Event Horizon

Title: Secrecy Called on Account of Winter Vacation
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: G
Spoilers: set sometime after Blue Devil #19, in Jason's Robin days
Warnings: holiday fluff, Eddie Bloomberg & Jason Todd friendship
Prompt/Fill: "Snowball Fight" from the Christmas Advent Prompts list.
Note: The title is kind of terrible, but based on the phrase "game called on account of rain". Just thought that might need explaining. This may get a second part, but no promises.
Word Count: 2145
Summary: Hollywood winters are never this white... not unless you're on a backlot set. Eddie doesn't mind.
Word of the Day: ventose, adjective: Given to empty talk; windy.

Secrecy Called on Account of Winter Vacation

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Title: All Our Best Men Are Laughed At III
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: set after "The Death of Superman", goes AU from there.
Warnings: canonical character death, broken grief process, foul language, violence, eventual clonecest
Prompt/Fill: First sentence and general story idea provided by M.G. Nemesi on Tumblr.
Word Count: 2116
Summary: Breaking in, breaking out, breaking memorials, and breaking the law. All in a good night's work for Jason Peter Todd.
Word of the Day: fiducial, adjective:
1. Based on or having trust.
2. Accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.

Masterpost (click for previous parts)

All Our Best Men Are Laughed At, Part Three

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Title: All Our Best Men Are Laughed At II
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: set after "The Death of Superman", goes AU from there. Spoilers for "Red Hood: the Lost Days" #5
Warnings: lots of canonical character death, broken grief process, eventual clonecest
Prompt/Fill: any, any, broken; also fills "Alternate History: Author's Choice" on my au_bingo card
Word Count: 1059
Summary: The boy is not a weapon. Bruce will make this true, no matter what anyone else wants.
Word of the Day: hsien, noun:
1. One of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
2. In China, a county or district.

All Our Best Men Are Laughed At: Part One, click here

All Our Best Men Are Laughed At: Part Two

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Title: No Stupid Questions
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress & Faile Neume
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: probably nothing, screw canon, we do what we want
Warnings: sex, frot, Kon-El/Jason Todd pairing
Word Count: 3506
Summary: ...You weren't supposed to know.
Note: The majority of this story was adapted from a roleplay chat that I had with Justine, hence she gets co-author credit. (Also the shift from Conner to Kon in text is deliberate.)

Word of the Day: crib, verb:
1. To pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize.
crib, noun:
5. Informal. A. A translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony. B. Plagiarism. C. A petty theft.
8. Any confined space.
9. Slang. A house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
Note: "Crib" has six definitions as a verb, and seventeen definitions as a noun, so I just cut the ones that inspired me with this.

No Stupid Questions

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Title: One of the Bad Days
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG-13?
Spoilers: none
Warnings: Depression, and a first-person depiction thereof
Word Count: 156
Summary: exactly what it says on the tin

Note: Okay. This is more about me than it is about... anything else. But what are fictional characters good for if not transferring your issues onto them so you can deal with them better? (Originally posted to Tumblr about four months ago)

One of the Bad Days

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Title: Covivant - Two Solitudes
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: R
Spoilers: Takes place post-Countdown/Final Crisis, but pre-Battle for the Cowl; and diverges from canon before that mess happens.
Warnings: language, Dick Grayson/Jason Todd pairing
Prompt: written for the 11_reasons challenge: 72 - Reversed Hermit (need to change, loneliness)
Word Count: 1436
Summary: He takes the time to listen.

Word of the Day: exoteric, adjective:
1. Suitable for or communicated to the general public.
2. Not belonging, limited, or pertaining to the inner or select circle, as of disciples or intimates.
3. Popular; simple; commonplace.
4. Pertaining to the outside; exterior; external.

Covivant - Two Solitudes

"Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other."
--Rainer Maria Rilke

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Title: If the Moment Ever Comes
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none that I know of? Maybe for future interludes of "You, Me, and Baby -- And Butler Makes Four"
Prompt/Fill: Any, any, Give me your kisses, I'll give you my heart
Warnings: babies, mild language, Kon-El/Jason Todd pairing
Word Count: 1035
Summary: Little stolen moments...

Word of the Day: alembic, noun:
1. Anything that transforms, purifies, or refines.
2. A vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
(Alembic is derived from the Arabic word al-anbiq, which means "a distilling cup." It developed its broader meaning in the 1300s.)

If the Moment Ever Comes

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Title: Listen
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Batman Annual #25
Warnings: AU
Word Count: 353
Summary: Superman knows it's impossible, but...
Word of the Day: auscultation, noun: The act of listening to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.

Listen

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Title: Devious Stares in My Direction
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: G
Spoilers: Hah! Screw your timelines, I refuse to be fettered!
Warnings: fluff, crack, Kon-El/Jason Todd pairing, these boys are goofballs
Word Count: 379
Summary: Their third-favorite pastime, after sex and snuggles.
Word of the Day: morceau, noun:
1. Piece; morsel.
2. An excerpt or passage of poetry or music.

Devious Stares in My Direction

"Oh, cherry pie!" Kon exclaimed in a rapturous voice, as he held the pie tin up to his face and rubbed his cheek against the side.

"...would you two like to be alone?" Jason asked in the driest tone of voice he could muster (and, having been educated partially by a proper English butler, he could muster quite a bit).

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Title: A Gilded Cage is Still a Cage
Author: D.L.SchizoAuthoress
Rating: G
Spoilers: crossover AU with Disney's Aladdin
Warnings: crossover AU?, indulgent silliness, fluff
Note: I was going to include name changes to universe-appropriate Arabic names instead, but I decided to keep the canon names the same for simplicity's sake. Written for M.G.Nemesi on tumblr.
Prompt/Fill: "Other: Disney" for my au_bingo card.
Word Count: 274
Summary: Sometimes you feel so... trapped.
Word of the Day: slimsy, adjective: Flimsy; frail.

A Gilded Cage is Still a Cage

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