Thank you, livejournal, for FINALLY loading! And thank YOU, dear Ms. Author, for this wonderful, WONDERFUL chapter! Perfect, perfect, perfect!
I’m about ready to throw things at livejournal. Well, not at them, actually, since it’s not their fault… I’ll track down the Plastic-hating hackers and throw things at them.
In the meantime, I’m very glad you like this part so much! Trowa is not, in fact, dead :D
Awww, Trowa’s a bit slow on the up take XDDD
I really enjoyed Trowa’s comparatively quieter transition to normal (except: no flash?!) I’ll admit, part of me feels kind of deflated with all the tension gone… and yet, everything turned out well in the (almost) end.
I can’t wait to hear them all hash it out and get everything out in the open (like Heero discovering Duo was pining right along side him for so long, as Sharon mentioned in her comments). Quatre’s got the right idea, I think: no secrets.
I was, however, wondering why Trowa would need to start showering again? Has he lost his magical abilities with the breaking of the curse? who’s gonna teach Heero how to boil water?
I know, right! Dear Trowa, you’ve already had your big sex scene… let the others have theirs! Good thing Quatre’s around :D
No flash for Trowa! Sad, huh?
I can’t wait to friggin’ post the hashing-out parts. If livejournal would ever let me through…
Trowa has not lost his magical abilities, but he has lost his immortality; and, as he mentioned, he’s going to want to destroy the artifact, which will make him a good deal less powerful. Whether he will actually have to start showering (or whether Quatre will just insist that he does so they can do it together) remains to be seen :D
Live journal hates EVERYONE!! I was DYING to read this and it WOULDN’T LOAD!! But now that it has, it was wonderful!!! Trowa is so… cute. :) And Quatre really knows how to take care of his man doesn’t he? :3
I’m glad you were finally able to get through to it, and that you found it so wonderful ^__^ And Trowa cute, ngyeee.
Quatre definitely does know how to take care of his man. Going overboard with that has actually been his major problem with past boyfriends. Fortunately, since he’s gotten Trowa this far, Trowa can start taking some care of himself, and things will be awesome for both of thems ^_____^
I love it!
Thank you! I’m glad!
Heero has magical abilities? This is going to be interesting…
Great story!
He does indeed! He won’t be using them during the course of this story, though. I’m glad you’re still enjoying the story! Thanks for your comments! ^__^
Great chapter. Love Trowa’s eyes. Not sure if I dig the freckles. But it makes for a very original depiction of Trowa.
Thanks for sharing. *^_^*
Not into freckles, are you? Ah, well :D I’m glad you liked the chapter anyway! Thanks!
Oh, My. God, FRECKLES. I have no idea why, but the very concept and the fact that Quatre now notices it makes this chapter so… POIGNANT! Detailed and perfect!
I just adored this chapter! And Trowa finally taking a little bit of control at the end? Wonderful!
(I wonder if he could keep the artifact around and still do some magic, hmm? It would be a waste to lose that gift!)
I am so in love with freckled Trowa XD I’m glad you liked the inclusion of that detail! And the chapter! And Trowa taking some initiative! He’s getting better, you know.
He won’t lose his magic when he destroys the artifact, he’ll just be a lot less powerful. And technically he could keep it around, but it kinda represents a really painful set of circumstances for him, and he’s also afraid of something similar happening in the future… so it’s got to go.
Thanks for your comments! ^__^
And I’m actually caught up!! You’re probably glad the onslaught of comments has now ended. *laugh*
And yay! Trowa’s not dead! There is a happy ever after just waiting for everyone in this story! (Even Wufei. Although we probably won’t be seeing him for another couple chapters. *smile* A girl can hope, anyway.)
Aha!! So more of the secrets come out! I had forgotten that Trowa was keeping the secret of what exactly it would take to break the curse. *laugh* Everyone was keeping secrets!!! I’m glad that things are working out for everyone. And Quatre wisely decided to give Heero and Duo some alone time – but I imagine that Trowa’s a bit disappointed that he couldn’t talk to his friend right away. (All in good time, Trowa. XD)
And freckles! How cute! Trowa’s shock over them had me in stitches of laughter – he forgot what he looked like when he was fully mortal. And Trowa’s sudden worry over all the normal, everyday things like eating three times a day, and having to take a shower… oh, the horrors! *laughing all over again* I’m sure Quatre will find ways of making all those things enjoyable for Trowa. ^____________^
Wait, why does the artifact have to be destroyed? Are they even able to destroy it? Gah, my curiosity has kicked in again. I should go back and reread your wonderful explanations about the different types of magic. XD XD
Your picture of transformed Trowa is awesome. Now I need to compare it to the other picture of Trowa. ^__________^ Of course, if LJ was cooperating, I’d have a much better chance of finding it… *sigh*
Now I get to be on pins and needles waiting for tomorrow’s update!! *bounce* So exciting!!! (Well, obviously… the update hasn’t happened yet. But at least I can comment on the final sections of your story after over two full days of attempting it!) Here’s hoping LJ is back to normal (or what passes for normal) so that we can all get our Plastic fix. *smile*
Heh… I adored the onslaught of comments. I was out with Zombie Girl the evening when most of them came through; I have my emails forwarded to my phone, and every time one appeared I was like, “Oh, hang on, here’s another one! ^___^!” And we would read them together.
Yes, Trowa’s not dead! It’s actually incredibly, incredibly rare for me to kill of characters, especially major ones, and I warn the hell out of people when it’s going to happen. He was never in any real danger XD
As for Wufei… you’re right, we won’t be seeing him for a bit. As for the relative happiness of his ending… well, we’ll see.
Yes, there were secrets all over the place! Which made me giggle my ass off! Almost everything is on the level now… if I could just get lj to cooperate so I could continue posting, we’d get to some other important conversations…
Ngyee hee, yeah, Trowa totally forgot what he looked like before, and that he had freckles. I got such a kick out of writing that!!
The artifact does not technically have to be destroyed; it just represents 87 years of suffering to Trowa, and he’s afraid it may cause another problem like it did before. And, yes, magical artifacts are pretty easy to destroy… physically, anyway… there just might maybe possibly be sequelly magical repercussions to its destruction, though. Oops, did I just say that? Consider yourself teased.
I’m glad you like the Trowa picture. I redrew the freckles about a million times, and they still turned out looking greyer than I’d like… but in general I’m really pleased with it. As you may have noticed, it is indeed the same picture as the one in part 24.
OK… thanks for your comments, as always! I’m working on replying to all of them, and once that’s done I’m going to mess around with creative methods of posting in an attempt to get the next damn part up.
Yay, I’m glad the comments were fun for you to read – I sure did have fun catching up on all those parts. ^______^ That’s cool that your friend was there and you were both enjoying the feedback.
Thanks for the link to the picture, I can now compare the two side by side. *grin*
I just wanted to tell you that the last couple chapters have been absolutely fantastic! and I did manage to read them despite LJ’s trouble. May you read this hopefully before it crashes. ^^;;
I’m so glad you’ve liked these recent chapters, and that you’ve been able to get at them with lj the way it’s been. Now if I can just get the next part posted…
Ah! I love this chapter! I like how you go back and forth between Duo and Heero and then Trowa and Quatre. Very spectacular indeed…
:D
It took a while for me to decide how to arrange these parts for the greatest simultaneous convenience and dramatic effect, and I think I did fairly well. Glad you liked!