measured_words | Prompt me!

I have an unexpected afternoon free - seems like a good time for a prompt meme!

How about another alphabet drabble challenge, then? Give me a fandom/character/pairing and a prompt for the letter of your choice and I'll write you a drabble! eg: L is for Love, Night Vale, Cecil/Carlos

Any fandom I've written before is fair game - you can look at pretty much the full list here on my AO3 page (click on expand fandom). If you want me to try something else, feel free to ask and I'll let you know whether I think I can manage it. I'm sure I have other things tucked away in here that haven't made it to AO3. Original stuff is also fair game.

A - Adventure, Diablotin, Sanadhil/Arek/Dozilva. Filled!
B - Bedtime, Return to Night, Hilary/Lisa. Filled! (heh)
C - Care, Revolutionary Girl Utena. Filled!
D - Double, Night Vale, Cecil. Filled!
E - Electric, Scion RPG, Simon. Filled!
F - Fast, Unforgettable (American Gods fic), Charlene/Hermes. Filled!
G - Good Man, RPF, Matt. Filled :V
H - Honey, Hannibal, any. Filled!
I - Indian Food, Hannibal, Free Range Rude. Filled!
J - Jackdaw, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, Edward Kenway & Stede Bonnet. Filled!
K - Keelhaul, Pirate RPF, any. Filled!
L - Loss, Firefly RPG, Weihan. Filled!
M - Magic, Ille-Rien Series, Arisilde. Filled!
N - Neon, Inception, Ariadne. Filled!
O - Ouch, MCU, Steve Rogers. Filled!
P - Pirates, any. Filled! With Firefly :)
Q - Q - Quiet time, Hannibal, Winston. Filled!
R - Respect, Kalman, Diablotin. Filled!
S - Sleepless, Adventure World, Aleyn/Vedran/Ardith. Filled!
T - Tired, Diablotin, Sanadhil/Arek/Dozilva. Filled!
U - Underage, Ashland RPG, Lil/Addie. Filled!
V - Visions of the Future, Changeling the Dreaming. Filled!
W - Wind, Greek and Roman Mythology. Filled!
X - Xylograph, MCU, Clint/Coulson. Filled!
Y - Yes, Adventure World, Aleyn/Vedran/Ardith. Filled!
Z - Zap, Any. Filled! (This is what happens when I'm not given clear parameters ;p)

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Could we have something in an Indiana Jones and Marvel Cinematic Universe vein, with the letter X and Coulson/Barton?

Sure - wanna give me a word to work with? :D (I realized I wasn't super clear when I posted initially, so I revised to include an example).

P is for pirates. Use whatever characters you feel best suit the prompt. :-D

Mal glowered at charges presented by the port authority – docking fee, a percentage for the stevedore's union (though they'd done their own unloading), exorbitant refueling charges...

"Buncha qiang bao hou-zi de pirates!"

Jayne snorted. "Told ya it ain't worth it."

Zoe pried the list out of Mal's clenched fist. "Sadly, he's right. By the time we pay all these fees, there's barely enough profit left to limp off to our next job, let alone do any real maintenance..."

"This!" Mal pointed at the list then shook his finger at the rest of the crew. "This is why we do crime!"

O - Ouch, MCU, Steve Rogers

Chinese swear stolen from this firefly wiki page. Allegedly it means 'monkey-raping' >.>

http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Firefly_chinese_slang

M is for magic, and... Arisilde. :D?

Ouch

Natasha quirked a brow. "You okay down there, Rogers?"

Steve grimaced, rolling into a sitting position. The situation seemed secure enough for the moment that he could spare the moment to recover. "I'm good."

"You don't sound so good. You know you shouldn't sneak up on me like that."

"I didn't want you to run off without saying hello again."

Steve shook his head, pulling himself gingerly to his feet. "Ouch. There's dirty fighting, and then there's dirty fighting. I guess you’ve been schooled in both."

She tossed her hair, her expression neutral. "Why do you think I wear stilettos?"

Ouch indeed! Steve you should know better!! This is Natasha we're talking about here!

:D Indeed ^-^

Oh heehee but sadly true...

Crime *does* pay, after all :V

Tremaine was not satisfied with the explanation and shook the sphere again, listening to the chimes. "But how does the magic work, Uncle Ari?"

Arisilde smiled. "It's very simple. When you talk to it just right, sphere knows what you want to do. Then it talks to the ether and tells it how to do just that!"

Tremaine still looked dubious. "How do you talk to it right?"

"If you want to do a spell, you have to talk to it with your own magic. But you should talk to it anyway, or it might get very lonely and sad."

Awwwww. Arisilde is the cutest with his (totally legitimate) anthropomorphisation ♥

If only he knew what would happen later... >.>

There is definitely a certain irony in this...

At the very least, I have vague recollections of canon mentioning that she used to talk to the sphere when she was younger, and I ran with that :)

B is for bedtime - Hilary/Lisa - Return to Night

W - Wind, Greek and Roman Mythology

xylene, xylograph or xylopyrography

Oooh awesome - I think I will go with Xylograph, it lends itself well to the Indiana Jones-ish- ness requested :D

It had started with a more mundane routine – a cup of tea and some quiet conversation in front of the fire. They were neither of them chatty by nature, but sometimes their evening talks stretched.

"It helps me sleep, to listen to someone as I fall asleep," Lisa eventually admitted. "I do miss Rupert for that."

Their chats had migrated then to Lisa's bedroom, and they'd begun to explore other rituals to help one another relax. Now they sealed their evenings with a kiss, Hilary's fingers deep inside Lisa, drawing out the perfect release from the stress of the day.

Edited 2014-07-13 21:43 (UTC)

C is for Care - Revolutionary Girl Utena

Lovely <3

N is for Neon, Inception, Ariadne

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