#sanc weekly writing

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

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Helen slid the next slide under the microscope and straightened up for a moment, pressing her hands into the small of her back.

Spending so much time in the lab and bending over like that was never good for anyone's back, though she would admit that she could last longer than most other people when it came down to it.

Her father had used to say it was because of sheer determination and the fact that she'd had to prove herself to the point where she was above the men, just to garner the same amount of respect.

She smiled faintly at the memory now and sighed lightly, taking a moment longer to linger on stretching her muscles before returning to her work.

But she did bend back over the microscope, adjusting it as she studied the few drops of blood beneath it. It was unlikely that it would show her what she wanted, but on the off chance it did...

Helen hummed to herself as she kept working, falling into the rhythm of the work again. It vaguely occurred to her that she probably should have taken a break to eat at this point, but she was too engrossed to truly care about it.

She had only been at it again for a few minutes when there was sudden loud bang in the distance, gently shaking everything, and she looked up at the ceiling as the light fixture swayed gently.

"Bloody hell. What now?"

[angsty-violet]

Sanctuary Weekly Writing

Will dithered for a few moments before making up his mind. He had wanted to pick Watson’s brain for a while now, since they had come to the Sanctuary together, and tonight seemed like an opportune time. Magnus and Ashley were out on a recovery, Henry was busy with repairs and Biggie seemed to have occupied himself otherwise.

It seemed, that they were the only ones there out of their small group.

Will walked toward the wing of the building where he knew the library was. Watson was staying in the residential wing, like everyone else, but he barely seemed to be there. Most of the time he could be easily found camped out in the library, working his way through a huge stack of books.

Will didn’t usually like to bother him, but it was likely that Watson would return to his own Sanctuary to start preparations for a handover and Will didn’t want to miss the chance to talk to him. That didn’t change Will standing there, dithering over whether or not to bother him.

“Come in William, and tell me what’s got you mincing your words. That’s unusual for you with us. Normally you just speak your mind.”

Will stepped in and sat at the table across from Watson. “I’ve got a question to ask you.”

[tinknevertalks]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

I seem to be starting us off today. Enjoy!

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In the grand scheme of things, Henry had to admit this was the weirdest situation he'd been in. Yes, even weirder than that one time wh-- “Can I help you?” he asked. He'd arch a brow, but being upside down (two minutes and counting) sort of made him lose track of his facial features.

Kate snorted, looking up with barely contained laughter. “More like can you help yourself? Jeez Hank, what the hell did you do?”

He tried to stammer out an answer, fold his arms, and look Big, but the whole upside down-ness of his day ruined the look. His ankle was hurting. His knee was feeling weird.

He was pretty sure he wasn't meant to be seeing sound, and when did he start swinging from side to side? “Help?”

[samabigailalan]

Sanc(tuary) weekly writing

Kate stared down at the cup of hot milk suspiciously, tired as she was, she still noticed when Biggie had added more than what looked like cinnamon to the pot as he heated the milk. 

She glanced up to see if he was still watching her, and yes, he hadn’t moved, his expression unreadable. She sighed and took a sip, surprised that it wasn’t actually that bad she took another sip before setting it on the table in front of her, wrapping her hands around the warm mug.

“Thanks” she said looking down at the cup, very aware that he was still watching her.

Biggie grunted, mumbling something under his breath as he turned back towards the stove, Kate sat quietly watching him as he grabbed a sponge and began to carefully clean each surface.

She wasn’t entirely sure how she got here to be honest, one minute she was making her way to gym, in the hopes of burning off enough energy so she would actually fall asleep, and the next, she was sat in one of the small side kitchens with a Sasquatch making her hot milk.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

She contemplates who might have left it there.

After all, Helen isn't an entire stranger to being given a confection on her birthday. For years, Henry and Ashley insisted on making her cakes of varying levels of charming sloppiness, but that is a tradition that has long been outgrown.

Her old friend might do such a thing, but bubblegum pink frosting is firmly a color he won't use, something all members of the household agreed with.

The part of Helen that is reckless ("I'm just going to jump off this cliff and hope that I sprout wings.") wants to just bite into the thing or taste the frosting, just to see if it is indeed normal.

