5 Things Meme—of the Ficlet Variety

[scribblemyname]

This entry is part 44 of 51 in the series 365 Challenge

Gacked from penknife:

You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in comments. (examples: "Five SG-1 Mission Reports That Were Less Than Entirely Truthful", or "Five Times Bruce Banner Lost His Toothbrush," or "Five Ways Nikola Tesla Failed to Take Over the World"). I'll answer with a list of five things.

Ideally fandoms that I know something about, unless you want me to guess, which could be entertaining but probably not the way you want. Or (and preferably) original fiction. All storyworlds on the table, i.e. Seven Days, Kingdoms and Thorn, the Alliance, Vardin, etc.

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Completed Ficlets & Scenes

Kingdoms and Thorn:

• Rachelle + Justus – Without a Reason
• Shift + Justus + Red Wolf – It's Own Absolution
• Rachelle + Justus – It Came Up
• Rachelle/Justus – Simply Because
• Rachelle + Justus – Defining Love
• Rachelle + Shift + Meld – Playing with Knives
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Technicalities
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Call Me If You Need Me
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Element of Uncertainty
• Marc + Cate – A Simple Question
• Marc + Cate – The Nameless Below
• Killinger + Special Unit ensemble – Tracing Trouble

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Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[scribblemyname]

A/N: I sense the impending doom of several full-length short stories/novelettes, but for the moment, have a snippet that fits the prompt. :grins:

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"Cate," Ilsa said slowly, "exactly how much experience does your contact have with cold data?"

Cate was busy marking off clincher cases, essentially the stack of reports from other law enforcement departments in the city on how they had handled anyone that turned out to be a special-type human. Cate's job was to ensure the Unit didn't have to bat cleanup behind them.

At Ilsa's question, she sat up and her eyes unfocused for a moment. "My contact?"

Marc commented from his own stack of paperwork, "The processor."

"Rachelle?" Cate made a point of focusing in on Ilsa, who nodded. "How cold? What kind of data?" she promptly returned.

"I have a dimensional empathic signature and no forensics obtainable by normal means."

Cate blanched.

Marc looked up with interest. "Been walking the city again?"

Jarod cursed impressively. "Please let me know when you're going to do that. I need to get reads when they're still fresh."

Ilsa nodded acknowledgement to the cyberpathic tech but kept her gaze trained steadily on Cate.

Cate started shaking her head. "No go. Rachelle can't read a dimensional already walki— Wait. What kind of dimensional?"

"Interfacing." Interfacers were able to create a parallel universe, dimension, whatever you wanted to call it, and still interface with normal reality. The category was broad enough to include several varieties of intangibles as well as most time-manipulators.

"No," Cate stated with finality. "Rachelle can't read that. There isn't genetic data."

Ilsa tightened her mouth into a line, but nodded as she sorted mentally through her own resources. "Jarod. I'm telling you that I'm going to do that."

A stream of low grumbling, but he packed up his bag and his portable computer as Marc holstered his gun and raised his brows questioningly at Cate.

"Call me if you need me," she said sweetly, flashing a brilliant grin, then went back to frowning over her clinchers.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Interesting type of case. That would be a snippet worth going longer with.

Also interesting is Ilsa's habit of walking the city. That needs more exploration as well.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[scribblemyname]

Yes. I feel no empathy from she whose stories sprawl on her all the time. :grins:

That's part of how I met Ilsa. Will have to find more time to show this habit of hers.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Um... Well, I didn't even manage to keep one of those prompts to 100 words, and short never seems to work for me, so... sprawling is... inevitable, and maybe sometimes I want other peoples' stuff to sprawl so I have things to read. I also now feel the need to write a sequel to something that should not be allowed a sequel because the first was too long, and I'd like to blame it on you, too, so... no sympathy here.

Ilsa in the city could be part of your next prompt fest. Or another of these.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[scribblemyname]

I'm going to have to pick a theme other than fluffy, I see. :ponders:

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[thecatisacritic.livejournal.com]

Mostly fluffy?

Because one still wants fluff, of course, but sometimes fluff won't answer prompts. As I noticed several times with mine. I still don't know how to get Quinn that bump to knock sense into him.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[in-the-blue.livejournal.com]

I like this. I keep seeing Ilsa as something like Joan Allen's Pamela Lundy in the Bourne films. I could be completely wrong, but she strikes me as having the same kind of dedication, determination, persistence, and focus.

I also really like the potential with the interfacers. That's... really something.

Re: Kingdoms and Thorn Snippet: Call Me If You Need Me

[scribblemyname]

Yay. I haven't seen Pamela Lundy, but you definitely got the right adjectives for Ilsa. She's the most unflappable unstoppable female character I think I have.

Yeah. I've got to do something with the interfacers.