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The Citizens of Night Vale Official Bowling Team, by AugustaByron (PG)
Fandom: WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE
Pairing: Cecil/Carlos
Length: 8,657 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: works on AO3
Notes: spoilers for “One Year Later,” “Dana,” and “Yellow Helicopters” (eps. 25, 30, 32)
Why this must be read:
I wouldn’t normally rec two stories by the same author back to back, but given the events of the most recent episode this seems like an appropriate choice.
Yellow helicopters swarm above Night Vale; Carlos, driven out of his house by the Faceless Old Woman’s artistic endeavours, starts sleeping over; and Cecil decides that this is the perfect time to start bowling with Old Woman Josie again. In fact, they should revive the team, and invite others to join, like Tamika Flynn, Intern Dana’s brother, and ...
AugustaByron not only strikes a fine balance between humor, suspense, and angst, but comes up with a plausible motive for Cecil’s antipathy towards Steve Carlsberg that I hadn’t seen before.
“The Citizens of Night Vale Official Bowling Team” on AO3
Pairing: Cecil/Carlos
Length: 8,657 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: works on AO3
Notes: spoilers for “One Year Later,” “Dana,” and “Yellow Helicopters” (eps. 25, 30, 32)
Why this must be read:
I wouldn’t normally rec two stories by the same author back to back, but given the events of the most recent episode this seems like an appropriate choice.
Yellow helicopters swarm above Night Vale; Carlos, driven out of his house by the Faceless Old Woman’s artistic endeavours, starts sleeping over; and Cecil decides that this is the perfect time to start bowling with Old Woman Josie again. In fact, they should revive the team, and invite others to join, like Tamika Flynn, Intern Dana’s brother, and ...
“Not him!” Cecil is saying adamantly, angrily. Carlos doesn't know much that makes him get that tone. It's really only--“Steve Carlsberg comes nowhere near this!”
Yep, it's pretty much only Steve Carlsberg.
“He's ex-vague yet menacing government agency,” Old Woman Josie says. “And you know it, Cecil. We need him.”
“Can't we bring him in closer to the end?” Michael asks. He's got a lilting voice, a little musical, sort of like Dana's. “I mean, we all know how Cecil feels.”
“I'm sure we can work something out, son,” Larry Leroy adds.
“No,” Cecil says woodenly. “No, he'll be an asset to the planning stages, Josie is right. Bring him in.”
Carlos winces as he slides the potatoes into the oven in Cecil's bright blue casserole dish—it was white last time he was here—and wonders how seriously Cecil must take bowling, if he's going to let his nemesis onto the team. He also wonders how much planning bowling requires, really.
Isn't it just throwing a heavy ball down a lane to knock over some pins? Why is everyone acting like they're going to war?
AugustaByron not only strikes a fine balance between humor, suspense, and angst, but comes up with a plausible motive for Cecil’s antipathy towards Steve Carlsberg that I hadn’t seen before.
“The Citizens of Night Vale Official Bowling Team” on AO3