Fifteen Characters: The results (and ficlets)
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romanajo123 asked:
3 [Martha], 7 [Ace], and 12 [Jamie] are going on a road trip. Who sits in the backseat and who is in front?
"You all right back there?" Ace called over her shoulder.
"We're fine," Martha said. "You're all right, aren't you, Jamie?"
"Aye, I think so." Jamie was holding her tightly, though Martha wasn't sure whether that was supposed to be for her protection or his. She wasn't complaining, either way.
"You don't need me up front reading the map?" Martha asked.
"Nah, it's motorway all the way now. You'd have to be a complete cheesebrain to get lost. Hang on, I'm going to get us past this Audi. Scumbag's been ticking me off since Trowell Services."
With a screech of tyres, the car swerved, giving Martha and Jamie the momentary impression it was going to overturn.
"Ace," Martha said, once she had disentangled herself slightly from Jamie and was sure she could speak again, "Who taught you to drive?"
"Kev Hunter, mostly, in the leisure centre car park. Bit of a tosser, but you should've seen his handbrake turns. Why?"
"You do have a licence, don't you?"
"Look, you two get on with your snogging or whatever you're doing back there, and leave the driving to me."
Martha sighed. "Just make sure you don't do anything that would make the police stop us."
"What's the matter?" Jamie asked, looking even more jumpy.
"You're not allowed to drive a car without a licence," Martha explained to him. She lowered her voice. "I don't think Ace is even old enough to have a licence. If the police notice us and start asking questions, there'll be trouble."
"Oh, aye, like hiding from the Redcoats. But they'll not notice us, will they?"
Martha craned to see the speedometer needle, which was hovering at around 90. "Maybe. Or maybe Ace'll burn the engine out or crash into something first."
"Oi!" Ace called, and gave the steering wheel a wiggle by way of emphasis. "I already told you. I'm not having any backseat drivers in my car. Well, sort of my car," she added.
"Don't tell me," Martha said. "Your friend Kev also taught you how to steal cars."
"No-one'll miss it," Ace said cheerfully. "It was in the scrapyard..."
Jamie and Martha completed the sentence in unison: "When you 'borrowed' it." 10 [Louise] and 5 [Ariadne] are trapped in an elevator. How do they cope?
In the game from which she originates, Ariadne's normal behaviour when trapped in a confined space is to summon as many unicorns as will fit, and then wait for someone to open it from the outside. Even if we grant her a greater amount of autonomy than her AI-driven behaviour, she doesn't carry any spells that would be particularly useful for breaking out of a lift.
As for how she gets on with Louise, they're both fairly high-level nobility, so it's a toss-up whether they manage to break the ice or spend all the time bickering about precedence. If there's room in the lift for Ariadne to summon a unicorn, and if Louise was the sort of girl who liked unicorns, maybe they can bond over that.
If, on the other hand, Ariadne takes offence and turns against Louise, Louise is toast, even if there isn't room for a unicorn to impale her. Ariadne's unarmed combat abilities aren't anything special, but they've got to be better than Louise's. And Louise doesn't have Ariadne's library of spells, either.
pedanther asked: 1 [Felicity Dormer], 9 [Ambrose Chitterwick], and 15 [Jaws] are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from 4 [Granny Weatherwax]. Do they succeed?
Oh dear. I'm not sure why the prophecy thinks Granny is a danger to the world, since her own cast-iron morality wouldn't let her turn to the dark side like that. But if she really had gone all Black Aliss, then any overt attempt to stop her would lead to people hopping about thinking they were frogs.
I think the best results might be obtained by having Mr Chitterwick pay a call on her and ask her, very nicely, if she wouldn't mind stopping whatever it is she's doing. But even so it's not a very hopeful prospect.
Under what circumstances might 5 [Ariadne] and 14 [Amy Pond] fall in love?
When Ariadne needs rescuing in Sparta, who should drop in but Eleven and Amy? (This being at the point in their timeline that Rory doesn't exist). Hearing that the Arcane Realms have fallen under the rule of the Overlord*, Eleven and Amy promptly join Ariadne's party, and clobber the Overlord in forty minutes flat. In the euphoria of their victory, romance (or failing that, drunken fumbling) blossoms.
* The Overlord's secret identity will give the Doctor some concern, to put it mildly.
Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?
