Daily Prompt: Quotes

Oct 29, 2008 23:35

Welcome to the Daily Prompts challenge!

Today's prompt:"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."

Remember.. You may create/write anything from a drabble to an icon to a wallpaper to an epic tale of Giles and Xander's wonderful adventures on the Island of somethingorother. If it's not finished by the ( Read more... )

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The World Over | 5/5 | 1,200 words soft_princess October 30 2008, 11:45:07 UTC
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4

Part 5

The flight back to England is the longest Rupert has been on since his search began. He knows what's waiting for him at his destination now. Or at least, he hopes Xander won't have run away again. Why he ran in the first place, that's what Rupert wants to know.

Or rather--

He's curious, of course, but what he truly want is for Xander to stayXander does ( ... )

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The World Over | 5/5 | 1,200 words soft_princess October 30 2008, 11:45:45 UTC
"A Cornailis, yeah," Xander says. "So I tell him I will, even though I know I won't but I need time and this is the easiest way to get it. He doesn't know what I do for a living yet, and he's got to tell his whole family about me, and so he leaves, tells me he'll be back in a week and I should be ready." Xander falls silent, looking at the empty fireplace with a look of reminiscence on his face. "It took me five days to figure out how to get out of this, and I couldn't risk using my phone or my computer or anything, because he could track me down with them; I'm pretty sure he hacked into my email account at least four times in the sixteen days I knew him ( ... )

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Re: The World Over | 5/5 | 1,200 words kargrif October 30 2008, 12:37:09 UTC
oh wow! great ending! poor Xan, always with the demons, sigh
both the boys are so weary from travels and stress,
but at least they're together and home
Lovely story!

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Re: The World Over | 5/5 | 1,200 words soft_princess October 30 2008, 15:11:58 UTC
Thank you!! :D They are definitely glad to be home.

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drsquidlove October 30 2008, 14:35:22 UTC
Thanks Sofy. That was a really nice conclusion. Poor Xander. Irresistible to demons everywhere.

S.

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soft_princess October 30 2008, 15:15:47 UTC
Thank you, sweetie. :D I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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In Need of Rescue (331 words) cmk418 October 31 2008, 02:43:20 UTC
The past two years had been quite the experience for Xander. Flying from place to place over the globe, tracking down Slayers, living the life of a one-eyed James Bond, he felt he had everything that a man could ask for. The boy who had never traveled further than Oxnard was living a life of adventure ( ... )

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Re: In Need of Rescue (331 words) schnuffie October 31 2008, 11:16:48 UTC
Can I get rescued too, pleaaaaaseee???? :DD

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Re: In Need of Rescue (331 words) cmk418 October 31 2008, 17:14:03 UTC
I'll have to ask Giles if he has time...

Glad you liked it!

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Re: In Need of Rescue (331 words) kargrif October 31 2008, 12:52:59 UTC
hee! poor Xander having to be rescued all the time, i wonder how long he'll make it into his 'break' before he breaks, lol

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