On the other, there is the chance that it has been left by Jack the Ripper or other potential unsavory characters she hasn't yet thought of. Or a resident who doesn't understand what can harm humans.

No, this most certainly requires investigating.

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

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Birthdays matter less when you don’t age as nature intended and when there seems to be a potentially limitless opportunity to collect such days in the future.  It is with this musing of the utility of celebration on her mind that Helen Magnus glides into her office and discovers a lone cupcake with a lit candle proudly planted in the bubblegum pink frosting swirl.  She makes a sound something like hmm and a little like the first spark of a giggle, but with more mischief.  The candle is yellow and white, striped with the wax carved and twisted, wholly unremarkable except that, for all the flame’s existence, it’s not burning anything. The cupcake itself sits in a pretty little paper liner, mismatched polka dots in rainbow colors inviting a smile and that pink icing swirl dappled with sprinkles.

Curious, playful, and suspicious— Helen’s favorite things.  She narrows her eyes to inspect the little cupcake; it has no note or card attached.  It strikes her that this is either a very obvious fae trap or that she is now oblivious to the potential for a surprise sweet left merely and simply to celebrate her birth.  “Hmm.”

[thisweekingundamwing]

New in the GW Fandom! August 20-26, 2017.

Clara suggested that this be this weeks theme. Heh, so, on that note... here are the amazing things completed this past week in our very NOT dead fandom! ^_^

~Mod Hel

Fanfiction:

@anaranesindanarie

Death Unspeaking (Ch. 3 & 4) http://archiveofourown.org/works/11483196/chapters/26839467

What happens when a Gundam Pilot is mute? What happens when the other Pilots look down at him because of it? Will he overcome the odds or will the odds overcome him?

Eventual 3x2

@chronicwhimsy​

Saudade (Ch. 8) http://archiveofourown.org/works/11352189/chapters/26915238

3X4, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner

@claraxbarton​

It Only Has to Happen Once http://archiveofourown.org/works/11858058

Sort of Sunday Sinning.

A bit smutty.

And 1x2x1 - rare for me!

Ready for You (Ch. 4) http://archiveofourown.org/works/11763066/chapters/26847633

A chance meeting ten years after the war leads Duo and Trowa down an unexpected path.

ExecutiveShrimp

The Princess With The Purple Heart (Ch.18) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12584463/18/The-Princess-With-The-Purple-Heart

AU, 2x1: Don’t ask, don’t tell.

@isolavirtuosa

Unlikely Office Romances http://isolavirtuosa.tumblr.com/post/164631855479/unlikely-office-romances

1x2x1, probably PG-13ish though there are some mildly sexy times and the usual trashmouth

Dr. Heero Yuy, Preventers forensics expert, can’t seem to get over his crush on his former wartime comrade Agent Duo Maxwell.  Agent Duo Maxwell can’t seem to stand the sight of him… and yet…?

I was so excited to be posting this story which I started writing 4 years ago, but then I realized who is even the audience for this ahahahaha

Parts 1-2

Jei/turnippatch

The Faithful and the Brave (Ch. 33) http://turnippatch.livejournal.com/157783.html#/cutid1%C2%A0

Fantasy AU/Adventure

1+2, 3+4

@kangofu-cb

The World At Large http://archiveofourown.org/works/11907273

Duo is lost, drifting, after the events of Endless Waltz, but he starts to find himself again, thanks to a travel blog and an online friendship.

1X2, Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy

@lbro009

Show War the Door https://lbro009.tumblr.com/post/164442717650/fic-snippet-show-war-the-door-taster

Genre: Humour (I hope), silliness, fandom clichés galore

Throwback fic I started 10/11 years ago… ***

@outofworkshinigami

Special Needs (Ch. 7) http://archiveofourown.org/works/10549412/chapters/26818131

Also warning for those who are a bit squeamish: there's some vomiting towards the end of this chapter. You won't miss anything plot heavy by skipping over it. But the gist of that section (if you had to skip it) is that Une is a badass and still very much a strong woman and I tried to imply she's been there helping with Treize for a while when nobody else was. I hope that came through. Also Zechs is easily grossed out.

