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[be_themoon]

So yesterday I ended up crying to my mum about various things for half an hour, which was actually really nice and helped loads. It was a mixture of one of my best friends being a jerk over nothing and my teachers thinking it's fine to laugh at me for getting mad at this one boy whenever he's an idiot (look, he used to frequently say things like 'I hope someone kills Obama' or 'I want to snipe Obama' and none of the teachers did anything, and now he adds comments like 'Ah, Betsy, my bestest friend' and is purposely even more annoying to me and the teachers think it's funny) and also the fact that I know all these amazing Christian guys and if I ever wanted to date them I couldn't because of my current not-a-Christian status. Also just the stress and the not-actually-learning-anything-in-school (THIS IS A BAD THING, OKAY?) and too many PEOPLE.

This is only exacerbated by the fact that all three of my sisters are hardly available. Mary's in... Utah, and every other week is in the field without a cell phone and having a lot of her own problems, Esther's practically inaccessible because she's always working/at school/with Matt-her-boyfriend, and Katherine (with horrible timing) is finally hitting hormone-land and flipping out half the time.

SO. GUYS. I need prompts for my various WIP's that are original fiction, because honestly I do not know these characters. SO. Here are characters!

Various Wall-fics that want to be written
Sidonie - 16 year old girl living on the Wall.
Flavian - her brother, around 21, commander of 20 horse, one of only three sections on the wall
Adrian - a centaur, Flavian's second-in-command
Albion - 45-year-old Commander of the Wall, born and raised in Britain, is planning to stay behind when the Romans pull out
Tiresius- wizard, part of the command section on the Wall, answers only to Albion (specify age when prompting, I know his basic story from around 18-60)
Flynn - a wizard, was onceu Tiresius' best friend, died when they were both 17
Risa - Tiresius' wife. He was ordered to marry her as part of political manuevering (complicated). Sharp-witted but gentle and kind, and is now the only one who can bring out what is left of Tiresius' conscience
Maris - Tiresius' daughter, born when he was 30

At the First Glimpse of Thunder
Cedric, Holland, and Sebastian Monroe (boy, girl, boy) - 18, 17, & 15
Cecilia Bardsley - 14, their next-door neighbor
Adam Bardsley - 20, Cecilia's brother, currently a Lieutenant in the Homeland Navy

So basically, give me any two (or three) of these characters (crossovers between the two different places are absolutely fine) and a word or phrase. An age if you have Tiresius in it would be great. So yeah! Prompt away? Pretty please?

ETA: I've done two, would love more! Also, OMG TENSES. DANG IT. I CANNOT KEEP THEM STRAIGHT. *dies* If you spot tense mess-ups in my fics for your prompts, there's a 99% chance I spotted it within five minutes after posting it. Sorry!

Much love to everyone giving me prompts!

ETA THE SECOND: Cecilia has an older brother. Huh. *eyes charries* Can't you guys EVER tell me this at a reasonable time?

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More Ced and Seb in prison

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

(This was hard to write. *sniffs* I wrote part of it while I was at church this morning, and finishing it made me want to sob at parts because SEB.)

It feels like an eternity later when four guards come marching down the hallway, Sebastian between them, more or less carried by them. Cedric runs forward and growls impatiently as the chains on his wrist and foot snap, holding him back.

He can do nothing but watch as they come closer. Sebastian's eyes are barely open and he's not supporting himself at all. One of the guards opens the door to the cell and another shoves Sebastian in. Sebastian's legs crumple as he teeters alone for a moment and then he crashes to the floor in a heap and his eyes roll back and close.

The guards clamp the chains around Sebastian's wrist and ankle and then leave, one of them aiming a last kick at Sebastian's chest.

He's well and truly out when Cedric gets to him, but his pulse is there, if quicker and shallower than Cedric would like.

"Thank god for healer training," Cedric murmurs, and quickly drags over a bucket of water and all three blankets in the cell, forming a bed for Sebastian. His little brother's shirt is covered in patches of dry blood and completely useless, so Cedric takes it off and tries to keep the bile in his throat from coming up at the sight of the bruises and cuts that cover Sebastian's chest and back.

Sebastian comes to a few minutes later while Cedric's cleaning and binding his wounds.

"Hey, Ced," he slurs, and then rolls over onto his side and spits out a mouthful of blood and something that may or may not be tooth. Cedric curses and supports his brother's head as he leans back against the blankets. When he takes his fingers away, they're sticky with blood.

"Oh, god," Cedric whispers. "Oh, Seb, Seb, I'm so sorry." The corners of Seb's mouth twitch in what's probably meant to be a smile, and he grabs Cedric's hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Don't worry," he says. "They won't get me." He makes Cedric meet his gaze, and his green eyes have cleared, strong and vibrant. "I'll be fine," he says, and his mouth obeys his will this time, curving upwards in a smile.

