subject: (fic) Oath Breaker II: Dawn and Twilight |
Oath Breaker II: Dawn and Twilight by KC
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Harry, Draco and all the rest; they'd do a lot more stuff than they do in the books and it'd all be rated R through X. Alas, however, I do not. Other info: Draco-centric. Sequel to Oath Breaker. Harry/Draco, Lucius/Narcissa/Severus Summary: Harry learns to live with the Malfoys. The Malfoys learn to live with Harry. The rest of the world learns to deal. Other Info: As usual, very raw, to be proofed later Also: This one starts a bit...abruptly. Just go with it. Addendum: To my gentle reviewer who was afraid that her previous review had offended me...not in the slightest. To the contrary, it was a needed reminder that stories are important and that I have a responsibility to continue writing. Because as much as I write for me, I'm writing to share them as well.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13
( Part 14 )
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So Mordred...
1. exposed the fact that Lancelot and Guinevere were in an adulterous affair 2. was the result of one night of accidental incest between Arthur and Morgause 3. took the throne abandoned by his father (who took the whole damn army and left Camelot defenseless) 4. killed a couple knights a little less honorably than Lancelot did (when cutting men down to get to Guinevere on the stake) 5. held peace talks that broke down when someone freaked out over a snake 6. killed Arthur.
Poor guy gets a bum rap in history. With a tiny bit POV shift, he can be the tragic hero of the story. *Especially* if Arthur's shown as complicit in Merlin's vile acts, like the slaughter of kids to try to kill Mordred and the rape of Igraine.
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subject: "stories that are scary/surprising if you understand their meaning" |
All answers under the cut with the number of the post.
1. When I was a kid, I had a friend who I'd always walk home with, and on the way home we'd always talk. "Hey, we've got finals next week, right? You wanna come study with me?" "Nah, tomorrow's the release date for Final Fantasy 1, so I'm gonna skip school and buy it." "Dude, you do nothing but play video games all night, and you sleep in class, and you still always get As. How does that work?" "Actually, I can see the future. I know what'll be on the tests so I can tell the answers." "Wow, that's amazing! You should go bet on horses and make like a million bucks!" "Dude, calm down. It's a joke."
Sure enough, the next day he skipped class, and he still got straight As on his finals next week. Looking back, I should've known.
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2. My wife was attacked by a burglar when I was on my way home from work. She fought him off with a butcher knife, though. When I went to pick her up from the police station, she said, "When I heard the buzzer I thought it was you, but then there was somebody else he jumped me as soon as I opened the door!" "You must've been so scared," I said, and I held her tightly.
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3. My kid's weird. He's got this habit of pointing at faces sometimes, like in a picture or on TV. It was only a little while ago that I learned whenever he points at somebody like that, they're gonna die within three days. Like today, when I went to turn on the TV, my son was pointing on the screen. When I turned it on there was a US senator, talking about a civil rights bill. Hmm, so he's gonna die too huh?
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4. Two of my friends and I, we'll call 'em A and B, went ghost hunting in this old house where there'd been a murder one late one night. "Hey, I heard the killer really butchered these guys. I bet their ghosts must be really pissed off." "Yeah, it was a massacre. He stabbed the husband's eyes out, and then killed the mother with a big knife, and then he strangled the kids." "But A, didn't you say you weren't scared off ghosts?" I said as we wandered around the house with just a single flashlight. We went through the kitchen, and down to the room where the murders occured. I could've sworn I could still see blood on the walls. The place was creepy, but we didn't see anything weird. On the way out, I turned to A. "Hey, I didn't see anything spooky, did you?" "Not me." "I didn't either." "I didn't see a thing." So there was nothing, then. Kinda lame, but a part of me feels relieved.
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5. My sister's an art teacher, and she rented a two bedroom cheap apartment to use as a studio. She never lived there, she just used it as a place to paint. Since I was hard up for a place to stay, she was nice and gave me one of the rooms. So I moved my stuff in in the morning, and then went off to work. I came home excited, ready to enjoy my new place. My sister had told me to be really careful with the locks, so I locked the door with the deadbolt and chain. I made myself some instant ramen with the water heater in the kitchen, and then read some comics until it was time for bed. I checked the door and the gas, and went to sleep.
Around 2 or 3 in the morning, I heard the deadbolt unlock from teh front door. My sister had come to paint. I heard her go to the bedroom next to mine, the one she used as a studio. I'd been in there earlier, it was empty except for some canvas and paints. I was tired and I had work again the next morning, so I stayed in bed. I could hear her mumbling and laughing to herself. "Man, artists are weird people," I said to myself as I fell asleep again.
When I woke up in the morning, my sister was gone and I was alone in the apartment. I got up and got ready, and then went out the front door. It was only when I turned around to lock it that I realized, and I was suddenly terrified.
I never went back into the apartment after that.