Aha, I hoped someone would ask this. This is why I brought Ariadne along; her spell selection is optimised for fighting undead monsters. To start with, she can cast Bury, which will eliminate any nearby zombie that can't make its saving throw. For those that can, she can also summon Unicorns, which are particularly effective against anything undead. All I need to do is get her to a Place of Power to recharge her mana, and the zombies are toast.
Why is 6 [Mina Harker] afraid of 7 [Ace]?
Ace is a Wolf of Fenric and Mina's doubtless been left with a whole load of vampire-related hangups. Also, Mina, being a proper Victorian, would be frantically trying to repress any notion that she could be attracted to girls, and a cross-dressing tomboy like Ace would have the exact opposite effect.
She ought, of course, to fear Ace because if you get involved with Ace, it's about evens you die (if you're a girl; for boys it's nearer a certainty).
lost_spook asked: 2 [Data] & 4 [Granny Weatherwax] are on a quest to save 11 [Monica Stanton]. How does that go?
Extremely well; given Data's skills at observation and deduction, and Granny's knowledge of headology, they locate and subdue the villain within hours if not minutes of their arrival at Albion Films. The only downside is that that they save Monica so quickly, she doesn't realise she and Bill Cartwright are made for each other. Spotting something like that is more Nanny Ogg's department.
1 [Felicity Dormer] & 15 [Jaws] are snowed in together. Can they get on and get out or...?
When Jaws isn't actually in the pay of the villain, he seems to be quite a helpful chap, and he is, of course, completely indestructible. So I don't think Lady Dormer will have much difficulty in persuading him to clear them a path back to civilisation.
6 [Mina Harker] & 8 [Josiah Larkin] go on a blind date, set up by 9 [Ambrose Chitterwick].
Assuming Larkin's trying to climb the social ladder as usual, he'd stick to Mina like glue, seeing in her a future mistress of Five Oaks. He's not to know that her heart belongs to Jonathan Harker / Dracula / Lucy Weston / Dr Seward, delete as appropriate. Also, if she happens to be a vampire at the time, he ends up with every drop of blood drained from his body.
liadtbunny asked: Thirteen [Ace Rimmer] and six [Mina Harker] split up. What was the last straw in the relationship?
This is Ace Rimmer; he doesn't go in for long-term relationships. He swoops in, flattens the villains, rescues the girl, gives her the best night of her life, and departs for further adventures, all before the opening credits roll.
"There is no pain," Lucy murmured, her mouth inches from Mina's neck. "Only desire..."
The sound of a gunshot echoed through the graveyard. Lucy collapsed, her body twitching, her lips drawing back to reveal her long fangs.
"Nasty business," a man's voice said. Mina tore her eyes away from Lucy - from what had been Lucy - to see a tall, blond stranger, clad in a strange silver jacket that glinted in the moonlight. He strode up to Mina and, without sentiment, turned her head this way and that.
"Good," he said. "Got to you in time. Otherwise I'd have had to shoot you too." He flourished his pistol. "Vampire pistol. Half-silvered UV laser sights, teak bullets." He spun round, and fired apparently at random; a cloaked figure dropped out of a tree with a ghastly scream. "D'you know who that was?"
"I... I suppose it was the Count," Mina managed. Her mind seemed suddenly clearer, as if an influence she hadn't been aware of had been abruptly removed.
"What, Count Dracula himself? Long time since I crossed paths with him. He must've forgotten me. Not to worry, angelheart, I've given him something to remember me by. D'you know if there are any more vamps hanging about?"
"I'm quite sure there are not," Mina said.
"Well, then." He tossed a tiny metal object into the air; it blossomed into a tent, just big enough for two, its interior filled with cushions, gentle light, sweet perfume and soft music. "Hard-light hologram. Meet you in there in, oh, five seconds?"
⁂
When Doctor Seward and Van Helsing found Mina the next morning, she was lying in the damp grass with her clothes laid on top of her, and a blissful smile on her face. A note in her hand was found to read 'Smoke me a kipper: I'll be back for breakfast,' in an unfamiliar hand. Of Count Dracula and Lucy, nothing was found, except for two neat piles of ash.
Mina herself, once she had recovered her senses, never divulged what had taken place in the graveyard. Beyond, of course, the words "What a guy."
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- Felicity Dormer [Lord Peter Wimsey series]
- Data [Star Trek: TNG]
- Martha Jones [Doctor Who]
- Esmerelda Weatherwax [Discworld]
- Ariadne [Magic and Mayhem video game]
- Mina Harker [Dracula 1968]
- Ace [Doctor Who]
- Josiah Larkin [Wylder's Hand]
- Ambrose Chitterwick [The Poisoned Chocolates Case]
- Louise [AAL!]
