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[#281] THE TWO FORESTS (HUNGER GAMES SERIES)

Theme Prompt: #281 - Mirage
Title: The Two Forests
Fandom: Hunger Games Series
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Bonus: No
Word Count: 199
Summary: There are fleeting moments when Katniss could believe she was in a real forest.

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[#281] Shattered Dream (The Fantastic Journey)

Theme Prompt: #2821 – Mirage
Title: Shattered Dream
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 1000
Summary: A dream had led Varian to Gwenith, but it was a dream that could never last.

( Shattered Dream... )

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[#281 | Mirage] Challenge Post

Challenge 281:
MIRAGE

n. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror; something illusory or unattainable

Caused by the shimmer of reflected light over heated air, a mirage can be a dangerous thing in the desert, where it might trick unwary travelers into thinking they’re not so far from water. It can be beautiful – a little ripple of light in the distance, like sunlight dancing on water – but no matter how hard you try, you’ll never get close enough.

Write a story about a mirage (literal or figurative).

BONUS GOAL: “It’s just a dream.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, December 1 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 281 – mirage
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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[Amnesty #028] Roundup Post

Our twenty-eighth Amnesty Week gathered 5 entries across five themes. Well done, everybody!

See under the cut for a list of fics for Amnesty #028.

( List of entries )

If you missed out on Amnesty this time, don’t worry! All of these prompts will be included for Amnesty Week #029 as well. (And thank you very much for your patience with the mod’s forgetfulness last week.)

[#006 - AMNESTY] A Man In the Garden (Original)

Theme Prompt: #006 - Unexpected Company (Amnesty 28).
Title: A Man In the Garden.
Fandom: Original.
Rating/Warnings: PG/Gen/None.
Word Count: 541.
Summary: Helike is the demigod of victory, daughter of Ynpharia, goddess of vengeance and justice. They are much protected and have spent their entire life in their mother's garden, shielded from the eyes of men—until now.

( Enter the garden... )

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#admin,
amnesty 028

Admin Post: [Amnesty #028] Extension

Whoops! Your friendly neighborhood mod got distracted with end-of-year work/holiday business and forgot that we were due for a new prompt yesterday. Enjoy an extra week of Amnesty posting, and I'll have a new challenge ready to go on 11/26 at 9pm EST.

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Current Music: Slay the Princess Pristine Cut Original Soundtrack

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[#143 - Amnesty] to finally find it - resurrections, track a (The Super Mario Bros. Movie)

Theme Prompt: #143 - nightmare (Amnesty 28)
Title: to finally find it (resurrections, track A)
Fandom: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - an AU in which Bowser is in the heroic role and the Mario Bros. are not, by way of a childhood swapping.
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (because of Bowser's potty mouth) + hesitant warning for Mario Movie Spoilers I Guess
Word Count: 934 words
Author's Note: Sorry Bowser, for the nightmare traumas. It's not exactly a companion piece to reminders, not what I intended lol, but ... the new Mario Movie trailer reminded me "oh maybe I should actually practice writing this guy full of the insecurities my main Bowser ignored", lol.
(The Slay the Princess inspiration for this one + fun little note as to what Bowser actually tried to play later on in the drabble.)
Summary: Bowser Rigassi is used to nightmares, that comes with the territory of being a freak of nature without anything of a past but his first name. But the nightmare he has this time is unusually hard-hitting..

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( In another time and place, a fog clears.. )

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Current Location: My computer
Current Music: Rewatching the first animated Mario movie

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[#014 - Amnesty] the princess and the dragon (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)

Theme Prompt: #014 - Time of Need (Amnesty 28)
Title: the princess and the dragon
Fandom: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (ft. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (mmmmmostly because of injuries and Bowser's potty mouth)
Word Count: 995 words
Author's Note: I wrote most of this while listening to House M.D. lmao, I continue to appreciate that they slipped in what're considered childish stuff like House reading comics or referencing Pokemon or playing on a PSP he receives as a gift in one episode. It's unusually endearing to me haha.
Anyways this is another continuation, this time to "a dance unfinished"
(sidenote for some reason the ending fought with me, sowwy if it feels off)
PATCH NOTES: Alas, once again I have fucked up and posted minus the title as well as screwing up something in the fandom bits. Again. Sorry!
Summary: Fawful wakes up in a corrected timeline of sorts - his adventure in the future caught the attention of Peach and Bowser, both of whom end up discovering him in Peach's Castle.

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( After Fawful's trip through time.. )