decyphered

I managed one more reversathon thing! A short one, but it's there. This prompt -- with Van on a mission to get the Eternal Poison -- could either have been a snippet or an epic, and there wasn't time for the epic route. ;;

Eternal Poison/Tales of the Abyss
Van/Tear
~700 words
worksafe; no real spoilers
"I know that Mohs doesn't trust me," he says conversationally as they follow their mercenary scouts. "And I would not be surprised if you shared his reservations."

( The First Stratum )

So, a few weeks ago vangirl's requests went out for pinch hit on 3 Ships. And I went "ooh, pick me!" -- and then it turned out no pinch hit was actually necessary, as it was just a mixup and the assigned writer was still on the job. But I had an idea, and I was poking at it, and, well. It seemed a shame not to do anything with it!

Eternal Poison
Thage/Raki/Retica
~1700 words
very briefly nsfw?; no spoilers; unhealthy relationship
Raki yawned, pink tongue lolling, white fangs gleaming in the light of the streetlamps. "She's taking care of you," he said mildly.

( A Place to Belong )

Of course it's only a useless square if I don't start filling in others around it.

Another in the continuing series of "cypher digs butch-on-butch."

Eternal Poison
Rondemion/Logue [images: Rondemion / Logue]
~1100 words
not worksafe; implied character spoilers for Logue
bingo kink is "watersports"
The alley behind the Libertine is barely lit, filthy, like the rest of Isapolis only more so, and Rondemion is a solid shape in the darkness. He reaches for Logue, grabs him by the shirt front and shoves him into the wall.

( Instinct )

I'm having a terrible time this week with starting things and then stalling and feeling like there's no point in finishing them, so I figured I'd try to at least finish something short and see if that helped. You...probably can read this without playing the game, and eventually I do want to write these two some actual slash.

Eternal Poison
Duphaston, Rondemion [images: Duphaston ; Rondemion]
~600 words
worksafe (!?)
no spoilers
"Your move, my hero," he says. "Unless you concede?"

( A Losing Game )

...So I did cheat and take one of my own prompts for areyougame -- Logue/Olifen - silence - lights out in the barracks.
And then I wound up not writing the story I first had in mind, but this instead.

Eternal Poison
Logue/Olifen [the pictures, again: Logue / Olifen]
~500 words
...worksafe-ish. glossed.
more backstory; still no plot spoilers
Sometimes the quiet seems troubling, but tonight it's almost a relief; Olifen's sure that anything he tried to say would come out all wrong, awkward and clumsy.

( For the Road )