Taming the Muse

#173 predatory - "Predator Revisited" - DF - Myst

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

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Title: Predator Revisited
Fandom: Myst
Prompt: #173 - predatory (tamingthemuse ), & november challenge - 2nd person
Warnings: spoilers for myst IV Revelation, G
Summary: The black sails are seen once again on the horizon of the Mechanical Age

Myst (c) Cyan Worlds Inc.

Predator revisited

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#172 Irenic - Donn & Festa: chpt3 - DF - original

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:16:00 GMT

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Donn & Festa ~ chapter 3
Nanowrimo Original (loosely based on Sylvie & Bruno by Lewis Carroll)
Prompt: #172 - Irenic (tamingthemuse )
Warnings: none, G rated. Part 3 of ?
master post/previous part is HERE

“With the Warden’s permission,” grovelled the Lord Chancellor, “The Lady Subwardeness’s suggestion for the abolition of the post of Subwarden, and appointment to Vicewarden, should be put to vote.
( Chapter 3 )

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#171 bastard - "scripture" - DF - Myst

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:00 GMT

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Title: Scripture
Fandom: Myst
Prompt: #171 - bastard (bastarda- gothic script used for minor documents in 14th century europe) (tamingthemuse) and unthemed #1: prompt9 - waiting (mission_insane )
Warnings: minor spoilers for Book of Ti'ana.
Rating: G
In which Catherine Writes and wonders

Myst (c) cyan worlds inc.
This will be my last entry before nanowrimo, so everything for the next month will switch to original fiction. Roll on December...
Good luck to all NaNo-ers also participating!!!

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#170 Walk thorough the valley - "You gave us three or more" - DF - Alice

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:00 GMT

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You Gave Us Three or More
American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #170 - As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Warnings: spoilers for American McGee's Alice, title taken from Lewis Carrol's "They told me you had been to her..."
American McGee's Alice (c) Electronic Arts

Room 2 ~ Pandemonium, part II

Alice meets a lot of Death, mostly with the tip of her blade

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#169 playground - Before She Had This Fit - DF - Alice

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:38:00 GMT

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Before She Had This Fit
American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #169 - Playground tamingthemuse
Warnings: spoilers for American McGee's Alice, title taken from Lewis Carrol's "They told me you had been to her..."
American McGee's Alice (c) Electronic Arts

This is actually part 6 of Asylum, but I jumped to the "school Daze" era to fit the prompt of "playground". Part 5 will be added as a link on my LJ once its written.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part four

Alice relives her school days

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#168 every tom dick and... - "My Notion Was That You Had Been" - DF - Alice

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:23:00 GMT

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My Notion Was That You Had Been
American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #168 - Every Tom, Dick and... tamingthemuse
Warnings: spoilers for American McGee's Alice, title taken from Lewis Carrol's "They told me you had been to her..."
American McGee's Alice (c) Electronic Arts

Part One, Part Two, Part Three

In which Alice is not a gutless halfwit

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#167 antapology - "Set a Fire in Our Flesh" - DF - Lord of the Rings

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:31:00 GMT

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Set A Fire In Our Flesh

Fandom: Lord of the Rings
prompt: #167 - antapology ([Bad username or unknown identity: tamingthemuse�])
Warnings: spoilers for Return of the King, mentions of character death, insanity, suicide, attempted murder, use of movie-script.

So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion

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#166 Albatross - "Meaning of Flowers" - DF - Petshop of Horrors

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:45:00 GMT

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The Meaning of Flowers
Fandom: Petshop of Horrors
Prompt: #166 - albatross around your neck (tamingthemuse )
Warning: angst, spoilers for The Flowers and the Detective, part 1 & 2 (volume 4).

