to and fro

[fahye]

This is the coolest writing meme I've seen in ages. Borrowed from daegaer:

Give me one of my own stories, and a timestamp sometime in the future after the end of the story, or sometime in the past before the story started, and I'll write you at least a hundred words of what happened then, whether it's five minutes before the story started or ten years in the future.

The good thing about it is that I'm not forced to come up with entirely new scenarios, just slip myself into an already-created universe and extrapolate in one direction. Sounds fun!

Everything's at mercurial_wit, though if you are really mad keen on a drabble I wrote in your LJ years ago...then by all means ask me for that :D

ETA: I'm going to work for a few hours, but all requests will be filled when I get home. That's a promise!

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[tarheel.livejournal.com]

How about pre-"benevolent sibling"? Cylons setting up and testing their cameras.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

“Ms Biers?”

“This is all fascinating.” D’Anna flipped her hair over one shoulder and wished the damn kid would disappear, because she needed to plant this camera at floor level and he was just so attentive.

“Um, if you don’t mind, ma’am, we should probably keep this are clear –”

“Whoops!” D'Anna said rather desperately, making sure that her shirt gaped even more than usual as she tripped forwards. The boy flushed and looked away, and she took the opportunity to fix the tiny camera to the line where floor met wall. “There must be – ah – a patch of grease here.”

“I’ll let someone know,” Billy said, still polite, holding out a hand to help her up.

~

“Heeey, another one’s online.” Sharon fiddled with the remote, programming in the new channel, and looked around. “Where is everyone? Where’s Six?”

“Communing with God,” Leoben said distantly. “Was that Starbuck?”

“No. You can’t say that every time a blonde walks past a camera. Where’s Simon, then?”

“Attempting to convince Six that communing with God doesn’t have to involve nudity. Was that Starbuck?”