Quick fic stuff

[estirose]

I have some stuff I want to post up to DW (and I need to post a new fic part for a Drive fic I've got on AO3, but that'll have to wait. In the meantime, here are two things for your reading pleasure:

"Delicate Appendages" was my 2009 NaNoWriMo fic, and it's now on AO3 under "Original Work". It's about halfway posted, but the story itself is complete. I did submit it a few years ago to Amazon's aspiring author contest, but I'm glad it didn't get far past the first stage, because it was inspired by a line in the novelization of the first episode of "War of the Worlds" (TV). It makes reference to the War of the Worlds invasion, which turned out much different (the warlike aliens died out really fast, and not due to the reason in the series/movies/radio play).

Here are the warnings I put on the fic: "Description of a near-rape in the first part; discussion of sex and sexual organs, human and not. Some of the characters speak horrendously bad English, and Erin is nowhere as clued about some parts of human sexuality and gender identity as she thinks." It's locked on the archive, though rated Teen/Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings.

The second fic, "It Is Impossible" is a Kamen Rider Ghost fic posted on fan_flashworks (and by comm rules, exclusive there for the next few days). Basically, a look at what would have happened if Akari had a hold of the Eyecon when the bad guys came calling, and ended up in Takeru's position. I love female-character-becomes-Rider fics because the writers are so bad at having main female Riders in their series.

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[estirose]

Yes, she'll write her paper as well as work on trying to be Ghost. She's trying hard, despite her unbelief.

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Onari was going to drive her crazy, for sure.

Akari had given in and moved to the secret room - which wasn't all that secret, thank you very much. Nor was it uninhabited, since the old man from the waterfall and the small thing with the bedsheet - okay, Yurusen, she supposed she should call the being by a name - liked to hang about and annoy her. Especially when she was making notes on her new abilities and trying to get good answers out of them. If somebody needed to replicate her experiments, they needed as much information as possible.

But she didn't need to sleep, so it wasn't the end of the world to just stay there and read. Her belongings were boxed up in one corner of the room, except for the furniture, which was arrayed about.

It was when Onari was up that was most annoying. Sure, she'd spar with Takeru all that Takeru wanted, and Takeru was a lot better at deciphering the old man than she was. But Onari was always nagging her about finding Eyecons, which wasn't easy. She and Takeru had managed to form an Eyecon out of his hand guard, and there was the Eyecon formed out of that light bulb, but Akari still wasn't sure how to get the rest of them.

Her day started as early as Onari got up. She was expected to come to breakfast even if she couldn't eat, just so that they could discuss what was going on that day. Mostly training, unless Onari's sign drew in someone that had a connection to something that could make an Eyecon. Which there hadn't been any yet.

Somehow, hiding in ghost form was better than having to deal with Onari. She really didn't want to strangle the monk, since Takeru liked him and she didn't want to hurt Takeru.

Of course, Takeru sadfaced whenever she disappeared on him, and he was awfully fond of picking up one of the new Eyecons so he could see her as a ghost. She dreaded the day where Onari figured out he could use them too.

Shaking her head, she glared at her paper. What more could she do?

[reka]

I hope Takeru points out that, even as a ghost, she needs to watch her mental health and not keep avoiding people. Onari can be annoying, but at least the sign might help her stay involved in the outside world.

[estirose]

He does, and she realizes that. (And Takeru sadfacing at her doesn't hurt.) The good news is that she's starting to pick up Eyecons... and realizing what that means for her future. (Which includes moving back out of the temple once everything's done.)

[reka]

Yeah. With so little canon so far, it's difficult to figure out where a canon AU would go. I'm glad that finding more eyecons would help. There are a few other scientific-minded great people to find I think, which I'm sure she'll enjoy.