I have been so absent that not even I know where I've been. Sheesh. It's craziness, is what it is. But here I am, at the request of flakedice, because she wrote me lovelies and I promised her a present in return. She recalled this fic from foreeeeever ago, and asked for another one like it. Flake, out of the three brainstorm words you gave me, I managed to sneak yearning and sacrifice in here. Two out of three ain't bad. Especially after being AWOL as long as I've been. >////>

But here! I give to you, Flake-my-dear: ( your present. )

HAHAHA. DOES ANYONE ELSE FIND THE TEMPORARY NEW LJ LAYOUT COMPLETELY HILARIOUS? or is it just me. whatever. i adore it completely. ♥

Eh, also, I am slowly but surely writing chapter ten of JTFY, I swear it. *pokes at chapter* It's not quite dead yet, so I'll just experiment with it a little more.

In the meantime, I figured I might as well post 104 fic, since it's Halloween. Why yes, that thought process was completely logical. :D I mean, it's sort of like Default 'Torture Watanuki with Ghosties and Ghoulies and Terrible Beasties' Day. Kind of. Ish. ...

Let's see, you can have three today, because I'm in that good of a mood. ♥ Enjoy them, lovelies! Happy Halloween!

--

 

( When Watanuki told him that he was going on an errand for Yuuko that night, Doumeki was displeased. )
--

 

( When Watanuki greeted him outside Yuuko’s gate without a word of complaint as to why Doumeki should not be walking him to school like he was some kind of child, Doumeki raised an eyebrow at the unusual beginning to the morning. )

I finished catching up to TRC, finally. OMG. Just. Just OMG. A;LSDFJA;LSJDF As a result of the DELICIOUS SPOILERS FROM 201, I've had Watanuki on my mind all day. And I sort of casually surfed through my journal for no particular reason, and came across this. And I suddenly remembered that I had told sparklyfanta that I was eventually going to expand it into a full list of 104 facts.

And, well, me being adaptable and innovative and also SO DAMN BORED AT WORK, I did just that. ♥

And so I present to you, my doves and ducks, as continued from the original list in the link above, the complete
( 104 Inescapable Facts of Life )

Yeeeah, so these fragments are basically some kinda crazy. Lots of it. :DDD I included the KKM parody ficlet I wrote, for those of you who wanted to read it. Enjoy!

*victory V* FINALLY. FINISHED.

Sooo apparently I'm an idiot. And insane. Here are two IM conversations that prove this theory quite soundly, edited slightly to make just a tiny bit more sense than they would have otherwise.

 

( Fail Number One )

AASL;DFJLALS;DFJSDKDD,,,,,,,,, I ABOUT CRIED. But Pen-chan, who is the Westley to my Buttercup, is eminently practical and made sure I did no such thing.
On the other hand, when xe isn't around to monitor me, I get up to some pretty crazy stuff. Take, for instance, the following episode with my other true love, Kiin-chan, the Jareth to my Sarah, directly following her reading of a KKM!104 parody I wrote. 

( Fail Number Two )

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why fifteen hours of sleep over the span of three days, combined with the consumption of one large pepperoni pizza with a side of breadsticks, added to the imminent stress of ONE EXAM PER DAY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, EACH IN A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, is not the empirical formula for fanfic writing. *facepalm*

Title: In So Many Words
Rating: Meeeh. PG if you're extremely finicky. There's like, maybe three rude words? I think.

( So, since you wanna be with me, you'll have to follow through with every word you say. )

Title: The First of Game Protection
Rating: G. Even a little squee!G. (Heh heh. Squee-G. I amuse myself sometimes.)
Summary: Mugetsu's thoughts about the people in his kit's life.

 

( On days like these, Mugetsu can make allowances. )

 

This is it. The final chapter. Oh, dear, dear me. No more Return to Sender. *woeful faise* ...PSYCH. HAHAHAHA. At the end of the chapter, dearies, is a little surprise Pen-chan and I have cooked up for you. Please read and enjoy -

Return to Sender:

( Red Letter Day )

 

Title: Just to Feel You (8/?)

