Holy crackers! That was a really bad idea to take a drink of Coke while reading your post, Sam. xD
I fail.
“Now listen mate, I’m a fair bloke and I want to make this right clear to you.” It’s hard to concentrate on this bruiser’s voice; I think he just winked at me. “My little sister and you had something, and she’s right upset that you’ve gone and left her in the lurch like this.” Honest, I’m sure he winked at me. “I’m not much happy neither, oright? I don’t like you, you’ve got squinty eyes and talk like you’re some sort of leprechaun” I’m starting to think this guy doesn’t like me as much as it would seem, though he has inched forward again.
“So what do I have to do first?”
“Simple. Count to infinity.”
I stared at him. “Is that past a billion? Because I can’t count any higher than a billion. I wouldn’t know what comes next.”
“A billion and one, of course.”
“Don’t be a smart ass.”
Leonhard shrugged. “Try counting and see where it leads you.”
I raised my eyebrow. “Okay?”
“Try it.”
“Okay. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Twenty-one.”
“No, don’t say ‘twenty-one,’” Leonhard quickly said. “Say one and twenty.” My eyebrows raised even more.
“Wouldn’t that be a fraction?”
“Not really.”
“But I thought you always had to have an ‘and’ in fractions.”
“No, the word ‘and’ implies addition, so it works out.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Why not?”
I was quiet.
He shrugged. “Try counting. There’s many ways how you can do this. It isn’t impossible, otherwise I would have never gotten out of purgatory.”
“You sure?”
“Positive.”
I looked at him skeptically and then continued. “Very well. Twenty-one -- I mean, one and twenty, two and twenty, three and twenty, four and twenty, five and twenty, six and twenty, seven and twenty, eight and twenty, nine and twenty, thirty, one and thirty, two and thirty, three and thirty, four and thirty, five and thirty, six and thirty, seven and thirty, eight and thirty, nine and thirty, forty, one and forty, two and forty, three and forty, four and forty, five and forty, six and forty, seven and forty, eight and forty, nine and forty, fifty, one and fifty, two and fifty, three and fifty, four and fifty, five and fifty, six and fifty, seven and fifty, eight and fifty, nine and fifty, sixty, one and sixty, two and sixty, three and sixty, four and sixty, five and sixty, six and sixty, seven and sixty, eight and sixty, nine and sixty, seventy, one and seventy, two and seventy, three and seventy, four and seventy, five and seventy, six and seventy, seven and seventy, eight and seventy, nine and seventy, one and eighty, two and eighty, three and eighty, four and eighty, five and eighty, six and eighty, seven and eighty, eight and eighty, nine and eighty, one and ninety, two and ninety, three and ninety, four and ninety, five and ninety, six and ninety, seven and ninety, eight and ninety, nine and ninety, one hundred, one and one hundred, two and one hundred, three and one hundred, four and one hundred, five and one hundred, six and one hundred, seven and one hundred, eight and one hundred, nine and one hundred, one and one hundred and ten, two and one hundred and ten, three and one hundred and ten, four and one hundred and ten, five and one hundred and ten, six and one hundred and ten, seven and one hundred and ten, eight and one hundred and ten, nine and one hundred and ten, one hundred and twenty, one and one hundred and twenty, two and one hundred and twenty, three and one hundred and twenty, four and one hundred and twenty, five and one hundred and twenty, six and one hundred and twenty, seven and one hundred and twenty, eight and one hundred and twenty, nine and one hundred and twenty, one and one hundred and thirty, two and one hundred and thirty, three and one hundred and thirty, four and one hundred and thirty, five and one hundred and thirty, six and one hundred and thirty, seven and one hundred and thirty, eight and one hundred and thirty, nine and one hundred and thirty, one hundred and forty, one and one hundred and forty, two and one hundred and forty, three and one hundred and forty, four and one hundred and forty, five and one hundred and forty, six and one hundred and forty, seven and one hundred and forty, eight and one hundred and forty, nine and one hundred and forty, one hundred fifty, one and one hundred and fifty, two and one hundred and fifty, three and one hundred and fifty, four and one hundred and fifty, five and one hundred and fifty, six and one hundred and fifty, seven and one hundred and fifty, eight and one hundred and fifty, nine and one hundred and fifty, one 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and sixty, five and nine hundred and sixty, six and nine hundred and sixty, seven and nine hundred and sixty, eight and nine hundred and sixty, nine and nine hundred and sixty, nine hundred seventy, one and nine hundred and seventy, two and nine hundred and seventy, three and nine hundred and seventy, four and nine hundred and seventy, five and nine hundred and seventy, six and nine hundred and seventy, seven and nine hundred and seventy, eight and nine hundred and seventy, nine and nine hundred and seventy, nine hundred and eighty, one and nine hundred and eighty, two and nine hundred and eighty, three and nine hundred and eighty, four and nine hundred and eighty, five and nine hundred and eighty, six and nine hundred and eighty, seven and nine hundred and eighty, eight and nine hundred and eighty, nine and nine hundred and eighty, nine hundred and ninety, one and nine hundred and ninety, two and nine hundred and ninety, three and nine hundred and ninety, four and nine hundred and ninety, five and nine hundred and ninety, six and nine hundred and ninety, seven and nine hundred and ninety, eight and nine hundred and ninety, nine and nine hundred and ninety, one thousand.”
I stopped.
“Am I close yet?”
Trina looked at David, and sighed. “It was a messy divorce. I loved both of my parents, but when they broke up, they wanted me to pick a side. It was a lot more than I could bear, so I decided that I’m not going to love anybody or anything.”
“Why not?” asked David. “It’s not like by not loving things or people that you can not feel guilty about not choosing sides with your parents.”
Trina looked quizzically at David. “Care to repeat that?” she asked.
"Anyway, once the barkeep had finished dealing with a few costumers on the other end of the bar and came over to deal with us, the bloke looked up and asked with this Fyirgian accident if he could ask him for some information."
Word of advice: don't start your novel out like this. Mine currently starts out with this because it was the only thing I could think of to start it. I think I'm doing a reasonably good job of restraining my inner editor right now, but so help me, that entire scene is coming out December 1.Fifty-three bottles of coke on the wall,
fifty-three bottles of coke.
Take one down, pass it around,
Fifty-two bottles of coke on the wall!
I just couldn't think of a better was to describe it, though...The dragon started. It was small, almost imperceptible, but Simeon definitely saw the dragon jump slightly.
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