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Comment-A-Thon Round 11 - Mystery-palooza

Oct 01, 2011 17:53

With Halloween coming up I thought another prompt list was in order ;)

Readers, as usual, leave prompt. Choosing something from the prompt list as your request theme is optional.

Prompt/Request:
Characters:
I would Like:
I Don't Want:

Writers, you can either choose a prompt or choose something directly from the prompt list.

( The Prompt List )

round eleven

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Prompt: Carving pumpkins tj_teejay October 1 2011, 23:26:19 UTC

Prompt/Request: Carving pumpkins for Halloween
Characters: Neal, Peter (El too, if you like)
Would Like: I'm gonna repost this here because no one over at thenewpub wanted to write this. Basically, I'd love to read something where Neal and Peter carve pumpkins for Halloween, and (of course) Neal's is awesome and funny and cute, and Peter's is all unshapely and weird. :-P
Don't Want: I don't know. Crack!fic? Neal to be mean to Peter about his unadeptness (maybe Neal even ends up rescuing Peter's pumpkin into something usable or funny...)

Re: Prompt: Carving pumpkins kriadydragon October 1 2011, 23:33:04 UTC

OMG too cute! I really shouldn't be taking any more prompts but I love this so much!

Re: Prompt: Carving pumpkins tj_teejay October 2 2011, 08:03:49 UTC

And I'd love you to bits if you'd write it. :-D

Carving Pumpkins (G) kriadydragon October 11 2011, 03:47:19 UTC

Peter's hands were covered so thickly with pumpkin guts that two seconds of his fingers touching together felt like they'd been permanently glued. More strings and seeds were piled over nearly every inch of the newspapers protecting the kitchen table, with more starting to drop to the floor despite Peter's efforts to stop them and Satchmo's enthusiastic licking. But the real salt on the wound were the damn tiny saws and knives specifically created to carve pumpkins. Specifically created his ass. They were tools of pumpkin torture, plain and simple. And human torture.

"This is impossible," Peter growled when the saw slipped, putting another unnecessary slice in his pumpkin's already mutilated face.

"Finesse, Peter," Neal said. "You have to give it more finesse, more patience. Pretend it's a suspect you're trying to talk a confession out of, not a suspect you're trying to wrestle a gun from."

Peter glared, even though Neal wasn't paying attention, too busy finessing the tiny saw through his own pumpkin as though the shell were made ( ... )

Thread 15

kriadydragon October 1 2011, 23:31:17 UTC

Prompt/Request: The butler didn't do it, because he's dead and haunted, or something else?

Characters: Neal, Peter, anyone else you would like

I would Like: While investigating the theft of some priceless thingy at a mansion, there's a murder and everyone's a suspect. The owner of the house thinks it's haunted, but Neal knows better since you can't con a con. The rest I will leave up to the author. Smart Neal and Peter FTW, clever Neal especially. A little Neal whump would also be nice.

I Don't Want: For the place to actually be haunted. For the whump to be heavy (torture, close to death, etc), no gut injuries or whump to the nether regions.

ultracape October 2 2011, 00:18:34 UTC

Prompt: Haunted or something else.

Characters: Neal, Peter, Mozzie and whoever else is needed
Would like: When the warehouse explodes, end of season 2, Peter was in the vicinity and is killed but Adler escapes. Diana and Jones take over as Neal's handlers and Neal, who is torn up with grief and guilt loses his enthusiasm for everything and lets Mozzie drag him along into planning to run with the Nazi loot. Mozzie is putting a plan together one dark and stormy night, when Peter starts haunting him, and won't stop, getting him to push Neal into finding Adler. Some Neal whump would be nice and Peter's ghost to the rescue.

Don't Want: Pretty much open.

untitled WC snippet 1/2 (character death mentioned; PG) sholio October 25 2011, 00:56:52 UTC

This isn't entirely what you asked for, but I tried writing an very exposition-y Neal POV snippet from the requested scenario to see if I could get a handle on the post-warehouse-fire events and the characters' relationships in the scenario you described well enough to write them. I'm still not sure I can write the whole thing -- I can't figure out an ending that wouldn't be horribly depressing, for one thing -- but at least you get a little bit of it ( ... )

untitled WC snippet 2/2 (PG) sholio October 25 2011, 00:57:50 UTC

He wished he had a damn time machine. But then he wasn't sure how far back he'd want it to take him. Before the warehouse fire? Before he came up with this idiotic tracking anklet idea in the first place? Before he'd ever heard of Vincent Adler, or Peter Burke?

What did starting over really mean, anyway?

He knew what it meant for Mozzie: taking the treasure and setting up in a new city, a new continent, before the FBI could pin a murder rap on him. But he had a feeling that for him, it wasn't going to be that simple. Wherever you go, there you are. And there, too, would be the treasure that Peter's life had been sacrificed for.

Living off that money didn't feel right. But staying here didn't feel right either. It felt like a betrayal of Mozzie not to go, especially since the longer he delayed, the greater the chance of Mozzie getting caught and taking a really, really long fall. And there was little to hold him here anymore -- little, aside from a lingering feeling that Peter wouldn't want him to go. But he couldn't tell Moz ( ... )

Re: untitled WC snippet 2/2 (PG) ultracape October 25 2011, 05:17:56 UTC

You're right, this is really interesting but not what I was looking for. Though I really love your writing.

If you wouldn't mind a suggestion, try looking at this from Moz's point of view instead of Neal's. Moz would be upset that Peter had been killed but he'd be more about getting away and dragging Neal with him and that's when Peter would appear and haunt him.

I think it could be very funny.

Thread 8

Halloween Party, game of Clue ladydragoness October 2 2011, 01:43:47 UTC

Prompt: The FBI is having a little Halloween party. Someone organizes a game of live-action Clue.

Characters: All the usual suspects and a good number of OC's. (I'm looking at you, vesperwhisper.)

I would like: Humor, wit, fun, maybe a little misdirection.

I don't want: Whatever, have fun with it.

swanpride October 2 2011, 14:28:55 UTC

Hitchcock? Well that inspires me.

Prompt: Rear Window

Characters: Mainly Neal (not paired with Sara)

What I want: For some reason Neal is under house arrest for at least a month (because of the treasure? Because the DOJ makes trouble? Because of a misunderstanding? Because he made a mistake? Take your pick). Coped up, he spends a lot of time admiring the view - and starts to notice the habits of his neighbors. He then watches something incriminating, but when he tries to tell Peter, he doesn't believe him. Bonus if June is ready to help Neal finding proof.

What I don't want: Peter being totally unreasonable or Neal acting too stupid. Torture (especially Neals hands getting broken), gunshotwounds - I'm a little bit squirmish overall. Crackfic.

kriadydragon October 26 2011, 05:22:29 UTC

Okay, so I'm being plagued by this idea that would fit your prompt wonderfully. However, the idea includes Neal also suffering from an illness that turns into a severe case of pneumonia and it's messing with his reality (not hallucinations or delirium, more vivid dreams and extreme fatigue messing with his sense of time).

It may also involve Peter eventually getting into trouble and Neal having to help him.

Would that be okay?

swanpride October 26 2011, 07:58:38 UTC

Go for it - who am I to stiffle your creativity? I mean you know what my squicks are by now, right?