Books - November 2025

Nov. 27th, 2025 01:21 pm
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Another 7 books read this month, bringing my yearly total to 74 - up on last year, but it all depends on length of book etc.

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
The runner up for the Shedunnit book club read of historical novel by modern author.  It looked interesting, and the time period of just after WWI should have been of interest, but the book spent a lot of time showing Maisie Dobbs' background in great detail, which, together with some very clunky explanations, put me off.  The actual mystery was interesting and well solved, but not worth all the pages that needed reading.

The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening by Naomi Kuttner
I forget who recommended this, but it was excellent.  Great fun, with a well plotted mystery.  There's a retired assassin, ghosts, and a cat, together with several other plot twists.  And it's set in Aotearoa New Zealand.  Not serious but definitely fun!

Brueghel - the Complete Paintings by Jurgen Muller
My review is here

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
The wizards need to create a football team, with the usual confusion and creativity.  The Librarian plays in goal.  I've enjoyed reading several Discworld novels this year, and this one was a good way to finish.

N or M? by Agatha Christie
More of a spy thriller than a straight murder mystery.  Tommy and Tuppence are deemed too old to make a useful contribution to the war (the book was written in 1941), but then Tommy is asked to help seek out a spy, and Tuppence gets herself involved.  Christie's prejudices, which are greater than I think the war justified, are very apparent.  And I guessed one of the plot points.

Crime in the City: The 2002 Crime Writers' Association Anthology edited by Martin Edwards
This year I bought a number of anthologies cheap, which I shall be reading over the coming year.  This was the first.  It does make me wonder how many of these writers will still be read in another 20 years.

Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE by Sarah Helm
The role of the SOE agents in France and the discovery of their fates was interesting, although the unnecessary loss of life was appalling.  Vera Atkins turned out to be an unappealing character and I really wasn't interested in her background, especially given her share in the responsibility for the deaths, which she doesn't appeared to have accepted.

In addition, but not counted in the total, I read (twice):
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy
I remain the Mole!

Too Many People

Nov. 26th, 2025 11:21 pm
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Just everywhere but the laundromat. Did I mention the assholes broke both washing machines here and I had to go to my old one in Jackson. Well...I won't bitch about the time i had to go to the one in Gallipolis last month. Holy shit, 10$ to do two loads of wash and one full dryer (I hang a lot of my good clothes).

This put me in mind of something [personal profile] evil_little_dog posted the other day about how expensive it is to be poor. Which is 100% accurate. Like now that I'm not sure I can buy a new car (or newer I should say) but mine has 111K on it. If I don't, something is going to blow and it'll be expensive to fix. I CAN afford a laundry suit for home (but the hook up is fucked up) but imagine doing a WHOLE family's laundry at those prices because you can't afford a washer/dryer. Jesus. (it's much cheaper here at the apt)


The coffee shop was packed. I did get a spot, talked to former students, thought about exploding the heads of the adult son/mom combo who was letting their 3 year old daughter/granddaughter run everywhere for the full hour I was there (and they were there before me) She was nearly hit by the door multiple times and nearly took out the waitresses more than that. eye rolls.

Kroger was predictably packed. I have to make cookies for a giveaway but found out my baking powder smelled like ass so I had to go get more. Like the Hunger Games in there. How many people wait to the last second to buy things (asks the idiot who also forget eggs and milk for her baked goods. I had...the lemon. Whee)



They were also beginning to pull down one of the historic buildings today. I got pictures (It was beyond saving which is sad)

I managed to finish a second [community profile] fandomtrees don't get too excited. This was a rec one. Easy peasy.

I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. The temperature fell like a rock today but could be worse. I see what's coming to places I used to live (Lake Erie beach side, Wisconsin). But my issue is a tickle in my chest that says let's get sick. Shut up lungs. Go be weak on your own time, not mine. And my lower left wisdom must be lonely missing its upper wisdom buddy because the entire gum is swollen and painful. Exactly what you want the day before a big meal.


