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crossover_chick) wrote2013-12-22 08:26 pm
crossover_chick) wrote2013-12-22 08:26 pm
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25 Days of Multiverse #22
As if my body didn't hate me enough with the whole "period right before Christmas" business, I now also have a cold. Fortunately not too bad of one, but the runny/drippy nose is already driving me nuts. Erugh. . . Guess I'll just have to load up on the vitamin C and hope for the best.
Surprisingly, even with my nose dripping every five seconds, I was surprisingly productive. Got all my Christmas presents written save one, and I'm pretty sure I can knock that one out tomorrow without a problem. I also finally listened to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, another one of my holiday traditions. :D I seriously love "Christmas in Sarajevo" and "Wizards In Winter." Christmas isn't complete without them. Now I just need Blackadder's Christmas Carol and I'm set. :D I also -- gasp, shock -- played some Sims today! I did so mainly to get a picture of Bayard for Forgotten Vows's icon set -- I wanted something that showed him looking happy and playful. To my surprise and joy, this did NOT involve moving him and Splatter in with a temporary family. Turns out I'd forgotten 8 Sims in a household also means two pets, so I went ahead and moved them in with Victor. He'll take care of them during the last days of his incarceration, then bring them along when he moves out and goes to live with Alice. I have to keep them out of frame for official updates (barring Victor saying hello to Bayard, under the pretense the dog is just passing through), but that shouldn't be too hard. I just hope I can get Victor out there sooner rather than later!
Speaking of icon sets, I'd like a suggestion or two about another new icon to add toforgotten_vows: a Moonlight icon. I figured the little guy should have one, but I've got three candidates and I'm not sure which is best. You can see my choices here. A comment or two would be welcome! There's another Nest O'Flitts egg meme up, and I'd hoping to have Victor interact with one or two lucky new owners. :D
And after all that, here's your drabble:
Day Twenty-Two:
“I do not know how your mother does it.”
“I’m afraid Mother has had a lot of practice holding court over me and my father,” Victor confessed, watching the carriage leave. He shot Alice an apologetic look. “I tried to end the dinner early–”
“I know, and having her over on Christmas Eve does mean putting up with less of her throughout the rest of the year,” Alice allowed. “Just – after four solid hours of Nell Van Dort, I want to go someplace with absolutely no people.”
Victor offered his hand. “Well – I hear Tundraful is lovely this time of year.”
You think the Solicitor's Ward verse has it bad? This is one that never even got off the ground -- and it's a direct result of the Forgotten Vows Verse. This is the Traveler's Verse -- the FIRST universe I came up with that involved "A:MR." The idea here was that Victor and Alice would meet after their respective canons, fall in love, and discover that they could travel both to the Land of the Dead and to Wonderland with hardly a problem at all because their world has special people with a magic talent for going to any world they wish -- and guess who has the talent? It was going to be my magnum "getting them together while simultaneously acknowledging both their canons in full" opus --
And then I came up with this idea that Victor narrowly avoided getting sent to Dr. Bumby as part of his backstory.
The rest is history. I got more interested in the universe where Victor DID get sent to Bumby, and the Traveler's Verse got shoved to the side, fading away. I figured the least I could do is bring it back for this drabble. As you can see, Van Dort family relations are a little better here, at least -- Victor doesn't have the same desire to hate his parents simply because they didn't pull the dick move of sending him off to a monster psychiatrist. As always, though, one has to fortify oneself for Nell. At least this Victor and Alice can always get away once the going gets tough. And Tundraful really is lovely with that gorgeous sky. :D
All right, I'm going to watch the latest episode of My Little Pony, then take a stab at RPing (if my nose lets me). Later all!
Surprisingly, even with my nose dripping every five seconds, I was surprisingly productive. Got all my Christmas presents written save one, and I'm pretty sure I can knock that one out tomorrow without a problem. I also finally listened to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, another one of my holiday traditions. :D I seriously love "Christmas in Sarajevo" and "Wizards In Winter." Christmas isn't complete without them. Now I just need Blackadder's Christmas Carol and I'm set. :D I also -- gasp, shock -- played some Sims today! I did so mainly to get a picture of Bayard for Forgotten Vows's icon set -- I wanted something that showed him looking happy and playful. To my surprise and joy, this did NOT involve moving him and Splatter in with a temporary family. Turns out I'd forgotten 8 Sims in a household also means two pets, so I went ahead and moved them in with Victor. He'll take care of them during the last days of his incarceration, then bring them along when he moves out and goes to live with Alice. I have to keep them out of frame for official updates (barring Victor saying hello to Bayard, under the pretense the dog is just passing through), but that shouldn't be too hard. I just hope I can get Victor out there sooner rather than later!
Speaking of icon sets, I'd like a suggestion or two about another new icon to add to
forgotten_vows: a Moonlight icon. I figured the little guy should have one, but I've got three candidates and I'm not sure which is best. You can see my choices here. A comment or two would be welcome! There's another Nest O'Flitts egg meme up, and I'd hoping to have Victor interact with one or two lucky new owners. :DAnd after all that, here's your drabble:
Day Twenty-Two:
“I do not know how your mother does it.”
“I’m afraid Mother has had a lot of practice holding court over me and my father,” Victor confessed, watching the carriage leave. He shot Alice an apologetic look. “I tried to end the dinner early–”
“I know, and having her over on Christmas Eve does mean putting up with less of her throughout the rest of the year,” Alice allowed. “Just – after four solid hours of Nell Van Dort, I want to go someplace with absolutely no people.”
Victor offered his hand. “Well – I hear Tundraful is lovely this time of year.”
You think the Solicitor's Ward verse has it bad? This is one that never even got off the ground -- and it's a direct result of the Forgotten Vows Verse. This is the Traveler's Verse -- the FIRST universe I came up with that involved "A:MR." The idea here was that Victor and Alice would meet after their respective canons, fall in love, and discover that they could travel both to the Land of the Dead and to Wonderland with hardly a problem at all because their world has special people with a magic talent for going to any world they wish -- and guess who has the talent? It was going to be my magnum "getting them together while simultaneously acknowledging both their canons in full" opus --
And then I came up with this idea that Victor narrowly avoided getting sent to Dr. Bumby as part of his backstory.
The rest is history. I got more interested in the universe where Victor DID get sent to Bumby, and the Traveler's Verse got shoved to the side, fading away. I figured the least I could do is bring it back for this drabble. As you can see, Van Dort family relations are a little better here, at least -- Victor doesn't have the same desire to hate his parents simply because they didn't pull the dick move of sending him off to a monster psychiatrist. As always, though, one has to fortify oneself for Nell. At least this Victor and Alice can always get away once the going gets tough. And Tundraful really is lovely with that gorgeous sky. :D
All right, I'm going to watch the latest episode of My Little Pony, then take a stab at RPing (if my nose lets me). Later all!