Crowded Upstairs

Title: Screensaver
Author: ladynorbert
Fandom: Brutality (Original)
Prompt: 30-A, #4 – Puppy Love
Character/Pairing: Sarah Masterson, Chris Tyler (who belongs to clez)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 350
Summary: German Shepherds are known for being protective; maybe even a little possessive.
Author's Notes/Disclaimer: This is a play on Sarah’s nickname for Chris, which is Shep – short for German Shepherd. Nobody else is allowed to call him that. It’s set a little way in the future; Sarah’s begun realizing that her feelings for Chris are changing, but she’s not sure if that’s reciprocal and she’d just as soon keep quiet about it all, not least because it’s against LAPD regulations for partners to be involved. And yes, the screensaver described is just what I have on my own computer! The joke, for those who don’t know, is that all of the men mentioned are used as a basis for a character on the Brutality game; Joe Flanigan is Chris himself.

( Screensaver )

Title: Ad Astra
Author: ladynorbert
Fandom: RPG -- "LXG: In the Mirror Darkly" (original universe)
Prompt: 02. Star
Character/Pairing: Lady Captain Elizabeth Quatermain, Rowan Bridges
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,248
Summary: When all the world's turned on its head, is there any room for faith?
Authors Notes/Disclaimer: For the Christmas contest at 100_prompts. Elizabeth Quatermain is my original character (and, some would say, my other self). Rowan Bridges belongs to clez, as does the RPG in question; other characters are referenced without name, and these belong to Clez, utopia_tears, sethoz, siddyq, shining_phoenix, without_ascript, and vampyric_lycan.

( Ad Astra )

Title: Nightfall
Author: ladynorbert
Fandom: Brutality (Original)
Prompt: 30-A, #2. I'm Here
Character/Pairing: Sarah Masterson, Chris Tyler
Rating: G
Word Count: 757
Summary: If only you'll hold on, just hold on, I'm here and I'm with you
Author's Notes/Disclaimer: For 100_prompts. Chris belongs to clez. This is set during a planned future arc of the RP. Frey is a randomly named NPC police officer created solely for the purpose of this fic. Summary is lyrics from "Valkyrie Missile" by Angels and Airwaves.

Nightfall

Title: Contrition
Fandom: 'In The Mirror Darkly' - RPG
Genre: General/angst; set in the future, possibly AU
Character/Pairing: Tom Sawyer
Rating: PG
Notes: For this week's quote_ficlets quote. Tom Sawyer is played by clez and hopefully I've got him more or less in character; she's also the one who owns Rowan Bridges. Sid Sawyer belongs to siddyq, Evangeline Blake to shining_phoenix, and Elizabeth Quatermain to myself; they all appear by mention only. The fic makes reference to some things we've done in RPs which may or may not actually happen in the game.
Summary: Our wrongs remain unrectified, and our souls won't be exhumed. (Muse, "Sing For Absolution")

( Contrition )

Title: Ray of Hope
Fandom: 'LXG: In The Mirror Darkly' - RPG
Genre: General
Character/Pairing: Rowan Bridges and Elizabeth Quatermain
Rating: PG
Notes: Written for last week's quote_ficlets. Rowan Bridges is played by clez, who helped me with some of his responses to things.
Summary: The League's new recruit and its "Lady Captain" face off in the training room.
( Ray of Hope )

This here be a ficlet for quote_ficlets, one of the coolest and most-ignored communities on LJ. (Yeah, I'm as guilty of ignoring it as anyone.) Saw the current quote and this walked into my head and decided to be written. Enjoy!

Title: Untitled
Fandom: Firefly (specific to the RPG "Firefly: The Ixion Chronicles")
Genre: General
Character: Briony Martin
Rating: G

( Sadly, I could not come up with a decent title. )

Ficletness, one of two requests.

Title: Auld Lang Syne
Characters: Tom Sawyer and Elizabeth Quatermain
RPG: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Quote/Word to use: "Surprise me..."
Genre: General, rated G. These two are close, so a friendship story was in order.
Summary: While the League spends Christmas at the Quatermain manor near London, it proves to be a time of relaxation, merriment, and the strengthening of bonds which sometimes weaken in the course of battle. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Elizabeth invites Tom to go for a horseback ride in the nearby woods, for a few hours of reminiscing and contemplation.
Notes: The story was requested by clez, who plays Tom on the board; she is also the owner of the game. Allan Quatermain is the creation of H. Rider Haggard; Huckleberry Finn is, like Tom, the creation of Mark Twain; and Peter Stowells is an original character played by sethoz's sister Lozzie. (Those three characters are mentioned by name.) Elizabeth is, of course, my own original creation, as are Solomon Manor, the horses Benedick and Hamlet, and pretty much anything else you see mentioned that you know wasn't brought up during the movie. All the information regarding New Year's Day traditions came from this website.

Last year, shortly before Christmas, I composed a story called "Comfort and Joy" which was about the League spending most of December at Elizabeth's manor, and this could be viewed as a story within that story.

( Auld Lang Syne )

First...thank you for the postcard, ladyrazorsharp! It was a treat in the mailbox; I didn't have one from La Brea before!

Second...valerious013 and I are very excited, because our joint fic "Broken Boughs" just received its first review from a complete stranger. And it'a good review.

This deserves more reviews. It's one of the better stories I've managed to dig
up in the Fantasy section.

It is really lovely. The style's a little odd. The qoutes seem somewhat modern and the rest of the text less so. But it's still lovely.

I really liked how much you threshed out your world before you started in. People don't seem to do it very often.

All in all a wonderful story.

*beams*

Swiped from ladyrazorsharp:

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, post exactly one sentence/paragraph/whatever from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).

( If you insist... )