First prompt fic to be finished for the season. (I am currently pinging back and fourth between the others writing here and there. Ha... ^^;) This is for slr2moons, who requested Tarvek-centric fic, and who I think is in need of a good dose of fluff. :3 I wish I could have captured more the deliciously snarky relationship between Tarvek and Gil, but fluff...

Working Title: Sparky-Pile
Pairing: Tarvek/Agatha/Gil
Warnings: none
Words: 955

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Ugh. So my new computer may finally be giving up the ghost and dying on me, and after what it took just to keep it going for six months I am loath to sink any more money into the thing.

( grumbling about computers now... )

My writing is backed up, of course. I have priorities! My dad loaned me his external hard drive so most of my important stuff is actually backed up now. I can write on my old computer, but the old computer no longer does internet so posting is a bit of a problem. I think I'll have to write on the one computer then switch to the other to go online in 1- or 2-hour chunks. At least the writing is safe. (note to Tsuki-kun: you fic beta is saved in my writing folder, so that is safe as well. I will get that beta to you on time, and damn the computer problems!)

EDIT: After a little research, I am now making eyes at the Panasonic toughbooks. They are adorable and made to be dropped 6 feet! But they're $2,000-4,000. Yikes.

But in spite of everything, you still get fic! I'll probably separate this into two posts later. Oh, and this weekend I hope to start posting the first round of the prompt fics.

Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 9/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai
Warnings: Romance and some violence
Words: 7975
Teaser: While Max tries to sort out his own feelings, Kai's stress reaches a breaking point that makes things even more complicated.

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It's that time of year again! Now my selfish wordspam time called NaNoWriMo is over and I want to go forth and write happy giftfic for all!

This year I would like to try something a little different. Rather than sticking to 12 fics and trying to hit the right mix of fandoms/pairings in my infinite flailings, this year I would like to try asking for requests. Let me set out my idea of how this will work:

Timeline:
Any time this month (that's from Dec 1st to Dec 31st), you can comment to ask for fic for a beloved character or pairing or group or series. I will then do my very best to write something for each prompt. I would like to get everything written before the end of January and start the year off neatly. (Note: I can make no promises on length. You may only get a drabble. You may get 5,000 words. No way to tell until it's written.) Once I have your fic written I'll reply with a comment for short fic, or post it as a proper entry and comment with a link for longer fic.

Prompts: Senses
I thought it would be fun to have a theme. You're not limited to requesting one of the traditional five senses (+ 'sixth sense'), of course. Sense of balance, sense of self, sense of timing, naming sense, common sense, senseless. . . Anything you can come up with that you would like applied to your request!
Of course you can forgo the prompt aspect if you don't want to add one.

Limitations:

Right now I'll take two requests from each person. If I'm filling everything quickly I might take more later.

I can really only write fic for things that I know. Of course I'd be glad to write fic for a series I have never written before, but you might have to take a second and ask if I've at least heard of it first. I started trying to make a list here, but it's ended up being mostly my rarer and/or more beloved series. This list is by no means complete, and I'm still happy to write things not on the list.

I probably don't have to say this, but please don't ask me to continue completed fics or resurrect dead ones. (I promise I am still working on my big multi-part fic projects, so you don't have to waste your prompt asking for a new chapter.)

Because I am a petty person I reserve the right to not write anything with Julietta from Airmaster, Lau from Kuroshitsuji, or Ellie Bergen from Tremors. I will also likely ignore any Harry Potter requests. Other than that: if I know it, I'll try it.


I think that's everything. If anyone wants to edit this to fit their own writing style and spread a Month of Giving fic meme that would be shiny too.


ETA: And I guess if no one has any requests I'll do a couple of my old classics and work on original stuff. Oh, and I'm moving this entry to the top until the prompt period is over. Yay!

(In case anyone wants to see my crazy word curve for this month.) I even have half an hour left before work. A whole extra half an hour, whoot! Um... what shall I do with it?

*goes back and writes more*

( writing babbles )

Note: after work up goes the prompts post. OMG it's gonna be December! And that's okay.

In the last few days I have somehow clawed my way from "absolutely no way" to "way? but probably not."

Wordcount: Have now topped the majestic crest of 35,000 words. (A week ago I didn't even have 10K. I had a pretty bad month.)

Completed goals: Two chapters of Heat of a Frozen Infatuation, one chapter of Toriko fic (rough draft, but I'll take it), one original short story. This is the same one I was absolutely determined to finish this month (comes in at around 11,000 words), so yay! To Tsuki-kun: It's technically the one for you, but now it's done-ish I have first draft shyness so I don't know when you'll actually get to read it.

