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

[jjhunter]

Vorkosigan saga, any, if only there was a virtual garden program for pre-testing dinner party guest lists

Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[lannamichaels]

Ekaterin sighed, "if only there was a virtual garden program for pre-testing dinner party guest lists."

Lady Alys looked aghast. "My dear, you cannot possibly think I arrange Gregor's guests by hand; no, no, no, show me your comconsole, you cannot organize anything by happenstance."

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[adaeze]

After twenty years, and training by the finest, Ekaterin likes to think that she's got her party organizing down pat. But some problems, she remembers, no amount of technologically-aided planning can account for. So when the time comes to invite Helen Natalia's in-laws-to-be round for dinner, she stations Armsman Kosti in the dining room with orders to shoot on sight anyone caught attempting to re-arrange the name cards.

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[rthstewart]

AWWWW. 20 years ahead and a Kosti is an Armsman and little Helen is getting married. SNIFF

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[rthstewart]

Oh yes, Lady Alys would never, ever leave such things to chance. Thank you!

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[rthstewart]

With Gregor, Laisa, Team Koudelka, Mark, Simon, Lady Alys, and 30 Counts and their Ladies coming to dinner, Miles did wonder at the timing of Ekaterin’s decision to undertaking her spring planting schedule as he watched her shuffle squares about a large oval on her comconsole, moving radish next to chervil and carrots and pushing black walnut far to the end.

“On the contrary, it’s a side effect of Imp Sec and on the advice of Lady Alys to develop my own cipher when making seating charts,” Ekaterin corrected mildly, her brow furrowed in concentration as she moved beans next to radishes and away from onions, “so I don’t put dill next to tomatoes, marigolds very effectively quell pests, it’s best to leave thyme alone, and mint cannot be left unsupervised.”

“Wouldn’t that cause gas?” Miles asked as she liberally sprinkled cabbage throughout the seating chart but Ekaterin shook her head and explained, “Quite the opposite, dear, cabbages get along with almost everything, except beans.”

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[lannamichaels]

I love this, Ekaterin changing it to suit her expertise and also letting her have a secret code :D

Re: Sufficiently Advanced Hosting Technology

[rthstewart]

Thank you!

[petra]

Ekaterin beta-tests Mark and Ivan's Dinner Party Survival program with a Winterfair gathering. She puts all her guests in: the Vorkosigans, the Vorvaynes, the Vorpatrils, the Koudelka clan and their mates, Simon Illyan, and more. Each person requires their age, unmarried name, political affiliation, and past intimacies, where known.

It takes hours, and that's before the menu.

When she hits "Compute," the screen greys, leaving behind an ImpSec eye. Then it opens a call to Alys Vorpatril.

Ekaterin has to apologize for swearing, and for the call.

"Quite all right," Lady Alys says. "Let's see what we can do."

[rthstewart]

ROTFL. Even the Dinner Party Survival Program defaults to Alys. This is wonderful.