2 Works in Algernon Bogglish
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In which the newest member of FicPsych gets her first client, and he hasn’t heard of Bleeprin yet.
“You know what? I think we agree that this is stupid.” Jenni dropped the clipboard onto the coffee table, where it landed with a clap and a flutter of disturbed pages. “Forget the forms. I don’t need a bunch of paper to tell me you’re wound tighter than a corkscrew. How can I help? Tell me what you think I need to know.”
Supernumerary seemed taken aback by the noise and the sudden loss of procedure. He sat gaping a few moments, his fingers stilled, before pulling himself together again. He adjusted his glasses, gave a sniff, and resettled himself. “Well. The fact of the matter is . . . ” The tapping started up again.
Jenni looked for a pattern—one, six, one, eight, long pause, three, three—but it still seemed random, and she gave up. “Go on.”
“I’ve been forgetting things,” he said in a strangled voice.
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In which the events of March and April, 2008, make the Department of Fictional Psychology a difficult place to recover from badfic.
After a minute or so, the sounds of fighting stopped and there came a very polite knock at the door. Again, the nurses exchanged doubtful looks.
“Do assassins knock?” Elms wondered.
“Not usually,” said Nathonea. “For all we know, this might be a stray Black Cat.”
The knock came again.
“Don’t be paranoid,” said Elms. “Let’s see who it is.” And, being closest to the door, she unbarred it, unlocked it, and opened it as far as the latch would allow. “Hello?”
“Hello. Is this the Department of Fictional Psychology?”
“I think the sign on the door says so, so we must be. Can you wait a second? Thanks.” Elms closed the door and looked at her comrades. “Do we know a scary-looking man with half a face, a large sledgehammer, and a weird accent?”
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- Part 2 of Response Center 1110: Derik and Gall