Meme: The tvtropes & cliches meme
trying out a new meme thing from Awanderingbard...
Give me a number from the list below, a fandom and a character/characters/a pairing and I'll write you a short fic or fic excerpt.
THE TROPES
(with brief explanations. Actual fics will probably vary)
1. Christmas/Holiday Episode
(Happy Christmas and/or Generically Theme Festivites, everyone!)2 ( Read more... )
Give me a number from the list below, a fandom and a character/characters/a pairing and I'll write you a short fic or fic excerpt.
THE TROPES
(with brief explanations. Actual fics will probably vary)
1. Christmas/Holiday Episode
(Happy Christmas and/or Generically Theme Festivites, everyone!)2 ( Read more... )
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There were three people in the elevator when it clanked to a stop and didn't show signs of restarting. The overhead light flickered.
"I suppose this happens a lot since we showed up?" Grace asked.
"It happens a lot, full stop," Tani said. "Why did you think most of us use the stairs?" and she set down the box she had been carrying.
Grace followed her lead, putting down her box. We'll install these on the roof as soon as the elevator gets us there.
King didn't set his box on the floor.
Tapping the ventilation grate on one wall, Tani said with a smile, "Could be here hours."
"I'll be fine."
Grace and Tani shared a look that King read as 'men never stop acting tough.'
"You have a lovely island," Grace said. I'm sure at least one of my crewmates, and a certain superior officer, would call that an understatement in their opinion.
Tani said one word.
"No, not a tourist," Grace said. "I just have a good eye."
"I didn't know you spoke the local language," King said to Grace. He had heard that word and similar-sounding words in native conversation a lot.
Grace and Tani had a brief chuckle together.
"What?" King asked.
"Old High German," Grace said.
Tani nodded. "Part of our educational gift from the Kaiser. Our island's visitors since them - the French, the rest of NATO, and your comrades - are," and she used that word again.
"Tourists," Tani and Grace translated, and they laughed again.
Overhead, the light flickered and started to act like it was about to die.
"That's not good."
"Our island has two power grids," Tani said. "One was installed by NATO. The other was a birthday present from the Kaiser."
"But there hasn't been a ... Wow, no wonder the elevator goes on the fritz a lot."
SEALS keep the peace - sometimes by keeping everyone elses' hands clean, sometimes by other means... "Maybe we should all just sing until the elevator starts up again," King suggested.
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Grace and Tani being so chummy and King being flustered about that... aw, that was just so awesome.
Also:
"Old High German," Grace said.
Tani nodded. "Part of our educational gift from the Kaiser. Our island's visitors since them - the French, the rest of NATO, and your comrades - are," and she used that word again.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH! *squeals with delight Perfect :D
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