Fun with drabbles, part II.

[cadhla]

Because this was fun the first time I did it, I'm going to do it again: ladies and gentlemen, the open drabble challenge is once more, well, open. Give me any two of the following, and I will write you a drabble. Your options are

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[tibicina]

Word: Purple
Mood: Quixotic

Bad Hare Day.

[cadhla]

The rabbit was purple. It blinked at Marie. Marie blinked back. This might have gone on for quite some time, if Clady hadn't leaned over and picked the rabbit up by the ears, stuffing it back into her hat. "Better?" she asked.

Marie raised her head and blinked at her sister instead. "That rabbit," she said peevishly, "was purple."

"Yes."

"Why was that rabbit purple?"

"You said you wanted purple hare."

There was another long pause. Sounding slightly strangled, Marie said, "Clady?"

"Yes, Marie?"

"I think I have to kill you now."

Clady grinned broadly. "Only if you can catch me."

I'm not sure if you write this fandom, but...

[melange_fiesta]

Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Word: Butter.

If you do know TNG... have fun. :D

Buttering the Cat.

[cadhla]

"Data, I know you had a good reason for doing this to the cat," Tasha said, slowly, choosing her words with the utmost patience. "Explain."

"According to Terran folklore, a cat whose paws have been buttered will never stray from home." Data's voice was earnest. "I did not wish Spot to stay from home."

Briefly, Tasha considered pointing out that Spot lived on a starship and was thus, by definition, unlikely to stray very far; cats don't do well in vacuum. She was promptly forced to picture Spot in a tiny exo-suit, and decided against it.

"Usually, one butters a cat's paws with a knife," she said, instead. "Not by strapping the cat to a block of solid butter."

"Oh," said Data.

"Mew?" said Spot.

Re: Buttering the Cat.

[melange_fiesta]

I love it! :D:D

[ladytabitha]

mood - perplexed
fandom - Dr. Who (whomever)

Invitation to a Paradox.

[cadhla]

"Ace, I'm afraid I really don't follow what you're trying to do here," said the Doctor, trying to look at anything except the shape of his Companion, all lean lines and combat-honed angles, stretched out across his bed like an invitation to a paradox.

"I've met your granddaughter, Doctor," said Ace, blandly. "You know exactly what I'm trying for."

"Which means you know how... how...inappropriate this all is."

"Why?" she demanded, sitting up. He averted his eyes. "We're both adults. We're both mammals. I'm not asking for children, here, Professor."

"What are you asking for, then, Ace?" Wasn't the universe enough, you silly girl?

She smiled. "Just you, Professor.

"It was always just you."

Re: Invitation to a Paradox.

[ladytabitha]

That is both terrific and horrifying.  Thank you!  :)

[ohimesamamama]

Fandom - Veronica Mars
Mood - Bantering or combative.

Me = predictable. Barring this, I'd also like another Electric Knights one, character: Elaine.

Saying Please.

[cadhla]

"Give me one good reason to do what you want," Veronica challenged, tilting her head to the side.

Logan smiled. This was always more fun when she fought. Cat and mouse games: the kind where the mouse brought dynamite to the party. "Because I'm cute."

"Subjective."

"Because I asked nicely?"

"Better, but still not convincing."

When he was feeling honest -- disloyal, but honest -- he had to admit that this was better than Lilly ever was; Lilly never argued. She just decided. No debate, no discussion. Cherry lip gloss kisses bought her whatever she wanted.

Even him.

"Because it wouldn't be right to leave my best girl home on a Saturday night?"

Veronica grinned. "Getting warmer."

Choices.

[cadhla]

Once upon a time, she chose this. She knows that; the people who tell her she chose wouldn't lie to her. (Except they already have; golden-eyed alchemists who died on battlefields they should have avoided, blue-skinned Guardians who keep lying, even now.) This quest, this journey...she chose. She bought and paid for every step along the way. It belongs to her, now.

Even when she doesn't want it, it belongs to her.

The sword knew her in the waters of Vivaine's lake; it chose her, and she chose this. All those choices, and she can't remember any of them.

She can't remember if she had the choice not to choose.

She sleeps little, and fitfully, and her dreams are full of stones without swords.

[filkerdave]

Character: Khan Noonian Singh
Fandom: Buffy

[cadhla]

Who's Khan Noonian Singh?

[filkerdave]

Khan, from the original Star Trek ep "Space Seed" (and from the best of the ST films, "The Wrath of Khan").

Played by Ricardo Montalban.

(googling now informs me that it's "Noonien" rather than "Noonian")

[cadhla]

Never seen either of those; no knowledge thus exists.