20 Bits of Creativity
Nov. 9th, 2015 11:28 pmFor the To Do Challenge at
gameofcards.
The challenge is to do twenty little things in twenty days. I'd originally planned to write a fic I'd be planning, but so far I'm up to four different starts with no further progress to show for it. I'm not sure twenty beginnings would count for the challenge--although it's certainly a look at my writing process--so I thought I'd mix it up a bit.
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Battle Creek (173 words)
His parents were surprisingly approving when he told them he'd been accepted at Quantico.
"I would have suggested going to law school first," his father said, "but a few year at the FBI won't hurt, especially with so much attention going to anti-terrorism right now."
"There are no guarantees I'll be assigned to work on anti-terrorism cases," Milt pointed out, torn between relief that he wasn't going to have to fight and panic that he was still trapped in the role of the good son.
"With all of your language skills?" his mother said. "I'm sure they can find a spot for you somewhere in the Middle East."
"I'm kind of hoping to spend some time in the U.S.," Milt said. His official reason for applying to the FBI.
"We'll see when the times comes," his father said, smiling easily.
Milt know that smile. Strings would be pulled. Favours would be exchanged. Milt would end up exactly where his parents wanted him.
Not if I have anything to do with it, he vowed.
Battle Creek (127 words)
Milt knows that Russ thinks it's about wanting to be liked. He's wrong, of course, and if he thought about it, he'd know he's wrong. If Milt wanted to be liked, he wouldn't go around claiming Russ's mistakes as his own. But it's an easy narrative for Russ, a motive he both understands and despises, so he doesn't question it further.
Milt doesn't care that much about who likes him. He knows his own value and is confident in his abilities. He's also confident he can charm or otherwise manipulate just about anybody into giving him what he needs, if it comes to that. But that's what a good person is, right? Someone who's cheerful and accommodating? So he does it.
Anyway, it's easier than the alternative.
Stargate (127 words)
It took the SGC almost a month to figure out that something was wrong with Cam. The new version of Cam--or the thing that had taken over--was smart. It knew how to hide, how to bide its time. It had them almost before they knew what was happening.
John was on Atlantis when it staged the coup. He didn't think anything of it when his team got the call to return to Earth for a check-in--it was all the usual people with all the usual protocols. It wasn't until they stepped through the gate and saw the gleaming collars on everyone in the gate room that they realized something was wrong.
By then it was too late.
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The challenge is to do twenty little things in twenty days. I'd originally planned to write a fic I'd be planning, but so far I'm up to four different starts with no further progress to show for it. I'm not sure twenty beginnings would count for the challenge--although it's certainly a look at my writing process--so I thought I'd mix it up a bit.
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Sig Tag

Drabble-ish
Battle Creek (173 words)
His parents were surprisingly approving when he told them he'd been accepted at Quantico.
"I would have suggested going to law school first," his father said, "but a few year at the FBI won't hurt, especially with so much attention going to anti-terrorism right now."
"There are no guarantees I'll be assigned to work on anti-terrorism cases," Milt pointed out, torn between relief that he wasn't going to have to fight and panic that he was still trapped in the role of the good son.
"With all of your language skills?" his mother said. "I'm sure they can find a spot for you somewhere in the Middle East."
"I'm kind of hoping to spend some time in the U.S.," Milt said. His official reason for applying to the FBI.
"We'll see when the times comes," his father said, smiling easily.
Milt know that smile. Strings would be pulled. Favours would be exchanged. Milt would end up exactly where his parents wanted him.
Not if I have anything to do with it, he vowed.
Battle Creek (127 words)
Milt knows that Russ thinks it's about wanting to be liked. He's wrong, of course, and if he thought about it, he'd know he's wrong. If Milt wanted to be liked, he wouldn't go around claiming Russ's mistakes as his own. But it's an easy narrative for Russ, a motive he both understands and despises, so he doesn't question it further.
Milt doesn't care that much about who likes him. He knows his own value and is confident in his abilities. He's also confident he can charm or otherwise manipulate just about anybody into giving him what he needs, if it comes to that. But that's what a good person is, right? Someone who's cheerful and accommodating? So he does it.
Anyway, it's easier than the alternative.
Stargate (127 words)
It took the SGC almost a month to figure out that something was wrong with Cam. The new version of Cam--or the thing that had taken over--was smart. It knew how to hide, how to bide its time. It had them almost before they knew what was happening.
John was on Atlantis when it staged the coup. He didn't think anything of it when his team got the call to return to Earth for a check-in--it was all the usual people with all the usual protocols. It wasn't until they stepped through the gate and saw the gleaming collars on everyone in the gate room that they realized something was wrong.
By then it was too late.
Up the Chain
Oct. 20th, 2015 11:18 pmAn imaginary Justified spin-off for the
gameofcards Too Good For This World challenge.
( What if it were all about Rachel? )
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( What if it were all about Rachel? )
Collapse (Intelligence, PG-13, 730 words)
Jan. 19th, 2015 03:34 pmWritten for
gameofcards for the prompt "feeling guilty about watching the world burn."
Warnings for major character death.
( Gabriel watched. )
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Warnings for major character death.
( Gabriel watched. )
This is a short AU piece set in the everyone's-from-Pegasus universe I developed for the hardboiled detective AU that I haven't yet gotten around to writing.
Written for
gameofcards.
( John and Cam meet )
Written for
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( John and Cam meet )
Written (very quickly) for the weekly writing challenge at
gameofcards.
( It started with a missing necklace. )
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( It started with a missing necklace. )
Written for
gameofcards.
Warnings: Contains references to canonical character death and a brief reference to canonical attempted child sexual abuse.
( Roads Untravelled )
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Warnings: Contains references to canonical character death and a brief reference to canonical attempted child sexual abuse.
( Roads Untravelled )