(metrics) Day 18 – and we’ve broken 90k on Rites!

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I’m so excited! I had no idea I could write this much tonight! There may be hope for me yet!

Actually, I’ve already blown my previous NaNo totals out of the water. I’ve never gotten this far. I’m pretty impressed!

Starting Count: 88398
Ending Count: 90797
Net Gain: +2399
Current NaNo count: 23823
Current Word YTD count: 23976
Val’s Tea Fund: $1

Starting line:
Derek scowled at him. “That’s not an answer.”

Ending line:
“Because Madness is going to have to send Thom out. If she thinks we’ve left everything unguarded, then she’s going to send him here, to try and outflank Cleo and Rick. That’s what I’d do.” Nikki looked over at her. “And I’m hoping you can help Diana break through the spells she’s laid on him. We need him. More than any of you can ever know.”

Darling:
“It was mine.” They all turned at the new voice, and Derek blinked. Impossible. The…creature coming down the stairs smiled at him, if smile was the right word. There seemed to be far too many teeth involved for it to be a true smile. She was tall, dark-haired and dark-eyed, with pale skin, and she looked very much like an older version of Nikki. But Power clung to her like black lace, Shadows deeper than any he’d ever seen, as if her entire body were saturated with them, and regret hung about her like a shroud. “But I’m very proud of what she’s done with it.”

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