Royce's Random Thoughts

Gacked from seawasp

1. Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4. (I don't tag, but if you feel so inclined, post!)

( Two WiP below the cut text )

For the record, I blame aldersprig (who does these things better than I do, anyway).

[Poll #1771274]

Meme cheerily ripped off from aldersprig who took it from a couple of other people.

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach. -- Alfred Hitchcock, 1899 - 1980

If I wrote fic/drew art/vidded/folded origami/etc today, the readers/viewers would immediately be looking for... what?

For dan_ad_nauseam's prompt of "The Doctor in Glassforge."

Romana took in a long breath. "Well, this is certainly... fragrant."

"Draft animals generally do provide atmosphere," the Doctor said, as they strolled along the busy, brick paved street. "Though as such places go it's remarkably clean."

"Clean? This?"

"Comparatively speaking, yes. Someone cleans up after them you see. Someone cares. It fits, and yet it doesn't."

"What do you mean?"

"Well you saw the TARDIS's sensor readings. This planet is littered with creatures that feed exclusively on electron and proton particles, disassembling atoms to increase itself. By all rights this world should be a barren wasteland, devoid of life." He waved his arm, taking in the tall brick buildings. "Yet they're surviving, thriving, even though there's no defense against such creatures."

"So how are they?"

The Doctor grinned. "Let's find out, shall we?"

For avanti_90 's prompt of "A post-Cryoburn drabble from a character other than the five who got drabbles in the book."

( Spoiler cut for the two people who haven't read it. )

One slot left!

1. aberranteyes: A minor AMoS character is actually an IN celestial.
2. ankewehner: I'd be interested in something about the dragon states, or the dragons.
3. scarfman: A Doctor Who/Girl Genius crossover.
4. chewipaka: Finding a babysitter in a post-apocalyptic world.
5. akaihyo: A swordfight between two rivals in an exotic locale.
6. seawasp: Daleks. Because everything's better with Daleks.
drakemagi: Novalis surprising Dominic with a redemption candidate who is ASKING for Judgement.
8. The Doctor wakes from a pleasant dream about any former companion.
9. sraun: The jaegers discover GURPS.
10. Mark Vorkosigan hires Agatha Heterodyne to build a special piece of equipment.
11. lilfluff: One of Tez's great-great-grandchildren seeks him out.
12. avanti_90: Aral Vorkosigan meets River Song. (EPIC FAIL)
13. drakemagi: Airwolf meets Dr. Who! Specifically, Dominic meets the Doctor.
14. mmegaera: Pym's point of view on Miles Vorkosigan's courtship of Ekaterin.
15. mjkj: Something concerning the Red Vixen
16. The Ferin manning a space-ship to seek out a planet for them
17. A continuation of the Dragon's companion
18. The Terinu crew ending up in another alt.universe
19. A continuation with Nan and Nez at the First One's sanctuary.
20. avanti_90: Daleks invading Barrayar.
21. allah_sulu: Something in the Yamatoverse.
22. chaypeta: Skyler's first flying lesson.
23. avanti_90: Starting a war for a very stupid reason.
24. chaypeta: An aurora borealis display has an unexpected effect on one of Tez's schemes."
25. Mark Vorkosaigan plans the perfect birthday surprise for Kareen and is having a hard time trying to hide it from her.
26. Nan runs into conflict on a trip to a human dominated world when she tries to do something nice for Terinu without his knowledge.
27. avanti_90: A post-Cryoburn drabble from a character other than the five who got drabbles in the book.
28. chewipaki: Terinu and Miles Vorkosigan.
29. dan_ad_nauseam: The Doctor in Glassforge
30.

For chaypeta 's prompt of "An aurora borealis display has an unexpected effect on one of Tez's schemes. "

"Tez, I'm going to kill you," Maria said frostily, through clenched teeth.

"Stay quiet and make like you're a religious figure. Do you want them to gut you?" Beside him, Maria smiled beatifically, the wide arms of her heavy white robe hanging like golden wings as the waves of light from the aurora reflected off them.

"I thought we were going to negotiate a trade agreement with them?"

"That was before that blasted aurora started up and they decided we were the cause. Now do you want to be an avatar or a sacrifice?" Tez stepped back as one of the black and white figures tried to poke at him with a bayonet.

"I'll go with avatar," she growled. "One of these days you're going to tell me why you started selling rifles to penguins though."

Tom woke up hideously early and Daddy is suffering from an unexpected bout of allergies brought on by the recent wet weather I think. I managed to get home and make a run to the bank, hardware and grocery stories and not I'm in Wet Dishrag mode.