In which Leon worries that the end of one friend could lead to the loss of another

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#165 Crushed - "He Trusts to You to Set Them Free" - DF - AMG's Alice

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:41:00 GMT

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He Trusts to You to Set Them Free
Fandom: American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #165 - Crushed tamingthemuse
Warnings: spoilers for American McGee's Alice, title taken from Lewis Carrol's "They told me you had been to her..."
American McGee's Alice (c) Electronic Arts

Part One, Part Two

If Alice wants to chase this rabbit, she needs to go armed

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#164 Possessed - "Though They Were Mine Before" - DF - American McGee's Alice

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:58:00 GMT

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Though They Were Mine Before [Alice, part 2]
Fandom: American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #164 - possessed (used in the sense of ownership) tamingthemuse
Warnings: spoilers for American McGee's Alice, title taken from Lewis Carrol's "They told me you had been to her..."
American McGee's Alice (c) Electronic Arts
Part One is HERE

Alice ventures into the Village of the Damned

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#163 solipsism - "Involved in This Affair" - DF - American McGee's Alice

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:08:00 GMT

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Title: Involved in this Affair
Fandom: American McGee's Alice
Prompt: #163 - solipsism
Warnings: spoilers for the introduction to American McGee's Alice.
Rating: G, 550+ words

In which Alice returns to Wonderland and discovers it somewhat changed

This very nearly didnt get posted due to computer trouble. Damn MSWord stalling while trying to save.
Title is taken from "They told me told had been to her..." nonsense poem by Lewis Carol.

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#162 Stalemate - "Frozen in Time" - DF - Myst

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:58:00 GMT

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Title: Frozen in Time
Fandom: Myst
Prompt: #162 - stalemate, august memory challenge
Warnings: spoilers for Myst, Riven, Myst III Exile, Myst IV Revelation and Book of Ti'ana.
Rating: T for implied character death
Summary: These Ages are waiting, waiting for those who will never return.

Myst (c) cyan worlds inc. Thanks to the wonderful video walkthroughs of filardodesigns on youtube, which meant Ididnt have to dig out my old copies of the games (not to mention my desktop which is the only computer I own which will play them) to remind myself of Selenitic and Channelwood.

The ending has ~~not yet~~ been written

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#161:Fool's Paradise - "Far Off & Rather Like a Dream" - DF - Shakespeare

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:52:00 GMT

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Title: Far Off and Rather Like a Dream
Fandom: Shakespeare - The Tempest
Prompt: #161 - Fool's Paradise
Warnings: Original characters, prequel/missing scene, nefarious plotting, flashbacks galore, spoilers for the tempest
Rating: G, action/adventure (Title is from 1.2.54 of The Tempest - "Miranda: 'T is far off; And rather like a dream")

In which Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, remembers how he and baby Miranda were driven from their home.

Was gonna make this part of the August memory challenge too, but... only 776 words. My muse sortta deserted me once baby-Miranda was no longer in the picture....hmmm, ah well.

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#136-rejected - "Until the Rocks are Dust" - DF - Myst

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:57:00 GMT

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Until the Rocks are Dust

Fandom: Myst [books]
Prompt: #136 - Rejection (tamingthemuse) and themed:fantasy #7 - damsel in distress (mission_insane)
Warnings: none. spoilers for the Book of Ti'ana

In which Master Kedri and Lord Eneah find precedent for rejecting the plea, and thus Veovis is severly annoyed

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#135-nihilism - "R is for Reaper" - DF - DeathNote

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:50:00 GMT

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R is for Reaper

Fandom: DeathNote
Prompt: #135 -nihilism and Feb challenge (tamingthemuse ) and "R" of A-to-Z of DeathNote (fanfiction.net)
Warnings: G, no spoilers, minor characters.

AN: Nihilism is the view of no real existence. What's less real than a shinigami? thus this was born. I didnt intend it to be over 1000 words, nor in present tense, but it developed that way, so... february challenge too!

In which the shinigami find their amusement from an unexpected source

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#134-delectable - "Delectare" - DF - kuroshitsuji

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:39:00 GMT

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Delectare ~ French. lit. "to please".
a.k.a That Butler, So Pleasing *winkwink*

Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)
Prompt: #134 Delectable (tamingthemuse )- 1) highly pleasing, enjoyable. 2) delicious, appetising
Warnings: G rated, no spoilers.

In which Sebastian makes cake...mmm, cake.

A/N: dictionary.com suggests heavenly as a synonym for delectable. Ciel also means heavenly. Thus this was born.

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#133 - bias - "Distinction" - DF - Petshop of Horrors

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:24:00 GMT

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Distinction
fandom: Petshop of horrors
Prompt: #133 Bias (tamingthemuse) - [observer bias] - when the interpretation of a result is reliant upon and affected by the interpreter.

