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Answers to the meme here: http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/900498.html (Give me the first line of a fic I have not written yet and get a summary, snippet, soundtrack.)

The trouble, Merrion had found, with acting on premonitions was that sometimes you only found yourself in the frying pan instead of the fire. [personal profile] rix_scaedu

The September Story: Merrion learns, though trial and error (mostly error), when he can act to shift premonitions and when he has to let them go.

But on the way, he ends up in hotter water than even he could foresee.

Another snippet: “I knew you were going to say that.” Merrion smirked.

“Then why did you…” The officer shook his head. “Never mind. Sit down and shut up.”

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The dragon in the bathtub snorted at her, sending bubbles flying across the room. [personal profile] kelkyag

Aloysia found herself in any number of strange babysitting jobs, but when she found herself babysitting the girl babysitting the baby dragon, things were about to get super strange.

Another quote: “But I don’t know what to…”

“Relax. Junie has the dragon.” Mrs. S managed to make it sound nice and ordinary as a Girl Scout project. Maybe for her, it was. “All you have to do is keep her out of trouble.”

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It was not a happy moment when Gareth realized being sold as a pet to a dragon was only the fifth most surprising thing to happen to him that day.

Never Open the First Door

Don’t buy monkey paws from strange stores – don’t buy anything from strange shops – don’t make deals at crossroads, and never open the first door.

Gareth knew all this. But when his kid sister bought the monkey paw from the little antique store on the corner, well, what was he going to do? He couldn’t let her take the fall…

So he took it.

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Named Male Characters with active personalities/speaking lines

Stranded World: Winter, Basil, Tattercoats. Gregor (okay, he probably doesn’t really count)

Reiassan: Girey, Saydri

Tir na Cali: So full of short pieces it’s hard to tell, though Stephen

Faerie Apocalypse: Ditto.

Vas’ World: Vas, Paz, Ezra

Dragons Next Door: Sage, Jin

Facets of Dusk: Cole,Aerich, Peter

The Planners: So full of short pieces it’s hard to tell.

Unicorn/Factory:So full of short pieces it’s hard to tell.

The Aunt Family: Stone

Space Accountant: Basi

Science!: Alex & Liam

Fairy town: Father Nehemiah

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Character Meme Day Two – Clothing and Appearance (Tairiekie)

So, I decided to do a character meme, and this one showed up first on google. Because the theme of the month is Reiassan, I’m starting with Tairiekie.

Day 2:
How do they usually dress? What do they wear to sleep? Do they wear jewelry?

When not wearing a school uniform, Tairiekie prefers durable, comfortable clothing, in bright colors – often in those of the House she ends up in (Peach and Red) as both of her parents favor those colors.

She doesn’t often wear skirts, preferring loose pants, comfortable tunics, nothing that will bind or twist. Fashion is not her primary concern.

To sleep, she wears an under-tunic – an unfitted piece of clothing, sleeveless in summer and sleeved in winter, made out of undyed linen, often very heavily decorated on the hems.

Tairiekie doesn’t wear a lot of jewelry, preferring a few small lapel pins and decorative buttons which her parents and friends have gifted her with over the years.

Is there anything about their appearance they wish they could change?
How would they look as [at?] the opposite sex?
What do they smell like? Why (do they wear the scent or does it occur naturally)?

If anything – Taikie is not all that interested in her appearance – she would prefer that she not have the yellowish undertone to her skin, which is only visible when she is inside for long periods of time, as in a long, cold winter.

She doesn’t have a lot of interest in boys right now – or romantic interest in girls, either – but enjoys spending time with people, socially.

/sniffs her/ She probably smells like grass and clay most of the time, or the goat-milk soap she washes with. She has a small bottle of sandalwood scent she has never used, which her grandfather gave her as a gift.

Do they have an accurate mental picture of their appearance (how they see themselves versus how the world sees them)? Physically, yes, in as much as she cares. Socially, not quite so much.

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Please to pick another random number for me

Between one and eighteen, to pic the next thing on my writing list

The list, not in order of its numbers, includes:

Landing Page
Demifiction Meme
Inner Circle (outline)
Rion Writing Inspiration
Rion Edits
collate liveblog
Doomsday
Fdomme: Blachalclchel
Clockwork Apoc
Rix Words the second
Kelkyag Words!
Liveblog Summary
Daily Prompt Friday Flash
Summary
character meme via google
Live** the apoc
Submission (find)
Rix Words!

(i.e., if you chose one, it will not be Landing Page. But a number somewhere in the range of 1-18 will be.)

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Robot, a story-test of Clockwork Apoc

“You’re a robot,” they’d told him, “an automaton. We made you, we created you. You are a steam-powered device. You have no feelings, you have no emotions. You do what you are told.”

They clothed him in metal until he forgot he had ever had flesh. They told him what he was, and told him nothing else. They fed him a sludge they informed him would lubricate his joints, and they taught him that to fail to obey meant sharp pain – that, in essence, his programming would not allow him to disobey.

“You are our robot,” they told him, and parade him before tin-hat dictators and penny-ante princes. “You are our robot.”

They taught him to be their robot, until one day, he taught them that humans, unlike the robot they’d made him, could die.


This came from a 7th Sanctum prompt: The theme of this story: metaphorical conflict. The main character: neurotic robot. The start of the story: service. The end of the story: education.
It sort of wrote itself from that.

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Please to pick a random number for me

Between  one and eighteen, to pic the next thing on my writing list

The list, not in order of its numbers, includes:


Clockwork Apoc
Fdomme: Blachalclchel
Demifiction Meme
Live** the apoc
Daily Prompt Friday Flash
update commish page
Rix Words!
Reynard
More, please
Cynara
Kelkyag Words!
Summary
Landing Page
Rion Writing Inspiration
Update publications! character meme via google
Doomsday
collate liveblog

(i.e., if you chose one, it will not be Clockwork Apoc.  But a number somewhere in the range of 1-18 will be.)

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Character Meme Day One – Basics and cosmetics (Tairiekie)

So, I decided to do a character meme, and this one showed up first on google. Because the theme of the month is Reiassan, I’m starting with Tairiekie. 

Age?
Fifteen, I think.

Date of Birth?
We’re going to say she was born late in the harvest season, just before the snows.

Hair color?
Black, a rather solid dark black.

Eye color?
yellowish brown.

Skin color/nationality?
She’s Calenyena through and through, with toasty brown skin and the aforementioned yellowish-brown eyes and black hair.

Accent (if any)?
Taikie, of course, doesn’t think she has one. Her accent is up-country, a little lazy on the edges compared to a down-country accent.

Height?
She’s fairly average for her people, around five foot one.

Weight?
about 125 lbs – she’s got a lot of muscle mass

Tattoos?
None yet, but we shall see what the school year brings.

Piercings?
As above.

Birthmarks?
Disfigurements?
Scars?

no birthmarks, no disfigurements, and a few scars – on her knee, on her left palm, across one shoulder – from childhood.

Do they have any nicknames? Where did they come from?

Her father called her Tair-Tair, a baby name.
She prefers Taikie, in the style that’s common (First syllable, last syllable).

Her family come from Amenet – oh, this is where her nicknames come from. They’re pretty standard shortenings of her name.

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