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Al B. Harper

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Al B. Harper

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Subj: Remembering UT#332
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 at 05:41:00 am EST (Viewed 1299 times)
Reply Subj: A convenient place to dispose of a dead body?
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 at 04:39:35 am EST (Viewed 1268 times)



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    Wait - Al's parents had a party? Now I want to re-read this!


Ah, there it is UT#332

Not exactly his parents - more like cousins thrice removed on his mother's side - or something like that.

But anyway - Excerpts:


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      The sun set behind the ancient Castle Del Luna and the ancient fortress cast cold shadows over the pan-tiled roofs and cobbled alleys of the old village. Down in the harbour the fishermen pulled in their skiffs and the shopkeepers shuttered their stalls. On the higher terraces a lamplighter ignited the wrought-iron gas mantles. Children were called in from the streets. Houses were closed up for the night. The castle’s shadow spread far and dark.

      This was Costa Del Luna, one of Europe’s oldest and smallest sovereign states, fastness of the Family Del Luna as far back as the manuscripts in the Rosicrucian Hermitage reached, tax haven for the powerful, playground for the conscienceless.

      The sun went down and the party of the dead began.



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      Beneath the cathedral-like vaulted roof of the Grand Basilicum (with its Moorish architecture and sixteenth century carvings by Mordellini Bautista) the rich and powerful of Europe gathered to talk and dance. Tongueless servants flitted between them serving drinks - or in the case of those guests who preferred fresh beverages simply baring their necks – while ancient creatures of shadow gossiped and romanced. Liaisons and alliances began and ended as the band played Danse Macabre.




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      Daimon steered her to the gallery where he could point out the guests. “The usual poseurs and wannabees,” he judged. “Liétald del Lune and the whole ruling family were here earlier but they all hurried off rather quickly half an hour ago. Rumour is they’ve all rushed away to consult the Abyssal Exsanguinous, the Genealogist Arcane, for some reason. But there’s a few people who aren’t total bores.”

      Dancer looked down onto the shadowed candlelit ballroom below. She could see the Shoggoth working his way through the room by the scatter patterns and the occasional candelabra blinking out as it became part of the buffet.

      “We’ve got scions from most of the others of the Nine Families here,” went on Daimon Soulshredder. “That’s Prince Walloon Hertzog in the gold lamé speaking to Pandemonica Ananké and Opheli Incantantrix. There’s Louis and Druella of the Morgolath, making fun of Rubelin Coriomundi’s new face transplant. Well, it is hideous. I’ve no idea who he got it off. There’s Valentia Harrow trying to get people to notice her cursed engagement ring from Avogadro Rouge. Golgotha De Soth’s the one smirking because she’s already seduced Valentia’s fiancée and smooching with the Devos Jaggarnath, Prince of the Rakshasas.”


I believe I overlooked this insertion of the House de Lune into the Parodyverse proper before Ian, and while that's very annoying to me - and no doubt was to you as well at the time - I'm glad I found it now!

So thank you for writing it back then in 2009, and thank you again for reminding me of it now.






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