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Feb-9-2007 16:26

Miss Violet Parr smiled politely at the beggar who nearly bumped into her as she walked as fast as she possibly could through the streets of New York. Though Miss Parr felt sick to the stomach, she managed to smile at someone most people around her managed to ignore. The man, puzzled, looked at her from behind his shoulder as he walked away.

Adamant that she should not physically run into another person or, worse yet, an automobile, Violet Parr sat on the steps of a rundown bakery. Her mind twirled with the thoughts that attacked it when she was checking out of the Broadway Plaza Hotel.

She braced herself and tried very hard to empty her mind from thoughts… She could not…

Violet Parr was very good at escaping her present moments. She easily drifted away in thought, though she always attempted to conceal her daydreaming as much as possible. Nevertheless, she could never escape the past. Thoughts of her last visit to New York crept into her mind despite her.

She glanced at the New York streets and sidewalks absentmindedly as her mind dragged her back into the alleys of her memory.

Mar-1-2007 02:37

Several hours later, they'd managed to track down a couple of telegrams concerning Violet. One sent to Coventry appeared to be a false trail, but a second booking passage on board a ship returning to New York seemed to be genuine. With Scotland Yard's help, Doug and Charlie were indeed able to determine that Violet had set sail for New York with the morning tide. They sent a coded message off to the Department in New York, apprising the Admiral of Miss Parr's imminent arrival, and the latest developments....