crossover_chick | IT IS DONE

Well, done writing-wise, anyway -- I finished "Secundus" this morning! Right now it clocks in at 252 pages exactly. We'll see if it stays that way as I give the final chapters a quick look-over/edit before posting. But yay, second NaNo project finished! To celebrate, let's have a Drabbles88 from the Secundus-verse:

83. Green
Doc didn’t like to admit it, but he sometimes envied his younger friends. Not for their youthful energy, or their wonder at the world around them – he felt he’d kept those things very well. No, what he envied was their luck in love. Marty had been dating Jennifer for as long as Doc had known him. And Victor – well, he’d met the love of his life his second day in Secundus. Even Richard and Sir Christopher, who he’d been sure would join him in eternal bachelorhood, had found significant others. Seeing the latter three get married, and the former one starting to plan his wedding, made Doc all too aware of the void in his life. He’d always wanted one day to get married and have children of his own. But somehow, he’d never met the right woman. The one who would put up with all his eccentricities, who would share the same passions he did. And gradually, he’d ended up devoting his life completely to science, neglecting the opposite sex all together. Saddened, he decided that the only solution was to try and be the best “uncle” he could be to his friends’ children.
And then, just mere days before Marty’s wedding, he saved Clara Clayton from falling into Shonash Ravine. And the instant he met her eyes – he suddenly realized he’d found the love he’d been looking for all his life.

-D: This is more "Secundus 2" fic.-
LoL, yes, but still counts. Obviously, I was inspired by the phrase "green with envy" for this one -- it came to me one day out of the blue, while I was planning the ending of "Secundus." Poor Doc -- feeling a little left out as all his closest friends get married. Hell, Victor's starting a family by the time of "Secundus 2." Alice is pregnant with Chester throughout the story.
-VD: Lucky Clara showed up when she did.-
Lucky indeed. Not much else to say about this one -- it kind of speaks for itself.

-VD2: Now remember, there's still "The Tale."-
I know, but now that I have two under my belt, I feel a lot more comfortable finishing that one. And again, I'm probably just going to finish up the "ball" chapter and then leave it for this year's NaNo. I've got other stuff I want to get going on, after all.
One other update of note -- we've finished another cycle of

ink_sec_sims. Enjoy an update from the Turret/Notamoron house.
And now, there is a Helloween Alice Let's Play to rewatch while I make sure I'm up on everything I should be up on. Night!