Ok, while we're waiting I'll do some showing-off; my earrings in Harper's Bazaar Vietnam. I know Hanoi is not exactly the fashion capital of the world, but it's a start. Also have some other earrings featured in a New York fashion magazine called 6X.

Virn's looking a bit battered today, Obsidian, thanks to catching the edge of a storm that caused major flooding in Scotland (and elsewhere). Lots of bits of trees on the ground, including two sizeable branches that narrowly missed the cars in the driveway. But we're fine, thanks. Hoping you're startiing to feel a bit better now that you have some B7 company.

Those are beautiful, Obsidian! Servalan would love them.

Go for it Avon - what could possibly go wrong?

Why are the two women sitting down working, and the three men standing up arguing?

Good thing there were no fallen wires and cables.

B7 does help at this end

Thank you AnneA. I'm sure she would!

All well your end?

Not sure if she'd like the dress, though - right colours, but too flowery,

They've now crashed, and again it seems to be the women trying to do something practical.

Agreed, with fewer of those roses and it would work really well.

Well, by this time, two of the crew are feeling fairly distressed. They know what they've got now (Scorpio) is a comedown from the Liberator and they're also aware that they've lost a lot. That's why Avon's making daft decisions and Vila is pretending he's drunk. These boys badly need an analyst, not an antagonist, which is what Tarrant is. The women know when to hold their peace.

Yes, but this assumes that Soolin and Dayna don't have traumatic pasts, which they do. Nobody's undamaged here.

How convenient that they just happened to be recording when the explosion happened. Almost as if it had been scripted.

It poured with rain all yesterday, Ms Virn, and was quite windy yesterday morning, although that died down quickly. The river will be 'out' in a day or so though, when all that water gets down from the Pennines - I suspect there will be flooding. The rain has just stopped.

Further to your previous comments... both Dayna and Soolin must have issues around lost/missing parents. Has anyone written a fanfic about that?

Both Soolin and Dayna have sought to resolve their issues by dealing with them directly, by wiping out the people they hold responsible.

But their damaged pasts haven't accumulated in quite the same way and aren't directly linked to this particular enterprise, whereas Avon's and Vila's are. I'm not assuming a thing. Avon and Vila are suffering from Complex Post-Traumatic Syndrome.

A good survival tactic, but what might the whole thing do to them emotionally?

A good survival tactic, but what might the whole thing do to them emotionally?