rthstewart | Three Sentence Ficathon -- Part 2

EDIT AS OF 2 FEBRUARY 2019 -- THE 3 SENTENCE FICATHON IS OVER! Go ahead and read and fill anything that catches your eye and comment on fills but I'm not checking it anymore and most people have moved on so any new prompts aren't likely to get much love.

We are nearing the point that the first 3SF post, which went live on 12 December, is nearing 4,600 comments. At 5,000 comments, Dreamwidth starts demanding captcha to assure you aren't a spammer bot. It's a pain and unpleasant but totally understandable. So, I'm opening a new post, for new prompts, new fills, new comments!

What does this mean?
The original 3SF post is here, so be sure to check it out, fill anything that catches your eye, and comment on anything that delights you. But don't post any new prompts there. All new prompts go here.

How long will we do this?
I will officially close the 3SF on January 31.

Does that mean you'll close this and no one can post?
Nope. It just means that we will all move on in our lives until next year and my inbox will get a vacation to Hawaii.

Remind me again, what's the 3SF?
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's a prompt? How do I do that?
You can start 3SF by posting 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."

Open ended and anthropomorphic fills are popular too, such as:

Any, Any, "I don't like sand."

or

Earth geography, sand, "I don't like humans very much, either."

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. Banners and icons are below.

How long will it go?
We'll officially close on January 31, 2019 but I don't close the entry to comments.

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?
So far, as near as I can tell (and I skim most entries especially from newcomers I don't recognize) we've not had any issues. As in the past, this is 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. As a reader, use your best judgment and be prepared to skip over things that aren't your thing.

I have noticed that some people have posted content warnings in the first lines of their fill or in the subject line. But still, it's readers beware here. Not everyone does this and no one is under any obligation to do so.

Wow, there are so many cool people here. Can I introduce myself?
Yes, in the Friending meme.

Here, have some banners, embed codes and icons courtesy of

st_aurafina and

metonomia

And can you believe I figure out how to make boxes so you can copy and paste this to plug the exchange elsewhere? I DID!

Icons:

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Fallen London, any urchin(s), ritual

One day you learn it was all made-up, the Flit-runner's pilgrimage, the glim-starred shrine, the mushroom milk on the tongue and the Word you offer the Wind. One urchin tells the story to another, and another tells the next, and each time it grows in the telling -- because every urchin has something they'd wish for, if wishes were free for the taking, and every urchin knows what makes something free is if you're quick and you're clever enough to take it.

So you stand in the Flit, no one but the Wind to hear, and you understand: there's something here that feeds on stories, and it's up to you and your lot to make them up, to lie and cheat and steal a world where an urchin's wish comes true.

Oh, this is so excellent, especially there's something here that feeds on stories, and it's up to you and your lot to make them up, to lie and cheat and steal a world where an urchin's wish comes true. I love this take on the prompt, with the urchins as survivors creating their own stories and stealing the hope no one else will give them for free. Nicely done.

aaah thank you. i'm so glad you got that sense of stolen hope and survival.

This is so great!! I especially love the little details like the 'glim-starred shrine'. :D

thank you! i’m glad you liked it.

The fog rises thick, on the morning when the girl who was once the Nurse’s sister sits perched on the spire of St. Fiacres, running nervous fingers over the lightning pattern on her scarf and looking down into an ocean of silver-white like a pale mirror to the zee her sister now sails; sunrise means nothing at all down here in the dark, but morning is still the time when things begin, and she can feel the breath caught in her lungs, waiting, like she is, to become something new.

It’s music, Slivvy had told her in his stuttering voice, what calls the thunder down, but Slivvy isn’t here to start the chant, or finish it if she falters, or remind her again that she has to be careful with songs and storms and offerings; this is a thing she has to do alone. So she stands, balanced at the spire’s edge with nothing to catch her fall, and she sings a song with no words – or none she’s learned yet, no language but the howl of the lonely wind she used to hear through her window at night in that charity school, whispering of home and exile; she offers up her voice to that wind, her past and whatever was held in her empty hands, and in return: the crack of lightning and the thunder’s answer, the gathering clouds, the promise of rain on her upturned face.

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Ha, literally just managed to finish this right after the other one got posted.

Oh wow! I haven't played this ES yet, but I love this - it's so atmospheric.

Thank you! Glad you liked it. :)

Three Sentence Ficathon -- Part 2

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Fill: The Nurse’s Sister from The Heart, The Devil, And The Zee

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