What I Just Finished Reading:


The Tea Dragon Society - very sweet


Revenge Serve Royal - historical mystery, it was pretty good. Found out I read book one and this is book three. Guess who didn't read book 2


What I am Currently Reading:


A Twist of Murder - Charles Dickens is the detective, yes another real person fanfic mystery. So far I am unimpressed.

Death at the Door

Wyches - a graphic novel horror I got from the library today


What I Plan to Read Next: Haunted Cemeteries of Ohio
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The 2025 NYC Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night is available online (via PBS) through the end of the year, and is tremendously fun! Such a stacked cast— with Lupita Nyong'o as Viola/Cesario (and her real-life brother as Sebastian), Sandra Oh as Olivia, and Peter Dinklage as Malvolio— it's genuinely hard to pick a stand-out performance?? I will say that Dinklage is probably my favorite Malvolio of the three I've seen within the past year, although he plays it both less campily and less sympathetically than the Folger's recent production or Tamsin Greig in the 2017 production on National Theatre at Home; I'll also say that Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Sir Andrew Augecheek stole every scene he was in, but honestly, "Sir Andrew was a hoot" was my takeaway from all three productions and so I think it might just be a really fun role. (On a less expected note, Orsino's entourage was also a hoot, especially with the recurring bit of one guy who kept laughing out of turn and then dropping into push-ups when Orsino looked at him. Also, fantastic Orsino, with kind of "manly man who's secretly a softie" vibes that made for an appealing take on the character— although, until the Drag Race runway vibes of the final bows, I would not say that this was a particularly gender-y version of Twelfth Night, overall?) In assorted other details: this staging had Nyong'o (actually, both Nyong'os) occasionally slip into Swahili, including the initial dialogue between Viola and Sebastian when they reunite, which was a cool touch; I didn't know what to think of the backdrop of giant letters reading WHAT YOU WILL, at first, but it earned its keep as a set-up for the punchline in the scene where, as Sir Toby and co. spy on Malvolio, they all hide behind smaller/portable/individual letters spelling out TREE.

Holiday Wishes 2025

Nov. 26th, 2025 09:28 pm
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[personal profile] doeeyedbecky posting in [community profile] holiday_wishes
Hi everyone. I'm Becky, and I've forgotten how many years I've been participating. This is my most favorite time of the year, both on LJ and in real life. I live in Central NY with my adoptive 'mom,' Mama Melissa, her mom and my fiance Pookie. (I use their petname online for privacy reasons) I'm disabled, so I can't work.

First off, I hope everyone is safe and healthy this year.

1. ANYTHING off my Amazon Wish List. This is the link to my 'Holiday Wishes 2025' list, and then some sub-lists; a list of computer books I want, a list of writing books and a list of general Kindle Books I want.

2. More readers/followers for my books I'm an aspiring author, so I'd like more followers for my blog/readers for my books. My Author blog is at
https://authordaisyloveless.blogspot.com/
And from there you can find the links to my books on the 'My Books' page. All are in Kindle Unlimited, if that is more your thing!

3. More Facebook/Instagram followers Besides writing, I blog as a hobby, doing food reviews. I do share personal pics as well on Instagram, so it’s not all food. I’d love to get some more followers!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missbeckyannsfoodblog/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missbeckyann6879/

4. Gift Cards/E-certificates Subway, Walmart or amazon.com would ROCK my socks. We do most of our Non-food shopping at Amazon. We use Walmart a LOT for groceries, and Subway is the only restaurant near us that delivers.

5. AUTHENTIC Asian Ramen noodles In the past year, I've branched out through gifts, but I want to branch out more. Would prefer savory, but not super spicy. Nongshim Kimchi noodles (or jalapeno peppers) are about the spiciest I can handle. Please check the above wishlist to get a more accurate idea of my spice tolerance.
(Absolutely NO Buldak flavors, please… the spice level leaves me looking like I just had an ‘Ugly Cry’ session)

6. Coffee/coffee creamers I am ADDICTED to these! Flavored is a plus, fave flavors being Cinnamon, Hazlenut, Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint and Irish Creme. Instant coffee is a MAJOR plus. We do have a knockoff Keurig, so K-Cups are cool, too!