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6. I hate being in crowds when it's hot. Fucking hate it. I'm exhausted from work, and then I have to ride the damn rush hour train home. I stagger back to my apartment building, and I go inside and wait for the elevator. There's another goddamn crowd here. An old woman and her husband, two kids in elementary school, a college student, a businessman in a suit, and a mom with a kid on her back and another holding her hand. We all get inside, and just as the doors are about to close this cute girl in a white dress slips past them. The weight buzzer goes off. Well, that makes sense. This thing's got a limit of 9 adults. She looks embarrassed and tries to get off, but I smile and step out of the elevator. As the doors close she's smiling back at me. Very cute. I honestly just didn't want to be stuck on a full elevator, but still, totally worth it. I take the next elevator up and go back to my place. The TV's on, and the news is talking about some chick that's gone missing.
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7. An old man says to me, "Wanna play a game? Here's the rules. I've got a bunch of boxes, and inside one of them is the prize money. The boxes are big and strong, too heavy to ever open with your hands, but there are axes and welding torches and all kinds of things around them, and you can take as much time as you want. When you find the money it's yours." Well, I don't see any way I can lose then. Worst case, I spend a night opening boxes. "By the way, there are a ton of boxes, but if you give me 50$ I'll start you right next to the prize money." Even better! I take out my wallet and give the old guy 50$.
The game starts. The prize money is right in front of my eyes.
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8. I have never believed in the paranormal. Ghosts, demons, aliens? It all seemed so stupid and fake to me. One of my friends is all superstitious about this shit and tries to convince me that this stuff is real and i should go look for a ghost or something on my own.
So whatever, I told him why the fuck not - just so i could prove him wrong and make him shut up. He told me there was an abandoned house a few blocks away from here that was alleged to be the home of a murdered woman years ago.
That night, I grabbed a tape recorder and flashlight and set off to explore the house and see if i could commune with a 'ghost'. I climbed through a window on the side of the house, crawled in and turned my light on.
The house was really desolate and empty. Definitely abandoned. The only thing in the house was police tape covering the entrance of the staircase. The room at the top must of been where the scene of the murder took place. I tear it off and walk up the stairs into the room.
Dead silence. This seems the best place to communicate with a ghost, i thought to myself, so i began recording with the recorder.
"Hello? If there is a ghost in here, show me a sign and make a sound." I stood there for about 10 seconds waiting for something.
Nothing.
I stop the recording and wait a moment. I press play.
"Hello? If there is a ghost in here, show me a sign and make a sound."
Silence.
My heart sinks. I run out as fast as I can and dont look back. I had never been so afraid in my life.
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9. There's a road I take on my way home from work that goes by a big abandoned apartment building that they're going to tear down. A lot of people commit suicide by jumping off of it, and a bunch of my co-workers say they've seen ghosts. There's no light around, and it's pretty creepy at night. One night I was stuck late at work, and I didn't get off until about eleven. I was walking home past that apartment when I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I looked up, and I could see a silhoutte on the building. "!?" I thought my heart was going to stop. It was definitely a person. Is it a ghost... I said to myself? And then they jumped off. I heard the horrible sound of a body hitting concrete, and I saw a woman laying on the ground. I called 911 and ran over there. She was covered in blood and her arms were bent in weird ways. She wasn't a ghost, but it was still pretty scary. I could see a bunch of people looking down at me from above, they must've heard the crash. The ambulance came and took her away, and I went home, but that night I was too freaked out to sleep. I called the hospital the next day, and they said she was badly hurt but survived. I'm so glad... it would've been horrible if she'd died.
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10. My neighbors think I am a nosey old woman, but today I witnessed a murder. I was looking out my window when I saw something through the window of the apartment building opposite mine. A man was in the middle of murdering a woman. The strange thing was, after he finished strangling her, he turned around and our eyes met. It was eerie. Then he pointed at me and kept staring at me for a minute of two. All the time he was staring at me, his finger kept moving. I called the police a few minutes ago and they told me I will have to go down to the police station and give a statement tomorrow morning. I’m sure they will catch him. I saw his face very clearly.
*~*~*~* Best to try to figure them out before looking below. The answers aren't spaced out, just posted one after the other.*~*~*~*
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subject: reposting this because I would desperately like to read this |
Onmyoji-Related Work
I thought I'd let you know that there are apparently projects in the works to get some Onmyodo-related fiction translated into English and actually published. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about the Onmyoji novels by Yumemakura Baku-sama. However, I AM talking about the twelve-volume series called "Teito Monogatari" by Aramata Hiroshi.
Aramata wrote these novels in the 80s when he worked for the Heibonsha Encyclopedia. He was very interested in Japanese esotericism (especially esoteric Buddhism and Onmyodo) and wrote these novels as a sort of primer to teach the Japanese people about their own esoteric customs and heritage.
And yes. It is 100% Aramata's fault that Yumemakura Baku got the idea to write his wonderful Onmyoji series. Aramata is credited for starting the "Seimei boom" that is still arguably going on in Japan at present.
I know that the novels do mention Abe no Seimei, but they take place during the Taisho period (pre-World War II), so Seimei himself is not an actual character in them.
If you are interested in supporting this translation project, it seems like they have a facebook page that you can "Like." It can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Translate-TEITO-MONOGATARI-into-English/122760147810664
Based on the comments, it looks like they want to prove to a publisher that 1,000 people would be interested in buying Teito Monogatari if it were translated. Unfortunately, only 61 people "Like" it so far. I thought that since this was a community specific to Onmyoji, it was worth posting about here. My apologies if I was incorrect and this doesn't belong here.