- Monica Stanton [And So To Murder]
- Jamie McCrimmon [Doctor Who]
- Ace Rimmer [Red Dwarf]
- Amy Pond [Doctor Who]
- Jaws [James Bond films]
romanajo123 asked:
3 [Martha], 7 [Ace], and 12 [Jamie] are going on a road trip. Who sits in the backseat and who is in front?
"You all right back there?" Ace called over her shoulder.
"We're fine," Martha said. "You're all right, aren't you, Jamie?"
"Aye, I think so." Jamie was holding her tightly, though Martha wasn't sure whether that was supposed to be for her protection or his. She wasn't complaining, either way.
"You don't need me up front reading the map?" Martha asked.
"Nah, it's motorway all the way now. You'd have to be a complete cheesebrain to get lost. Hang on, I'm going to get us past this Audi. Scumbag's been ticking me off since Trowell Services."
With a screech of tyres, the car swerved, giving Martha and Jamie the momentary impression it was going to overturn.
"Ace," Martha said, once she had disentangled herself slightly from Jamie and was sure she could speak again, "Who taught you to drive?"
"Kev Hunter, mostly, in the leisure centre car park. Bit of a tosser, but you should've seen his handbrake turns. Why?"
"You do have a licence, don't you?"
"Look, you two get on with your snogging or whatever you're doing back there, and leave the driving to me."
Martha sighed. "Just make sure you don't do anything that would make the police stop us."
"What's the matter?" Jamie asked, looking even more jumpy.
"You're not allowed to drive a car without a licence," Martha explained to him. She lowered her voice. "I don't think Ace is even old enough to have a licence. If the police notice us and start asking questions, there'll be trouble."
"Oh, aye, like hiding from the Redcoats. But they'll not notice us, will they?"
Martha craned to see the speedometer needle, which was hovering at around 90. "Maybe. Or maybe Ace'll burn the engine out or crash into something first."
"Oi!" Ace called, and gave the steering wheel a wiggle by way of emphasis. "I already told you. I'm not having any backseat drivers in my car. Well, sort of my car," she added.
"Don't tell me," Martha said. "Your friend Kev also taught you how to steal cars."
"No-one'll miss it," Ace said cheerfully. "It was in the scrapyard..."
Jamie and Martha completed the sentence in unison: "When you 'borrowed' it." 10 [Louise] and 5 [Ariadne] are trapped in an elevator. How do they cope?
In the game from which she originates, Ariadne's normal behaviour when trapped in a confined space is to summon as many unicorns as will fit, and then wait for someone to open it from the outside. Even if we grant her a greater amount of autonomy than her AI-driven behaviour, she doesn't carry any spells that would be particularly useful for breaking out of a lift.
As for how she gets on with Louise, they're both fairly high-level nobility, so it's a toss-up whether they manage to break the ice or spend all the time bickering about precedence. If there's room in the lift for Ariadne to summon a unicorn, and if Louise was the sort of girl who liked unicorns, maybe they can bond over that.
If, on the other hand, Ariadne takes offence and turns against Louise, Louise is toast, even if there isn't room for a unicorn to impale her. Ariadne's unarmed combat abilities aren't anything special, but they've got to be better than Louise's. And Louise doesn't have Ariadne's library of spells, either.
pedanther asked: 1 [Felicity Dormer], 9 [Ambrose Chitterwick], and 15 [Jaws] are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from 4 [Granny Weatherwax]. Do they succeed?
Oh dear. I'm not sure why the prophecy thinks Granny is a danger to the world, since her own cast-iron morality wouldn't let her turn to the dark side like that. But if she really had gone all Black Aliss, then any overt attempt to stop her would lead to people hopping about thinking they were frogs.
I think the best results might be obtained by having Mr Chitterwick pay a call on her and ask her, very nicely, if she wouldn't mind stopping whatever it is she's doing. But even so it's not a very hopeful prospect.
Under what circumstances might 5 [Ariadne] and 14 [Amy Pond] fall in love?
When Ariadne needs rescuing in Sparta, who should drop in but Eleven and Amy? (This being at the point in their timeline that Rory doesn't exist). Hearing that the Arcane Realms have fallen under the rule of the Overlord*, Eleven and Amy promptly join Ariadne's party, and clobber the Overlord in forty minutes flat. In the euphoria of their victory, romance (or failing that, drunken fumbling) blossoms.