7. Lip Balms I’m not good with makeup, but I’m addicted to lip balm. I prefer flavored and/or tinted. I have some on the wishlist above, if you want to get ideas of flavors.

8. Nail stickers/wraps This is the ONLY way I can do my nails. I can’t afford a salon set, and I shake too much for traditional liquid nail polish (plus it bothers Mama Melissa’s asthma). I know the Jamberry company went under, but surely someone still has a stash floating around. If you do and you’re looking to unload some (or all) of your old stock, I will HAPPILY take them! (I’ll also take Lily And Fox or Dashing Diva brands, since they are the same thing, just different brands)

9. Stickers! I’ve developed a thing for stickers, like the kind you’d put on water bottles, skateboards, laptops, etc. Would love to get more to add to my collection!

10. Be Kind to one another There’s so much hate in the world… even a kind word to a stranger could make their day better.

Address and contact info behind here... )

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Season's greetings

Nov. 26th, 2025 12:07 pm
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First of all, happy holidays! I wish the best of this season to all of you.

I'm no good at this kind of thing and I'm certainly gonna get anxious after but here we go.

My wishlist:

1. Check my fandoms list at SquidgeWorld and watch/read/play the media from a fandom that caught your eye! That'd be enough for me.

2. Create something, anything and post it wherever you want. It may sound silly but in a world following the road to automated "art" (and everything else) anything made by hand is precious and shouldn't be left forgotten.

3. Join any writing communities here on Dreamwidth!

4. Create one fanwork for [community profile] smallfandomfest!

5. Book recommendations for a 12 yo that's into sports and wants to develop a reading habit.

6. Recently, my mother has been taking a lot of stray cats in her care, feeding them and taking care of a couple kittens, so if you so have it in your heart, an Amazon gift card could help her getting food and other items for them. She and the cats would be very grateful! And if that's not possible (since I don't know how that works because differences in countries and stuff):

7. Donate to your local animal shelter! ❤️

8. Here's my Amazon wishlist (MX), MOSTLY wants and just for fun.

9. World peace.

10. Last but not least, give your pets lots of love. ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for reading.

Email )

30 in 30: ST:DS9

Nov. 26th, 2025 05:51 pm
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AO3 Link | Memories of Family (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Kira Nerys
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

Miles walks in on a domestic moment






Nerys was slow-dancing to the music with Molly, while Keiko held Kirayoshi and rocked in time. The scene etched itself into Miles' heart as he came in. The moments like this were all too-soon coming to an end as his transfer to Earth was in the works.

At least Molly should keep solid memories of her other-mother, as they referred to Nerys. Video calls would help strengthen ties, he knew, but losing her as a part of their family was the hardest part for he and Keiko both.

Such sad musings were not for now. Kissing his family hello was.
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This had been on my to-read list for some time. When I read the Detection Club's parody Ask a Policeman I had some knowledge of three of the detectives being parodied — Lord Peter Wimsey, Mrs Bradley and Roger Sheringham, but the fourth, Sir John Saumarez, I'd never heard of before. At the time none of the books featuring him was readily available, but Enter Sir John has been reprinted recently so I thought I'd take a look. (The reprint is of the 1929 US edition, which apparently changes the victim's name compared to the UK version).

So, the plot: A travelling theatre company visits a provincial town. Screams are heard at a boarding house where two of the women are having dinner. When help arrives, one of them is dead, and the other one is promptly arrested, tried and convicted for the murder. Sir John, a noted actor-manager who knows Martella, the convicted actress, decides she is innocent and sets out to clear her name. Whether this inspired the premise of Dorothy L Sayers' Strong Poison or whether it was convergent evolution, I don't know.

