Weeping mandragoras and birthing scorpions

I forgot to update my DW account ^^; In my defense, I've been veeery busy, both IRL and with ficcage.


The World's Greatest Swordswoman (One Piece, CP9 and Straw Hats fic)
When you live in a world where Devil Fruit can change your skills, your anatomy or even your physical composition, things like gender identity are going to be even more fluid than usual.

Something that's not fluid, though? Zoro's attitude. That's a fucking rock.


50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Gundam Wing, 1x2)
Duo was well placed to know that Heero was a deadly cold hard-ass ex-terrorist with an attitude, so really, how hard could it be to have a girl not fall for the prickly bastard?

Answer: Pretty damn difficult, actually.


Upper Hand (One Piece, CP9 and Galley-La, Lucci/Pauly)
After working with Lulu and Tilestone, Paulie was used to tough co-workers and eccentric characters. So what it was that annoyed Paulie so much about the new guy, Lucci, was a bit of a mystery, but it wasn't two weeks before whatever it was came to a head in the manner these things usually do.

ALL of the Drabbles Various fandoms (no crossovers) One Piece, Naruto, Gundam Wing and Good Omens. Others might eventually end up there too. All ratings and styles, please heed warnings.


Also been adding chapters to Diplomatic Relations, Freeport, Source of All Things and Outlands.

And IN ADDITION I have also started writing in another fandom because apparently I do not need sleep. Or a life other than having a family, a job, dogs and a hobby that eats my brain on toast with a side of relish. New work should roll out within a week or two, I hope. Holiday season may disrupt just about anything and everything (somebody has to bake those cookies. And eat them.) however a bit of spare time may also accelerate all this writing and archiving I'm doing. We'll see.

Customer Service In The Food Industry (One Piece, CP9 and Straw Hats fic)
They were starving. That was reason enough for Zeff to open the Baratie's doors and feed them, whoever the hell they were.

Then he offered them a job, because the waiters and most of the other cooks had all jumped ship again and these guys looked kinda tough and not likely to scare easy. He didn't care if they were refugees of the World Government, he didn't care about their past, he didn't care what else they could do as long as the dishes were cleaned, the soup served, the vegetables chopped and Zeff's rules respected. Oh, and the pigeon had to stay out of the kitchen. That was a must. Give the Health Inspector the wiggins otherwise.

Oddly enough, it did not turn out to be a complete and utter disaster. Strange things happen on the seas.


Something In The Water (Naturo, very, very Gen)
The party was boring. A bit too boring, even. Unnaturally boring and worryingly so, for the leader of a village with a sudden sharp concern about its future.


And added a new set of chapters to Beautiful Symmetries

I went on a veritable archiving frenzy over the weekend.

Duty and Bloodshed (One Piece, CP9)
Collected stories of CP9, loosely interconnected.

Includes the 'Yalta-verse' stories.

So far there's Dedication, Belling the Cat (aka, Lucci gets p0wned), and Hot Seat. There will be Cordially Invited, Yalta and Homework up by the end of the week too.

Break in the Routine (Naruto, KakaGai)
Kakashi had heard people complain about 'routine', calling it humdrum and boring. For Kakashi, routine meant that nobody was actively trying to kill him and there were no missions that day. Routine was good.

An implausible green and orange streak vaulted over the iron fence and darted off a cherry tree, causing a dramatic shower of petals around him as he hit the ground. Gai, showing up for his regular challenge. Yup, still routine...Until Gai told him what he was challenging Kakashi at this time.


Beautiful Symmetries (Gundam Wing, 1x2x5)
Neither the war nor Treize had had the decency to finish me off. Adrift without a battle or an enemy to fight, I may have made some, shall we say, ill-considered decisions. Fortunately I survived the Peace in much the same way I had survived the War. As a Preventer, I could still be useful, I could still fight for a good cause and justify my survival. Best of all, I could do so as a solo operative, an independence that suited my solitary nature down to the ground.

And then those two showed up in my life again, needing a partner.

It'd been a few months since my life had last gone to hell in a hand-basket. I guess I was past due.

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And of course The Arrangement and Source of All Things are also still getting updated on a daily or weekly basis, respectively.

And we're off to stranger shores!

Descent (Naruto, Kakashi/Gai)
A and S rank missions are killers - especially the kind Tsunade hands out since she's been made Godaime. Kakashi has handled some pretty rough ones over the years with his teams, wow, he could tell you stories...

But his team is gone. He's no longer a Jounin-sensei and he no longer has to watch over a bunch of brats. Now his missions are ANBU level.

ANBU missions are different. The view through that mask is narrow. There is nothing to protect, only targets to kill. There is no mercy, no regret, no remorse. No prisoners. It's very simple, really. Considerably simpler than being a Jounin-sensei. If only Gai didn't insist on joining his rival/friend/partner around on these, it'd be simpler still.


Up On The Peak (One Piece, faint Zoro/Kaku)
A year after Enies Lobby, Kaku catches up with Roronoa Zoro for a rematch. A battle featuring swords, reasons to fight, a sprinkling of odd emotions and, of course, giraffes.

(Timeline: mythical 'post-series' after the Strawhats reach Raftel, get the One Piece and kick the World Government to the carpet.)

Still busy archivin' away.


Spring Fever (Naturo, KakaIru)
Spring is an insidious season that a good Shinobi should avoid at all cost. If he can't do that, he can at least avoid falling for someone way too nice and out of his class altogether.


Ring Around (One Piece, Gen)
Nami's nakama were certifiable. Loony-bin material, every last one of them.


Monsters (Gundam Wing, AU,1x2,3x4)
AU gently parodying the supernatural fic genre, and that's all I can really say about it.

New post on AO3

The Wheel (Gen, Sand Sibling centric)
Sunagakure. Still reeling from their defeat at the Chuunin exams and the loss of their leader to treachery. As if to take advantage of their weakness and disarray, something dark is stirring in the village. An old sin, an unbearable pain, is being brought to their door. And it is killing people.

Oddly enough, it's not Gaara. But Sunagakure might take some convincing of that.

Here's the short sidefic to Hunter's Moon. Note that if you've not read Hunter's Moon, you won't understand any of this.

Rating: PG13
Warning: Language, mentions of violence, yaoi.


( Hunter's Moon: End Mission )