Re: More Ced and Seb in prison

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

THIS. Oh, this! Oh Seb. And Ced, too. Both of them. Poor dears. *hugs them*

You have officially made me tear up. That's a good thing.

Hmm...how about, like I said before, when they (Ced, Holl (+ Adam), and Seb) meet their dad and Celia again?

Coming home

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

(Aww, I did? I'm sorry! But also flattered, XD. *writes furiously*)

Sebastian is standing by the rail as they come in through the harbor, sails open to the wind as they slip between the cliffs and the rocks, and Holland watches him with quiet content. He's grown taller than her at some point, and it's even more obvious now that he stands so straight and sure.

"Ready to come home?" she asks him, moving up next to him, and he turns and smiles down at her. Even in the two weeks of the journey that he's been allowed on the deck he's regained some of his tan, and his color is back. You could only tell the agony he'd been through if you knew what to look for.

"Definitely," he says, and she finds herself wondering again when he grew so tall. Cedric comes up behind them, standing shoulder to shoulder with Sebastian. They're near on the same height, Cedric just an inch or so taller, and Holland regards her brothers fondly.

Sebastian winces in pain as he shifts his position, and then says very quietly, "Don't tell anyone."

"Tell them what?" Cedric says, turning with a startled air.

"What happened," Sebastian says. "I don't want them to worry about me."

"All right," Holland says, noting how Sebastian's knuckles have gone white as he clenches onto the rail.

"And especially don't tell Celia," he says. "If anyone tells her, it's going to be me."

"I think I'd prefer it that way too," Adam says, coming up behind Holland and sliding his arms around her waist.

"Thanks," Sebastian says, and then turns his attention back to the rapidly approaching shore.

*

When the gangplank is down, he and Cedric are the first to descend, arms slung around each other's shoulders. Unless they're looking closely, no one would be able to tell that most of Sebastian's weight is being carried by Cedric.

As they reach the bottom, the crowd breaks into cheers, and Celia darts out of the crowd and buries herself into Sebastian's arms. The flash of pain is followed by joy as he hides his face in her hair.

"Cedric," Mr. Monroe says, looking relieved and thrilled as he embraces his son. "Wonderful to have you back with us." Sebastian and Celia start moving away, towards the crowd, and Sebastian's father says, a bit gruffly, "So you made it too, then?"

"No thanks to you," Sebastian says coolly, and keeps moving without even a second look back at his father. The crowd parts for him and Celia and they vanish into it.

"How dare he," Mr. Monroe says, and Cedric shakes his head.

"The only thing he owes you is a lot of pain," he says, and turns away to join Holland and Adam as they come down the gangplank. "Come on," he adds as they pass his father. "Let's go celebrate."

Re: Coming home

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Awwww, this. I steal so bad for Seb, but it's really, really nice to see that he's a better now, at the least. :)

Also, the romance. 'Tis very sweet.

I greatly dislike this Mr. Monroe. Greatly. :\

But...either way, I am working on your prompt, I just need to go shower and study for bio first. I'll finish it during a study break. *promises*

But, as for other prompts, hmmm....I want more of Ced and Seb. Not necessarily in prison, just more of them. Prompt word = draw.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

(He's a trooper. *pats Seb*

SEB/CELIA WOOT.

I do toooo. I do not like Mr. Monroe at all! Well, okay, I can sympathize with his reasons a bit, because I do know them and though they're biased and unfair, at least they have some basis. BUT I STILL HATE HIM. *eyes* Also, I need to remember that they do have a mother. I think.

It's okay, I can be patient. I know, I know, SHOCKER. :P But yeah, I understand school. :/ And my mom is sending me to bed soon, really early because, y'know, I didn't get much sleep last night. *shifty*)

Cedric paces, trying his best to ignore the chain that clanks it's way across the cell behind him like a mocking shadow. They’ve been down here for two weeks, and three times the guards have marched Sebastian down the hall to gods know where, bringing him back bruised and bloody and bearing a light of triumph in his eyes. It’s been three days since the last time, and Cedric’s sure that they’ll be here any minute now.

“I can’t take it anymore,” he says, collapsing onto his cot. Sebastian looks up from where he’s sitting on the floor, doing something with pieces of straw.

“Mmm?” he says absent-mindedly as he returns his attention to the floor.

“The waiting,” Cedric says in frustration, and gets up and starts pacing again. As he comes near Sebastian, the younger man grabs him by the wrist and drags him down to sit next to him.

