Measured Words

I wrote way more for Yuletide than I expected to this year. I've been so busy, and one story, started late, seemed like plenty. But I still finished my main assignment (Murderbot) early and picked up an early pinch hit (Raksuras) from the mod list. And then I saw a couple of PHs go by for a book I hadn't read in years (City of Bones), tried for one, missed, and decided to write a treat anyway. And then I realized I'd written 3/4 nominated Martha Wells canons and decided I may as well go for broke, and write another full length treat, as well as a drabble for the last (Death of the Necromancer). The drabble was partly because I'd had a hard time deciding which of the two people who'd requested it (other than me) to write for, and *also* it felt weird not to write any yuletide drabbles. And since all my gifts were Murderbot, it made for a very Martha Wells-y yuletide! I'm not complaining, though, I love her stuff and there is a lot of good fic out there for it.

Inside Job (5158 words) by Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Space Flight, Cyborgs, Androids, Actors, Sarcasm, Canon-Typical Violence, False Identity, Murderbot Incognito, Sanctuary Moon
Summary:

Murderbot has a job that's pretty sweet. It lets them consume all the media they want, and they're not supposed to look at people. So of course everything goes wrong.

Murderbot can handle other SecUnits, but will Sanctuary Moon ever be the same again?

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Family Gathering (2751 words) by Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Moon (Books of the Raksura), Ember (Books of the Raksura), Bell (Books of the Raksura), Frost (Books of the Raksura), Pearl (Books of the Raksura), Jade (Books of the Raksura)
Additional Tags: Jade and Moon's first clutch, Background Relationships, Babies, Raksuran Queens, Raksuran Consorts, References to Miscarriage
Summary:

After some of Jade and Moon's first clutch are confirmed to be Royal Aeriat, Pearl wants the fledgelings brought to her bower. Ember thinks Moon should be there too.

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New Beginnings (2451 words) by Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: City of Bones - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Khat (City of Bones), Original Female Character(s), Sagai (City of Bones)
Additional Tags: Krismen, Books, First Meetings
Summary:

Khat has an unexpected encounter at the Kennilar Scholars' Guild.

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Killing You Softly (1142 words) by Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arisilde Damal & Nicholas Valiarde
Characters: Arisilde Damal, Nicholas Valiarde
Additional Tags: Drug Addiction, Friendship, Pre-Canon
Summary:

In the months following the execution of Edouard Villier for Necromancy, Nicholas has begun to plot his revenge. So has Arisilde.

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Interlerari (100 words) by Precisely_Measured_Words
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Arisilde Damal & Isham
Characters: Isham (Death of the Necromancer), Arisilde Damal
Additional Tags: First Meetings, Master & Servant
Summary:

After all their other correspondence, how could he not go?

Dear Amazing Yuletide Author:

Thanks, first of all, for writing! That is really the most important thing, and I will be delighted with whatever I wind up getting. I am scamming most of this from my last year’s letter (including this line!), so hopefully it will retain some amount of coherency.

So first of all.... Generally speaking, I like stories that tell me a little bit more about the characters or the world they live in. I like stories with plot - with adventure, intrigue, and wacky hijinks. I also like stories that are more focused on character exploration – I don't need action if I have interesting introspection. I like both insider and outsider PoV stuff, and I feel like it is perfectly legit to write a story about a character that isn't from their perspective. I enjoy stories that are very emotionally intense, whether that means they are spilling over with ~feels~ or dark and unrelenting in tone – I enjoy horror, especially psychological horror, but also feel-good fluff. I am into both Crueltide and Yuleporn, so if those are your jam, please have at! I plan to post to the challenge posts with some ideas for each. I'm also open to other sub-challenges, if my requests fit the bill and you're inspired :)

I like porn, but I do not require it. If you have a preference for or against in whatever you wind up writing, knock yourself out, I will appreciate it. If you include porn, I prefer it to be somehow relevant to the story – either it develops character relationships, or is vital to some zany caper or what have you. I’m not a big fan of pwp, though I think porn can certainly *be* the main action, so to speak, as long as it is showing me something new about characters or their relationship. I'm really hard to squick, so don't be afraid to show me your kinks! More than anything, when it comes (heh) to porn I want to be able to believe that the sex I'm reading is in character for whoever I'm reading about – not necessarily that it is something they want, but that the reactions I'm reading are true to whoever is having them, if that makes any sense.

If you are looking to find out more about me, I have a more mundane and fairly neglected lj/dw over at [personal profile] elanya, and I am I am often online in the yuletide chat (which you can find out how to access here), either as Lan-home, hippo-Lan, or some other similar configuration of Lan- somethingorother. I am also Measured_Words on AO3 :)

On to the specifics! Please note that these are in no meaningful order. Some of these requests are more elaborate purely because there was more to scan from previous letters -
it doesn't mean I wan them any more or less than the others. Also, Optional Details are Optional - I hope these will give you some ideas if you need them, and some helpful insights into what I love about the canons and the characters, but if you have other ideas I haven't thought of feel free to run with them as well :D

( Colonel Blood | The King's Rogue - Max Peacock )

( The Broken Earth Trilogy - N. K. Jemisin )

( Ghost Soup Anthropomorphic )

( The Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells )

( The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells )