I had the thought in the shower — then had to refine the hell out of it. Still, I got that and the real opening to the book, which was cool. Note that TINSEL RAIN is the book that will be written in November; the next Kickstarter novel is something else entirely.
Eddie Cazals was the kind of guy whose funeral you look forward to attending, right up to when it happens.
It was pretty well-attended, at least; the Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees had stepped in to handle everything, and that included having plenty of Eddie’s coworkers be able to show up. I don’t know how many of them felt bad about being there, but that’s between them and the inside of their heads. I know what my business is, and it ain’t that.
Speaking of business, there was a lot of professional courtesy on display at the services. The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadoras del Hogar had sent over a ton of flowers and a decent number of mourners. It was good to see: the ATSE and the Syndicate had been butting heads a lot lately over the respective turfs in Cin City, and nobody likes to see mages fight. Especially the Castle, which probably explained why they had sent along the Crown Princess to look sad — and to keep things quiet by being there. You know. Just in case.