“It’s amazing what you can do with pieces of straw when you have lots of idle time on your hands,” he says, sounding almost amused, and Cedric stares at the floor in front of his brother. Somehow, using only straw pieces of varying shapes and sizes, Sebastian has managed to draw a picture on the floor.

“That’s Holland and Adam, isn’t it?” he says, pointing to two small figures standing together, and Sebastian nods.

“We’re over here,” he says with a grin, and sure enough there’s a figure easily recognizable as Cedric (though he couldn’t have said how) standing on the other side of Holland, with Sebastian standing nearby, his arm wrapped around a smaller figure.

“Celia?” Cedric guesses, and Sebastian nods with a wistful smile. For a long moment they both look at the drawing on the floor together. Then the door opens, and the guards come in. They haul Sebastian up, unchaining him from the wall, and as he struggles to stand on his own the various sets of feet scuff away the drawing on the floor as Cedric watches.

That night, instead of being sick in the corner as he has been the last three, Cedric patiently draws pictures in the hay, his jaw set heavily firm as he places each piece of straw just so.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, yes, remember their mother. I get the feeling that she's one of those meek, easily forgotten women. Because, you know, we seem to forget she exists. :\

Awwwww. I am loving ALL of these Ced & Seb in prison drabbles. They're so heartbreaking but so amazing at the same time. :)

Also, throwing up a lot can't be good for Ced. :\

Hmmm....another prompt? How about...Sebastian telling Cecilia about the whole prison thing?

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(I think she must be... it was a political marriage - she was a princess of the people who used to live here and who more or less died out, which is how the Homeland got it as a colony. They've grown fond of each other over the years, but I don't think she's very strong, especially after having three kids. Hm.

It isn't good for him, but he can't keep his food down on the nights they question Sebastian. Poor Cedric. *pats Ced* Mmm, that sentence should be clarified, the last one in the drabble. It should read, 'That night, instead of being sick in the corner as he has been the last three times they took Sebastian, Cedric patiently draws pictures in the hay, his jaw set heavily firm as he places each piece of straw just so.' I didn't make it clear enough.)

"Did you shrink while I was gone?" Sebastian asks Celia with a smile, and she laughs at him, leaning against the back of the bench.

"No, but you got taller," she says. "I actually grew half an inch. I think you must have grown three!"

"Just two," he says. "Amazing what your body can do even when in prison."

"What happened there?" she says, and her face is serious as she lifts it to his.

"What do you mean?" he asks, but he knows what she means.

"Holland and Cedric are treating you like you're made of glass," Celia says. "Even Adam is keeping an eye on you. And it hurts when I hug you. Doesn't it?" Sebastian looks down at his hands.

"Yeah, a bit," he says.

"So I want to know why," she says, placing a hand on his shoulder. "And I think I deserve to."

"You do," Sebastian says. "They took me in for questioning on Happenstance Harbor - provisions, militia, the harbor itself, everything they'd need to know for an attack." Celia is watching him, her face carefully blank, so he continues. "I wasn't the important hostage, or even important at all, so they could do what they liked to me. My ribs are still healing," he adds, and looks down at her again.

"Are you okay?" she says, and places her hand delicately on his chest, watching him anxiously to see if it hurts him.

"I'm fine now," he says, and covers her hand with his.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. I love this. It's so sweet. ♥ I think I may like Seb/Celia more than Adam/Holland mostly because there is more angst to their relationship (mostly because of Seb, but it's not his fault. His life isn't the greatest). YAY. :)

Ooooh, political marriage. INTRIGUE. Also, hmmm, you know, today in History, we were talking about how the Inca took their conquered people's sons (like, the princes) captive to "Inca-fy" them and also to keep them subdued. AND I THOUGHT OF CEDRIC AND SEBASTIAN. HAHA.

Moar, perhaps? How about...Cedric and Mr. Monroe. Paintings.

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*very, very amused* That's awesome! Hehe. You thought about my story in history class. ROFL. Also! I need to stop clicking post before I'm actually done writing the comment. I meant to say awwww, thanks for pimping Revolutionverse! <333 When I commented on your post. But I did not. D:

Oooh. Cedric and Mr. Monroe, hm. I shall have to think about this. *considers*

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I also thought about this one time where bedlamsbard told me how the Pevensies sort-of-not-really kidnapped Corin (in Warverse...and in HHB) to "Narniafy" him. XD

And no problem! It's so awesome, of course I had to pimp it. And sorry for kind of shoving a name on it. :\

Consider all you want. :)

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

XD I remember that! I was reading through the comments on one of her fics I think and I remember reading her comment about that and going '... huh. that makes sense.'

