who wants a drabble?

[xparrot]

The past few weeks I was back visiting my parents and old friends; had a fantastic time, but now vacation's over and I've returned to Seattle to find a job. Oh joy! Meanwhile gnine has abandoned me and is setting off to London for grad school today. But I get the brother - hah! (right now we're alternating watching Futurama with Red Dwarf, which is somewhat brain-breaking (if not up to the Twin Peaks/Kodocha standard gnine and I set a few years back.) It's quite satisfying to finally see all of Futurama, and being one of the deprived who was never exposed to Red Dwarf at an early age, I am proud to report that I can now warble the theme song in the shower. I also flatly deny any allegations that I have been secretly googling for Lister/Rimmer because that would be WRONG and I would never do such a thing. Never. Nope.)

But that's neither here nor there. What is here is that I haven't written hardly a word in going on a month, and desperately need to get back in the writing saddle. So, for a limited time, it's open-drabble season - give me a fandom/characters/pairing (whichever, and it can be any series I know, whether or not I've fic'ed for it) and a prompt (single word, quote, sentence, whatever) and I will attempt to produce a drabble, ficlet, or other arrangement of words with a vague semblance of fic.

ETA: Until I say otherwise, requests are still open! No guarantees, but give it a go and I'll see what I can do...

Comments

Re: *shot in the dark*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Not sure how this will go, considering I had to Google to remember which one was Genjo Sanzo - been a while since I've run with these boys!


Kouryuu doesn't like the sea, the way it arches over the horizon and goes on forever, and yet the waves keep washing up and washing up on the sand, as if even the ocean's terrifyingly vast depths aren't large enough to contain them. And every wave is higher, until the saltwater overflows, lapping at their toes.

"It's not that the ocean's basin is too shallow," Koumyou tells him, when he asks. "But the moon is calling to the water, so the water has to rise to try to reach it."

"But the moon's too far away," Kouryuu says. "The water will never reach it."

"But that is what it means to be the ocean," Koumyou says. "The ocean's waves are more powerful than anything people can build, but when the moon calls, the ocean will always rise to it, with all its strength, until it overflows."

"That's stupid," Kouryuu says.

Koumyou smiles. "Only to those who have never heard the moon."

Re: *shot in the dark*

[madsqueeble.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I like this one! It's been a while since I've run with those boys two...but that's the one fandom I remember we had in common. XD;;;

Thanks muchly!

Re: *shot in the dark*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Very glad it worked for you (and hey, long time no see - always happy to know my fellow fangirls are still about! ^^)

[naye]

Oooh. Pretty! And so laden with Minekura-symbolism that my inner fangirl goes all giddy with glee. ♥

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

very glad the suymbolism sounded appropriately Minekura-esque ^^

Re: *shot in the dark*

[stitcher2ficcer.livejournal.com]

This is lovely. You must still carry these boys in your heart, because no matter how long you go without writing them, you capture them perfectly every time. The philosophy here is *very* Koumyou-esque.

Re: *shot in the dark*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I was surprised by how easily this one came to me, really; rather lucked out!

Re: *shot in the dark*

[y-sanada.livejournal.com]

You've always written Minekura's boys well. This was no exception. Did you really have to look up who was which? lol Shame on you.

Re: *shot in the dark*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I know, it was embarrassing! "Koumyou was his teacher, right...?" But they have so many names! I remember their Gaiden-incarnations, at least? ^^

(& glad you liked it! ^^)