Play
It's the day before Thanksgiving and it is rainy, gloomy and I have zero motivation. Are you stuck in an office like me, destined to get nothing done? Are you on a bus or a train? Are you home and stir-crazy? Are you just generally bored out of your mind? Then come and play
( Read more... )
I mean, I can totally imagine my guardian angel character getting all excited about this weird human thing and like, auditioning for American Idol. She'd sing ridiculously thematic songs like the Eurythmics' "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)" and wink expressively at the screen, wearing weird costumes that combine feathers and striped tights. Watching, naturally, Mickey knows she's the one getting winked at and gets super embarrassed and eyerolly. But not blushing. No, whatever, she is not, shut up you assholes (her coworkers at the bookstore cafe). This is the most embarrassing thing EVER, oh my god, she can't believe she even KNOWS Luce (not that she really does, or chose to)!
Luce gets disqualified pretty quickly, because she may be enthusiastic (and seriously flexible and bouncy), but she really can't sing at all. (So much for literal heavenly choirs.) However, in that time she's amassed a small local fandom among some of the twenty-somethings in Mickey's area who make t-shirts and ask for her autograph when they see her in the street (with Mickey, naturally, since she won't leave her alone). Mickey just wants to die, though she might have one of those t-shirts tucked away in the back of her closet somewhere. Just so people believe her when she tells them about how hard her life is.
Alternately: a reimagining of my entire concept as an angelic reality show, where rather than being stuck on Earth as a probationary measure, Luce is competing with a bunch of other angels as to who can be the best guardian, have a good relationship with their guardee, and not get caught or wind up causing anyone to freak out about miracles. Mickey realizes, after awhile, that she's not the only one being followed around by some weird clingy stranger; one of her roommate's guy friends is being doggedly pursued by a tall, quiet dude who insists on wearing flowers in his hair at all times, and some lady was actually caught by a floating girl when she got knocked off the subway platform. (Nobody can find the girl - she got disqualified, but with some distinction.)
Okay, that was super fun, even though nobody knows what I'm talking about. :p I'll take another if you like; I'm not getting any art done on this train ride, it's way too crowded for me to spread out enough.
Oh, and one for you: Sanctuary time loop episode. Guest starring Tesla, naturally.
Reply
I will ponder a second prompt for you - and I'll get working on your Sanctuary prompt. Nnnggghh Tesla!
Reply
:DDDD Also, fandom would be okay, you know! Or not, if you prefer. But I've been missing it.
Reply
Reply
Reply
What she finds out the first time she skips typing up her notes and heads out of her office is that not everyone is having such a boring time of it. Kate is feeding the Hoar Frost to mixed results, and seems dismayed at the repetitive spills. Will is having a terse phone call and Helen's only hope is that the person on the other end is also affected by the disruption in the time field before Will ruins the relationship with the same exasperated exclamations. There's no sign of her old friend, which she takes as a good sign in the event they end up needing assistance from outside the disturbance.
And then she literally stumbles on the problem.
She didn't even know Nikola was here, and from the look of surprise on his face when he sees her, he didn't know he was here either. 'Here' being the middle of the hallway on the second floor.
Before she can ask him what he's done to trap them in a time loop, of course, she resets, and she's typing up notes in her office.
Will stubbornly refuses to believe they're in a time loop, Kate treats it like a time disturbance is something she can bully into submission, and Nikola alternates between insisting the whole thing has nothing to do with him and lewly suggesting all the things he and Helen can do repeatedly without consequences.
Cue plot device message from Biggie, maybe this one time it isn't Nikola's fault, except, whooops, it totally is, Helen saves the day. Nikola asks if he can stay the night. Helen considers it. Also, this would be the perfect time for a thematically appropriate orgasm denial sex scene!
Reply
Sanctuary is ... one of those shows I wish fandom could take over writing for. (I haven't actually read any fic; I should go looking.)
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment