If you haven't already seen, this is the glorious cover for IK6, Durante and Ella's story. As has now become traditional, the cover means, I'm also preparing for what I believe will be the last in the series (but never say never - one may do a little novel here and there, should the characters berate me sufficiently). Maybe that's why I'm so reluctant to finish it. I don't really want to say goodbye to the nutcases. Speaking of, get to know Beppe and Mimi a little better...
1.
Who are you closest to?
Beppe
“I’m coming out! I want the world
to know, got to let it show!” Billy, you lazy cow! What have you been up to?
Not me, I can see. What was the question? Oh yeah, that beautifully pomade
ridden donkey fucker, Mamione. He knows all my deepest. As do you, my busty
love. Have you thought about a breast reduction? I mean your back... Aren’t you
crippled?
Mimi
“And so I face, the final
curtain!” Aren’t you relieved this is the end of it all? No? Crazy. I’m closest
to the cool, leggy, super sharp would break your heart in three words or less,
Mrs. Anna Mamione-Taylor. That’s a mouthful! She’s done me a serious solid
with so many things, and I’m honoured I could be there for her, too.
2.
What’s your earliest memory?
Beppe
I think I got into the medicine
cabinet at my foster mother’s and I may have put a lot into my foster father’s
drink. I dunno. Maybe. Can’t admit to anything, don’t want any legacy cases
brought against me. But I do know that triggered my love of the chemical. I’ll
take a hug. Why?
Mimi
Going shopping with my mum and
her telling me I should make sure I have my own money to buy things in future,
because I won’t always have a daddy to do it for me. She wasn’t lying.
3.
What’s your biggest fear?
Beppe
I don’t have kids, so it hasn’t
happened yet. Still time. Aww, cheer up Billy the Kid, I’m not sure the world
can truly handle more than one of me.
Mimi
Leaving a similar trail of
destruction in my own family as mine did to me. No one wants to really be their
parents, but it kinda is inevitable.
4.
What are you best at?
Beppe
Chemicals. They get me. I mean I’m
a people person, but the delight of the combinations of different elements,
brings me such peace and joy. Do you want a hug? Come on, let’s have a hug
about your lack of chemical understanding. It’s fine. It doesn’t detract from
you as a person. Much.
Mimi
Give me a scalpel a bone saw and
rib separators and I am ready. This bitch can sew you up like an Italian
leather shoe. Speaking of, sweets, have you thought about a breast reduction?
Really? Doesn’t your back hurt? Really? Wow. I’m here for you.
5.
Tell us something that will shock us.
Beppe
I keep weapons grade tear gas in
my car boot. I don’t know when I’ll need it. Why are you looking at me like
that?
Mimi
I may have kept the scalpel from
my first operation on a patient. Oh, don’t give me that look! I cleaned it
before I stashed it my bag.
6.
What do you value in a partner?
Beppe
Amelia Johnson’s arse. Now that’s
weapons grade.
Mimi
Sense. I do, I really need
someone to help me keep my feet on the ground. I worry I’m unbalanced. Yes, I
have met Nardiello, and he reassures me that the trait of sense is a necessity
in my future partner.
7.
Describe the last time you felt happy.
Beppe
When Mimi called me to thank me
for getting her a job. Beginning of something beautiful. Don’t cock block,
London, I see you.
Mimi
The first day I stepped into my
own home. Bought, lock, stock and barrel. What else? Okay, maybe when Nardiello
said something complimentary about my work. I will cut you if you tell him. I’m
not even joking. I would. You know I would.
8.
What’s your biggest regret?
Beppe
Not knowing my parents. Well, my
mum’s dead, so it can’t be her regret that she didn’t know me, can it? Can’t
really speak for dear Papa.
Mimi
Ooh, I’ve done a lot of things I’m
not proud of. Putting them in order of worst to even worse would not help
anyone.
9.
What’s the one thing you’d change about
yourself?
Beppe
I think I think too much. I have
depths and talents, held back by aforethought. I may also have a slight
inclination towards madness. When people say they have rage black outs, they
have no idea. I get mad, and I remember everything I do, to the letter. And it
doesn’t bother me. Yeah, I’ll take a hug, what for?
Mimi
I’d be a bit more forgiving. I’ve
seen enough disease to know my body is fine as it is. Shut up Nardiello! I’m
healthy. Forgiveness is like a superpower.
10.
What item can’t you live without?
Beppe
Does Amelia count?
Mimi
Don’t make me shallow. It’s nothing
to do with Lost Boy. It isn’t! God, maybe I should learn how to lie about that
man.
