Is the world ending? Who's gonna throw the party?

[harborshore]

*peers out from under her thesis-shaped rock* So I hear there's a volcano? In Iceland? Doing things? This is nuts, you guys. It doesn't seem like anyone has died, and I hope I haven't gotten that wrong. All planes are canceled in Stockholm and the air space is closed, because apparently it's incredibly dangerous to fly through volcanic ash. Here's hoping it stops soon, because danger and chaos and the ashes being potentially lethal for people who are seriously ill and they're coming right at us, guys, they're already over Sweden. CRAZY. Also, I'm supposed to leave for the US in a month and I want to see my little sister graduate. It's an extremely minor concern in the grand scheme of things, but I love my sister a lot and I want to be there. And compared to the Haiti earthquake and the Chile one, this is decidedly minor. Obviously. Still, a little nuts.

So. I would like to offer ficlets, because I want to think about other things. I'm going to do the first five prompts I like, which may or may not be the first five that appear, because what I can write right now is a little limited.

Theme: post- or pre-apocalyptic scenarios WITH HOPE. Interpret that as you will. Pairings or gen are fine. Bands/fandoms I can write: Mikey, FOB, Bob and Brian (they're a subset of fandom, right?), The Like, Panic/The Young Veins (even if my Jon voice is nonexistent), MSI, others possibly. I can also do Veronica Mars, DCU or BTVS, though the last two feel like cheating since it's not like they've never done the apocalypse thing before.

Prompt away!

ETA: I am done! Five, er, seven ficlets.

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"If you'd think before you--"

"Shut up," Jason says, or that's what Tim thinks he says anyway, it's not like it's easy to enunciate when you're hanging upside down in a harness and trying not to get your brains bashed in by a giant block of ice.

This really wasn't part of the plan.

Also, he's pretty sure the laughter in his comm is one part Dick and three parts Steph, because somehow it was decided that Batman team up with Batgirl for this one, while Jason and Tim as former Robins (current Red Robin and insane person, really) formed the other Dynamic Duo. Tim has some mental notes on efficient team management that he's going to present to Dick and Barbara when they get back.

And by present he totally means rig every single electronic appliance they own to do something nasty. Pretty easy when it comes to Dick, but enormously difficult when it comes to Barbara. That's okay, Tim likes a challenge. Just not this one. The only light in the utter, utter darkness of the situation is that no one suggested they bring Damien.

He sighs. "Jason, if you--"

"Shut up," Jason says again, and Tim grits his teeth.

"Did you want to get loose, because I can just leave--"

"No, seriously, shut up." Jason sounds calm, which is a new one. "I know how we can get in."

Tim draws a startled breath, and then he starts grinning. "Okay," he says. "Okay, tell me."

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*chinhands* I could keep reading this for a very long time.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Hee, awesome! I don't know where they're going or what they're doing or why they're scaling a block of ice to get in somewhere, which is unfortunate, but I'm pretty sure they make it. Somehow. In the meantime, Steph and Dick are having the time of their lives (even if Dick sometimes can't breathe with how the way she moves is so much like someone else) and actually work really really well together. Which Babs knew they would, just like she had a hunch Tim and Jason could figure it out.

Um, yes, the bats. You gave me the right prompt. ♥