Drabble Promptathon

[xaphania]

I don't think there are too many fanfic writers here at BB, but this might be a fun way to get the creative juices flowing.

I'm proposing a Drabble Promptathon, in which we simply give prompts and write drabbles.

For those who don't know: a drabble is a short, self-contained story of 100 words exactly (though +/- 10 words either way is fine).

Being a Whedon forum we should focus the drabbles on BtVS, AtS, Firefly, Dollhouse or Doctor Horrible.

Prompts can vary from the general to the specific. It could be a single word, a line from a poem or song, a pairing or an entire situation.

List a prompt at the end of your post (otherwise the chain will be broken!). If someone else has already replied with a drabble whilst you were writing yours, post it anyway and the next person will have two prompts to choose from.

First prompt...

Rage

 

[LoveLoveLovix]

She wouldn't tell anyone- yet another thing in that category- but she hated it. Not her, IT.

Buffy understood why they needed to have Buffybot. It was the best way to contain the vampires"¦ not to mention defeat them. But that robot was just another one of Spike's awkward sex toys, and was a total ditz, and ended up breaking anyway. It's knowledge was limited to random facts, nothing seriously important or even interesting.

Buffy couldn't help wondering if that was how people saw her. A crazy, stupid total blonde.

And jeez! She didn't REALLY look like that!

Did she?

Prompt: "All my life, I've lived for loving you."

 

[Doppelgang]

This is a good idea for a thread, cos I find it difficult sometimes to keep the pace going for a longer story.

"You know that I love you Spike, I always have", said the Buffy bot
"I know you do pet", Spike responded
"Then why are you unhappy?... Don't you want to make with the happy?"
"I... No, I can't, you've been programmed this way Buffy bot, it's not what you really want."
"But what else would I want?"
"To get a thirst back for life, to get a taste for the kill again, to live for the moment and die for the moment", Spike said, reminiscing of happy days gone by.
"But I've not been programmed to be thirsty Spike."
"I know that pet, you've been programmed to always love me." "I dun Know, Maybe its the slayer I need, body and soul."
"But whats a soul Spike?" Trying to explain this concept to the buffy bot it was going to be a long night for Spike.

Prompt: Jealousy

 

[WakingNightmare]

He's done it again. Knox, the smarmy, fake, forcefully cheerful bastard. What was it this time? Oh, a heart shaped box of chocolates. How sweet of him. Not. He would've know it was that git even if he hadn't bothered with note.

'For Fred!'

'Love Knox!'

He'd even drawn a heart and smiley face on them. What a bleeding pillock.

Was he even trying to be subtle about this anymore?

Wesley picked up the box of candy, disgusted. His eyes scanned the room for a bit, before they fell on an old wastepaper bin. Ah well. What Fred didn't know wouldn't kill her.

Prompt: Popcorn.

 

[LoveLoveLovix]

The best thing about a Buffy thing house was definitely the lack of the element of bossy.

The worst thing, besides not having her sister, her protector- well, it was definitely the food. Or rather, lack of.

"Kennedy!" Dawn yelled up the stairs. "Did you finish off the Lucky Charms?"

Kennedy's head popped out. "No, Amanda did. I finished off the Honey Nut Cheerios."

Dawn looked into the cupboard and scowled. Yep, they were gone too. In fact, all the cereal was gone. She sighed and grabbed a bag of popcorn. Breakfast WAS the most important meal of the day"¦

Prompt: Someone misunderstood what was being said in the extreme...

 

[Carrrrgh]

I read the thread title as 'double penetration', that's all I have to add.

I did the same exact thing and then proceeded to laugh hysterically while at work and people are staring at me thinking I'm a creep because I don't want to tell them why I was laughing hahaha.

Sorry but that's all I have to add also.

 

[LoveLoveLovix]

Hey, lets get this drabblethon on the road! *squirms impatiently*

Pretty please?

 

[Skytteflickan88]

-No, I said I like smoking fags.

-But, that’s ... You’re gay! Or bi, whatever.

-Fag is British slang for cigarette. Are all you Americans this ignorant? This should be part of your education.

Xander snorted.

-Sure, sounds just as important as math and geography.

They kept on walking, Xander embarrassed and Spike incredulous of how ignorant Xander was of the world around him.

How could the boy not know such a common word? Is he blind and deaf?

What Spike hadn’t realized was that there had been a hint of disappointment in the young man’s voice.

[Gimme feedback if you want].

Prompt: Someone loses a shoe.

 

[Skytteflickan88]

Dammit, I forgot the first line;

Title: Ignorance.

-You’re a fag!

-No, I said I like smoking fags.

-But, that’s ... You’re gay! Or bi, whatever.

-Fag is British slang for cigarette. Are all you Americans this ignorant? This should be part of your education.

Xander snorted.

-Sure, sounds just as important as math and geography.

They kept on walking, Xander embarrassed and Spike incredulous of how ignorant Xander was of the world around him.

How could the boy not know such a common word? Is he blind and deaf?

What Spike hadn’t realized was that there had been a hint of disappointment in the young man’s voice.

Prompt: Someone loses a shoe.

 

[patriot1123]

Giles slowly buttoned his shirt as they stepped out the door of the castle into the night. Behind him, he could hear Xander still muttering about being a "butt monkey." What does that even mean? He wondered, but said nothing. His shoeless foot sank into the soft ground outside, his sock becoming soaked, and his gait uneven. Still, as they walked, somehow all he could think about was getting back to that dank, dark basement "“ and to the Three Sisters. He shrugged uncomfortably and wondered how long this thrall would last. He cast one last backward glance and then quickened his pace away from there.

Prompt: Last chance.

 

[LoveLoveLovix]

There's only so much a guy can do in his parents' basement"¦ and even less when a vampire lives there too.

Xander picked up the controller he had thrown after losing his second life. He didn't play a lot of video games, not since his life turned into one. But no way would he sleep with Spike less than five feet away from him. His lack of practice showed. He couldn't even get past level one, and Spike was not letting him forget it.

"Oh, come on," he taunted. "Last chance to kill the vampire."

Xander huffed. "Oh, I wish."

Prompt: Which Witch is Which?

 

[Tranquillity]

Everyone stood around the table looking confused.
It was fairly obvious that the spell had not gone as planned.
Willow looked abashed. "I must have gotten something wrong"
"Uh, ya think" Xander replied with sarcasm.
“This is very serious Willow” Giles cautioned harshly then proceeded to clean his glasses with vigour.
Now this was meant to be a dire warning but hearing Giles’ disapproving voice coming out of a little red-headed female body sent the other five “Willows’” into peals of laughter.
“Yes, Yes,” Giles said (with some annoyance) after the mirth had abated “It’s very funny that we all look like Willow. But let me remind you all, she still hasn’t managed to de-rat Amy.”
The laughter stopped abruptly.

Next Prompt: Yellow

 

[LoveLoveLovix]

"It's yellow," he spat.

Spike looked at it. "Yes, it is. What? You have a problem with yellow?"

"Yes," the angry demon said. "Yellow is an unnatural, unnecessary color. Brown? Black? White? Now those are real colors, those have some value."

"Bloody hell, yellow isn't unnatural, the sun is yellow! Bloody flowers are yellow!" He didn't add, "your teeth," though he was certainly tempted.

The demon's mouth split in two"¦ literally and quite creepily"¦ as he smiled. "When's the last time you checked?"

Spike grimaced, and his "friend" laughed. "Get me a real kitten, or you'll pay in other ways."

Prompt: Incorporate the sentence "I'm a pretty pretty princess!" into the drabble.