Three Sentence Ficathon

[rthstewart]

UPDATE! EDIT!
 We're running into the Dreamwidth comment limits so all new prompts should be posted here Keep responding to and filling already posted prompts here, but all new ones should go to the new thread!

Someone did this banner for me a couple of years ago.  It's great, isn't it?  If it was you, please step up and take a bow!
It was st_aurafina!   Thank you again!


caramelsilver ran one last year on Livejournal and I did two over here a few years ago. We'll keep it open until January 31, 2019 which should give everyone time to play a little. This is a delightful part of the online fandom community.


What is the 3 Sentence Ficathon?
This is a challenge where you answer a prompt with a fic consisting of only three sentences. It's open to all fandoms and you can post and answer as many prompts as you like, as many times as you want.

What do I do first?
You post prompts! When posting a prompt please format it this way:

fandom, character(s), prompt word/sentence.

Only one prompt per comment please.  So, for example,

Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, I don't like sand."

What else?
You answer other posters' prompts in three sentences (or more if you can't stop yourself) and fill as many prompts as you want, as many times as you wish. If you see that a prompt you loved has already been filled, go ahead and fill it again! Multiple fills of the same prompt are allowed and even encouraged!  (We get really fun stories going this way).

Can I still post if I need more than 3 sentences?  Or should I just abuse grammar in ways the English language never contemplated?
Yes.  Yes.


But I'm not a member of Dreamwidth
No problem. You can comment anonymously or through open ID

Can anyone play?
Yes! Please signal boost this to your flist, followers, and any other places you frequent. Come one, come all!
The more people who come and play, the better!

Can I spread the word? 
Yes, please.  I'd love to create a nifty banner with an embed code but I fail at it.  So if you create one, I'll post it and everyone can use it.

How long will it go?
Tentatively, we'll close it on January 31, 2019. 

Are there any rules about cross-posting?
Nope, you can post wherever you want, whenever you want. A lot of folks collected their responses together and posted them on AO3 under the 3 sentence fiction tag. 3SFs are a terrific prompt for remixes and could be helpful for Yuletide bears, too.

What about spoilers, content warnings, triggers, pairings, ratings, tags, and squick?
I thought about this.  It wasn't an issue the last 2 times I ran this but times change.  In my experience, this typically gets too big, moves too fast, and the stories are too short for content warnings and ratings. You should assume spoilers are fair game and that the initial poster and responder have opted to use no content warnings or tags. I've found personally that I can skim by stuff that, from the prompt, I can tell isn't my favorite flavor of delicious cake. Use your best judgment and be prepared to skip over things that aren't your thing.


And here, have some icons!










I'll start things off...

Edit to add on 12/18/2018 Please check out this update here. And this friending meme if you're so inclined here.

Comments

[syrena_of_the_lake]

Mythology, sirens, they didn’t disappear when we conquered the seas

[tomakeanoffer]

They sing still, sing in the rivers, on the rocky shores by the sea. They sing loud and clear and echoing through your mind, bouncing around your brain and never releasing you until you find yourself drowning in their noise.

They sing, and they haunt, and the stalk until they find you.

They never left the water, they never had to, because you and yours, you restless wanderers who are made for the exploring, always come to them.

So come into the river, the ocean, the lake, the stream. Come and listen, sing along,

You won't feel a thing.

[edenfalling]

:DDD

[tomakeanoffer]

<3333

[sewn]

Lovely & creepy!

[tomakeanoffer]

*bounces* Thank you!

[kalira]

Oooo. . . Eerily lovely.

[heliopausa]

Lovely - great last line.

[syrena_of_the_lake]

This is beautifully chilling! I love this dark take on wanderlust — you always come to them, and you won’t feel a thing. Inspired!

[inkpaws]

Fantastic!

[rthstewart]

Love that chilling end.

[candlesinthewell]

Excellent.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes please, this was lovely.

[liquidtears]

WOOOHOOOO!!!!

Absolutely LOVE this!!

Well done!

[aroberuka]

That is haunting I love it!

[scarletcorvid]

I just shivered. It was that good.

[capribornio]

"Of course they're gone", that's what they say. "Of course they're gone, have you seen one?"

[capribornio]

"But what about the disappearances?" "Simply accidents." "What about those far away places where nobody goes?" "There's strong currents." "And what the music that you hear sometimes, high at the sea, the nights without moon?" "It's like you haven't heard about hallucinations"

[ernest]

But you can’t really think you conquered a thing which even now you fail to understand, right? The seas are made of water and salt, and all the plants and creatures that live within, that we’ll grant you. Yet above and below and beyond those things are the stories that they tell, and we are their custodians, whether you believe in us or not.

[scarletcorvid]

I like it! :D

[alice_pike]

You don't hear voices, not anymore.

The swells roar as they crash into your bones; the wind howls as it whips against your skin; the sea itself is incessant chatter in your ears, the white noise of a language you will never learn to speak.

The human body is sixty percent water: it is your mistake to think that something without lungs cannot breathe.

[scarletcorvid]

This is so ominous...I feel goosebumps coming on!

[ernest]

Oh wow, this is very cool, and the ending line is unexpected in a wonderful way!

[scarletcorvid]

A handsome young man in tight jeans and an even tighter t-shirt that hugged every curve of every muscle sang into the microphone, hips swaying slightly as the climax to the rhythm swelled behind him on the strings of the bassist's guitar. Twenty thousand voices cheered, most of them women and not just a few men who were moved as much by hormonal induced fantasies as the lyrics of the rock n’ roll. Who needed the sea when you bewitch a stadium full of adoring fans?

[filigranka]

better late then never, right?

‘Progress’s marvelous!’, exclaimed Myrria, a little dreamily – she’d had a tough day at work and was almost half-asleep – throwing herself at the coral-couch. ‘Our poor ancestors had to hunt and search for the food miles from their homes – and now? Now,’ she gestured with the partly eaten bone towards the scuba set, ‘we have home delivery!’