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[niko]

Just a quick memory entry to store stuff done for m7land .

I'm really enjoying the game.  I had this sort of epiphany early on that "Hey! It doesn't have to be good to get participation points." and that's helped me get over some inhibitions on the creative side of things.  Between that and this sort of "what the hell, just post it" attitude I seem to have developed since my birthday, I think I'm in a decent mindset for hc_bingo, anyway. :) 

WRITING

Hot and Cold Drabbles - 100 words exactly
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Hot Water 
(aka: 100 words of the most generic ATF story ever)

Any time now, Mr. Larabee.

There are far too many guns aimed at him, and at his feet, JD is lying far too still. They've walked into a trap, and if Ezra's read the situation correctly, there'll be no smooth-talking his way out of this one.

But still, he has to try.

He smiles. Keeps his hands raised. Tries to look harmless.

"Gentlemen, clearly there's been a misunderstan..."

Someone kicks his legs out from under him, and he goes down hard. There's cold metal at his temple. This is it. He's going to die.

Gunshots sound.

"ATF! Freeze!"

Ezra grins.

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Cold Feet

He’s going to do it. He’s going to ask her. Sooner or later.

Riding together on a fine summer’s day, watching her laugh... it should be easy.

They’ve been courting – or something like – for three years now. He’s pretty sure she’ll have him, and he knows he wants her. There’s a ring in his vest pocket even Buck doesn’t know about, and he’s practiced the words 'til he’s hoarse. He’s ready as he’s ever gonna get.

And yet...

“JD, are you even listenin’ to me?”

He rests a hand over the secret in his pocket, pretends he was.

It’ll keep.
 

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GRAPHICS

 

Black & White Icons	ROY G. BIV Colors Icon Set

Group-Shot Wallpaper




MISCELLANEOUS

Unwritten Fic Ideas

• A Little Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone (Humor) - A "friendly" wager with Vin & JD ends with Ezra obligated to help out for a day at Nettie's ranch. The benefits of an honest day's labor prove to be greatly exaggerated.
• Falls the Shadow (Angst) - A mission takes Chris, Vin, & Ezra to a remote, oppressive town that holds a dangerous secret. When a tragic event there injures Vin and stirs up Chris's demons, Ezra finds himself trying to reason with an increasingly irrational Larabee before he can drag them all into a deadly trap.
• Persuasion (Romance) - Judge Travis arrives in town with an old friend and his son, who are looking to buy some land nearby. Tensions arise when it becomes clear that the Judge is eying the son as a possible match for Mary, trying to see her and Billy well taken-care-of. Chris must decide whether to act on his feelings, while the rest of the Seven offer none-too-subtle advice along the way.

Unaired Episode Blurb

Three Godfathers - A Mag7 homage to the John Wayne movie of the same name: On a ride home after a trip to Ridge City, Buck, JD, and Ezra come across a homestead that's been attacked by bandits and discover a baby who survived the massacre. They get a crash course in infant-care while having to avoid the bandits and get the child safely home. Meanwhile, Chris faces a dilemma when Billy Travis comes to him with a problem instead of Mary, and the recent death of his father has Nathan contemplating leaving town to make a life with Rain.

 

Comments

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Ezra trying to look harmless and JD procrastinating are both precious :) First-person drabbles are one of my favourites done well, and these are fabulous. I'd love to see you write more *nods* Your unwritten fic ideas are intriguing also *nods again*

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks! :)

I'm really giving it the old college-try with the writing-more thing... trying to experiment a bit with turning off my need to self-edit and fret over silly things like "having a plot" and just focus on getting words out. (*cough (http://nikojen.livejournal.com/59608.html)*) Baby steps. Baby steps.

( Dean, by the way, is totally blaming you for the fact that he's stuck in a basement with something out of Call of Cthulhu right now. ;) )

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I just followed the *cough* link and ... yessss! Pish to plot, honey (plots totally screw with me even though I attempt them occasionally) ... no, it's scenes like this that we want :) You mentioned ages ago about a nascent little fic on the subject of Chris and Ezra beating seven bells out of each other ... is this what you were talking about? First person Ez is love *g* Go you and ur baby steps :D

As for Dean ... he has no-one to blame but himself :D

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

LOL... Yeah, that was it. (And oh, man, that *was* ages ago. *sob*) I think at the time, it was just the moment with Ezra tackling Chris that was driving me crazy, so at least it grew a little.

Thanks for the encouragement. It's exciting to know the Ezra POV and stuff was all right. :)

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

I checked the link too, and oh man, I want to read that so badly now!

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorry about that. That's the one problem with my grand scheme... I do hate to be such a tease. ^_^

[kaethe.livejournal.com]

Eek! JD, you all right down there???

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

*grin* I think he just walloped upside the head a little. He's tough. He can take it. :)

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how much I love that icon! :glee:

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Me too! (Can you tell me, does it show proper credit to lucre_noin in the hover-popup thing? All it says is "This is you" when I try to check. :)

Anyway, yeah, I think it's utterly brilliant. Can't believe I haven't seen anyone use that text on an icon before. I totally want one for each of the other guys, so there'd be a complete set. :)

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

No, it just shows Jen: JD-LawAroundHere.

That would make a great set! I've been collecting ideas about the next set of challenges I'd like to post on 7men1destiny; can I issue that as a challenge, with your permission?

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Bummer. I thought it used to show the text from the "comments" section when you hovered. (And LOL... I just went and edited the "keywords" section to give her credit, and it wiped him out from the earlier comments. :P Picky, picky, LJ.)

Anyway, I certainly don't mind if you use it for a challenge... but maybe run it by lucre-noin first? I did mention to her when she posted the JD one that I'd like to see the others, so she might be planning to do it already...?

[dj-aida.livejournal.com]

Now it works. And sure, I'll run it by her too!

[lucre-noin.livejournal.com]

I think this may interest you : D sorry for the superlate.
http://lucre-noin.livejournal.com/68825.html#cutid1