58) A deck chair in a field of lavender flowerssecundus_castJuly 23 2012, 02:53:44 UTC
Time: Post-"Secundus 2" Notes: Now here's a new one -- a drabble about Allison Laidlaw, Chester's future wife! I wanted to focus on the kid's relationships for a bit, and looking over the prompts, I realized I could use this one to develop Allison a bit. She's a sweet girly girl, to be sure. And, like Victor, she really likes a lot of the weirdness in Secundus.
Allison had always dreamed of getting married outside. She knew that, traditionally, weddings were church affairs, but she thought that a wedding in a field of flowers was terribly romantic. Her parents had been iffy on the idea, but had told her that as long as her groom agreed to it, they’d help make it happen. As it turned out, not only did Chester agree to it, his father knew the perfect place for it. So Allison was married in Wonderland Park, surrounded by the flowers she loved so much. Granted, she’d never pictured them cheering when she said her vows. . . .
40) lifeguardsecundus_castJuly 23 2012, 03:03:22 UTC
Time:Pre-"Secundus" Notes: This one was inspired by an answer to a Charloft prompt by Alice, where she shared some childhood drawings and talked about her old friend Gryphon, who died fighting the Jabberwock. Too late I realized I'd already had this as a fictional event happening in her mind when she was saving herself from madness (much like in her home canon of "American McGee's Alice"), as shown in "67) Four children around a campfire." Then I thought, well, the people who made the games are always going on about how real events affect Alice's Wonderland -- the same can hold true here. And so this story was born. I deliberately made his death different from the one in the game to distinguish real-Gryphon from fantasy-Gryphon
( ... )
27) boys of summersecundus_castJuly 23 2012, 03:09:22 UTC
Time: Post-"Secundus," pre-wedding Notes: This is a funny one inspired by the fact that I have Alice have four cousins -- and they're all rugby players. XD Poor Victor, so intimidated. . . Incidentally, this is the first time I've ever had all of them on screen, or mentioned all four names. Lionel's the only one who's made any sort of appearance -- his name gets mentioned in a 25 Foods fic I wrote for the verse, #20: Mustard.
“And this is Jerome, Stephen, Terrence, and Lionel.” “P-pleasure to meet you all,” Victor said, trying to disguise the terror in his voice. He’d known Alice had cousins, but he hadn’t expected them to be this big. All of them were just masses of muscle. Please don’t snap me like a twig for daring to court your cousin. . . “Likewise,” Lionel said, looking rather nervous himself. Victor couldn’t understand why. What did Lionel have to be nervous about? “Um - you’re not going to mutate us if we upset you, right?” Oh - yes. He’d forgotten his reputation as Secundus’s most dangerous savior.
Time: Pre-"Secundus" Notes: I was looking up coconuts yesterday (though for the life of me I can't remember why at the moment), and I was inspired to do a prompt on them. So here's Lewis pondering on adding something tropical to Wonderland Park.
Richard peered at the coconut in his friend’s hands. “You really want to grow it?” “It would be nice,” Lewis said, shrugging. “Add a touch of the tropics to Wonderland Park. I could plant it on the shores of the Vale of Tears. And creating localized rainstorms for it is not a problem at all. The trouble is, how do I keep it sufficiently warm without drying out all the other plants around it?” “Heaters?” “Maybe. . . .” Lewis turned the coconut over. “We’ll see if I can figure it out. If not - well, you ever have coconut milk in your tea?”
Time: Pre-"Secundus" Notes: I noticed Doc wasn't getting many prompts in this table, so I decided to do a short focused on his initial move to Hill Valley. Guy had no idea that moving there would eventually lead him to so many adventures. . . Also, the ending line is a joke on Hill Valley's town motto.
Doc was starting to get heartily sick of sand. Granted, he’d known his newly chosen residence was in the desert. But he hadn’t realized just how boring that would make the trip there. There wasn’t anything to look at outside - just miles and miles of endless sand. It was enough to drive a man mad. Fortunate I’m already insane, then, he thought with a chuckle. Still, he was looking forward to his journey coming to an end. He glanced down at his map, and at the town’s name written on it. Hill Valley. Let’s hope it’s a nice place to live.
