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When I first saw Inception, I felt inspired to start working on an original fiction project of mine called Secrets of the ORCAS again. That project was originally started in 2004 and was primarily inspired by The Matrix, but Inception gave me a fresh, new dose of inspiration for it.

I started working on it again this past weekend. It centers around a secret society whose headquarters is in a basement. Last night, I accidentally typed "the warehouse" when referring to their headquarters. When I realized what I had just done, I went, "BASEMENT, GONKDAMMIT. MY CHARACTERS DON'T HAVE A WAREHOUSE. THEY HAVE A BASEMENT." Then I went back and fixed it. I suspect that this slipup will happen several more times during the writing process for this story. ^_^;;

Current Mood: silly
Current Location: home

#17 and #18 in my ongoing Inception drabble series. Crossposted directly from

inception100. Warning: F-bombs, slashy undertones, and mentions of female problems ahead.

Title: Best-Friend Rivalry
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13 for the F-bomb
Challenge: #12 - F*ck you!
Characters: Arthur, Eames; Dom and Ariadne mentioned (Arthur/Cobb if you choose to read it that way)

( Not everything is sunshine and team spirit with the Dream Team. )

Title: Biochemistry Gone Wrong
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13 for the F-bomb and some of the subject matter
Challenge: #12 - F*ck you!
Characters: Ariadne, Arthur, Yusuf, Eames, Cobb
Author's Notes: I'm breaking my chronological sequence again with this drabble, skipping ahead in my ongoing story. Sorry. I wanted to tell this story for this challenge, and I couldn't tell it without Yusuf. The scenes where the team gets back in touch with him and he shows up in Paris will be written later, probably.

( In which the team makes a new scientific discovery about women and PASIV technology use )

Current Location: Starbucks on Cal Oaks Rd.

This is #16 in my ongoing Inception drabble series. The first line refers back to #5.

( Another introspective drabble )

Current Mood: mellow
Current Location: California Tea and Coffee

Mind still overrun
by Inception characters.
Where are you, Shanelle?
Did you run and hide again?
I need you for this weekend.

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: home
Current Music: Wind (Naruto ED1)

I finished it! This picks up from where Part 1 left off.

( Cut for length (also swear words, some of them British) )

Current Location: home
Current Music: Aaron Tippin - Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly

This is not my August Writing piece for today; I wrote it a while ago. I'm just posting it because I want to have all my Inception drabbles posted to my journal as well as at

inception100. This is #15 in the ongoing series.

( In which Dom overhears a conversation. Warning: Rated PG for innuendo-y humor. )

Current Location: home
Current Music: Inception OST - Old Souls

Written in response to a prompt for genfic over at

inception_kink. The prompt was: "The team celebrates the Fourth of July. Eames is just like, "goddamn it you guys. ):<" There will be more tomorrow, probably.

( Cut for length (and one bad word) )

Current Location: home
Current Music: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

(TO MY FRIENDS WHO AREN'T IN THE INCEPTION FANDOM HERE ON LJ: SORRY ABOUT THE CAPSLOCKED ENTRY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DISREGARD THIS POST.)

THE INCEPTIONLULZ COMM JUST WENT CAPSLOCK-ONLY. UNFORTUNATELY, I COMMENTED ON THE LATEST POST IN NORMAL, UN-CAPSLOCKED TEXT, BEFORE I HAD SCROLLED DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO SEE THE POST WHERE THIS RULE WAS INSTATED.

NOW I HAVE A NEW ICON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES. I HAVE TO USE IT AS MY JOURNAL DEFAULT ICON THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY, AS PENANCE FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WHAT THE ICON MEANS.

Current Mood: embarrassed
Current Music: Sugarland - It Happens

Yep, it's another "one scene extended over two drabbles" post in my ongoing Inception drabble series. The latest challenge prompt over at

inception100 (“Periwinkle”) inspired me to write about this topic, but the topic forced me to backtrack and write out of order. Chronologically, the two drabbles in this post, which are #13 and #14 in the ongoing series, happen right before #8 and #9 – this is the dream from which Arthur catches Dom and Eames waking up.

Also, this is the first occurrence in this drabble series of a convention that several other Inception fanfic writers have used, and I will take up as well: In my writing, dreams can easily be distinguished from reality because any action taking place in a dream is written in the present tense.

( #13 - Periwinkle Shirt )

( #14 - On the Art of Forging )

This is another "two for the price of one" drabble post, containing #11 and #12 in my ongoing Inception drabble series.

( #11 - The Road That Brought Us Here )

( #12 - Elsewhere... )

Current Music: Rascal Flatts - Bless the Broken Road

#10 in my ongoing Inception drabble series.

