QuickFic Session #4

[shurhaian]

UPDATE: Prompts for this session are now CLOSED.

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[quoting_mungo]

A couple of lines for now; one's short, one's fairly long and will likely only work used as inspiration (rather than being reproduced in its entirety as a line in story). I'll add more later when my brain's in a more helpful mood and might be willing to supply something not from a song. :)

• "Nothing left but the note you got" - Line from Aqua's Freaky Friday
• "But the dogs you say they fed you to | Lay their muzzles in your lap | And the lions that they led you to | Lie down and take a nap" - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Sweetheart Come
• "May you live in interesting times" - Wikipedia says source unknown

[shurhaian]

Nothing left but the note you got
"Five Little Words" (596 little words)

[quoting_mungo]

Owch, poor guy! Nice story, but poor, poor guy.

[sirsuckerpunch]

"That kid munched on the cockroach like it was a gummy bear." -Random person I overheard on the bus the other day. I THINK their name was Robyn.

"...But our princess is in another castle!" -Toad, Mario Brothers

[shurhaian]

"...But our princess is in another castle!"
"Misplaced" (572 words)

[ysabetwordsmith]

1) The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
--James D. Nicoll

2) I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)

3) Show me your friend and I will show you your character
(in Akan: kyereme woadamfo na menkyere wo wosuban.)
- Kwaku Boateng

I'm linking this on LJ, DW, and Facebook.

[shurhaian]

"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
"Necessary Measures" (1045 words)

[avianthrophile]

"He always looked a little disappointed at the ende, though, almost as if he didn't want the swan brothers to turn back into humans again." -Flyaway, Lucy Christopher

"In a world full of people only some want to fly, isn't that crazy?" -Seal

[avianthrophile]

Also, I signal boosted you on my journal, here. http://avia.dreamwidth.org/93605.html

[avianthrophile]

Also, I signal boosted you on my journal, but it won't let me include the link, because it's marking me as spam. It's avia on Dreamwidth, it's the newest post right now.

[shurhaian]

Sorry for the delay. I was uncertain of how to approach this one for quite some time. I wound up taking it somewhat metaphorically.
"In a world full of people only some want to fly, isn't that crazy?" -Seal
"Wild Talent" (1169 words)

[stilghar]

"For a man to help others with all his gifts and native strength: that is the noblest work." Oedipus, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt." Various, often attributed to Abraham Lincoln and/or Mark Twain

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Attributed, possibly incorrectly, to Edmund Burke

"Know thy enemy and know thyself, and victory shall be yours." Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Somebody is playing with my dick and it ain't me." - Det. Jonsey (John Goodman), Fallen - do as ye will with this one. >:)

Also: posted shoutouts on LJ and my FA page.

[shurhaian]

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
"Duty" (530 words)

[shurhaian]

And here's the other!
"Somebody is playing with my dick and it ain't me." - Det. Jonsey
"Virtuality" (NSFW; M/ambiguous, masturbation/oral, public; 593 words)