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-{{a|opcoboone|}}A gunmetal sky was spotting Barrington Road with fat cold blobs as the station clock struck nine. The underground exhaled: a musty gust of sullen commuters spilled onto the pavement, prompting a squabble of black brollies. [[Edd Sweeney]] stood under a dripping eve. He didn’t have a brolly, or an overcoat, and was, as usual, late. He sighed, tucked his chin into his collar and began his scuttle to the office. Neither he, nor of the brolly-weilding pigeons about him, noticed the great bird perched atop the broken battlements lining the  tenement across the road. Nor did the workmen affixing a new sign to the tired bricks below it: EAGLE DWELLINGS.
+{{a|opcobooneadventure|{{image|Edd  Sweeney|png|Edd Sweeney}}}}A gunmetal sky was spotting Barrington Road with fat cold [[blob]]s as the station clock struck nine. The underground exhaled a sullen gust of musty commuters onto the pavement. A squabble of black brollies erupted and dispersed. Left behind: a thin damp silhouette stooped beneath the dripping eves. [[Edd Sweeney]] was possessed of neither brolly nor coat and was, as usual, late.
-The morning bugle carried a new billboard: FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE DISCOVERED. The pa
+He sighed, tucked his chin into his collar and set off.
-After a minute, an urgent toot. “Hi, Sweeney, old man!”
+Neither he, nor of the brolly-wielding pigeons about him, noticed the great bird perched atop the broken battlements lining the  tenement across the road. Nor did the workmen affixing a new sign to the tired bricks below it: EAGLE DWELLINGS.
-Edd turned to see a plump young man with floppy hair beaming at him from a taxi.
+Sweeney snagged a copy of The Morning Bugle and opened it over his head. He did not notice the billboard: FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE DISCOVERED. The paper was sopping grey rag within a minute. Sweeney scuttled along.
-“Oh, hallo, Roly.” It was a trainee in his department.
+He hopped over a puddle. Behind him, an urgent toot. “Hi, Sweeney, old man!”
-“I say, aren’t you running a bit late? Cripes, ''I’m'' late enough, and I’ve got wheels!” Roly slapped the taxi door happily.
+Sweeney turned to see a plump face, dressed about with apple cheeks, floppy hair and emerging from an outsized chalk-stripe suit, beaming at him from a taxi.
-Edd nodded and approached the taxi door.
+“Oh, hallo, [[Roly Punchface|Roly]].”
-“Oh well: See you at the office! Don’t get too wet!” As he pushed the window back up, Roly barked, “Let’s crack on, driver!”
+“I say, aren’t you running a bit late, old boy?”
-Edd stared in damp disbelief as the taxi pulled back into the traffic, drenching his trousers as it went.
+“I am a bit, yes.”  Sweeney drew near, in unexpectant hope.
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+Roly slapped the taxi door happily. “Cripes, ''I’m'' late enough, and I’ve got wheels! Oh well: See you at the office! Don’t get too wet!”  Roly shunted up the window. “Let’s crack on, driver!”
+The taxi pulled back into the traffic, drenching his trousers as it went.
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 The artist once known as the Barber collected a sheaf from the printer and stalk back towards the office that he shared with Roly.
-A mildewed graveyard of [[tombstone]]s stretched away across his desk hemmed in and overgrown by gnarled stacks of [[offering circular]]s. He cleared a space for his printing precipitating a small avalanche a metre away in which a wad of overgrown [[trust deed]]s and closing agendas, belching [[side letter]]s and half-wrecked [[amendment agreement]]s cascaded into a wastepaper basket and onto the floor.
+A mildewed graveyard of [[tombstone]]s stretched away across his desk hemmed in and overgrown by gnarled stacks of [[offering circular]]s. He cleared a space for his printing, triggering an avalanche in a nearby stack. A wad of [[trust deed]]s and closing agendas cascaded into a wastepaper basket, belching [[side letter]]s and half-wrecked [[amendment agreement]]s as it went.
 Elements of the blues brothers putting the band back together and wake up neo. BJA costs in the through some technological technology service then makes his way into the office in a client meeting room. Also no element of weird wizards at the beginning of Harry potter that he sees all around is Fleet Street office.
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 “File that one in the circular filing cabinet,” quipped Roly. He pronounced it ''sahcular''. “I had one earlier” — ''ahleear'' — “this week that properly cratered. Client was a ''total''” — ''taytle'' — “wally.”
-  Roly gets acosted by some brutal rentseekers in an alley. barber sees it, goes down and pulls some legal ninja moves.
+Sweeney gets his taxi hijacked by the client. Client taxi arrives but Sweeney can't persuade the taxi driver of the mistake and he sits there, until Roly arrives and strolls in.  Later Roly rolls by.
+Client blames all its own errors on Sweeney.  Sweeney can't defend himself in the meeting
+Roly gets acosted by some brutal rentseekers in an alley. barber sees it, goes down and pulls some legal ninja moves. he has to put a stupefying move on Roly so he doesn't know. Barber continues to get roly out of trouble, roly wakes up and assumes it is something he did himself, and lords it over stupid barber. basically a hong kong phooey vibe.