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wingedflightHey so I haven't actually done my 3SF roundup yet but I thought I'd give it a start by posting last night's Narnian Zombie Apocalypse.
PROMPT byrthstewart: Narnia; Pevensies; the undead/zombie apocalypse
1.
In later years, Jill wonders whether Aslan had known what would happen by letting a dead man step from His country to a little English school yard. Had the Lion known that Caspian would slit his finger upon the blade of his sword to test the sharpness, or that his blood would fall upon the welts left upon bare arms? Had he known that the contamination of death would rot the children inside out to turn them into living corpses?
Had he known that it would be the beginning of the end?
2.
Jill huddles over the portable stove in the shell of an abandoned church by night and watches Eustace study the map by the dim glow of the candle flame. "My cousins will fix this," he tells her, plotting their route through the countryside in an attempt to avoid civilization - that's where the undead are most plentiful - and she wonders about that, too. The great and legendary Pevensies may have the Lion's approval but what can that do for them now?
3.
They find Caspian again the next day.
"Do you think he's following us? Should we do something?" Jill whispers after they've knocked him over the head with Eustace's makeshift club and scurried away into the undergrowth.
"It's the third time this week," Eustace responds, looking back over his shoulder. "This keeps on and we might have to take more permanent action."
(Jill tries not to think about it - shouldn't death be permanent enough?)
4.
The Pevensie sisters stand with their bows to the ready as their brothers build the camp. "Nest over at the grocer's," Edmund says, "I say we go visit tomorrow."
"Excellent," says Lucy, and when no one's watching, she adjusts the bandage that covers the tooth marks on her arm.
5.
Marjorie Preston and Ann Featherstone wander about together, chasing dogs because they're too small to go after survivors. Lucy watches from a distance and wonders whether she should put them out of their misery. She leaves them be - soon enough she'll be one of them.
Bonus (and probably my favourite):
Lucy: arrrrrrruuuugggggggggggggg (Translation: I found you!)
Caspian: rrraaaaaawwwwwwwggggggg (Translation: I knew you would.)
Lucy: grrruuuuuuuuuuu? (Translation: Brains for dinner?)
And I encourage everyone to go read through the thread because I wasn't the only one posting prompts. There are fills both hilarious and heartbreaking (and very very Lucian) byrthstewart and buttonloops and starbrow and lady_songsmith and I wouldn't be surprised if more show up. *hint hint nudge nudge and all that*
PROMPT by
rthstewart: Narnia; Pevensies; the undead/zombie apocalypse1.
In later years, Jill wonders whether Aslan had known what would happen by letting a dead man step from His country to a little English school yard. Had the Lion known that Caspian would slit his finger upon the blade of his sword to test the sharpness, or that his blood would fall upon the welts left upon bare arms? Had he known that the contamination of death would rot the children inside out to turn them into living corpses?
Had he known that it would be the beginning of the end?
2.
Jill huddles over the portable stove in the shell of an abandoned church by night and watches Eustace study the map by the dim glow of the candle flame. "My cousins will fix this," he tells her, plotting their route through the countryside in an attempt to avoid civilization - that's where the undead are most plentiful - and she wonders about that, too. The great and legendary Pevensies may have the Lion's approval but what can that do for them now?
3.
They find Caspian again the next day.
"Do you think he's following us? Should we do something?" Jill whispers after they've knocked him over the head with Eustace's makeshift club and scurried away into the undergrowth.
"It's the third time this week," Eustace responds, looking back over his shoulder. "This keeps on and we might have to take more permanent action."
(Jill tries not to think about it - shouldn't death be permanent enough?)
4.
The Pevensie sisters stand with their bows to the ready as their brothers build the camp. "Nest over at the grocer's," Edmund says, "I say we go visit tomorrow."
"Excellent," says Lucy, and when no one's watching, she adjusts the bandage that covers the tooth marks on her arm.
5.
Marjorie Preston and Ann Featherstone wander about together, chasing dogs because they're too small to go after survivors. Lucy watches from a distance and wonders whether she should put them out of their misery. She leaves them be - soon enough she'll be one of them.
Bonus (and probably my favourite):
Lucy: arrrrrrruuuugggggggggggggg (Translation: I found you!)
Caspian: rrraaaaaawwwwwwwggggggg (Translation: I knew you would.)
Lucy: grrruuuuuuuuuuu? (Translation: Brains for dinner?)
And I encourage everyone to go read through the thread because I wasn't the only one posting prompts. There are fills both hilarious and heartbreaking (and very very Lucian) by
rthstewart and buttonloops and starbrow and lady_songsmith and I wouldn't be surprised if more show up. *hint hint nudge nudge and all that*