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Before, they’d rushed off to Sydney so fast that Arthur hadn’t had time to clean the place up. Now, he did, so he was.

A stray sheet of paper he discovered under a desk gave him pause. He couldn’t read the words on it (chickenscratch? Arabic? Both?), but he knew what molecular diagrams looked like.

The others, noticing him gazing at the paper, gathered around. They looked at it, then at each other.

"It just isn’t the same, is it?" said Ariadne.

"No," said Eames. "What do you say we give Yusuf a ring? Strictly socially, of course."

"Yes, let’s."

Current Location: home
Current Music: The Arrogant Worms - The Canadian Crisis Song

Wrote two Inception drabbles today, so I'm posting them together and putting them behind cuts.

( Inception Drabble #8: Surprise Encounter. Contains one bad word. )

( Inception Drabble #9: Motive. Contains no bad words. )

Current Location: home
Current Music: Non, je ne regrette rien

This is another fragment of Inception fanfic. This one is post-film and is a crossover between Inception and the TV series House. Again, crossposted to my journal and

august_writing, and will be posted to

inceptionfic someday when the final, polished draft is written. This is only a very rough sketch of how I want the first part to go. It's also a backdated entry; I'm actually posting it on Saturday the 21st. I did write this yesterday, but didn't get a chance to post it.

( Cut for length )

This is the fifth in my ongoing Inception drabble series. Crossposted to my journal,

august_writing, and

inception100.

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Dom had enjoyed a year of blissful retirement and parenthood. He refused to lose that life again. If he was going to accompany and protect Ariadne (which he was, despite himself), he wanted to remain anonymous. Besides, he wasn't the legendary extractor anymore. For this job, he needed to be someone else.

Forgery was the one dream skill Dom lacked. He called up another old friend, who, thankfully, hadn’t retired.

"Eames, come to Paris. I need a forging mentor."

"Whatever for?"

"Ariadne’s turning extractor. I want to protect her without being recognized."

"Ariadne?! Of all people! I’ll be right there."

This is the fourth in my ongoing series of Inception drabbles. The plot continues to thicken. Crossposted to my journal,

august_writing, and

inception100.

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"You want me to what?"

Why did people keep saying that? "You don't want me trying to pull off my first extraction all alone, do you, Arthur?"

Arthur scoffed at her over the phone. "If you're serious about getting into this business, then stop acting like a sweet little girl and start talking business."

"You’ll get paid. Not what you’re worth, I know, but you’ll get paid."

"That’s more like it. I’m in."

"Thank you."

"You’re welcome. It’s mostly because I don’t want you getting killed."

Ariadne smiled. "Dom’s here. He’s not in, though."

"Well. This will be awkward."

Yes, a second entry on the same day! This is a third Inception drabble, in continuity with my previous two.

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"You want me to what?"

"Please, Dom. Either teach me extraction, or let’s team up again."

"You didn’t mention my name to your… potential employers, did you?"

"No, and they didn’t mention yours."

"Ariadne, listen. Get out while you still can. You’re so talented... and so innocent."

"Innocent? You’ve seen me handle myself under fire."

"Yes, but I meant in reality. Don’t follow me into mind crime. You’re meant for better things."

Ariadne looked defiant. "I want the adventure. I already asked Arthur, in case you said no. He’s on his way."

This was not the reunion Dom had wanted.

Current Location: home
Current Music: Annie Lennox - Into the West

This is a second Inception drabble in continuity with my previous one, Team Picture. (I'm going to try to connect all my Inception drabbles in one continuous story for as long as I can keep the story going.) Again, crossposted to

august_writing,

inception100, and my journal.

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"You want me to what?"

"Ariadne asked for you, Dom."

"Why would she want me as a mentor when she has you?"

"It’s not the same. I’m her professor and you’re-"

"Her ex-boss."

"Her friend."

Dom paused. "She said that?"

"Yes. She seems to think of you like an older brother. Wouldn’t you call her your friend?"

My guardian. My guiding light. The one who helped me get my life back.

"I would. I’ll do it, but the kids come first."

"Of course. Ariadne knows that, too. I’ll watch them whenever necessary."

"Thank you."

It seemed that reunion was beginning.

I haven't written the beginning of this yet, nor have I quite decided where to go with it from here, but here's what I've written today.

This is a post-movie fic, and the Dream Team has gotten back together. (Arthur/Ariadne pairing, by the way, but G-rated so far.)

Crossposted to my journal and

august_writing so far. Will be posted to

inceptionfic when it's more finished and polished.

( Enter the dreamworld once again... )