Drabble requests

[winter]

I'm stuck, stuck, stuck on the Van Helsing things.

Time for a kick start.

Give me a fandom and either a character, a pairing, an item, a title, or all of the above. Get a 100-word drabble in return.

No Van Helsing for obvious reasons, and also no CLAMP. Otherwise anything I'm vaguely familiar with is fair go. This includes Coldfire, Underworld, V for Vendetta (comic) and anything up to and including Night Watch (Russian version).

First 10 will get written today.

EDIT: *sweatdrop* 6 requesters so far, 4 of which want pr0n. Um. People?

Comments

[trobadora]

Hi, I was pointed here by alighiera, and if you still need inspiration... how about this:

Coldfire, Gerald/Damien, and artifacts from Earth.

[winter]

Will get written, unless I fall asleep before :) Since fyrie managed to bunny herself with one of her requests for me, with this I have 9 on my to-do list, 5 already done!

[trobadora]

Oh, thank you! I just read your latest one, the carnival, and... wow. You turned me into a puddle of goo with that. :-)

[winter]

Thankee :)

[winter]

Um. On second thought, am stuck.

Specify the artefact, please?

[trobadora]

Hmmm... I had to think about this for a bit. A wristwatch, maybe?

Ta-dah!

[winter]

PROOF OF FAITH

The bracelet was tarnished silver, a streak of near-black on the red velvet lining the box set on the street stall. Gerald’s fingers closed in on it without hesitation. Damien raised his eyebrows, but remained silent as Gerald ruthlessly argued down the price.

He got his answer when they left the street fair and Gerald tenderly wiped the grime and tarnish off a fragile piece of glass. Underneath it was the face of a clock, too small to ever house the appropriate mechanism.

“A watch used to be an important theological analogy, Vryce. As the watch with its complexity proves the existence of a watchmaker, so the world proves the existence of its creator.”

Under Gerald’s touch, a tiny screw turned without resistance.

Tick.

Re: Ta-dah!

[trobadora]

Ooooooooooh! This is so lovely. :-)

I love the description, but most of all I love how well you made it all fit together, the tarnished artifact and Gerald's homing in on it, the theological analogy, and the final "tick". Seriously, I'm very impressed and very happy. Thank you so much!

Re: Ta-dah!

[winter]

Since all this is at half past one in the morning, I'm kind of impressed with myself, too ;)

Re: Ta-dah!

[trobadora]

And isn't it lovely to talk to someone in the same time zone for once? On LJ it's almost cause for celebration. :-)

Re: Ta-dah!

[winter]

And slight worry over the fact we're all up at insane times in the night ;)

Re: Ta-dah!

[trobadora]

I'm a night owl - I'm not going to bed until 4 at the earliest. That's the best thing about weekends - being able to live according to my own schedule. :-)