Before you read this you HAVE to read this:
http://thinspiralnotebook.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/let-it-go-to-voice-mail/
Annoying specks of silver lint on the jacket of her black Armani pants suit distracted Millicent Stingley from her task. She picked the pieces and wiped in a tissue that she tossed in a dark green trash can by the bathroom. Three feet away, splayed over the middle of the hotel suite’s king sized bed, her poison victim became unconscious. A grey Walther p22 slipped from Pauley’s limp right hand. Confident she was safe from trouble, Millicent pulled back the syringe plunger and injected medicine into an intravenous tube hanging over the bed that would eventually find Pauley’s helpless left arm.
Millicent dropped the syringe in her Prada handbag. She pulled out a copy of Vogue and sat in a padded red and green chair crossing her long legs. Several minutes passed while she read an article on Kate Winslet. Pauley woke with a gasp. Millicent leaped toward the bed and pulled Pauley’s gun away from her flopping right hand.
“Calm down Pauley. The antidote acts smoother if you breathe in a relaxed fashion. You can use your gun in a couple of hours.”
Pauley’s glossy-eyed stare showed she was far from over her cyanide episode. Millicent placed the gun on top of her bag and sat back in the chair, determined to finish the Winslet profile. Pauley whispered to her peculiar nursemaid.
“Who are you?”
Millicent sighed and closed her magazine. She got up and checked the tube in Pauley’s arm. Her pinkish skin was turning back to a normal light beige.
“The sodium nitrite and thiosulfate cocktail I gave you is neutralizing the toxin. But, if I were you, I’d find a tanning salon to make your skin more presentable.”
Pauley furrowed her brow and craned her neck looking for her gun. Millicent rolled her eyes and extended her right hand.
“I’m Millicent Stingley. Your boss contacted me. You’re lucky I was in New York for a chemist’s conference or the glass of cyanide Merlot you drank would have killed you.”
*****blogger’s note****
This is a special event. My writing friend Tara, pronounced Tar rah, from Thin Spiral Notebook
http://thinspiralnotebook.wordpress.com/
and I teamed up my serial killer “Cinnamon Girl”
http://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.com/cinnamon-girl/
Millicent with her assassin Pauley. These posts are for Trifecta Writing’s “Trouble” prompt
http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/
Today’s song is from Seether. Here’s the rockin’ Remedy:
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I had a lot of fun with this joint effort. Perfect song too. Seether is on heavy rotation on my iPod.
thanks…yeah, the song but the characters are great. you can tell we’ve been writing around each other for almost 2 years.
I also love the joint effort! And I love that her name is Millicent and she’s an assassin despite the old-fashioned name. What I really want to know is: why is she attending a chemist’s conference?
Hi annabelle…thanks for coming over. Millicent is a short story – Cinnamon Girl – I wrote late last year. She’s a fifth generation apothecary or chemist. She makes drugs for a living. She’s also a sociopath who kills.
I love it! Y’all make a great team, no doubt.
i agree. this was fun plus I think we both wrote good pieces.
I love that she’s a chemist and a bad girl (or maybe good too soemwhere deep in her dark heart ) I just loved the collaboration, your words together made a fantastic scene for all of us.
pieces of silver link on my black Armani would drive me crazy too, I feel her pain.
Kir, when you get time read the original Millicent short story (plus read Tara’s pieces on Pauley) – http://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.com/cinnamon-girl/
HOLY MOLY!!! I didn’t even see this coming. What an AWESOME TEAM. Go Lance, Go Tara!! Tell me you’re writing a team mystery novel with these two?
glad you liked it jes. we’ll see what the Tar Rah think about the future
This. was. epic. You & Tara are a great combo. I really hope that you two will write together again, or perhaps keep this going in some way? It was PERFECTION.
good to have you here Heather. yeah, this turned out well.
Great team work between you and Tara, the stories blended well together. Your styles are synchronous.
you win the golden cookie for word of the day, k !
thank you for reading
Well done by both of you. I like this collaboration a lot.
thanks Lou!
Well done, both stories — together, and even as stand alone pieces
eden
really? awesome. that;s what Tara and I were hoping for. Glad you enjoyed this.
This is great! I had just finished reading her piece! You guys need to finish the whole books so I can read it
Although I could see it as a script because of all the action…
wow, thanks for the compliments. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I enjoyed this work. It would be great to be able to read this further.
that’s a great compliment…thanks
thanks jeni…i was hoping you’d weight in.
Oh wow! Those two stories are wonderful. I like Millicent, the fashionable assassin.
Never ever accept drink from a stranger.
Millicent always has to look good. thansk for reading.
what the heck is going on! world colliding and shit. wow!
“killer” isn’t it?
thanks
it is!
You and Tara need to do more collaborations. You sync bloody seamlessly.~
bloody being the key word. Millicent and Pauley would make some killer reading and writing.
You two play well off of each other. Thanks for shaking it up and making it fun.
We hope to see you back for the new prompt tomorrow.
i agree! thank you. this was some of the most fun, writing, i’ve ever had.
Ahhhhh!! This is really REALLY good! This is an awesome pairing and the two of you rocked this.
Ah… now I see. Just popped over from Tara’s.
what did you think?
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