@post-settlement

PS: Mars Fic https://post-settlement.tumblr.com/post/164648376289/characterdevelopmentforwriters-has-your-character

Hilde Schbeiker, Duo Maxwell, Quatre Raberba Winner, Dorothy Catalonia

Shinohoshi13

By Demons Be Driven http://archiveofourown.org/works/11889852/chapters/26854797

or years she struggled to live, burdened by a long-forgotten past, an unclear present, and a non-existent future. War consumes her life, forcing her to live as if every day is her last. Fate has seen fit to gift her with unnatural abilities far beyond the normal human capacity. With those abilities, she leads a daily game of tag, putting her life on the line over and over again. Will a chance meeting with a young man give this tired young woman the will to keep fighting? And with the war escalating higher and higher, will she have the time to find out who, and what, she really is?

OCx05; slight implied 01x02, 03x04, 06x13; one-sided Rx01.) (Relena bashing.

Strawberrywaltz

The Forgotten (Ch. 4) http://archiveofourown.org/works/11686344/chapters/26833566

1X4, 4XOCs, past 3X4

The entire universe thinks that Quatre Winner is dead, but when Heero starts having strange black outs he begins to realize the rumors of Quatre's death might not be true.

TheManwell

May Demons Rest: Shinigami Sleeps (2017) (Ch. 17) http://archiveofourown.org/works/10944786/chapters/26759832

2X3, WARNINGS: language, angst

@renmaxwell

The Discovery: Part 1, Duo Meets Black Wolborg http://renmaxwell.tumblr.com/post/164598745471/a-few-hours-after-a-snarky-farewell-to-kai-duo

Duo Maxwell, snark

Fanart:

ArtStarZ95

https://artstarz95.deviantart.com/art/gundam-wings-701040348

Wing Gundam

@belgianbooleancg

http://belgianbooleancg.tumblr.com/post/164365573707/gundam-minimalist

Gundam Minimalist Posters

coddfootwalker

https://coddfootwalker.deviantart.com/art/Wing-Gundam-Proto-Zero-TV-ver-Head-off-outline-700430483

Wing Gundam’s head

@dangerstreet

http://dangerstreet.tumblr.com/post/164403440123/join-me-on-patreon-as-i-make-wing-zero-gundam-and

Mech making.

@downwarddnaspiral

http://downwarddnaspiral.tumblr.com/post/164471350106/i-was-a-little-lazy-with-the-shading-but-i-wanted

Trowa Barton and Relena Darlian/Peacecraft in Victorian dress.

@fictioncoefficient

https://fictioncoefficient.tumblr.com/post/164503732697/were-it-not-for-silly-anime-hair-no-one-would

Trowa Barton

https://fictioncoefficient.tumblr.com/post/164525458442/ew-came-out-twenty-years-ago-you-guys-we-need

Quatre Raberba Winner

@hainekoken

http://hainekoken.tumblr.com/post/164561750286

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell

http://hainekoken.tumblr.com/post/164559655761

Quatre Raberba Winner

@hikaru9art

http://hikaru9art.tumblr.com/post/164567238432/duo-doing-what-he-does-best-being-annoying

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell

@maevemauvaise

http://maevemauvaise.tumblr.com/post/164298101401/trowa-barton-from-claraxbartons-pas-de-trois

Trowa Barton

http://maevemauvaise.tumblr.com/post/164226808301/soooo-like-ten-years-of-no-war-and-the-government

Sanc commemorative coin.

http://maevemauvaise.tumblr.com/post/164556055246/they-know-youre-coming-of-course-but-it

Dorothy Catalonia, WuFei Chang

GW, Atomic Blonde, John Wick crossover.

mdtarmimi

https://mdtarmimi.deviantart.com/art/Wing-Gundam-Fenice-Rinascita-700092007

Wing Gundam Fenice Rinascita

@missingart

https://missingart.tumblr.com/post/164473680660/zechs-from-gundam-wing

Zechs Merquise

https://missingart.tumblr.com/post/164356592240/heero-from-gundam-wing

Heero Yuy

miura-n315

https://miura-n315.deviantart.com/art/Noin-699771122

Lucrezia Noin

@outofworkshinigami

http://outofworkshinigami.tumblr.com/post/164654333802/be-good-for-lady-it-had-been-four-years-since

