Gideon:Winnie, don’t do this to me.
The Nevermore Murder Club and Smutty Book Coven Group Side Chat (without Arabella)
Winnie:Ladies, I‘m reviving this side chat because Gideon has asked for my help in figuring out how best to woo Arabella. But I don’t know her as well as you do.
Mina:Wait, why are we helping Gideon when we suspect he’s a murderer?
Maisie:Yeah, aren’t we putting our friend in danger?
Dora:Arabella thinks he’s the murderer. There’s a big difference.
Dora:And Arabella deserves great love.
Komal:Maybe if she had a good shag, she’d be less…
Beth:Abrasive?
Maisie:Caustic?
Mina:Terrifying?
Komal:I was going to say ‘grumpy’, but all of those fit.
Isis:Let’s do it!
Messenger Chat Between Gideon Blake and Winnie Preston
Gideon:Winnie, darling, don’t do what you’re thinking of doing.
Isis, Dora, Beth, Komal, Mina and Maisie enter the chat.
Winnie:Too late!
Isis:Never fear, bloodsucker, the cavalry has arrived to save your love-life!
Gideon:That’s what I’m afraid of.
Gideon:But I’ll take any help I can get. What do you suggest?
Maisie:Flowers!
Isis:A pony!
Komal:The head of her number one enemy on a spike!
Gideon:What if I’m her number one enemy?
Komal:Hmmm. Good point. Hahaha. Good POINT. Get it?
Winnie:We ladies always swoon over a grand gesture.
Gideon:A grand gesture?
Komal:Because a spike ends in a point. It’s hilarious.
Winnie:Yes, a grand gesture. It’s in all the romance books. After the man messes up (and it’s always the man who messes up), he performs a grand gesture that proves he’s the one who knows her better than anyone else and that he loves her.
Komal:I am so clever. You could STAKE your reputation on me.
