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Title: Possessing Nothing but Each Other
Fandom: Romances of Arquitaine Series - Lilith Saintcrow
Rating: T
Length: 3388 words
Characters/Pairings: Princesse Lisele di Tirecian-Trimestin, Duchesse Vianne di Rocacheil et Vinmorecy, Tristan d'Arcenne, one sided Tristan/Vianne
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, Lisele Lives, Coup d'etat, Death of minor characters, Character Study, Shovel Talk
Notes: Written for Yuletide 2022.
Summary: Lisele lives. This changes very little in the short term.
Story on AO3.


Title: Who Have Dreamed in Starlight (series)
Fandom: Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Star Wars (prequels era)
Rating: T
Length: Three stories totaling 14848 words (see Notes for specifics)
Characters/Pairings: Nara Shikako, Aburame Shino, Sai, Temari, Inuzuka Hana, Three Haimaru Brothers, Deidara, Choujuurou, Hoshigaki Kisame, Shiho, Mitarashi Anko, Maboroshi Kisuke, Shizune, Hyuuga Neji

Notes:
First story: Daughter of Dreams and Visions. Complete. Two chapters 6813. Nara Shikako & Aburame Shino.
Tags: The Force Is an Eldritch Thing, Friendship, Dimensional Travel, Lying by Telling the Truth, Backstory Reveal, Blackmail

Second story: The Gold Gateway to the Stars. Incomplete. Three chapters. 3066. Sai (chapter 1), Temari (chapter 2), Inuzuka Hana and the Haimaru Brothers (chapter 3).
Tags: The Force Is an Eldritch Thing, Answering the Call, Blackmail

Third story: Sunshine Splintered in Petals. Incomplete. 6 chapters. 4969.
Tags: Reconnaissance, Mission Planning, Team Building, Lying by Telling the Truth

I hope to write more of stories 2 and 3 and some sequels to this trio of stories, but I can't promise anything. I posted 2 and 3 incomplete because I needed to put them aside to focus on other things. I had started them as a treat for an exchange in response to a request for shenanigans with Shikako and friends in the Star Wars universe. This didn't get very far toward shenanigans. Or completion.

Summary: Shikako and several others are coerced into accepting a mission in another universe. The parameters for completion are... vague.

Series on AO3. (All three stories can be found here.)

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I took a bad fall yesterday. I tripped over my laptop power cord as I was getting up to head for the kitchen to prepare food. I went down hard on both knees with a twist to both feet. It took me about five minutes to manage to get up (and, of course, it happened less than an hour after Scott left for work). My left leg took the brunt of it and is pretty badly bruised. My right ankle and foot are still cranky, but it's fading. There's no visible bruising, but I am getting swelling on my left leg an inch or so below the knee and down.

We got some new Ace bandages earlier this week, and I ended up using both of them at once. We're ordering more because I kind of needed at least one more. I can't wrap my knee or anything above my knee because even things that are meant for knees slide down rapidly; the best I've gotten is to have something stay in place for long enough to go down the basement stairs to deal with laundry but not for coming back upstairs.

Yesterday, I still managed to feed myself and to get dressed, and today is slightly better. If I have unexpected problems, I have someone to call. I'd rather wait until after 5 p.m. to call her, but that's less than two hours away right now, and I'm not expecting to need her (she knows about this; Scott let her know yesterday so I'd have help if I needed it. At that point, I had no idea how things were going to go).

( Cut for discussion of covid )