(no subject)

There was no trip to the movies yesterday. My step-father needed to finish a draft of a paper he’s co-writing. My mother was on the phone all day with the realtor that’s selling her father’s house in the Keys. Cordelia didn’t really want to go, at least not enough to do it with just her father for company.

Scott and Cordelia did go to a mall and spend some time shopping. They got some t-shirts and a calendar and were gone for about two hours.

We met my parents and brother at a Chinese restaurant for dinner. I really disliked the dish I ordered. I got it because Scott wanted to try it and wanted to try another dish that was marked as spicy. I really didn’t have a strong preference about what I ordered. At any rate, this was chicken cooked with pieces of fruit, and every bite tasted of the nastiest part of an orange peel. I rather suspect that nobody’s going to eat the leftovers. We’re taking them with us anyway, but Scott didn’t care for the flavor either.

We spent some time in the hotel hot tub last night. It had been crowded our first night here and closed the second, so this was our first chance. Cordelia eyed the pool, but she wasn’t willing to swim in it if there were other kids in it. I’m really not sure what that was about.

Yuletide Fics

I wrote two stories for Yuletide this year, my assignment and a treat. I’ve never written a treat before, so I’m very pleased to have managed one. Admittedly, this is a case of seeing a prompt and knowing that it was exactly the sort of thing that I could write well.

My main assignment was for The Chronicles of Amber (which made me laugh given how much I’ve written for that canon in the last year). My recipient, blueorangecrush, said they’d be happy with any character and listed a few of their favorites. I wanted to fit all five into the story but only ended up managing three of them. I have drafts of bits with the other two, but those required additional chapters that I just didn’t have time for, so I didn’t end up posting them. This story ended up being four chapters, and each of those could stand alone (though chapter one was too short to be an independent Yuletide story by about 90 words).

Title: The Wisdom That You Brought
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Rating: T
Length: 7395
Characters: Random, Vialle, Llewella, Oberon (and a few other people who don’t say much)
Pairing: Random/Vialle
Tags: Sibling Incest, Blind Character, Vialle POV, POV Female Character, Intrigue, Misses Clause Challenge, Arranged Marriage
Blurb: Vialle’s connection to Amber began much earlier than when she first met Random.

The story at AO3.


( Cut for discussion of rape in the other story )