( cut because I babble about longer story ideas and it's probably boring to everyone but me )

I will probably talk about this more later because there was fantasy-science stuff I wanted to get into that I'm not even touching now because I am too sleepy and my head is hurty.

Mostly I just wanted to go "whoo! Finished short story yeah!" because I'm probably not finishing another project this month and I'm pretty dang happy to have that done.

EDIT: way too early Tuesday morning, and I am safely past 40,000 words.

So, I am not dead (really. Promise. Probably.), but I am seriously behind on my NaNo wordcount. I made the decision that I don't get to count any fic words until I am completely finished with the chapter/whatever, but this is not shooting me in the foot so much as work is leaving me too frustrated/exhausted to write at even my usual rate, let alone a working NaNo rate. >.< But if I start whining about work I will not stop for a good long while, so I shall not start.

I will say that having a mantle of "I FUCKING HATE THIS MACHINE AND I WISH IT WERE ON FIRE!" apparently keeps me sane enough to write afterward, but it is exhausting. It is also fairly conclusive evidence that I cannot set things on fire with my brain. Woe.

For those interested in fic: My plan was to finish a chapter of the Beyblade fic, a chapter of Detective Conan fic, and the Coco/Komatsu offering for my Toriko project. I have so far finished two chapters of Beyblade fic, one is even with my lovely beta, and a couple hundred words of the Toriko bit which I couldn't count even if I wanted to because they are still in my notebook.

If these are not the fic you're looking for: This year I am hoping to do something where people can request/prompt giftfic in December. Because every year I try to find a mix and it always feels like I hit a fandom no one cares about, or don't hit someone's new shiny obsession that we actually share and I should've wrote fic for. (Or if no one prompts I guess I'll write some old standbys and edit my NaNo short stories.)

I will not let the curse of the odd year get me again! One more day of work and then Thanksgiving weekend of writing and family and foods! Yes! *pose*

ETA: I just realized this is my first update in November. And now I just want to curl up in the corner because why am I not posting things? Why no fic postings? (Because it is with your beta. Duh, Star.)

For some reason I'll I've been writing for the past few days is Toriko fic. That's is not strange. But all I've been writing is Toriko fic for rather minor characters.

Actually, maybe that isn't strange either now I think about it.

So here is a ficlet for Acacia and Frohze. And maybe later some random stuff with Aimaru/Takimaru/Match will show up. Er... probably not as a threesome. Unless I write that later, anyway


Working Title: Clarity
Characters: Acacia and Frohze
Warnings: None, I think. Um. RK, is it okay?
Words: 588
Summary: The ingredient that brought an end to a world war first brought answers to the man who discovered it.

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*plots her Nanowrimo novel short story idea(s)*

*excitedly writes the prologue*

*remembers that she is 10 days early*

Um... oops. *headkeys*

I am considering this year just adding up all the fiction words I write and nevermind what project it's on (er... maybe I won't count fanfiction words? :P *hides*). But I want to focus on one thing at a time and maybe get something done for once. But maybe I'm just letting myself cheat because I've never won an odd year yet.

In any case... pre-Nano wordcount: 644.

Maybe I'll go after the story for a week or so and call it a warm-up exercise? In any case, I can't seem to write or sleep right now with the... WTF, is that an electronic version of the Flintstones theme or what? Whatever-it-is next door. I'm going to get some hot chocolate and curl up with a mystery or something.

(Oh hey, Tsuki-kun? Guess what I'm writing! It's the short story I originally thought up when you asked if I could write anything for you to make a manga out of! Even though I know you have two original manga projects and don't need it now. I'm still not sure how to write something to be manga-adapted, so I'm just writing it. I hope that's okay...)

EDIT: *immediately goes and writes ~300 words on a completely unrelated story* I... at least I'm getting somewhere? Sorta? I go sleep now.

Egad, I took so long writing this... >.< This is part 1 of 4, a little series I wanted to do with each of the four kings/Komatsu. XD With a bit of a twist? Each of them using their special powers in rather... naughty ways.

So many endless thanks to rice_kracker for not giving up on me while I took forever with this. I think I kind of have to post these in the order the kings appear, but I promise, I will make it to Zebra in the end!

Title: Chef's Special 1/4
Pairing: Toriko/Komatsu
Warnings: Not outright porn, but still, sexy-times fic!
Words: 3430
Summary: Love and cooking... tonight, Komatsu wants to let Toriko taste both.