Treize Khushrenada, Mariemaia Khushrenada, Lady Une

Timelapse drawing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrSGDikGrc&feature=youtu.be

Simbiothero

https://simbiothero.deviantart.com/art/Giant-Robots-Battle-Royale-2-700863129

Crossover of Mechas

TheBRSteamer95

https://thebrsteamer95.deviantart.com/art/SFM-Two-Childhood-Crossover-700651547

Wing Gundam Crossover

thunder1928

https://thunder1928.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Wing-Lady-Une-10-701104370

Lady Une

https://thunder1928.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Wing-Relena-Peacecraft-SP-9-700391938

Relena Darlian/Peacecraft

https://thunder1928.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Wing-Catherine-Bloom-3-700335110

Catherine Bloom

Cosplay:

@manabingu

http://manabingu.tumblr.com/post/164524249576/hey-superstars-everything-is-more-fun-with

Trowa Barton, Duo Maxwell, Quatre Raberba Winner, Heero Yuy, WuFei Chang

Photosets/Screenshots:

@ahsimwithsake

http://ahsimwithsake.tumblr.com/post/164499676598/ive-been-working-on-learning-photoshop-and-i

Trowa (photo manipulation)

@cyberbeastswordwolfe

https://cyberbeastswordwolfe.tumblr.com/post/164522689759/custom-build-1144-epyon-ares

Epyon & Aries

@exavaorgtfo

http://exavaorgtfo.tumblr.com/post/164470386885/ok-so-i-fixed-the-wings-now-prepare-for-the

Gundam

@lbro009

https://lbro009.tumblr.com/post/164569392415/randomness-sallys-changing-hair

Sally Po, Noin, Heero and random puppers.

@vyntic

http://www.vyntic.com/post/164436580868/desolation-after-war-created-by-hank-cheng

Wing Gundam

yefluga

https://yefluga.deviantart.com/art/MG-Wing-Gundam-Zero-EW-700022940

Wing Gundam Zero

Photo Prompts/Prompts:

@claraxbarton​

http://claraxbarton.tumblr.com/post/164444487430/iqfashion-patrick-grant-source-tombunningcom

Old men pilots. ...deathfic?/main character death.

@fantwirls​

http://fantwirls.tumblr.com/post/164487684730/are-you-doing-the-prompts-thing-still-if-so

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell

1+2, comedic fluff

@kangofu-cb​

https://kangofu-cb.tumblr.com/post/164471867417/fic-prompts-10-did-you-catch-the-book-thief

Quatre, WuFei, book thefts

https://kangofu-cb.tumblr.com/post/164487362817/prompts-2x5-4-21-30-or-35-although-someone-had

2X5, Sleepy grouchy WuFei

Head Canons:

@lifeaftermeteor​

https://lifeaftermeteor.tumblr.com/post/164614477810

Trowa Barton

No Idea What To Put This Under:

@anaranesindanarie​

https://anaranesindanarie.tumblr.com/post/164525730814/mobile-suit-ability-symmetry

Mech readouts

Calendar Events:

End of Summer Block Party @gwblockparty​

https://gwblockparty.tumblr.com/post/164387388052/gwblockparty-tropes-guidelines-what-a

Tropefest! Get your trope on!

Entries to be posted September 1st - 4th!

Gundam Wing Eve War Event @gw-evewar​

https://gw-evewar.tumblr.com/post/164079261510/an-open-gundam-wing-fandom-community-science

Open Science Fiction Themed Event

(Saturday) December 23, 2017 - (Sunday) December 24, 2017

*** event will be observing Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) ***

Submissions: Fanfiction, Meta essays, Personal Headcanon, Fan Art

Rules: All works must feature a science fiction theme. Alternate Universes, and cross-over fiction are welcome. There are no limits to characters, pairings, audience rating, time frame or universe.

OC October @gwoc-october​

https://gwoc-october.tumblr.com/post/164521028355/update

For the month of October, we can post everything and anything pertaining to fan OCs in Gundam Wing with weekly themes and perhaps a featured OC every other day or so. This includes fic, snippets, art, OC profiles, headcanons, ships, discussions, and anything you have as long as it’s about an OC. Even if this OC of yours is still in the mulling-stages, we want to hear about it! Let’s embrace OCs and celebrate our collective awesomeness.

