Ficlet Offering

[raegan_1]

ice_is_blue has been very kindly prompting me for... oh, ever? ^__^ But I've jumped my self-imposed, for-no-real-reason, word total from 1k a day to 2k. And today is already mostly a failure. Sometimes I only get a drabble, sometimes only a 500 word ficlet... sometimes an idea goes nowhere and I have to ask for something else.

So, I've been thinking, I'd give out a bit of a challenge. Leave a reply with one word, and I will do my best to write something on it. Don't leave a pairing or a fandom, though, because I tend to let the words do that for itself. Odd, yes, but it works out the best. You can leave a pairing, and I'll attempt it first, but it's less likely that I'll end up using it than using the word alone.

If I can get it to a point where I'm happy with it, as with the ficlets and drabbles I've been posting, then I'll share it. Other times, I leave the fics on the chopping blocks of my mind because I can't work around a spot, can't find the right words for an idea, etc. But I'll try. Leave one word, leave a list. ^__^ Not too long, though. Obscure is fine, as I don't mind looking them up, but what I come up with is very likely -not- what you were probably thinking.

That's all the warnings, what 'rule's' there are. ^__^

Comments

[ryosato.livejournal.com]

Periscope.

Of course I'd love taisuke, but y'know. XP

219 Words. Taisuke.

[raegan-1.livejournal.com]

Daisuke in a war museum is a mistake waiting to happen. That he respects the losses of the generations before and around him is not in doubt. It has simply never been in his nature to be hampered by the weight of history. He lives in a world of now, and the five minutes before and after the present moment. Most anything else is discarded, as unless Daisuke can do something about it, he doesn't concern himself with it.

When Taichi finally catches up to him in the bowels of a mostly-gutted submarine, he takes the look of awe on Daisuke's face to be aimed at the periscope which is set up to look out over the second floor of the museum. It takes him a moment to realize Daisuke's gaze is not on the periscope but the plaque of the wall behind it. It is a list of names of the servicemen who died when the submarine was sunk decades ago, and Taichi scans the plaque as well, knowing what he'll find long before he sees it.

Near the middle of the plaque, underneath the officers, are the symbols for "Motomiya." Taichi doesn't know what relative the man was to Daisuke, but the stunned look on Daisuke's face shifts into a rare expression of sadness, one that lingers.

Re: 219 Words. Taisuke.

[ryosato.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwuh! ;-; That was so sad!! But really cute, too... I dunno if I should squeal from Daisuke being so adorable, or be all wibbly from how sad it is... or like, be happy 'cause I'm sure Taichi will buy him ice cream or grope his butt or something to cheer him up. CONFUSION! *twitch* ...BUT YAY! XD;; Huzzah even! XD; You win! A cookie! *hands it over*