Time: The summer after "Secundus," pre-Victor's wedding Notes: Just a little shoutout to the sunglasses Marty wears at the very beginning of Part I. I thought it was funny, anyway. (Marty's ending line refers to England's reputation for cloudiness.)
“Hey, Victor, check out my new glasses.” Victor looked up - then blinked in confusion. “Marty? Are you - wearing mirrors?” “Sort of,” Marty said, grinning. “They’re glasses designed to protect your eyes from the sun. Guy down the street was selling them from a cart. Said they’re mirrored on the other side to provide a handy way to check your appearance. I thought they looked pretty cool, so I bought a pair.” “Do they work?” “They seem to. Sun’s not bothering me today.” Marty chuckled. “Granted, I know they’re probably not gonna be that useful here, but I still think they’re neat.”
37) air conditioningsecundus_castJuly 30 2012, 22:38:05 UTC
Time: Post-"Secundus 2" Notes: Wondering why a Christmas-themed drabble is in here? As of this writing, I'd just finished watching the TV adaptation of Hogfather. (Very good, BTW. Go watch it.) I decided children in Secundus might come up with some interesting ideas for Santa, and this resulted. The speakers are supposed to be (in order of first appearance): Lorina, Jules, Charlotte (Emily and Richard's adopted daughter, who is probably too old to believe in Santa but is humoring the younger kids), Marty, and Victor.
“So how can Father Christmas deliver all those presents all in one night?” “Papa said that his sleigh might be a time machine, like our train. He can do multiple houses at the same moment like that.” “I’ve always wondered how he handles hot places. He lives at the North Pole, right? Going anywhere tropical must make him feel faint
( ... )
Time: Post-"Secundus" Notes: Dunno how I came up with the idea of "experiment gone wrong" for this, but I think it makes for an amusing drabble. After all, Lorina is a mad scientist -- the occasional accident is to be expected.
“What the - did something die in your room, Lorina?!” “Chester! Thank God, I thought it was Dad for a minute. . .you’ve gotta help me get this cleaned up!” “What the hell did you do?” “I was messing with some skunkweed samples, and I was trying to deodorize them, but I grabbed the wrong thing, and - well. . . .” “Oooh. Yeah, I think we’d better get these out of the house. Or the country, preferably.” “What’s going - yikes! Were you trying to create a plant that makes knockout gas, Lorina?” “Not intentionally! Though - that’s actually a good idea, Vincent. . . .” “Less Inventing, more removing, sis!”
Notes: Now here's a new one -- a drabble about Allison Laidlaw, Chester's future wife! I wanted to focus on the kid's relationships for a bit, and looking over the prompts, I realized I could use this one to develop Allison a bit. She's a sweet girly girl, to be sure. And, like Victor, she really likes a lot of the weirdness in Secundus.
Allison had always dreamed of getting married outside. She knew that, traditionally, weddings were church affairs, but she thought that a wedding in a field of flowers was terribly romantic. Her parents had been iffy on the idea, but had told her that as long as her groom agreed to it, they’d help make it happen.
As it turned out, not only did Chester agree to it, his father knew the perfect place for it. So Allison was married in Wonderland Park, surrounded by the flowers she loved so much.
Granted, she’d never pictured them cheering when she said her vows. . . .
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Notes: This one was inspired by an answer to a Charloft prompt by Alice, where she shared some childhood drawings and talked about her old friend Gryphon, who died fighting the Jabberwock. Too late I realized I'd already had this as a fictional event happening in her mind when she was saving herself from madness (much like in her home canon of "American McGee's Alice"), as shown in "67) Four children around a campfire." Then I thought, well, the people who made the games are always going on about how real events affect Alice's Wonderland -- the same can hold true here. And so this story was born. I deliberately made his death different from the one in the game to distinguish real-Gryphon from fantasy-Gryphon ( ... )
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Notes: This is a funny one inspired by the fact that I have Alice have four cousins -- and they're all rugby players. XD Poor Victor, so intimidated. . . Incidentally, this is the first time I've ever had all of them on screen, or mentioned all four names. Lionel's the only one who's made any sort of appearance -- his name gets mentioned in a 25 Foods fic I wrote for the verse, #20: Mustard.
“And this is Jerome, Stephen, Terrence, and Lionel.”
