#obligatory post-session ficlet time!

[slashmagpie]

Pearl and Gem glance at each other. Then, as one, they glance back at Tango, who is, evidently, not Tango.

“Do we have an amnesiacold on our hands?” Gem asks. 

“Maybe,” says Pearl, glancing back at Tango again. “Tango, buddy, you feeling alright?”

“I—” Tango opens his mouth. Closes it again. “I mean, I’m a little under the weather, to tell you the truth—I ate a South African sausage and it disagreed with me.”

Pearl hums. “And it’s messed with your memory a bit, right?”

“Yes! I mean, no—I mean, how did you—?”

“Would you say that you have a bit of an amnesiacold, Tango?” asks Gem.

“Amnesiacold?”

“You know. Amnesiacold!” Gem says. “When you get sick and forget everything and feel like somebody else?” 

“Ah.” Tango pulls himself to shore. Frowns. “It’s more of an amnesia-food-poisoning, if I’m honest.”

Pearl winces. “Your poor digestive system.”

“It’s not very nice Pearl, I’ll tell you that much,” Tango says, voice low, one hand pressed against his stomach as he pulls a face.

“Okay, that’s enough, I don’t need to hear about your gut issues,” Gem interrupts. “But—you have an amnesiacold! You know, I was an amnesiacold last season.”

“You mean, you had an amnesiacold?”

“No, I was one.” Gem winks. “Like—Tango has an amnesiacold. But you? You’re the amnesiacold. You know?”

Tango’s shoulders hike up with discomfort. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m Tango. And I think you guys should—should skadoodle somewhere else. Should bother-someone-else-ificate. Begone.” 

“I had an amnesiacold last season, you know,” Pearl says. “Gem was one. You can tell us, buddy, we’re not gonna tell anyone.”

“Promise,” Gem says with a nod. “This is a safe space! You don’t have to pretend to be someone you’re not with us.”

Tango stares at them for a long, long moment, then sags, face falling. He looks exhausted, suddenly, and Pearl feels a rush of sympathy. It can’t be easy, being thrown into the game halfway through, with no context for anything.

“It’s been rough, dudes,” Tango says, voice cracking. “It’s been really really rough. I forgot how hard it was to get anything done on this server! There’s so much chaos, and—”

Wait.

“Ren?”

Not-Tango grins. “In the flesh,” he says with a bow of his head. “Or… not my flesh, exactly.” 

“Ren?” Gem asks, tilting her head in confusion.

“Oh, that’s right, you’ve never met…”

Gem and Ren peer at each other for a moment. “You do look familiar,” Ren says eventually.

“Yeah,” Gem agrees. “I mean, obviously you look familiar—you look like Tango!—but… yeah.” 

They stare at each other for a moment more.

“Maybe we met in a dream?” Ren says at last.

Gem nods. “Sure. Makes as much sense as anything else.”

Pearl glances between them, rocking awkwardly back on her heels. She clears her throat, drawing their attentions back to her. “Welcome back, buddy,” she says to Ren. “Good to see you again.”

“I wish that I could say the same,” Ren says morosely. “I thought I was—I was done, Pearl.” Now that she knows it's Ren, she can hear his cadence in Tango’s voice, voice dropping rough and low with drama as he bows his head. “I was done. No more games, not for the ol’ diggity dog. And now… Here I am!” He laughs a little, stretching out his arms to indicate the server at large. “In a body that’s not mine, in a world I’ve never seen, in a game I do not understand.”

“Oh, Ren…” Pearl frowns. She doesn’t know what to say. 

Gem jumps in. “Hey, it’s okay! It’s just one session, you know? You can do one session!”

“I suppose I must.” Ren looks up at them, jaw tightening. “If I am here—I suppose I must.”

“I’d never been in any of these games before I was Cleo for a bit last season,” Gem says. “So you have an advantage there! And, hey—maybe you can come back next season, and we can meet for real?”

Ren shifts uncomfortably. There’s something heavy hanging about him, something Pearl can’t quite understand. She remembers the last time she’d seen him, skull caved in from the dripstone spike dropped on his head. She remembers her own amnesiacold, the exhaustion that had dragged at her before it had settled in, the memories that had plagued her and just wouldn’t go away. And she wonders—

Just how exhausted would you have to be that your body would have to leave as well as the rest of your self?

Just how sick would you have to be before you didn’t want to come back?

Still, Ren steadies himself. Quirks Tango’s mouth into a smile. “Maybe,” he says, meeting Gem’s gaze. “That would be nice, to meet for real.”

