NEW! Arjun/Riya (Ariya) FF: Strings of Desire- Note p34 URGENT - Page 14

Originally posted by: .Avengers.

Nooo no blog

why? just curious

If I break IF COC they don't let me post. I had to edit out a part of the chapter today as IF refused to let me post it without the edit

But if consensus is for no blog, then I'll figure out some way to circumvent the chapters...

will still send PMs from IF and keep this thread active...

Unres.

Wow Riya is meticulous AF. Almost obsessive like. It is in her nature but it makes me curious if she does that note making for all cases with that much focus or this one is special (duh).

Now this is some meaty giant update and now I am going to list my feels. . . ehm, I mean reply.😆 Arjun Rawte having a panic attack, oh boy never thought I will see that in any fic. I agree with your note in the end that no way a person who has seen his wife tortured to death and himself was hurt could be in sane mind. What I understood from the TV show that he was half conscious when Roshni was getting murdered (that tattoo on his arm slashed with a knife) so small mercy that it all felt like bad nightmare and he actively saw/witnessed nothing. By the time he came back ton consciousness all was over and rage may have overtaken the grieving process/6 degrees of mourning. In the back of his head the only thing he remember of the incident is the scream of Roshni and her stretched out arm for him.

In canon, they were really fuzzy about this part - and I just assumed the flashbacks were the CVs way of showing his anxiety without actually dabbling in the subject. But your thought is interesting too, something I had not considered. Hmm... food for thought...

But what triggered this? The exhaustion of the case or something related to Riya?

Anxiety attacks are different from panic attacks that are fueled by PTSD. Anxiety attacks need a specific trigger, but panic attacks don't need a specific trigger and are quite unpredictable. Arjun experienced a panic attack as a result of it just being a bad day. On top of that, he wasn't getting a win. They are surrounded by so much depressing stuff, day in and day out. Sometimes, it just reaches breaking point. For Arjun, today is that day. I suppose you can attribute it in part to the case and how taxing it is. But it is not the sole reason.

Not saying this as a romantic but whatever going on with her is parallel to what he felt and feels like daily basis. And she probably dealing with this situation worse way than him. She's trying to heal but bottling up things inside her. Top of it there is a different kind of guilt for this- if only she had not gone for the investigation, possibly came in touch with killer. This murder makes me wonder if killer was trying to punish her for that kiss, wanted her to feel what Arjun felt after Roshni and now since they are on same emotional level, he can 'cleanse' her. Why is not he attacking her? She was all alone for the entire day and Arjun was distracted. If there are two killers (possibly three) what they are waiting for? Why drag this case from Uttarakhand to Kolkata? Is this related to Roshni, did she have any Kolkata connection? Man that burnt HDD and note- the killers knew sooner or later they will reach there. Rathore was right about how can hotel owners don't know someone under their nose using the underground tunnel (it's tunnel right?) but what if they themselves don't know? This just affirms my idea that it has to be housekeeping.

ArIya as an unit is looking quite comfortable with the physical aspect of it. Arjun taps on her fist without any hesitation, which even Shree files away for inspection later😛 Riya though hesitantly but quite boldly snaps him out of his panic attack and then Arjun shares about Roshni, wow. Probably needed to distract himself from the demons in head and wanted to let in someone else. When Riya didn't there was no dissatisfaction, just a small shrug. They sit in front of laptop for hours and Riya mentions the kiss and he doesn't even blink. It's interesting how Riya thinks of him as a light, he probably thinks of himself as creature of dark. Maybe a stone, everlasting and constant. Light? If he can remain a light even after a tragedy what this says about her? And in the end, she checks him out as he changes shirt. It would be interesting to see once they are out of this bubble and goes back to real world how this dynamics shifts.

The killing is making my mind go overboard. As I type this I feel the second murder in Kolkata was a distraction to cover it up as serial killing, but if that's a hoax to lure ETF resort murders has to be the same. But how killers will know if case continues like this ETF will step in, were they counting on it? Are there two murderers or three? Maybe it's a couple, the woman murdered the sister and male unleashing his wrath on another poor couple cause his partner is distracted. These two are contradictory I admit but there are so much possibilities. Where the killers found that big water source to drown people and then clean them, dry the area? If the murders happened in the bathtubs of their individual room maybe they emptied the tub, and maybe that big amount of water came from big drinking water cans.

Intimate scene. Bring it on😛 Btw no pm?

PMs went out late, I'm so sorry about that. Today was a busy day, and this website added to my trouble by not letting me post the second part before editing it out quite a bit. In my frustration and general haste, I forgot to send out PMs. Just got back home and immediately sent out PMs. Sorry again for the inconvenience.

Thank you for fast unres! you still need to unres on last part, I'm excited to hear your thoughts

Originally posted by: ishitadalal

Wow 3 chapters in a row. Beautifully written... every emotion perfectly portrayed. Mystries kept on weaving and things kept on getting complicated. Great... special thanks for writing such a realistic story. I like stories that are real nd practical...be it gruesome murder scenes or intimate and passionate love making scenes. Coz in real lyf things are lyk that only... neways i like this real lyf arjun nd riya with their respective virtue nd vices.

Coming 2 shifting ur story 2 blog in order to keep on writing this story in it's bold avtar, i don't mind it at all as long as we get free access to d link nd d story. My personal opinion is plz don't change d bold nature of ur story which i love so much, just for d sake of posting d story in IF, coz not many bold nd realistic stories are written.

My suggestion is u can post d story in ur blog nd post the link to d blog in this thread of IF nd we can have all our discussions in here for d story...

I was thinking of doing something like this only. Keeping a blog for the chapters and giving the link out to the readers who comment regularly and keep this thread for everyone to discuss on properly. It depends on what readers find convenient of course. I don't intend to compromise on the quality of the story. Just that a blog would make my life a lot easier.

I've made the blog a back up anyway, so as to not lose the chapters. Let's see what happens now...

Coming back 2 d story...it was fantastic...nd u deserve a special jaadu ki jhappi for it... eagerly waiting for d nxt part...do continue soon.

Originally posted by: Mariaakanksha

I really liked the way u described Arjun's panic attacks without missing anything.. every single detail was covered.. What u said is true.. he is not a super hero.. he is a normal human being... being an ACP he must have seen blood shed.. but the loved one dying in front of him is totally different.. he opened up to Riya about Roshini.. he is just seeing the image of himself in Riya, helplessness and rage...

So glad you caught on to that. I was trying to be super subtle about it. More on this in the later chapters...

and by the way you are describing the case.. i really became ur fan.. its like reading a crime thriller..👏...

Thank you so much for your kind words, much love xoxo

Originally posted by: Hue.Splash

You know what? You are giving a different perspective to the two most loved characters of the show and I am loving. It's as if those angles have never been covered, in the show, in any fictions. And your last note really blew me up. Your thoughts about the ACP is so honest that I had to think about the way you wrote and I AGREE with that. A man who has suffered so much, who's being haunted by the ghost of his past each moment can't be expected to behave so normal.

All thanks to you for giving this new perspective to the characters.

PS- I hate people who smoke. But here I kind of find it sexy. And oh not to forget the brandy. 😆

Keep writing.