woodelf68:

still-searching47:

Synopsis: When Doctor French and Doctor Gold, partners in archaeology and in life, start excavating the ruins of a ziggurat, they have no idea what they are about to uncover. Buried in the sands for thousands of years, all they know of the tomb is the intriguing legend that surrounds it. Once upon a time a trickster god of magic held court there – he was known only as the Dark One. Two teams of four walk inside the tomb, to learn it’s secrets, but soon the only question that remains, is who is going to walk out alive?

Note: This is a Rumbelled version of 5.08 The Tomb (Stargate SG-1). I know I gave this fic such an imaginative title 🙂

The final word count is just over 13k, which I know is a little bit longer than it was supposed to be …

My three prompt words were ‘Ruins’, ‘Scaredy Cat’ and ‘Fallout’ and I went with ‘Ruins’. I hope you guys, and especially my giftee @lawnmower-manatee enjoy it!

Warning: Rated mature, major character death, minor character death, mention of being eaten alive, possession, creepy beast monsters – it’s a horror fic. Not for fans of either Zelena or Hook, they aren’t in the fic but they are talked about in less than complimentary terms.

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Chapter One

There was
nothing quite like the desert. Doctor Daniel Gold stepped out of the RV which was
his home for the duration of this dig. He was wearing full dark aviator
sunglasses, but the intense glare of the sun still caused him to squint until his
eyes adjusted. Gold took a deep breath. He had done archaeological excavations
all over the world, from the rainforests in South America
to the ice in the Antarctic. However, he preferred the desert, there was just
something about the air.

His current dig
was near Rafha in Southern Iraq, not the friendliest of spots but it was where
the former kingdom
of Mesopotamia had been. From
the depths of a sand dune, a ziggurat had been unearthed, of Babylonia
design. When he wasn’t digging for history, Gold had tenure at the University of California,
Berkley. The
university had worked out a deal with the Iraqi government, which allowed them
to excavate and study the site. Most of the staff on the dig were hired locally
but he’d brought his core team with him.

Gold weaved his
way through the buzzing digsite to the large tent that was their headquarters.
He pushed open the flap and smiled softly, seeing Belle was already there. She
was frowning at the rubbing they had taken of the door to the ziggurat a few
days ago, the translation was proving troublesome, and they couldn’t open the
door until they worked it out.

“Good morning
sweetheart,” Gold greeted.

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UGH YOU COULDN’T GET ME TO WALK INTO A DEATH TRAP LIKE ONE OF THOSE PLACES FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. I WAS LIVING FOR THE MOMENT THEY FOUND THE EXIT AND ESCAPED INTO THE FRESH AIR AND YOU ONLY REFERRED TO IN IN FLASHBACK??? THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PAYOFF FOR ALL THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC TOMB HORROR THAT HAD GONE BEFORE! *GLARES*

Otherwise, y’know, well-told tale of terror. 

Awwww I’m sorry. I didn’t realize that was a key moment. Though it sounds the tension in the fic worked well and there was a happy ending as a reward, so maybe it worked out? Heh, thanks for this awesome comment! I’m really glad you liked the fic, even if I did skip writing that scene 🙂

I’m torn – so opinions please 🙂

I have this fluffy Rushbelle fic, that was intended to be a oneshot, but I’m halfway through and I’m stuck. I know how I want it to end but not what happens in the middle.

So should I:
a) put it on the backburner until my brain works out what happens
b) post what I have (about 4.5k) and hope people like it enough to prompt

What do you think?

i think you have to ask yourself, do you really want another WIP?

That’s an excellent point. The last thing I want is another accidental WIP.

I’m just flailing really. It’s halfway through NaNo day two, I haven’t written a single word, I’m staring at my various documents and my mind is blank. I didn’t complete my prep work pre-NaNo so neither of my two main projects are ready to work on. I was going to knock out a bunch of little projects to keep my word count up while I tried to catch up on the prep, and then well – mind blank. I just need to give myself a slap really and get on with it.

Ok I think I got it. I can’t write what happens next because nothing interesting happens. I’m going to skip ahead a day, that’ll fix it. I just need to stop panicking really. Although to be fair, I think procrastinating, panicking and complaining are kinda mandatory behaviors with NaNo heh /joke

ripperblackstaff:

still-searching47:

Synopsis: When Samantha Carter goes to California for a conference the last thing she expected was Nicholas Rush. Almost four years later they face a choice, does their future lie together or apart?

Note: Getting on for … four months ago – yikes @ripperblackstaff and I had a discussion about the pairing of Nicholas Rush and Samantha Carter. It was my fault because I went googling for fanfic and all I found was an old post of Rippers. Anyway, I said I would write it but having never really written smut before I kept finding excuses not to write it. However, eventually this fandom got to me heh. Bizarrely the part I had the most trouble with wasn’t the smut, it was the science babble and the argument.

@wizzygold you said you might be interested in giving it a read, hope you don’t mind the tag 🙂 Oh and Happy Belated Birthday Ripper! I hope this lives up to what you wanted. Oh and you can choose your own ending 🙂

Warning: It’s nsfw, rated explicit.

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The one problem
with being a soldier, as well as a scientist, was trying to essentially juggle
two full work loads. Going off world for days at a time made it even harder but
somehow Samantha Carter managed it. By far the most difficult thing was
scheduling time away from the base to go to conferences. While she could read
journals to keep abreast of developments, that wasn’t the same as actually
discussing those developments with the most brilliant minds in her field.

Since the Stargate
program had been launched, four years ago, she had attended a grand total of
zero conferences. This was the first conference she had managed to get to,
which made it even sweeter that there was an added benefit. It was being held
in California
which meant she could visit her brother and his family.

Carter looked
around the function room at the hotel. She was wearing a dress, holding a drink
and feeling completely out of her element. The actual lectures would begin
tomorrow. Tonight there was drinks and mingling, something she wasn’t
comfortable with and didn’t enjoy.

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omg thank you 😀 😀 It was absolutely awesome, and your smut is really good. Just as any rumbeller, you write great smut, it’s in our blood, you must not stop there.

I prefered ending 2 😀 Despite all, Carter’s soulmate is O’Neil and Rush’s is Belle, so it ends all nice 😀 I’m so glad they managed to move on and be cordial to each other.

Thank you for writing it, dear, you took the challenge by the horns and wrestled it to the ground !

Heh thanks. Smut is still quite intimidating for me because it’s out of my comfort zone, so I’m glad that you liked it. I’ve written a few different stories now, and it is getting easier/less scary to write as time goes on.

Yup that is why I provided alternate endings, people can choose what idea they like best. Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂 I’m really pleased you liked the fic!

beastlycheese:

Well you are taking to smut writing like a duck to water. 1 and 2 – greedy.

I know! I was slightly horrified when I did my weekly recap for the TMI Tuesday post and I realized that all the fics were nsfw. How did that happen? That was not intentional.

I’m not sure what you mean by “1 and 2 – greedy.” but thank you for commenting on this fic! It’s a rarepair and not Once Upon a Time, so I wasn’t really expecting any comments, so thanks 🙂