#secret life #spoilers #fanfiction #obligatory post-session ficlet time! #there was so much going on this session i could have gone with almost anything for this #but amnesiacolds is where we landed #this one is very much playing with martyn's lore which i think is very fun #also. i miss rendog when will he come back from the war ;-; #magpie feather quill

[pandolfo-malatesta]

Every Bit of Fanfiction I’ve Ever Posted on Tumblr

An Exhausting Exhaustive List

for fandoms including My Mad Fat Diary, Mericcup, Kristanna, Tangled, Shieldshock, Steggy, Miraculous Ladybug, and Newsies (1992)

I should specify that this 1. is every bit that I could find, since Tumblr’s on-blog search is pants 2. only includes fics posted in their entirety on here; so, for example, none of Darcy Lewis Can’t Lose appears on this list 3. does include stories later posted to FF.net and/or AO3 4. includes works in length from three to five sentences (most of which are in answer to prompts) to nearly 5000 words

My Mad Fat Diary You Keep Me Searching French for Beginners 600 quiet, soft, music friendship, boys, sessions therapy, understanding, snacks secret, shoulder, rain lonely, comfort, music first time, nervous, reassuring gig, gang, scooter Between Mates beer, guitar, silver puppy, music, rain 7:43 a.m. sunset, sugar, sarcasm video camera, Dad, bruise snow, sex, tears love, sex, Finn Like gold Full English Breakfast A* ocean, bear, bag Smoke Believe Me Beautiful Words But it’s just the price I pay Open up my eager eyes

Rae & Darcy Could Be Worse

Mericcup baby, dragon, teething Fireflies Diversion Promises to Keep Make Do and Mend Save Money. Live Better. Shivers Runs in the Family sword practice For Want of a Shirt Crowning Glory Ráð Honey Hiding ‘Til You Came Along Take Me Now Lest I Be Dead Ultimate more summer camp Just You Wait and See Steady as the Rain fire alarm Wet Ink Snow Day eyes lipgloss stains Renaissance Faire before dawn h/c “‘F you don’t shut your mouth...” ballad with you terrible twos, swords, child safety locks Nudge legends, Thor, history naked, blushing, self conscious scars, kisses, quiet tattoo, braids, warriors astronomy gown, torn, linen dragon, snake, grass cuddling Even If the Years Have Changed Us pt 1 and 2 Study Break touch watch the queen conquer dress fitting terrible first time loving again meeting the animal friends kilts daughter’s first heartbreak birth of their first child confetti ring(s) Olympics Hogwarts texting chainmail betrothal run hands

Astrid & Merida axe, freedom, boots

Vikings Before the Light

Connie & 11 Stardust and Stripes

Kristanna warmth, touch, hug advice from Eugene alcohol Vikings drunk

Tangled finger paint, unamused, purple baby surprise

HTTYD2 Milady a little encouragement

Over the Garden Wall see you again

Steve/Darcy elevator, ticklish, cupcake assignment, fraternising, red break, fire, snow rescue from a bad date meet cute I’ve had worse dates than this media, ComicCon, hiding wish, blue, confession altercation, tension, forms medieval medieval--dancing mission, pretend, escape singing, shower, cellphone glass, pulse, rose A Knight’s Tale AU and a motorcycle The Story of Tonight Ringtones revisited

Darcy She Stands Against Pain

Darcy & Stiles Aether, Steel

Darcy/Johnny Storm winter, assignment, breakdown trapped, argument, blue flirt, slap, crush This is all your fault, Storm cussing, theft, marshmallows myth, numbers, cloth

Steve/Peggy lady knight Peggy and squire Steve white silk heatwave Tea for Two

Thor/Jane Underneath the Aurora kitten, Apple Jacks, toes

Thor & Darcy cape problems knitting

Miraculous Ladybug dance birthday cinema Five Steps hair puns queen anchor

When Calls the Heart Concerning Elizabeths

A Royal Night Out Elizabeth visits Paris

Supergirl obligatory comets ficlet

Newsies (1992) Words on a Page Sarah character sketch Fraternity a little unrequited crush Medda’s daughter

featuring Newsies OC Hana Priatelia a rodina geography A Walk in the Park Lunch Date a letter to Jozef tired Seward Park American Etiquette and Rules of Politeness the beginning of a long, hot summer a trip to Irving Hall Swoon Pauline’s name day Introductions gardenias Scraps hats miláčik Hana’s name day Duane Street C.M. James & Co. Juraj dancing the ceili Butterflies a fight five hundred words Tatko’s observations investigating Snoddy

#shameless self-promotion #masterpost