Fic Update: "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" Chapters Two and Three

Finally got my writing back in the groove after a bad week.  Worked on the following:

"Dark Sun of Desire," revisions to chapters four and five
"A Kiss for Luck," revisions to chapter two
"In That Dawn to Be Alive," aka the Catria/Frey French Revolution story

And, finally, the next two chapters of "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal."  These are short chapters, but I'm only allowing one POV character per chapter.  Also, it's kind of a different tone than I usually write in, so instead of 6K words per chapter they're coming out pretty concise.  I don't know if these ones really need reams of explanatory notes... maybe I'll write some up after the tale's concluded.

The wedding reception tonight was at the Henry Ford Museum, and it was awesome.  Imagine having a vast, vast museum filled with cars and trains and planes and full-size steam engines and the Wienermobile, and it's dark outside and the place is empty except for you and a bunch of friends and you're roaming around the museum, at night, in fancy dress, with sounds of music and dancing echoing around the display cases.  Definitely a memorable night despite a few lol!awkward moments with drunken partygoers, including the tipsy bride.  The bride and I danced at midnight to "That's What Friends Are For," which was fun and apparently pretty cute for the spectators.  I had a great time... and the food was the best wedding food I've had in about seven years (not surprising-- the bridegroom is a professional chef).  Roasted tomatoes stuffed with collard greens turned out to be surprisingly tasty.

Sleep now.  

Prompt Response (Transcendence)

 And, here we go with the first response to my fic prompt self-challenge.  This one is the response to sacae 's second challenge (Archanea, Merric/Linde, 1850's America, gen or romance).  Apologies if I got anything wrong on the 1850s America part... I did do some research, but not bucketloads of it.  So if I erred on forms of address or whatnot, mea culpa.

( Transcendence )

ETA: posted it on FFnet here.