LOL That's fine, really. I don't really have one, other than Harborverse, which really.... doesn't work, since half the important action is in the Homeland. D:

Re: More Ced and Seb in prison

[turkeyish.livejournal.com]

:'( x foreverrr

Re: More Ced and Seb in prison

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

*hugs* It makes me saaaad. :'(

Re: More Ced and Seb in prison

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

I am officially pestering you for more. Because this is just so amazing. And so sad :(

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

It is possibleeee. I don't know which parts to write, though, because they're in prison for around a month or two.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Oh, DANG, a month or two? Poor Seb. Poor Ced. ♥

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

I know! If it helps any, the questioning doesn't start until... a bit into their stay? And is fairly intermittent, because they think they've got all the time in the world to break Seb and they're purposely trying to keep him on his toes, not knowing when he'll be dragged back. Which is bad, but also saved him a lot of pain. :/

Seb handled it pretty well - it was Cedric who ended up snapping at one point and screaming at the guards for approximately three hours, until he went hoarse.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Well, that's better. Sort of.

Awwww, poor Ced! *huggles* You know what this reminds me of...in oodles and oodles? Peter and Edmund. TOTALLY. Are you paralleling them secretly? Because there's some Peter-Edmund pre-Narnia in there (the whole Ced is the Golden Boy, etc.) and then there's the whole awesome closeness.

BUT NOW I WANT TO SEE CED SCREAMING AT THE GUARDS. And Seb trying to calm him down, but failing miserably.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

How long they stay in really depends on where Holland is, as she's the one who's determined to get her out. She might be at Happenstance, but I want her to be in the Homeland. Hm.

OMG, I PROBABLY AM. O.o I'll never be able to escape Narnia, will I? :P

Oh, don't worry. I'm definitely going to write that at some point, and I'll make sure you get to see it. Maybe even todaaay! XD

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Well, Holland, as you said before, is quite popular in the Homeland. So, if she IS in the Homeland, they should be able to get out sooner than if she were in Happenstance (you'd have to factor in the whole journey to the Homeland, which would SUCK for them).

Hahahaha, it will follow you EVERYWHERE!

Hurrah!

*amused*

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*dies* I will never, ever escape Narnia. NEVER. I'd say OH NOEZ but I think I like this?

*amused*

I'll have to think over where Holland is and the whole how-exactly-Seb-and-Ced get rescued thing.

Mehehehe. I have the whole Cedric screams at the guard thing down in my head, but I have yet to write it out. Mostly I'm worried about phrasing and how the action's going to go down, because Cedric goes NUTS. I am telling you. This is him. To a large, scary extent. Most of the time, he's a nice guy studying to be a lawyer, very justice and law-oriented, but if you lay a finger on his siblings, much less TORTURE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, he will lay hell down on you.

Erm, so they take Sebastian away for questioning one night? And a long time passes. A long time. It's been at least six hours longer than he's normally gone, and at this point Cedric just cannot take it anymore, so he basically just starts cursing the guard out. The guard more or less ignores him this whole time, and eventually Cedric goes hoarse, at which point he picks up their waste bucket and very calmly throws the contents onto the guard through the cell bars. And when the infuriated guard tries to grab him Cedric reaches through the bars, with a chain on one hand, and manages to grab the guard and proceed to bash him against the bars and do his best to knock him out. It takes five guards to subdue him after that, and he gets beaten up pretty badly.

(Sebastian comes back, in better physical condition than normal, and Cedric's lying on his cot. "Turns out you can't see the ceiling through two black eyes," he tells Sebastian.

"You're an idiot," Sebastian says, and drags the water bucket over to take care of Cedric.)

Clearly, I think about this too much.

Re: *amused*

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Hahaha, it's a love-hate relationship. Except mostly love. Only hate when it follows you and you can't get it out of your head.

*also amused*

Well, the only thing I can think of is paying their bail, because they are reasonably wealthy, right? And, well, did they have bail back then? I mean, technically it's a fantasyverse so you can give them bail, but would they have had bail in the 1700s Britain? I can't remember. :\

OH CED. CED. ♥ I am drawing major parallels between him and Jedin. Except Jedin is just...a very obvious subtexter of his undying loooove for Maire most of the time. Hmm...I want to give him some bromance, except the only viable character is Tristun, and Tristun is...Tristun. And then it would end up like a Naruto-Sasuke dynamic. And I'd rather not have that. Okay, shutting up about my own fic now.

I think I love Ced to pieces. Also Seb. I love them both. I may like Ced better than I like Peter (or maybe I just love Edmund so much that I can't love Peter as much, I dunno).

Clearly, your thinking is amazing. And I love watching your thought process. :)