This Week in Gundam Events @thisweekingundamevents​

https://thisweekingundamevents.tumblr.com/post/164453187095/hello-wonderful-fandom

Our new sideblog for helping to host Gundam Wing fandom events!

Check us out and hit us up!

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly

A weekly writing game for the Sanctuary fandom, where anyone is welcome to participate!

Outline:

At the start of each week duration, a participant will start a brand-new fic for the Sanctuary fandom!

From there, everyone who wants is free to reblog it with their own addition and so forth to make a story. Stories can continue being reblogged/written after their initial week, but a new fic will start the following week, with a new person starting as determined by the wheel spin. Wheel spins will be performed by sarcasticsciencefictionwriter two days before the next start date. The chosen person will be alerted via private messaging or askbox.

Rules:

1.Be respectful. Don't complain where someone takes the story, critique their writing, etc.

2. No ship or character bashing. Ties in with the above rule. If someone brings in a ship or character you don't like, don't turn the story into how to destroy that ship/character in favor of another. Go earlier in the reblog chain and continue the story from there instead. (We want everyone, including non-Teslen shippers, to feel welcome and participate)

3. Keep it safe for work. Again, on the principal of everyone feeling welcome, NSFW content is not allowed. (If you do want to take it that way, keep it outside the chains and make a new post for yourself)

4. Do not reblog from yourself. Feel free to hop in multiple times on one story/chain, but don't turn the story into a one-person show. Let everyone have fun. [Edit: You may reblog from yourself after the initial week has passed for each story]

5. Use the Tag #sanc weekly writing Mostly for original posters/chain starters, so we can all find it easier, but it would be helpful if everyone did as well.

6. Have Fun!!!

(Tag list, Starter List, and Where to Direct Questions Under Cut)

Tag list: @tinknevertalks , @theleotorrio, @angsty-violet , @truedairship, @drewsaturday,

@dorothyoz39, @zeldamacgregor, @chartreuseian, @electricrogue, @ladyelysandra,

@misscrazyfangirl321,

@lanistas (I know you haven't had time to write, wanted to include you), @crazymcwritesalot (wanted to include you as well)

@silhouetteofafox, @starbuckxcarter, @romanaisalive, @galactic-pirates (not sure if you four are interested, but the more the merrier!)

Additional Info:

Mod: sarcasticsciencefictionwriter

Current Starters: sarcasticsciencefictionwriter, tinknevertalks, zeldamacgregor, angsty-violet.

Misc.: Any questions, requests to be removed from the starter list or added to it, can be directed to sarcasticsciencefictionwriter! (If you don't want to directly message, asks, tags, and comment section is welcome)

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

Sneaking out of the Sanctuary was surprisingly easy. Sneaking back in, on the other hand, was proving to be harder than it should have been.

Ashley considered herself an expert on getting in and out of any Sanctuary and had since she was a teenager, but tonight she was stumped.

The way in she had left herself--which was really just the thin blind spots between cameras and an unlocked window next to the library--was no longer an option.

The window had been closed and locked. Whether by a mother teaching her a lesson or a well-meaning staff member, she didn't know.

Not that it mattered. If she didn't get her ass inside soon, she was going to have to explain where she had been and why.

Sighing heavily, Ashley dug her phone out of her pocket to call in some back-up.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Mod here, #sanc weekly writing will be kicked off sometime on Tuesday by @zeldamacgregor .

Giving a heads up because I don't think a lot of the fandom is familiar with her blog and might have trouble finding it.

[angsty-violet]

Sanc Weekly Writing

In Helen’s opinion there was in fact a perfect mission.

A mission that had just the right balance of intrigue, excitement and information to keep her interested while simultaneously not having too much of any of those things. Yes, in her mind, there was a perfect mission.

Despite never having had one of the missions in question, she was certain that one day there would be one.

It just wasn’t going to be today.

Helen ducked behind a crate and scowled deeply. She could see Will having taken full cover behind a wall, which was good as he could manage a combat situation but wasn’t amazing in them. While Kate attempted to move to a slightly better position.

Helen fired off several shots from her position and wondered how she was supposed to get to her goal with three poachers standing in the way. That little fire snake needed to be given a full-size habitat and left alone to leave in peace. Not peddled away as a trinket to a collector and treated like a rock.