Rating: This one? Definitely UST. XD

Author’s note (read - sorry excuses): Well. I’m alive. Ha. Sorry for the unexpected invisibility. I could go into a long, detailed fangasm over Doctor Who and Torchwood and how they’re worth an entire summer of utter mindless devotion, and all of that’s true, but I’ll just say that I’ve really missed our boys and you guys, too, and so, without further adieu, the latest chapter of Just to Feel You. (Ahaha, I rhymed like four or five times internally in that sentence. Unintentionally. Honest.)

Previous chapters (because oh my God, even I forgot what was going on in this story) can be found here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

* * *

( If there is anything I have learned to count on in life, it is the astonishing regularity with which ‘only humans’ overcome the most powerful of obstacles. )

</div>

I woke up this morning feeling very, very blah. And so I decided to dig into my vault and read some 104 I wrote a while back. And it fixed the blah, so now I'm posting it. :D For everyone who has the blah today, I give you:

 

( Scenes From Arcana )

Back to part 1
( She hesitated, then went on firmly, 'I think we’ve got a close enough connection that you should both call me by my given name.' )

( 'No accidents, Watanuki-kun,' said Yuuko, very softly. 'Only hitsuzen.' )</div>

Previous chapters can be found here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

 First part of 6 is here.

 

( Doumeki gazed down at him for a long, long moment, something flickering in his eyes that incited twin spurts of wonder and terror in Watanuki. )

Previous chapters can be found here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Sorry it took so long. But. You know. RtS and all. Won’t keep you waiting now. Go on! Oh, and Desiree? This one’s for you, hon!

 

( And lightning split the darkness, illuminating the three of them in its brief flash, aiming straight for Watanuki’s heart, as true as one of Doumeki’s arrows flying toward its target. )

*blinks* You all did want the airport scene, right? :D

 

( 'You’re late,' he said crisply, narrowing his eyes at the other boy. 'Somehow I’m completely and utterly not surprised.' )

My dear flakedice expressed the desire that I share more "gems" from my secret hoard of 104 fics. And believe me, I DO hoard some of my fics.  But for dear flakedice, I shall relinquish for public viewing one of my closely-guarded treasures. XDDD So here you go.

Title: Crossing the Rubicon
Rating: PG-ish? Watanuki, you know.
Summary: Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
A/N: The title comes from a phrase that means "to make a life-changing decision, one from which there is no going back." :D You'll see~!
Warning: This is set sort of future-ish. Not, like, halfway through their lives. But a few years down the road. ^__^


( Yuuko-san, you will not talk me out of this no matter how often you hint that this is the worst decision I could possibly make. )

 

So here is a long-anticipated update to "Return to Sender." This one contains part two of 'The Countdown.' Previous parts of RtS are listed below. Please enjoy!

The First Week | The Second Week | Mercury Rising | The Third Week: The Countdown | Venus Rising

And now, I proudly present ~
( Return to Sender: Dead Letter Office )

So Iambic has returned and we are back in business. Thank you, gods of charcoal pencils, as my darling Pen-chan likes to say. Anyway, here's that "Return to Sender" sidestory I promised, plus a bonus, non-RtS oneshot, to thank you all for being so very patient through these transitions and whatnot. ^__^ You are beautiful people.

Edited to add: OMG I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF AN LJ-CUT. I AM...WELL. AN IDIOT, APPARENTLY.

( Return to Sender--Venus Rising )

 

 

( Trial by Fire )

OKAY. SO. THE INTERNET SITUATION IS GETTING DIRE. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH IAMBIC IN WEEKS. I AM DESPERATE. AND LONELY. OH SO LONELYYYYY. I HAVE NO PEN-CHAN. TO CALL MY OWN. OOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOOO--

Ahem. Anyway. So. I am going to post this part of "Return to Sender." Don't be too happy about it, either. SINCE YOU'LL DEFINITELY WANT MORE WHEN YOU'RE DONE READING. >////> So. Um. Laissez le bon temps roulez?

Edited to add: OH MY GOD, PEN-CHAN HAS RETURNED. AND APPARENTLY I DID NOT KNOW? BECAUSE, OF COURSE, EXAMS KEPT ME OFF THE INTERNET. -___- STILL, WELCOME BACK, MY LOVE!

 

( The Third Week - The Countdown, pt. 1 )