Fake News - Castle Down, chapter 1

Title: Castle Down (1/6)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Jon/c!Stephen, Rob, Ed, Kristen, Larry/John-O
Warnings: Fantasy violence; slavery, past abuse; complete disregard for historical accuracy.
( Two disclaimers, with love )

This is a fantasy AU, which means the setting is vaguely Renaissance-y, plus magic. Featuring slave!"Stephen", protective!Jon, the wizard version of Wilmore-Oliver Investigates, an occasionally porous fourth wall, an evil plot, some unicorns, and a whole lot of magic gems.

As you might have guessed, it's ridiculously self-indulgent. Basically, I woke up one day and said to myself, "You know what I could use more of in my life? Magic slavefic. With lots of shiny things."

Decorative capitals are from Daily Drop Cap. Title is from a lovely Emilie Autumn song. For all the chapters, see here.

( Picking over an abandoned enemy town with his troops, Jon finds that something unexpected was left behind. )

Gift Exchanges '09

Finally participated in go_exchange this year...and earned the dubious honor of being the first person in its five-year history whose gift slipped through the cracks X3

It did finally get posted: Death, But Not As We Know It. Featuring Sandman!Death, a walk through Purgatory, and marvelous pictures. There's also a stocking stuffer post by way of making up for the mishap, which has already racked up some delightful femslashly ficbits.

Meanwhile, the fakenews_fanfic Secret Santa is still ongoing. Anyone want to take a guess at which of the gifts I wrapped? (A couple of them are blindingly obvious - but hopefully not all of them...)