“P-pleasure to meet you all,” Victor said, trying to disguise the terror in his voice. He’d known Alice had cousins, but he hadn’t expected them to be this big. All of them were just masses of muscle. Please don’t snap me like a twig for daring to court your cousin. . .
“Likewise,” Lionel said, looking rather nervous himself. Victor couldn’t understand why. What did Lionel have to be nervous about? “Um - you’re not going to mutate us if we upset you, right?”
Oh - yes. He’d forgotten his reputation as Secundus’s most dangerous savior.
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Notes: I was looking up coconuts yesterday (though for the life of me I can't remember why at the moment), and I was inspired to do a prompt on them. So here's Lewis pondering on adding something tropical to Wonderland Park.
Richard peered at the coconut in his friend’s hands. “You really want to grow it?”
“It would be nice,” Lewis said, shrugging. “Add a touch of the tropics to Wonderland Park. I could plant it on the shores of the Vale of Tears. And creating localized rainstorms for it is not a problem at all. The trouble is, how do I keep it sufficiently warm without drying out all the other plants around it?”
“Heaters?”
“Maybe. . . .” Lewis turned the coconut over. “We’ll see if I can figure it out. If not - well, you ever have coconut milk in your tea?”
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Notes: I noticed Doc wasn't getting many prompts in this table, so I decided to do a short focused on his initial move to Hill Valley. Guy had no idea that moving there would eventually lead him to so many adventures. . . Also, the ending line is a joke on Hill Valley's town motto.
Doc was starting to get heartily sick of sand.
Granted, he’d known his newly chosen residence was in the desert. But he hadn’t realized just how boring that would make the trip there. There wasn’t anything to look at outside - just miles and miles of endless sand. It was enough to drive a man mad.
Fortunate I’m already insane, then, he thought with a chuckle. Still, he was looking forward to his journey coming to an end. He glanced down at his map, and at the town’s name written on it. Hill Valley. Let’s hope it’s a nice place to live.
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Notes: Just a little shoutout to the sunglasses Marty wears at the very beginning of Part I. I thought it was funny, anyway. (Marty's ending line refers to England's reputation for cloudiness.)
“Hey, Victor, check out my new glasses.”
Victor looked up - then blinked in confusion. “Marty? Are you - wearing mirrors?”
“Sort of,” Marty said, grinning. “They’re glasses designed to protect your eyes from the sun. Guy down the street was selling them from a cart. Said they’re mirrored on the other side to provide a handy way to check your appearance. I thought they looked pretty cool, so I bought a pair.”
“Do they work?”
“They seem to. Sun’s not bothering me today.” Marty chuckled. “Granted, I know they’re probably not gonna be that useful here, but I still think they’re neat.”
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Notes: Wondering why a Christmas-themed drabble is in here? As of this writing, I'd just finished watching the TV adaptation of Hogfather. (Very good, BTW. Go watch it.) I decided children in Secundus might come up with some interesting ideas for Santa, and this resulted. The speakers are supposed to be (in order of first appearance): Lorina, Jules, Charlotte (Emily and Richard's adopted daughter, who is probably too old to believe in Santa but is humoring the younger kids), Marty, and Victor.
“So how can Father Christmas deliver all those presents all in one night?”
“Papa said that his sleigh might be a time machine, like our train. He can do multiple houses at the same moment like that.”
“I’ve always wondered how he handles hot places. He lives at the North Pole, right? Going anywhere tropical must make him feel faint ( ... )
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Notes: Dunno how I came up with the idea of "experiment gone wrong" for this, but I think it makes for an amusing drabble. After all, Lorina is a mad scientist -- the occasional accident is to be expected.
“What the - did something die in your room, Lorina?!”
“Chester! Thank God, I thought it was Dad for a minute. . .you’ve gotta help me get this cleaned up!”
“What the hell did you do?”
“I was messing with some skunkweed samples, and I was trying to deodorize them, but I grabbed the wrong thing, and - well. . . .”
“Oooh. Yeah, I think we’d better get these out of the house. Or the country, preferably.”
“What’s going - yikes! Were you trying to create a plant that makes knockout gas, Lorina?”
“Not intentionally! Though - that’s actually a good idea, Vincent. . . .”
“Less Inventing, more removing, sis!”
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