Kate made eye contact and did a series of complex motions. Helen held her breath and did a series back, trying to deter her from making a huge step into a lot of danger. Kate seemed to refuse and shook her head several times. There was really nothing for it.

Helen held her breath and waited for Kate to make her move.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

Ashley crept down the stairs as quietly as she could, trying not to slip in her socks on the old polished wood.

She should have been in bed hours ago, but she had woken up and the darkness of her room--even with her nightlight and the city lights from the window--hadn't been enough to chase off an edge of fear.

So she had gone hunting for her mother.

Only, Helen wasn't in her room.

Ashley had no idea where her mother might be at this time of night--so late it was early, according to the clock--but her room was empty and her study was empty and now Ashley was more curious than afraid.

What on earth could her mother have been doing?

[samabigailalan]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing.

Kate couldn’t quite remember how she ended up in the ocean, although she figured it had something to do with the sharp throbbing pain just above her left temple.

She did however remember the bite of the ice cold water hitting her skin, how all the air left her at once as a complete darkness enveloped her.

“Easy Kate,” Will whispered rapping the blanket more tightly about her, “you’ll be warm soon.”

Shivering harder she tucked her head under his chin trying to press in closer, wincing as the move put slight pressure on her sore head.

“How she doing?” Henry called over his shoulder.

Kate could see him glancing at her in the rear view mirror as he drove, he looked concerned, his frown deepening at something will was saying, something about Magnus scanning something, he really didn’t need to look so worried she thought, she was just a bit cold and what with the heater running on full blast and pillowed against Will all she really wanted to do was take a nap.

“Hey, none of that!”

Kate’s eyes flew open at the sternness of wills voice.

“You need to try and stay awake, ok.”

Kate rolled her eyes regretting it almost instantly as the world swam, for someone so goodie goodie he could be so bossy sometimes.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

I forgot about #sanc weekly writing again, oh my god. 🙈

If anyone wants to post anything for it today (or any time this week) go ahead. I am...a mess.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

-- Letting himself into the Magnus house would, by the standards of the majority of society, be extremely rude.

However, things were different when you had a blanket invitation from the, well, lady of the house and you could teleport.

Or so John told himself.

It wasn't as if he hadn't thrown social norms out the window before, but there were times when he really did stop to think about just what he was doing. Like now, for example.

The house was oddly quiet and a quick perusal of the basement told him that Helen wasn't there.

Nor was she in the library or the parlor or anywhere else for that matter.

It took longer than it really should have for John to admit that Helen wasn't home, something that was unusual for her at this time. He could only assume that she had gotten caught up with James or Nikola or Nigel--or all three--and was late in returning home this evening.

"Mr. Druitt."

John spun on his heel and felt himself pale at the sight of Gregory standing behind him, leaning on his walking stick and regarding him with an arched eyebrow.

"To what do I owe the pleasure, this evening?"

John swallowed, wondering if he could get away with teleporting.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

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The light in the kitchen was burning brightly, despite the late hour. It wasn't entirely unexpected, but after so many nights in a row of it doing the exact same thing, it was a cause for at least some minor concern.

The London Sanctuary had its share of nocturnal residents, of course, but those who were were not the kind to frequent the main kitchen at half past one in the morning.

Declan knew that it was James, even just passing by the closed door.

No one else in the house was such an insomniac, no one else's mind whirled around until their body forced them to be up and about, despite the need for rest.

All the previous nights, when making the night rounds as he was wont to do, Declan had simply passed by the door.

Tonight, however, he opened it.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Sanc(tuary) Weekly Writing

He couldn't find it.

At first, Nikola had thought that maybe he had just set it down or moved it somewhere without a thought when he had been hunting for another part, though he had doubted it from the start.

He didn't do that. Things may have looked messy to the untrained eye, but he had very precise places for everything. It helped when he spent all hours tinkering with his latest ideas and improved the inventions he had already created.

But now that he needed a very precise piece, it wasn't there.

Anywhere in the lab.

Nikola paused to examine his surroundings one more time, but the truth was there was no way that someone could have just walked in and taken something without him seeing them.

Which only left one option.

"NIGEL!"