Warnings: G rated. slight spoilers for Chapter 4 of Volume 8: The Flowers, the Detective, and the Detective's Little Brother.

Petshop of Horrors (c) Matsuri Akino

In which Sofu-D tells his grandson about the moon--rabbit, and Chris learns in his turn.

A/N: all writing in italics is directly quoted from the offical Toykopop manga translation of the aforementioned chapter.

[on a side note: i've just noticed that last week's entry is still private-locked from the draft.. whoops. Fixed now (not that anyone asked to read it...)]

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#132 - Trap - "Rescue" - DF - Myst

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:10:00 GMT

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Rescue

for tamingthemuse prompt 132 - trap and mission_insane prompt fantasy:hero
fandom: myst
warnings: quite strongly veering towards veovis/aitrus this time, possibly onesided, so implied M/M.
Rated for blood and such things. spoilers for the Book of Tiana.
Myst (c) Cyan worlds inc.

In which Aitrus is a hero and Veovis reflects on how things can change

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#131 - Gargantuan(picture) - "Tantalus, part 2 - DF - Greek myth

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:55:00 GMT

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Prompt: #131 - Gargantuan (picture of child 'pushing' huge boulder) [tamingthemuse ] which reminded me that I hadnt finished this. greek myth = tenuous link
fandom: Greek Myth, Tale of Tantalus
Warnings: death, ressurection, mild torture, tweaking of greek myth, purple prose

Tantalus ~ Part 2
( In which Tantalus has a crisis, Fate plays with her food and Zeus makes justice )

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#130 - Administer - "Visitor" - DF - Myst

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:55:00 GMT

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Visitor

fandom: Myst
Prompt: #130- administer
tamingthemusecrossposted to unthemed#4 -trouble (mission_insane mission_insane )
warnings: possible aitrus/veovis if you're looking for it. AU, no spoilers. set during the book of Ti'ana
800 words, G rated.

In which Aitrus is ill, his mother threatens Veovis, and laughter is prohibited.

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#128 - Paltry/holiday challenge - Princess & the North Wind - DF - original

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:18:00 GMT

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The Princess and the North Wind

Prompt: Paltry & december holiday challenge
G rated, original fiction (based on a fairy story my mother used to tell as a child, celebrating Yule).

Paltry - negligible; worthless, from low german palte - ragged

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#124 - Great minds - "Vanilla~Most Certain" - DF - Original

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:53:00 GMT

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Vanilla ~ Part one: Most Certain

Fandom: Original Fiction ("Vanilla"... I can see this becoming an ongoing series)
Prompt: #124 - "Great minds have purpose" [phrase prompt]

In which Commander Hamelin of the french friggate, Virginie, arrives safely in Tahiti, a one-sided conversation is held, and the Governor makes a new friend.

Great minds have purpose, little minds have optimism

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123 - Despair [word] - "Not Warranted" - DF - Heroes

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:39:00 GMT

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Not Warranted

Fandom: Heroes
Prompt: #123 - Despair [word prompt] & co-inspired by the "hope" demotivator @ despair.com
Very minor spoilers for episode 3.2 -the butterfly effect. strangely cheerful considering subject matter.

Matt considers purpose, meaning and the sociability of vultures in the African desert.

Written for day 29 of fannanowrimo, 737 words
Heroes (c) AuntieBeeb and Tim Kring

Hope might not be warranted at this point

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#122 - Thirst - "Tantalus [part one] - DF - Greek Mythology

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:58:00 GMT

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Tantalus [Part I]

Greek Myth
Prompt: #122 - Thirst
Rewrite of the greek myth of Tantalus, with some liberty taken and lengthy authors notes at the end.
written for fannanowrimo #23

wahey i'm back again.

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#120 - Window - "The Will to Survive" - DF - Myst

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:23:00 GMT

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Title: The Will to Survive
Fandom: Myst
Prompt: #120 - Window
Warnings: very mild spoilers for Myst IV: Revelation. Haven Age, italics are Achenar's POV.
Word Count: 503
Summary: “…and here,” Yeesha pointed to the left arch, and then tapped the sketch beside her, “I want this.”

Written for day 8 of fannanowrimo

The Will to Survive

crossposted to mission_insane (prompt:ThemedFantasy, #4 - dragon)

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