Still have four slots to fill folks.

1. aberranteyes: A minor AMoS character is actually an IN celestial.
2. ankewehner: I'd be interested in something about the dragon states, or the dragons.
3. scarfman: A Doctor Who/Girl Genius crossover.
4. chewipaka: Finding a babysitter in a post-apocalyptic world.
5. akaihyo: A swordfight between two rivals in an exotic locale.
6. seawasp: Daleks. Because everything's better with Daleks.
drakemagi: Novalis surprising Dominic with a redemption candidate who is ASKING for Judgement.
8. The Doctor wakes from a pleasant dream about any former companion.
9. sraun: The jaegers discover GURPS.
10. Mark Vorkosigan hires Agatha Heterodyne to build a special piece of equipment.
11. lilfluff: One of Tez's great-great-grandchildren seeks him out.
12. avanti_90: Aral Vorkosigan meets River Song. (EPIC FAIL)
13. drakemagi: Airwolf meets Dr. Who! Specifically, Dominic meets the Doctor.
14. mmegaera: Pym's point of view on Miles Vorkosigan's courtship of Ekaterin.
15. mjkj: Something concerning the Red Vixen
16. The Ferin manning a space-ship to seek out a planet for them
17. A continuation of the Dragon's companion
18. The Terinu crew ending up in another alt.universe
19. A continuation with Nan and Nez at the First One's sanctuary.
20. avanti_90: Daleks invading Barrayar.
21. allah_sulu: Something in the Yamatoverse.
22. chaypeta: Skyler's first flying lesson.
23. avanti_90: Starting a war for a very stupid reason.
24. chaypeta: An aurora borealis display has an unexpected effect on one of Tez's schemes."
25. Mark Vorkosaigan plans the perfect birthday surprise for Kareen and is having a hard time trying to hide it from her.
26. Nan runs into conflict on a trip to a human dominated world when she tries to do something nice for Terinu without his knowledge.
27.
28.
29.
30.

For avanti_90 's prompt of "Daleks invading Barrayar"

"Commander Vorkosigan, what is your situation?" Gregor demanded.

"The Dalek vessels have completed crossing the new wormhole, or whatever that thing that opened up is," Aral Alexander reported across the increasingly fuzzy comm link. "The Prince Serg, Prince Xav and the Admiral Vorkosigan have all been destroyed. I'm the highest ranking officer left in the fleet, save yourself, sire."

"Can we contain them?" Gregor asked.

Aral shook his head. "Our gravitic lances cut through their shields easily enough, but there are so many of them. We can't contain them here, even if we send through the Komaar fleet, and they'll be across the system and through the Komaar wormhole in less than three hours. Sire, you must take a shuttle to your evacuation ship and get through the wormhole now."

"That is not possible. I cannot risk delaying activation of the Wormhole Disruptor. Send the courier through and tell them to go forward with the plan. We have to stop them here, before they burst through and into the Nexus. That is a direct order, Commander..." Gregor's view of Aral Alexander was disrupted as the screen turned to static and then re-ordered itself, revealing the upper torso and eyestalk of one of the strange Dalek war machines.

"THIS IS THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE DALEK CLEANSING FLEET!" the black hulled machine announced. "YOU WILL CEASE YOUR POINTLESS RESISTANCE AND PREPARE TO BE EXTERMINATED!"

"This is Emperor Gregor Vorbarra of the Barrayaran Empire," Gregor said to it coolly. "We Barrayarans have been invaded by a better class of conqueror than you. You will have not have an easy victory handed to you." He turned, to his comm officer. "Pour everything you have into a signal to the wormhole courier. Tell them to activate the Disruptor."

"Aye, sire," the comm officer replied. He turned to his display screen. "Sire, a new signal is coming through!"

A new image appeared on the war room's main screen, wiping out the image of the Supreme Commander. It was the interior of what appeared to be a large CinC room aboard a starship. A Cetagandan, his face painted in the colors of the Cetagandan Emperor, stood beside Count Auditor Miles, who leaned forward on his cane, a familiar grin on his face. Standing a step behind them was a very odd looking civilian, tall and gangly, dressed in a tweed suit and casual running shoes.

"Ghem Admiral Benin to Emperor Gregor Vorbarra. On behalf of his most Supreme Majesty, the Emperor Fletcher Giaja, I bring the forces of Cetagandan, to help in your defense of what we now realize is a mutual threat," the Cetagandan announced.

"Accepted," Gregor said immediately, tabling the massive political/military problem of Cetagandans in Barrayaran space for the moment. "Count Auditor, I'll be requesting an explanation later, on the assumption we all survive."