rthstewart | Three Sentence Ficathon

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.

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Any, any, guards

"Do you hear something?" Zuko asked, bracing a hand against Sokka's shoulder, but he couldn't quite push Sokka away, moaning softly as his head fell back.

"No," Sokka said against his throat, then returned to his sucking, biting kiss, hand pushing a little further into Zuko's pants, "relax. . ."

Zuko was about to say he didn't think he could possibly relax any more while his boyfriend was doing that, and then he stiffened all over as the door slammed open with the sound of metal-soled boots running; he lifted his head and peered around Sokka's loose hair to see, as he'd feared, several - now seemingly very shocked and embarrassed - royal guards.

Haha, oh no! Sokka telling him to relax, though ;D

Oh no indeed! Sokka, you fail a little here. XP

Cibella can't abide guard duty. While hunting fiends, she only has to focus on the weight of her spear and the enemy in front of her. Standing guard, it's too easy to think of those sleeping or praying inside, and of what could befall them should she fail.

Edited 2018-12-18 04:20 (UTC)

“I want to be a Royal Guard when I grow up!” The refrain echoed in field and den, forest and fen, clifftop and shoreline, and many of these Narnians would eventually find some limitation that could not be overcome: small size, webbed feet, slow gait, unwieldy appendages, dull senses, or utter lack of any natural defensive mechanism.

The black-and-tan Goose out of the northern wilds, however, did not take no for an answer. After knocking Leszi horns over hooves with a blast of her powerful wings and pecking the agile Cheetahs until they fled the training ring, she coiled her snakelike neck back for a strike and hissed: “Do you still want to deny my application?” and Edmund could not in good conscience turn her away... and that, dear ones, is how the Just King was “goosed.”

MWHAAAA. Thank you my dear, dear friend. Those Geese are vicious, oh yes. You are so good and so kind. But I do wonder at the resolution. Perhaps she became part of the Night Guard?

The Royal Narnian Aerial Guard was, admittedly, mostly comprised of birds of prey; even so, the Gryphon Aerial Corps tended to look on their smaller brethren as feathered, flying mascots rather than a true fighting force... until the harpies came.

Old Edwina herself, Narnia’s First Fighting Goose, trumpeted alarm and led the charge, buffeting the foul harpies with her wings, striking with her beak, and yelling obscenities fit to make a Hummingbird blush.

The geese flew in vicious, V-shaped trios and cut the opposing onslaught into ribbons; harried from above, the harpies were easy pickings for the archers below — and by the time the Gryphon corps arrived, the Goose Guard had returned to roost, Edwina in the lead, honking quietly in satisfaction.

EDWINA to the rescue! The Goose Wing SAVING NARNIA! As it should be.

The Goose Wing is a brilliant name (why didn’t I think of that?) — and thank you!

Edited 2018-12-19 04:04 (UTC)

Caspian was put upon by the Beasts and his advisors even before he was crowned, that no decision was more critical in these early days with such lasting, personal and political repercussion than the paramount importance of choosing a Royal Guard – “your very best friend,” Queen Lucy said, “your helpmeet, advisor, and confidante,” Queen Susan had said (and both Queens had whispered, Wolves and he thought it had been settled until the High King had said, “Cheetahs, of course, should serve the King of Narnia,” except the Cheetahs declined, rather stuffily too, saying, “We Guard only the High King.”

Though Caspian pressed King Edmund for his opinion on Wolf versus Great Cat, long moments passed before the King finally said with an unexpected solemnity, “It is a very intimate matter, Caspian, to share your every moment with your Royal Guard, and you are right to enter it cautiously for the Guard’s oath will bind you both, until death, in this World and beyond to Aslan’s own Country. As to what Guard, Canine and Feline both served me well, and I loved them both, but, truly, for sheer, vicious ferocity, you really should consider a Goose.”

I love everything about this!! Especially Lucy and Susan emphasizing the serious ramifications of the decision even while urging Caspian to choose WOLVES, and the Cheetahs wanting only Peter and no one else, and dear Edmund, it’s so hard to tell when he’s joking! (But he’s right, you know. Geese are indeed the very embodiment of vicious ferocity.)

Nobody should ever discount a goose! This is charming, and a lovely addition to Rth's world.

Madara hesitated, torn, looking at the messenger . . . then he bit into his thumb and shaped several quick seals. He brushed a caress to his son's belly as he gave firm instructions, bent to kiss the boy's brow, and then slipped out the window at a dead run, leaving two night-black patches of shadow prowling around the sleeping infant in his nest of pillows.

Sharp, glowing eyes slid over the human child and kept watch of the room, the window, the door, and the ninneko purred quietly to their young charge to keep his sleep calm until his parents' return.

~

Tobirama was on his feet, he suspected, more by strength of will than anything else by the time one last, exhausted pull at hiraishin brought him home. He was greeted by a low, warning yowl and then a soft mutter, and found glimmering eyes looking up at him from either side of his son's cradle - the house was quiet and empty otherwise, but Jiraiya slept on, flanked by watchful felines.

"Thank you for looking after him." Tobirama said, voice rough, and the cats exchanged a look and settled down once more beside the baby, clearly displaying that they would not be moved.

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