Either way, if we can prove there is enough interest and Teito Monogatari DOES get translated in English and sells well, then perhaps it would be easy to convince the same publisher to translate Yumemakura-sama's Onmyoji novels.
Thanks for hearing me out. Again, my apologies if this post does not belong here. I do not mean to spam the board.
-- C42
P.S. -- If you're interested in helping get Teito Monogatari translated, feel free to spread the word and get more people to Like the page. :-) |
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subject: Dammit, brain... |
Okay, so I have the epic memory of forgetfulness. All my students know this, my gf knows this, my mom has suffered with it for years, etc. We all know--KC can't remember shit.
(I may or may not hype this up a little in real life to make life easier on me, but shh. The basic foundation is there. KC can't remember shit.)
So today I'm nomming my 3 a.m. snack (yay Atkins diet, 'cause there was a reason I was pushing size 16 a few months ago) and I suddenly realize -- Oh crap! I've got Health Benefits Renewal coming up and I totally haven't done anything about that. Been swamped under grades and paperwork and grades and inclusion paperwork and grades and assignments and omg grades due on Monday? wtf!
Off I go running to the internet, getting to the school site, logging in, waiting for it to load...
"The Benefits Renewal window opens today and closes in June. Please look over your packet and select the option that best suits you."
...well.
Thank you, brain, for the reminder. I really wish we could do this without the mind-biting panic that usually follows my remembering. Honestly, this is where a large bulk of my paranoia comes from. I have that terrible feeling that I've forgotten something and dear lord, bureaucracy will come to bite you in the ass harder than a serial killer. Sometimes I wish I could just perform some kind of heroic feat instead of deal with paperwork.
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1/2 Prince Manga It is the year 2100A.D., humans have developed a virtual reality game. Feng Lan, due to a bet with her twin brother, vows to beat the game without using her "female benefits." Due to this, she becomes the first female to play as a male character in "Second Life." As her infamy rises as a blood thirsty warrior, can she keep her identity a secret from her real life acquaintances whom she has beaten up?
I super recommend this manga. Manwa? It's Taiwanese, and I'm at volume 45 so far.
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On SecondLife, every week the group October Undead has a party in the Village of the Damned. I always dress up for the theme, and today I won top prize. :)
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*gasps*
I am sorry for the massive fic dump, but I was updating that fic on ff.net, and then I got to chapter 10 where there isn't just a sex scene, but a vital for characterization sex scene, and the one after that, and...I wanted them to be able to get the scene somewhere, but that meant it had to be posted here, but that meant I had to post what I had so far and...
yeah.
Anyway, this is one of the reasons why my other fics are taking a tiny bit longer than usual. (Though by no means the only or even the biggest reason.) I have this one and another one being updated to boot.
*posts on ff.net and then collapses under a pile of rocks*
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At the Court of Emperor Peony by KC
Summary: When Luke fon Fabre returned from their last fight, he was disoriented and unstable. Under Peony's command, Jade works a minor miracle just before the emperor makes a high demand from Kimlasca. (Tales of the Abyss) Disclaimer: I don't even know who the heck does the Tales games. Not me. Pairings: as of now - Peony/Jade, Peony/Asch/Luke
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, 7, Part 8, Part 9
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At the Court of Emperor Peony by KC
Summary: When Luke fon Fabre returned from their last fight, he was disoriented and unstable. Under Peony's command, Jade works a minor miracle just before the emperor makes a high demand from Kimlasca. (Tales of the Abyss) Disclaimer: I don't even know who the heck does the Tales games. Not me. Pairings: as of now - Peony/Jade, Peony/Asch/Luke
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, 7, Part 8
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At the Court of Emperor Peony by KC
Summary: When Luke fon Fabre returned from their last fight, he was disoriented and unstable. Under Peony's command, Jade works a minor miracle just before the emperor makes a high demand from Kimlasca. (Tales of the Abyss) Disclaimer: I don't even know who the heck does the Tales games. Not me.
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subject: (fic) ToA - At the Court of Emperor Peony |
At the Court of Emperor Peony by KC
Summary: When Luke fon Fabre returned from their last fight, he was disoriented and unstable. Under Peony's command, Jade works a minor miracle just before the emperor makes a high demand from Kimlasca. (Tales of the Abyss) Disclaimer: I don't even know who the heck does the Tales games. Not me. Pairings: as of now - Peony/Jade, Peony/Asch/Luke Rating: R Warnings: ...weirdness?
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Oath Breaker II: Dawn and Twilight by KC
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Harry, Draco and all the rest; they'd do a lot more stuff than they do in the books and it'd all be rated R through X. Alas, however, I do not. Other info: Draco-centric. Sequel to Oath Breaker. Harry/Draco, Lucius/Narcissa/Severus Summary: Harry learns to live with the Malfoys. The Malfoys learn to live with Harry. The rest of the world learns to deal. Other Info: Very raw. Just finished, actually. I'll proof it later after I've slept.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
( Part 13 )
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