So I was tagged by @buttsonthebeach - thank you!
Rules: List the first lines of your last 10 stories. See if there are any patterns. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!
Well, several of my last few stories are co-authored with @auroraborealia, so I'm going to skip those and focus solely on the pieces I did myself (because sometimes she writes the first sentence). Going backwards starting at the most recent, we have...
10. All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird (I’m skipping the prologue, which is basically a rehash of the first two games, and going straight to when the story begins.)
It was the talk of the townsfolk for a few days. Lady Victoria, Bann Trevelyan’s ugly duckling, was actually going to the Divine’s Conclave!
9. The Skyhold Runner’s Guide to Survival
[Editor’s note: A while back, Ruffles approached me about putting together some basic useful information for the friendly little guys who ran around Skyhold all day long. She wanted them to have a basic understanding of who’s who and what’s where and that sort of thing, and she started to write one, but she already had enough to do without worrying about all that. So she asked me to take over after the first paragraph, I said I’d do it, and the result was this. Well, as we were going over the Chantry records to put together the main story that (I assume) you’ve been reading, Scholar found a copy that one of the runners must have left behind at some point. She thought it might make a helpful piece of supplemental information for the reader, to give an idea of the madness with which the Skyhold staff had to contend on a daily basis. I’m not sure I agree, but what do I know? Maybe you’ll enjoy this, maybe you won’t, but it’s here for you.]
From the notes of Dr. Burton, head of psychiatry, Winter River Institution.
Patient LD is a fascinating case. By all outward appearances a normal, healthy young woman. Meticulously neat in her appearance; polite; eats well. Carers report no behavioral problems, beyond an insistence in believing her story.
Cullen did not go into the courtyard to say goodbye to his Lady Inquisitor. Perhaps he should have. But there was nothing left to say. Why make it more painful for either of them than it already was?
6. Bug Princess and the Seven Months
Prince Vince, while highly regarded by his people, was not exactly the celebratory type. He marked occasions in his own fashion, usually by composing an epic poem of some sort and possibly inflicting it on a (literally) captive audience. But large-scale parties were, as a general rule, not his thing. However, a truly remarkable milestone required much more grandiose festivities. Or at least, that's what Lydia told him, and he tended to listen to his mostly-living honorary sister.
It is perhaps the eighth time Lucas Elric has heard the question since breakfast, and it takes all of his considerable force of will not to growl at the speaker. Had it been anyone else, he might not have restrained himself; but for six-year-old Danielle, he can be patient.
Lydia was asleep, which was to be expected since it was only around three in the morning. She was curled on her side under the blanket, her black hair spilling like ink across the pillows, and the covers rose and fell with a gentle rhythm. All around the house were the quiet sounds of nightlife in the forest, and every so often this soft natural symphony was punctuated by a tiny, almost musical snore.
The most interesting thing to Prince Vince, regarding the bond between his adopted sister and her husband, was how little they spoke of it.
The sun was creeping through the window of Lydia Deetz's third-floor dormitory room. She was sprawled on her back, one arm draped over her eyes to block out the light; however, this did nothing to discourage the alarm clock. Moments later, the coffin popped open and a miniature version of Count Dracula sat up, cackling maniacally.
"Sorry I'm late," Lydia told her friends as she reached their usual table in the cafeteria. "We had a quick yearbook meeting after last period." She flashed them a smile. "It's a bigger project than doing the yearbook at Miss Shannon's ever was. I don't envy the editor."
Since my friends are about as mixed-up as my fandoms and I’m sure there are at least a few people confused: numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are fics for the Beetlejuice cartoon. 5 is Fullmetal Alchemist. 8 is for the Beetlejuice film; it was a giveaway prize. 7, 9, and 10 are Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Tagging ten fellow authors: @ladydracarysao3, @savvylittleminx, @rizascupcakes, @auroraborealia, @daisytje, @ladyinquisidork, @hawkeyedflame, @wildwoodringing, @queenxolivier, and @bleedingcoffee42