Having read it, I think it's not entirely surprising that Sir John didn't have the lasting fame of the other three. He's an entertaining enough character, with the authors not taking him entirely seriously, but a lot of the surrounding cast aren't really fleshed out. And the plot is fairly slight; once Sir John has decided that Martella didn't do it, there aren't that many suspects for who did, so the second half of the book is fairly linear as he builds up his case, extracts a confession from the murderer, and gets Martella's conviction overturned. It's not to say there isn't the odd plot twist, but there's no point at which he has to throw out all his work and start again.

What does stick a little in the mind is the motive. spoiler )

And one curiosity. The reprint included a reproduction of the original frontispiece. What caught my attention was that the illustrator appears to have presciently modelled Sir John on Peter Capaldi.

The Hobbit Drabble: Together

Nov. 26th, 2025 09:05 pm
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***

Title: Together
Author:[personal profile] kat_lair
Fandom: The Hobbit
Pairing: Fili/Kili
Tags: Drabble, Gen or Pre-Slash, Codependeny
Rating: G
Word count: 100

Summary: Fili tries to make his brother stay behind.

Author notes:
#3 [community profile] fandomgiftbasket drabble for [personal profile] pushkin666 


Together )

***

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Nov. 26th, 2025 06:48 pm
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The past days have been pretty tiring, though that’s pretty much as expected.

Mums friend came Monday and, as expected, I went to town to put money in for her to get stuff. Which ugh. But at the same time it meant I could get some stuff. I managed to find the Lego Star Wars magazine I missed out on in home bargains (they have older issues for some reason which is useful and this was the last one). It comes with a lil droideka which is so cool so I’m glad I got it. Plus I also got the new Fantastic 4 comic though I’ve not read yet.

I also got some frozen stuff from Iceland so there’s some of the newer party food to try. But ugh. I dunno what it is, going to town for these trips is always tiring even more so than going out other times.

In the night I finished the Android Invasion special features (I watched some Sunday night) and then watched Welcome to Derry which was such a wild ep and I’m so glad there was so much Taniel even though he got himself into a situation and might well be doomed.

Speaking of The Long Walk actors (since Taniel is played by Collie’s actor) I found out about a film called God Is A Bullet which features Garrett Wareing (Stebbins actor) covered in tattoos, wearing make up and is apparently in a skirt and a cult? Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have a uk release or is on streaming but I did find it on eBay. I put one on watch list, but it was from Canada (though cost less than getting it from here) and then yesterday I had an offer for it with an extra £2 off so I snapped it up. Sure it’s not coming for a bit but… I’m curious.

Yesterday I’d hoped to do uni stuff but it felt like I was cursed. The laptop did its usual thing when I wanna use it, go slow, decide it needs to update and so I couldn’t do anything with it. I’d hoped that meant today I could do something but nope! It needed to be restarted again (twice!) so I couldn’t do much.

I did manage to start it but I’m so annoyed by it already. The first question is about comparing two datasets and one is fine, it’s already saved in file excel could read. The other? I needed to manually input the entries. All 284 of them so that took up all my time this morning. Ugh.

But yeah yesterday ended up being so low energy and tiring, I even zoned out a bit during the Pokémon stream. I think it’s part due to Monday but also it was the food shop day (and yay we had the mini tacos! I love those things and hate they’re only around now)

I’m thinking of delaying the cinema trip I had planned until next week. Partly because of uni stuff being slower than I hoped and the weather app says a storm is due Friday. Plus going next week will mean I have extra money to work with. (I hate there’s not really anything available now)so yeah next week might have two cinema trips (depending on Pillion’s dates)

Waterparks have announced a tour so I’m hoping it doesn’t sellout before next week. (It’s the worst timing!) There’s vip which feels like a lot (one is over £40 just for early entry, a signed poster and a laminate which just feels like a lot) so I’ll likely just get a ticket. It’s at the same place I’ve been for James and Coheed, so hopefully it’ll be like their shows and not overheat like crazy.

