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Part 1 of Squeaks (AU)
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2017-01-17
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2017-02-01
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Not So Steam Powered

Summary:

A fan of the band is given free reign of the Manor by some quick thinking and generosity on Peter VI's part. Whether or not that turns out to be a good thing...

Chapter 1: A summary of the beginning

Notes:

Anyone who's come here previously will know that there's several chapters which were here and aren't anymore. I know what I wanted out of these, but it just wasn't working and was a multi-chapter barrier to what I actually want to write about, so I've canned them :) If I have time I'll re-upload in pieces and try to make a better, shorter lead in. So I've summarised what happens in the story up to the point where I actually start writing in-depth!

Chapter Text

I picture Rachel as fairly short, with a roundish face, mid-length brown hair and blue eyes with the shadows to match. She discovers Steam Powered Giraffe via a request from a friend to make an arrangement of one of their songs (not a single prize for guessing which), and grows to adore the band, but is unlikely to see them on stage due to a large body of water (aka she lives in England); how fortunate that they should come and perform in Lincoln so soon! Via the sort of spurious circumstances only available to fan-fiction writers, she prepares for a forthcoming trip to the United States soon after, but finds herself confined to a wheelchair following a cycling accident. By a further set of suspiciously convenient circumstances, Rachel is put briefly in contact with Peter Walter VI (who up until this point she, like the rest of the world, assumed to be a fictional character invented by the Bennetts, along with the rest of the robots), who takes pity on her immobility and begins working on some construction for her upcoming trip.
Fortunately, Rachel has allowed herself to be filmed on the Interweb dressed up as her fanbot, Squeaks, which Peter utilises for his project...