So, since I'm actually not 1) busy, 2) at work, or 3) sleeping, I updated the quote journal! Only a week and a day late. Sorry about that. Quotes are here and the next submission post is here. Also, the profile has been updated. Go me!

And as to not spam the lounge, a meme that floated around the journals a couple of months ago, but I can put it here too.

Ask the character(s) anything, and they will answer. Perhaps not honestly, perhaps not politely, but they will answer. Here's how it'll work:

To volunteer your character(s) for answering: Post a comment listing any and all characters you're willing to take questions for. Nightshifters and Doctors can be listed as well.

To ask a question: Find the thread for that particular character, and ask away. Any questions are allowed. And feel free to converse with the characters after they've answered.

( Characters Volunteered )

As always, please mark questions and answers that contain spoilers or aren't work safe as such.

Have fun!

Hey Spidey, Xelloss (& possibly even Hitsu & Fowl) Muns!

Just letting you know I'll be on a reasonably short hiatus for about 24 hours coz I usually post from work and I'm in an ALL DAY MEETING tomorrow (Oh, the humanity!) so I'll be away from me comp. It is supposed to finish an hour before the end of the work day (for paid posty goodness), and I should be able to post from me g/f's comp that night as well, but just wanted to give you a quick heads-up.

Cheers!

Finally, when it looked like I was actually about to have some time to myself, for once, my internet decides to stop working.

I think I want to shoot something.

I've submitted a work order to the campus tech support guys...but...I don't expect it to be fixed any time soon (barring some sort of miracle).

I can get online in the computer labs, but these things are ancient and slow and pretty freakin' crappy.

Sorry. I'm failing pretty hard right now.

So, after some deliberation, we've decided not to make a contest out of the Oktoberfest thing. It's just going to be a participation thing, and people can get some genuine feedback for what they're written and it'll be good and happy.

This means that you can start posting your fics now! We want you to follow a certain template when posting them, however.

Subject Line: Oktoberfest '07 Entry, [Title of Fic] by [your name/username]

Title:
Author:
Beta (if applicable):
Word Count:
Rating:
Character(s):
Pairing(s) (if applicable):
Summary:
Notes (if applicable):

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Also, keep in mind that if your fic does not fit the requirements we set forth in THIS post, we reserve the right to delete the post and/or not count it as being eligible.

But yeah, post away! And remember, the deadline is midnight on Halloween.

Title: He Enters
Author: burningvigor
Word Count: 2,419
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): Aizen Sousuke, Ichimaru Gin, Abarai Renji, Histugaya Toshirou, Kuchiki Rukia, Hinamori Momo, Matsumoto Rangiku, mentions of other Bleach characters
Pairing(s): N/A; perhaps mild Aizen/Gin and Aizen/Momo if you want it to be there
Summary: A quick look at the effects of Aizen showing up at Landel's.
Notes: Since I didn't figure we would be getting an Aizen anytime soon, I wanted to try this out. Gin's dialogue sucks, and I didn't even try to get his accent down, so just a warning of that. This is my first time writing a lot of these characters, too, but I'm proud that I didn't put any of mine in it, at least. :D; Oh, and there are spoilers for most of the series.

( When he arrived, there was no question that it was him. )

Yes, pending other things happening up where Ed is, she's currently got a flashlight beam trained on teh PH. Eep. It looked to me like you guys were fighting in the dark, but I was vague in case of continuity issues. Anyone involved can feel free to yell at her (or worse? lol) from down below, I'll stalk teh current main fight thread and try to keep track of the other people currently watching (or post me a link here with any sort of odd reaction you might want Ed to notice from above, if she can). I'd say it'd be just about impossible to see who exactly's holding the flashlight from below, unless you've got supahspecialpowers of that sort. Plus, there's a rag-mop head pretty close to her own head right now.

Edit: heh nightshift ended so it doesn't matter xD onwards!

I've hardly touched the internets for the past few days aside from posting about not being able to work and pictures of my kitten.

I'll be back in the swing of things tomorrow and will be up for backdating and everything. I'm sorry I didn't post about this mini-hiatus earlier, but there were reasons. All I can say is that I'm sorry about it. And thanks in advance for your patience and well wishes. I ♥ you guys.

Title: Dies Iræ
Author: Katsu
Beta (if applicable): Both David and Chelsea looked this over for me. <3
Word Count: 4,635
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): Sora, Kairi, Kasady, River, Daemon, Artemis, Byakuya, Harry Potter
Pairing(s) (if applicable): None, really
Summary: On the night the head doctor is finally defeated, everyone begins to go their separate ways.
Notes (if applicable): Some character death, some horror-ish stuff. Nothing too bad.