I know there’s something else I was gonna say, but it has completely escaped me. Ah well.
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I thought those were too pretty as a set to post them in a drop post... so here they are all in one: the ones I made for [community profile] icontalking for the theme "Hair", and the ones I made for [community profile] your_favourites for the theme "Favourite hairstyle" (= men with long hair):

Teasers:


14 hair icons - Kpop Demon Hunters, the Long Ballad, Guardian, Tangled )

I love comments, and if you have concrit for me, I'm open for that, too. All my icons are free to take and use, credit is appreciated. The list of makers whose textures and brushes I like to use is here in my resource post.

Previous icon posts:

Seen at the zoo today

Nov. 26th, 2025 10:36 pm
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  • kangaroos (tolerated brief stroking)
  • a tight huddle of six ring-tailed lemurs
  • red panda trying to sleep in a windblown tree
  • sleeping snow leopard
  • tiger actually up and doing things
  • sunbear ditto (the only bear in Aotearoa, apparently)
  • meerkats! climbing on us! (we had a paid "close encounter")
  • misc. others

And the rain mostly held off until we were at lunch afterwards. \o/

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Fandom 50 #30

Untitled Fix-It Comic by [tumblr.com profile] yeehawpim
Fandom: Panfandom, Doctor Who, Avengers, Sherlock
Medium: Comic
Length: 6 pages
Rating: SFW
My Bookmark Tags: drama, happy ending, au: canon divergence, writing

Description:
A black-and-white cartoon comic follows its creator from their teenage years reading fic in a classroom, through glimpses of canon moments from Doctor Who, The Avengers, and Sherlock, to the experiences of other fans and back to the now-older creator as they muse on their changing opinion of fix-it fic.

Transcript of Comic Text )

Yeah, this got me. I'm a sucker for a good fix-it fic, and it's a storytelling impulse that I feel warmly about in general. I've especially been thinking about this topic lately—and some of the related canon moments—thanks to a bit that hit home in [youtube.com profile] JessieGender1's recent Star Trek Strange New Worlds Is a Centrist Space Fantasy video essay that talked about the storytelling worldviews in which change requires a body count and about the narrative incorporation of ungrievable lives. (Two recs for the price of one in this post!)

This comic is sweet and touching, with great pacing and choice of visuals. I especially love the spot where we see darkness giving way to light and the shots of people writing. It gave me some fuzzy feelings about fandom and encouraged me to open back up a fix-it draft of my own.

My students were testing me today

Nov. 25th, 2025 11:29 pm
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It was an easy open study lab today and they were playing music when one of them pipes up, do you like music Doctor Evans?

Yes, I love music. Feel free to play it.

Girl from the back. Did you listen to Jacob Sartorius? (her table had suggested it last week when they were using him to remember the sartorius thigh muscle)

Yes, I liked it.

What did you listen to?

Ladies it's been a week, I don't remember.

Guy from the front - Do you like rap?

Me - it's not my favorite genre but I listen to some of it.

WHO?!?

Me - Oh, they're all old now. Run DMC, Will Smith when he was the Fresh Prince, Sir Mix-a-lot, Tone Loc

Guy from the front - do you like Nas?

Me - I've not really heard his stuff but I like Little Nas X

Them- holding up phone, what's this one? (obviously thinking Doc Dana is trying to be the cool prof who knows music)

two notes

me - Old Town Road, Little Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus

they start giggling. loudly.

The phone goes up. More music.

Me -three seconds in, Get Jiggy with it, Will Smith

More giggling.

Them - Dance

Me - Just play your music.

They weren't sure if it was a dare or not so the phone went away.


We had some of the other testing too. It's week 15 of 16 after all. Can't I have extra extra credit. No.

I NEED to pass this class to graduate. Can't I have a D? I'm desperate. 1. that's not passing 2. You have a 38%. No. I mean you'd have to sacrifice to the elder gods to pass at this point.