* The Overlord's secret identity will give the Doctor some concern, to put it mildly.
Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?
Aha, I hoped someone would ask this. This is why I brought Ariadne along; her spell selection is optimised for fighting undead monsters. To start with, she can cast Bury, which will eliminate any nearby zombie that can't make its saving throw. For those that can, she can also summon Unicorns, which are particularly effective against anything undead. All I need to do is get her to a Place of Power to recharge her mana, and the zombies are toast.
Why is 6 [Mina Harker] afraid of 7 [Ace]?
Ace is a Wolf of Fenric and Mina's doubtless been left with a whole load of vampire-related hangups. Also, Mina, being a proper Victorian, would be frantically trying to repress any notion that she could be attracted to girls, and a cross-dressing tomboy like Ace would have the exact opposite effect.
She ought, of course, to fear Ace because if you get involved with Ace, it's about evens you die (if you're a girl; for boys it's nearer a certainty).
lost_spook asked: 2 [Data] & 4 [Granny Weatherwax] are on a quest to save 11 [Monica Stanton]. How does that go?
Extremely well; given Data's skills at observation and deduction, and Granny's knowledge of headology, they locate and subdue the villain within hours if not minutes of their arrival at Albion Films. The only downside is that that they save Monica so quickly, she doesn't realise she and Bill Cartwright are made for each other. Spotting something like that is more Nanny Ogg's department.
1 [Felicity Dormer] & 15 [Jaws] are snowed in together. Can they get on and get out or...?
When Jaws isn't actually in the pay of the villain, he seems to be quite a helpful chap, and he is, of course, completely indestructible. So I don't think Lady Dormer will have much difficulty in persuading him to clear them a path back to civilisation.
6 [Mina Harker] & 8 [Josiah Larkin] go on a blind date, set up by 9 [Ambrose Chitterwick].
Assuming Larkin's trying to climb the social ladder as usual, he'd stick to Mina like glue, seeing in her a future mistress of Five Oaks. He's not to know that her heart belongs to Jonathan Harker / Dracula / Lucy Weston / Dr Seward, delete as appropriate. Also, if she happens to be a vampire at the time, he ends up with every drop of blood drained from his body.
liadtbunny asked: Thirteen [Ace Rimmer] and six [Mina Harker] split up. What was the last straw in the relationship?
This is Ace Rimmer; he doesn't go in for long-term relationships. He swoops in, flattens the villains, rescues the girl, gives her the best night of her life, and departs for further adventures, all before the opening credits roll.
"There is no pain," Lucy murmured, her mouth inches from Mina's neck. "Only desire..."
The sound of a gunshot echoed through the graveyard. Lucy collapsed, her body twitching, her lips drawing back to reveal her long fangs.
"Nasty business," a man's voice said. Mina tore her eyes away from Lucy - from what had been Lucy - to see a tall, blond stranger, clad in a strange silver jacket that glinted in the moonlight. He strode up to Mina and, without sentiment, turned her head this way and that.
"Good," he said. "Got to you in time. Otherwise I'd have had to shoot you too." He flourished his pistol. "Vampire pistol. Half-silvered UV laser sights, teak bullets." He spun round, and fired apparently at random; a cloaked figure dropped out of a tree with a ghastly scream. "D'you know who that was?"
"I... I suppose it was the Count," Mina managed. Her mind seemed suddenly clearer, as if an influence she hadn't been aware of had been abruptly removed.
"What, Count Dracula himself? Long time since I crossed paths with him. He must've forgotten me. Not to worry, angelheart, I've given him something to remember me by. D'you know if there are any more vamps hanging about?"
"I'm quite sure there are not," Mina said.
"Well, then." He tossed a tiny metal object into the air; it blossomed into a tent, just big enough for two, its interior filled with cushions, gentle light, sweet perfume and soft music. "Hard-light hologram. Meet you in there in, oh, five seconds?"
⁂
When Doctor Seward and Van Helsing found Mina the next morning, she was lying in the damp grass with her clothes laid on top of her, and a blissful smile on her face. A note in her hand was found to read 'Smoke me a kipper: I'll be back for breakfast,' in an unfamiliar hand. Of Count Dracula and Lucy, nothing was found, except for two neat piles of ash.
Mina herself, once she had recovered her senses, never divulged what had taken place in the graveyard. Beyond, of course, the words "What a guy."
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comment(s). Feel free to comment there or here.