( Tearful that day / on which will rise from ashes / guilty man for judgment. )

I hurt my knee reasonably badly in a fall a few days ago, and today one of my professors decided what the class really needed to do was leave the classroom and walk across the entire campus as a herd in order to get a better perspective on things.

While I made the hike, my knee is now killing me, and good solid postin' just isn't wanting to happen tonight. I think I'm only due up in one thread right now anyway, but feel free to skip if you like in any of my threads, otherwise I'll try and get my posts out tomorrow (for any other threads that my turn comes around in too.)

I'm not in so much pain that I can't enjoy reading some solid Oktoberfestfic though :D

-- Usopp, Xelloss, and Lord Mark-mun

Title: Poison In My Bloodstream, Poison In My Soul
Author: theladyfeylene
Word Count: 2243
Rating: R
Character(s): Alec 'Jack' Doyle, Martin Landel
Summary: Not even Jack knew the true gruesome visage of Landel's Institute. He knew its heart was rotted, but the foul depths were hidden from human eyes....
Notes (if applicable): Um. Yeah. Fessing up, here and now, that I really don't know if the route I chose to take works or not. Also, totally not canon compliant. Yeah, I pretty much failed at the whole 'writing other people's characters' thing, but for me, writing someone else's character is like wearing their underwear.

( Poison In My Bloodstream, Poison In My Soul )

Title: Outside Help
Author: Famira
Word Count: 3,868
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Obi-Wan Kenobi cameo
Pairing(s) (if applicable): None.
Summary: Sam undergoes MU, finds his visions go backward instead of forward, and thinks about the Dean he met in Landels.
Notes (if applicable): Er, some SPN spoilers, at least up to Season 1, some of 2 possibly. Wanted to put in more characters, but was concerned about the length of it and it kind of mutated more into the vision thing than being actually about Landels. Also, wasn't sure exactly when Sam was from, so just guessed before S2 finale. :(
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Title: Chaotic Influences
Author: aqua_karen
Word Count: 3161
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): Usopp (fail), Yuber, Luffy, off-screen Zoro, Sanji and Nami
Pairing(s): Usopp->Luffy
Summary: Facing a future he'd been in denial about, an alliance made in Landel's starts to awaken in Usopp the realization that he can do more about the future than just lie, and that his greatest lies have always been the ones he's told himself.
Notes: SPOILERS for up to current OP manga. It does address a topic that'll probably come up some day between the OP characters in Landel's, but I'm sure it won't wind up this way, thus ficcage. About 3/4 Usopp's POV with a touch of clumsily written Luffy. *fail still* P.S. Usopp is not right about some things, he is an unreliable narrator!

( What's really stopping you? )

Title: Trick-or-Treat! Smell my... but That's Unsanitary!
Author: Kiarae/Rhode
Beta: Wait, what, we could beta this?! I thought we weren't allowed to talk about it! *cries*
Word Count: 3,504
Rating: So, completely G...though a bit on the morbid side...
Characters: Stork (Storm Hawks), Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Cowboy Bebop), Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
Pairing(s): DON'T THINK SO!!
Summary: Basically Stork has ended up wandering Landel’s hallways by his lonesome. This is a an intentionally cute, if slightly morbid telling of his encounter with another teenage patient as well as one very special SCer... ON ALL HALLOWS EVE! No plot really, save for that~
Notes: I'm putting a Damned Disclaimer here! I don't play any of these characters, just adore them to pieces! To Katrina hack_ed, Lisa notaghostreally, and Sakki paranoiatic... um... sorry? ^_^;; Maybe this’ll make you laugh, cuz I sure had fun with it!

( Slowly, carefully, without a single sound to draw the attention of the monsters, animals, or undea-... )

So, do you guys want to try having them work their way to the kitchen now? I can have Haruhi start them along in the next post. I'm only asking since I don't think there's much time left in the nightshift, but I guess we can always backthread if need be.

Title: Seasons
Author: athena8
Word Count: 3,388
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Kikyo, Kougaiji, Seishirou, Shion, Aya
Paring: KikyoAya
Summary: In this haunted land beyond death, Kikyo searches for the one thing that he wishes for, above all others.
Notes: This is a Kikyo-centric series of vignettes. They run in chronological order, though each scene does not necessarily take place immediately after the previous one. The Shion here is a figment of Kikyo's imagination. Inspiration for Kou, Seishirou and Aya taken from Piipa's Landel's muses. ♥


( Seasons )