Using a coin flip this year; Heads = Trick Tails = Treat

Sooo.... *drumroll*

TREAT! 🍭

I'm running out of treat idea's, so let's have a snippet. One of my favourite moments in Changeling was when I had the opportunity for Andric and Booker to talk alone, one-on-one.

I've managed a few more moments between them in Darkling, but Booker's been a confrontational little.... for a good chunk of the second book, and Andric doesn't yet know why.

And, apparently, Booker's not quite ready to tell him either ^_^

<Chapter five>

•••

Wednesday stood outside the shed, rain pouring down around her. Her knuckles were white as she clutched the handle of her umbrella, hesitant to knock on the door. She couldn't help but wonder if Heather was inside with him, and the thought was almost enough to make her turn her heels and leave. After what felt like an eternity, she finally mustered the courage to knock. Xavier answered a moment later.

He looked beautiful.

Her gaze lingered on his face, drinking in the sharp angles, accentuated by a pair of dark crescents beneath his green eyes. The effect was almost vampiric, casting an otherworldly beauty over his already striking bone structure.

The two stood frozen, their eyes locked in a gaze that lasted longer than intended. As the silence stretched on, Xavier's awareness shifted to the awkwardness of the moment, and he finally remembered to step aside, granting Wednesday entry.

“Wednesday. To what do I owe this visit?”

“Thunderstorms are my type of weather.”

they need tension

they need a driving force, a shift in energy, point to build between etc. like yes absolutely! there needs to be an additional factor that turns character movement into an actual story, but the spark that move a character doesnt actually need to be Conflict equals Arguments equals Drama

there are other options. we see other variations - like a ticking clock, like a single location, like multiple personalities in close proximity - in reality programming all the time, we’re just told that’s not “storytelling” bc it’s based on vaguely rl footage. but it is Absolutely the same mechanics,