Legerdemain Chapter 9

Title: Legerdemain or The Enchanting of Charles East
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG- some swears. Ladies cover your sensitive ears.
Summary: In 1800s London-Aldwych, stage magic always comes second to the scientific and engineering advancements that are quickly becoming the new marvel of the age. But Charles East (The Enchanting East, Monday-Saturday at 1:30PM, half-price on Sundays at 4PM) stumbles upon other magic that is practiced by an altogether other sort of Londonite. And sometimes when you pull a rabbit out of a hat,  there is no place to put him back.

Notes: Wahaha, I LIVE. Extra long chapter to keep you till next time. I'm really excited I'm finally getting to the good chapters. I feel like this chapter was more dialogue-heavy, so I feel like I'm cheating all of you quantity-wise. :( Sorry.

I've been hopelessly distracted by other stories I'm writing in this universe, mainly Notes of an Antiquary and Castling, my first one-shot foray into airship fiction. Exciting and scary! It's In Progress right now. *excited wiggle* See Gunpowder Plots about Charles's background at Titus Salt if you're interested. You get to see Charles from another POV, which was neat for me.

Finally, AWESOME LINKS ARE AWESOME: Awesome steampunk superheroes are awesome. Awesome article about Victorian stage magic is awesome. Awesome Victorian mystery video game I have not actually played is awesome. (Okay, that last one's just there for wtfs)

Look up, look back down. Awesome new escape artist Legerdemain icon is awesome. THE ICON IS NOW DIAMONDS.
 

( Chapter Nine: A Brief Respite )

Original character meme

I blame theotherdibbler  for all of this. All of it.

Choose twelve of your original characters, in any particular order. Then, answer the questions that follow, but DON'T LOOK AT THE QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU PICK THE CHARACTERS!( oh god, this took me longer than I thought I am so tired it is 2AM )