Title: An Afternoon Alone
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Sorrick ♂, Jade ♂
Rating: G-Â Â (L0 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Shirtless dudes in romantic poses
Notes: For 
Keldrin. A bit of shirtless romance. It was supposed to be 'pants only', but I couldn't find thematically-valid pants that didn't need to be used with boots. So, shirtless dudes in sexy boots. *shrugs* I like how Jade's face came out. That little touch of amusement took forever to get right.
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Title: Death and Desire
Fandom: Nicoverse
Characters: Gabriel â™…, Michael â™…
Rating: T (L0 N0 S0 V2 D0)
Warnings: War, death, holy vengeance, ethics of a damaged archangel
Notes: In about 701 BC, an Assyrian army led by Sennacherib sacked forty-odd cities in Judah and laid siege to Jerusalem. Assyrian records report the successful sack of every city besieged, except Jerusalem. Although they also do not report defeat there, those records are kingly propaganda, so all bets are off. The story goes that Hezekiah, King of Judah, prayed in the Temple of Jerusalem, for deliverance, and as the first king in two and a half centuries to do so, his prayer was rewarded, and 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died outside the walls. This is variously attributed to Michael, Gabriel, or the onset of one of the usual siege camp diseases. I decided to go for all three. (I never thought I'd be writing Michael, but I suppose it had to happen, eventually…)
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Title: The Birth of the Sea of Salt
Fandom: Nicoverse
Characters: Gabriel (as Labashi) ♂, Hizkiel (as Harsu) ♂, Kafziel (as Kurigalzu) ♂, Lot ♂ & his family ♀
Rating: G- (L1 N0 S0 V1 D1)
Warnings: Objectification of angels, threats of violence, really oblique threats of rape, violent nationalist sentiment, non-explicit mass destruction
Notes: A telling of the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, from the perspective of the angels. I apologise for the names. Lot's supposed to be Chaldean, and Chaldean names are a pain in my ass to find, but he spent enough time in the Jordan River valley that I can mangle some names for his family. And then I had the bloody stupid idea the angels should be posing as Chaldean merchants… I give up. Also, I like Lot's daughters as self-determined hellraisers, able to make their own decisions and enforce their intent. I think canon supports that. And Gabriel loathing its shell is always hilarious — so, yes, this is really substantially before the fall of Jerusalem. (~2018 BC, maybe?) And if you've got any problems with my geology or geography, keep in mind that historical fiction is still fiction. (And I'm using a trope that's been argued by biblical scholars, which doesn't make it true, but does make it sufficiently popular to base a fictional work upon.)
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Title: Jet – Test
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Jet (Raven's daughter) ♀
Rating: G-Â Â (L0 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: A whole lot of leg.
Notes: This one didn't come out as well as Nightfall. Jet, the party-girl into intricate long cons. Twice as smart as any of her marks, and only shows a quarter of it, if anyone's looking. Why calla lilies? I don't know, but she insisted.
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Title: Nightfall – Test
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Nightfall (Raven's Daughter) ♀
Rating: G-Â Â (L0 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Short skirt
Notes: Raven's daughters don't have names, but they take names, usually along certain themes. This daughter can be called 'Nightfall'. She's an odd one, in her preference for the gleam of yellow metals over grey metals. She likes warm, bright colours and art festivals, cheerfully choosing her marks from those who try to exploit the artists. The daughters have a profound fondness for winning against other tricksters.
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Title: A Performance to Please the King
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Frego ♂, Nephele ♀
Rating: M (L0 N3 S2 V0 D0)
Warnings: Giant blue dong, nude dude
Notes: As much as I like this one, I think it's too sudden a transition from 07. On the other hand, the beginning of the sequence is also still missing, so I'm not sure if this is going to need a 7.5 yet. 09's going to be the interesting one to shoot. I don't do a lot of face-focused stuff. Also, if you're missing the context for the giant blue dong, that's covered in the last series I did for Sargantas.
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Title: The Changing Days
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Raven's daughters ♀
Rating: T (L2 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Bizarre cultural stereotypes, goddesses acting like birds
Notes: So, first off, this has been an exercise in choppy style. They're birds. They're like that. But, don't think they're bird-brained! The sisters are goddesses, after all, for all that they're thieving, corpse-eating tricksters. It's also really difficult to write a lengthy conversation between five characters who don't have names and can shapeshift. Not the best I've ever written them. More of an experiment and a little backstory.
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Title: Blessings of Drunkenness
Fandom: Nicoverse
Characters: Nico ♂, Lucian ♂, Ometochtli ♂, Yin (Magdalene) ♀, Gabriel (mentioned) ♅, Raven's Daughters (mentioned) ♀
Rating: T (L2 N0 S0 V1 D1)
Warnings: Weird cultural stereotypes, bizarre interpretations of Mexica mythology, intentional cultural appropriation by trickster deities, vast quantities of alcohol, mentions of mythological violent death
Notes: Nico's doing a gig at a political event that suddenly spawns a neverending spring of booze, courtesy of the Mexica gods of drunken shenanigans. If you read a lot of my stuff, you'll recognise a couple of faces in the crowd, pretty early on. And, yes, Lucian has an accent that occasionally gets in his way.
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Title: Nephele
Fandom: N/A
Characters: Nephele ♀
Rating: G-Â Â (L0 N1 S0 V0 D0)
Warnings: Leafy lace dress
Notes: As usual, I'm starting in the middle! This one's #7 for Sargantas — introducing the dryad who figures into this adventure.
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Title: A Little Excitement Before Lunch
Fandom: Nicoverse
Characters: Nico ♂, Gabriel ♅, Kamaria ♀, Moyra ♀, Lola ♀
Rating: M (L3 N0 S0 V2 D0)
Warnings: Shootings, bigotry, head-slapping, delusions of immortality, actual immortality, oddly American points of view, and a pissed-off archangel
Notes: No great leader, in the modern world, goes without a few assassination attempts. Few, however, have irate archangels looking after them. I expect you will be offended by this, in some way. If you find any of it offensive, I'm doing it right. If you're wondering where Gabriel's intensely acrimonious introduction comes from, it's inspired by Luke 1, wherein Gabriel brings news of the impending birth of John the Baptist, and curses Zacharias to silence for doubting an angel of the lord.
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