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Current things... :P Failed to meet the midway goal for my bigbang fic. I need to get back on the epic-writing horse again! My Beyblade fic is looking at me so sadly, and the Toriko bunnies are trying to eat me, and AUGH what did I do with the last scene for that Tron fic, and... *fails forever*

As to what I'm up to right now, I've completely gotten sucked into the Detective Conan kink meme. ^^; Ah, well... I'm having fun writing different pairings now. Maybe someday I'll even get around to posting my offerings on my site as well? Haha...

EDIT: Looking between my more recent posts and my fic folder, I've suddenly realized just how many finished and over-half-finished fics I have knocking around waiting to be posted once again. I may have to do another 'theme of the week' posting purge. >.< OMG I think I could make "Toriko" a week-theme from what I have here. Why do I keep writing 75% of fics and getting distracted? Have I even posted anything since Zebra showed up? Ack!



Anyway, fanfic for the movie Summer Wars! I finally edited this, at least. If you haven't seen it yet, I will say I enjoyed it very much, though I kind of fail at explaining it. ^^; And I think Kazuma and King Kazuma are rather cooler than I manage to give them credit for here. Sorry.

Title: Summer Words
Pairing: Kazuma+Kenji pre-slash
Warnings: none
Words: 3260
Summary: Kenji's favorite season? The more he thinks about it, the more his mind drifts to a favorite person instead.
Notes: slr2moons wanted some Kazuma/Kenji cuteness, and somehow instead I wrote this crazy thing for her. But if you like it, you should go bug her to write some of her own ideas for these two! (Just kidding... ^^; She's got so many plotbunnies right now she'll be annoyed at me if you do.) I do confess that the thing with the kittens is utterly my own fault.

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Sorry I've been out of it for a while. My computer had to go in for repairs, but that was actually a while ago. It's back and fine now. (JIC I told someone it was gone and forgot to mention its return from the dead.)

I have been going a bit crazy lately, not the least because of my attempts at bigbang fic. :P I have so many plot bunnies nipping at me it's not even funny anymore. >.< I'm not sure if once I finish (or fail) the fic I'm working on I'll go and write chapters and chapters and chapters of Heiji/Shin and Beyblade and Toriko fic, or just completely run dead on words....

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Well, my laptop just tried once again to die on me.

I think I've managed to fix it, but it did require physically taking the computer apart. I'm pretty sure its super-portable days are over. I don't dare take the plug out again (like, ever).

This isn't the main reason for me being MIA lately (I blame writer's block and being so sick I was sleeping 12 hours a day for a while there), but since my old comp doesn't do internet, if the laptop decides to die permanent-like it could make things even more quiet here... (My writing is backed up. First thing I did once I got my comp to start up properly.)

Mostly I'm just pissed off because that was exactly what broke on my old computer (though at least that I was able to fix with rubber bands). Apparently if I want to buy a laptop again I need the bit where the cord plugs into the computer be reenforced or something. >.< Stupid thing.

For now I have quite a bit to catch up on so hopefully I'll see everyone around!

Just watched Alien vs. Predator. Um... Perhaps unfortunately, I had a much easier time than usual keeping characters straight. (Then again, I could navigate by accents.) And then they all died, because... what did you expect? And I am kind of out of words right now. (Anyone have fic recommendations?)


Believe it or not, this is only about half of what I originally planned for chapter 8. *keels* I ended up having to split things into two parts. I've also been working on outlining later events. I had about half of this fic planned out when I started, but hopefully now that I have a better idea of where I'm going I won't stall out in the middle.

Bitbeast notes: I'm worried this is confusing, but in my head the beyblade is probably an "it" while the bitbeast would be "s/he". Since they have the same name I've been trying to be clear when the bitbeast is out or not. I hope that helps a little. (If I was smarter I would have varied the capitalization or something, but it's a little late now.)

And because I am bad at judging how obscure my vocabulary is at times: A 'stoop' is the high-speed dive and strike that many birds of prey use when hunting.

Thank you as always to slr2moons for a thorough beta! Thank you also to RK for helping me get my squirrely ideas into place! :D You guys are the best. *sends hugs*


Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 8/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai
Warnings: Romance and some violence
Words: 6050
Teaser: A challenger appears! Max gets a surprise, and Kai is in no mood to take kindly to Max's new friend.

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I'm baaaack! With promised fic, thankfully. ^_^V So many thanks as always to slr2moons for performing a lovely beta on this once again, and to RK for being my patient sounding board as I work out ideas. Thank you guys so much! You guys are the absolute best!