Let's hit the fannish fun for fannish 50 For one, sharing this again because Blake and this song hit the Billboard top 100 (at 98 but my god it's less than 3 minutes) Also move over Jessica Rabbit, another animated lounge singer is after your crown




Finally getting my thoughts out on the last two Hazbin episodes. Spoilers abound and outside of the above song all the clips and songs are NSFW )

Reading Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Nov. 25th, 2025 10:29 pm
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Read Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest by Nick Mamatas, which is mostly a sci-fi retelling of The Tempest in which the Caliban character is the last "free-range", un-augmented human, living on an island off of post-apocalyptic California under the thumb of the Master and his daughter M, who owe their tech-implanted immortality and wizardry to the inventions of Kalivas' mother, known as the Sorceress of Silicon Valley before the aforementioned apocalypse. ... ) Shades of Piranesi, mostly in the sense of being a narrative from the POV of a character who - let's say - describes recognizable things in an unrecognizable way (although Kalivas' world is distinctly more off-putting than Piranesi's beloved House) and also in the sense that Piranesi itself reminds me of The Tempest; [personal profile] sabotabby drew comparisons to Jenny Hval's Girls Against God, which I can also see, particularly in the novel(la?)'s last section, at which point the story doth suffer a sea-change, into something rich and strange, as it were. (Sorry, I think I'm funny. The last section is, like, a semi-separate story in the form of a meta script? In a completely out-of-context #spoiler: Charlie Chaplin is there, kind of?)

Currently reading The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi, also weird: in four different timelines, a disaffected Japanese college student joins four different clubs, finding himself equally disappointed in each one. (Presumably? I'm only through the first two.) This really clicked for me when, in the second section/timeline, I caught that characters, scenes, and even specific sentences were repeating from the first; I also really like how, as a book in translation, it has a narrative voice that's recognizably idiomatic, even as the actual idioms sound unusual in English— "a rose-colored campus life" and "a black-haired maiden" are repeated a lot.
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Fandom: Dark Shadows (1966) 
Main Characters: Dr. Julia Hoffman, Gerard Stiles, Daphne Harridge, Barnabas Collins, Eliot Stokes. Other DS characters also feature in this story + original characters.
Relationships: Gerard / Daphne and Julia / Barnabas
Eras: 19th Century, 20th Century + Parallel Timeline
Title: Midwinter
Chapters: 2 & 3 / ?
Rating: Mature - Chapter 3 has a romantic scene of consensual lovemaking. Also featured is a devoted same sex couple.
Chapter 3 TW: Angst, suspense, references to past deaths, mysterious happenings and danger.
Word Count thus far: 6,697
Note: This story features some spoilers for DS 1970 / 1971 and 1840 storylines.
Summary for Chapter 2: On her first night at Collinwood, Julia is threatened by a mysterious evil.
Summary for Chapter 3: Collinwood has always been a place of mystery and secrets. It's also a place of danger. When Julia meets Gerard Stiles, she learns more about the ominous presence menacing the Collins family.

Links: 
Chapter 2: archiveofourown.org/works/73731971/chapters/193193056#workskin
Chapter 3:  archiveofourown.org/works/73731971/chapters/195188531#workskin

 

30 in 30: Star Trek Novels

Nov. 25th, 2025 06:59 pm
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AO3 Link | Following the Fortunes of War: Chapter 4 (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: TOS - Dreadnought! - Diane Carey, TOS - Battlestations! - Diane Carey
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Piper/Sarda
Characters: Piper, Sarda, Judd "Scanner" Sandage, Merete AndrusTaurus
Additional Tags: Friendship, Slice of Life, POV First Person
Summary:

Various stories, following the friends from their novel adventures






Even I have my limits on 'winging it'. Scanner had been inventive, but we still had deteriorating dilithium crystals and were in, to use a Terran saying, B.F.E. near Gorn space.

I didn't lose my temper, something Sarda reassured me across our bond was for the best. I left the bridge, went down to our poor engineer, found Dyson had beat me there.

"Tell me what to do; Sarda has the conn."

"Aye aye captain," Skellus said, giving me tools and directions.

It was going to mean minimal power, and Scanner had saved us, but we'd get back to base.

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