I should note that here we do have some spoilers for the events of V-force, up to the end of Battle Tower.

Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 7/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai
Warnings: Romance and some violence, spoilers to season 2 episode 27.
Words: 5130
Teaser: Max makes a very important realization while Kai is distracted by old wounds.

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Finally, chapter 6 is cleaned and ready for sharing! So many thanks to slr2moons for her patience helping me with this and her quick beta! (The lateness of this chapter is 0% her fault.) I have no idea how it ended up this much longer than my other chapters. Please just take it as a gift of extra words...


Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 6/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai (preslash)
Warnings: None yet. Slash and violence in later chapters.
Words: 5750
Teaser: It's an ordinary enough evening, except Max keeps looking to Kai for company and Kai is being reminded of things he would rather not remember.

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Okay, I've dropped the ball once again the past few weeks. I've just started a new job, and RL got a little crazy for a while there. Now my stress level is way down from where it's been the past few months, so I think I can get this back on an even keel.

For those who haven't heard, it seems Tokyopop will be closing its manga division at the end of May. So grab any of their manga series you absolutely want while you still can!

I am still working on the Beyblade fic. Honestly I could have posted chapter 6 last week, it just would have been terrible. Please be patient as I work to deliver a well-written chapter. I promise the fic is not on hiatus.

And a final news item: slr2moons pointed me at het_bigbang (she's signing up as an artist, yay!). It's only 25K, so I'm actually considering it... Mostly because it's supposedly any series and I think most Big Bangs are series-specific (if this isn't true, someone point me to more of these!), so I can go write a series that I actually want to write. I have budding epic ideas for:
1) Slayers: Zel/Lina
2) Princess Tutu: Fakir/Ahiru
3) Sonic: Knuckles/Amy (As a distant runner-up. I really want to write the first two.)

... and I have a (hopefully) shiny 4-part Toriko fic I keep working on, too. >.< So many bunnies! *attempts to juggle them*

Things they never tell you getting into the sciences: Some days your most sophisticated tools are a hammer and a pen. (Today I was doing sample prep. Yay.)

Gah! I'm so tired I almost forgot to say a proper thank you to my beta. Thank you to slr2moons, for ferreting out my awkwardness. *sends hugs*


Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 5/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai (preslash)
Warnings: None yet. Violence in later chapters.
Words: 4044
Teaser: Downtime means some good-natured teasing, but when emotions run high Kai lands himself in a position he never expected.

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And chapter 4 is finally postable! Many, many thanks to RK, for letting me bounce ideas off of her, and slr2moons, for her absolutely amazing beta! I don't know what I would have done without you guys! *glomps and hugs forever*

Spring is fun here. Today we have flowers blooming in our surprise!snow. And I just took the extra blanket off my bed. So now I'm cold. (Someday I will learn... someday...)

Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 4/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai (preslash)
Warnings: None yet. Slash and violence in later chapters.
Words: 5300
Teaser: Boredom is making Max difficult to handle, and that's least of the stresses Kai has to deal with.

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Another part down! I had to rewrite a big chunk of this and chapter 4 (which I'm still working on) so I hope everyone will enjoy it. So many thanks to RK for being my sounding board and slr2moons for even finding the time for a quick beta! Thank you so much for your help! Without you guys I'd still have a dithering mess of a chapter.


Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 3/? (Read previous parts here)
Pairing: Max+Kai (preslash)
Warnings: None yet. Slash and violence in later chapters.
Words: 4540
Teaser: It's time for the Bladebreakers versus the Lightning Fangs! The match has Max charged with energy and excitement, while Kai just wants to be left alone.

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It's about time I got back on fic again, isn't it? The first half of the story I have planned is mostly written and should be about 15-17 chapters. (The second half... er... might take 1 chapter or another 15 at this point. We'll see.)

For those wondering about setting/timing of this fic: This is a tangential AU after episode 27 of season 2 (so if the Bladebreakers took a month off after their fight in Battle Tower). This will eventually have some spoilers up to that point. However, this first half is also more focused on the end of the first season, so a lot of season 2 characters are on the sidelines until I get to the second half.
(For those who are curious, the cake mentioned in this chapter is supposed to be medovnik, also called Russian Honey Cake.)

Read part 1 here

Title: Heat of a Frozen Infatuation 2/?
Pairing: Max+Kai (preslash)
Warnings: None yet. Slash and violence in later chapters.
Words: 4120
Teaser: An upcoming match only serves to drive Kai to frustration, and no matter what he does he can't get Max off his mind.

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