#sort of inspired by that one au by leckied

[himbowelsh]

“I… i think I have fangs.” For Speirton, if you will 😊

spooky scary skeleprompts (ACEPTING)

They’re making their way through the fourth of what seems like an endless series of dark, ominous hallways when Ron comes to a sudden stop.

“Wait,” he says, catching Carwood’s arm. “Something isn’t right.”

This is obvious. Carwood realized that around the time the mansion started groaning and shuddering around them, as if the house had caught a terrible cold and intended to take its misery out on all its occupants. The floor shook; the lights flickered; at once, the air felt as if it had been sucked out of the room, before being exhales back in a great gust that nearly took Carwood off his feet.

When everything settled again, the lights flickered back on. That was when he and Ron realized that the rest of their Halloween party disappeared, and it became obvious that everything not right was actually very wrong.

Losing guys as loud as Luz, Guarnere, and Muck is not an easy thing to do. It’s like missing a football stadium, or managing to misplace an entire angry mob. They make themselves so visible that the fact that they’ve managed to lose track of them at all is nothing short of a miracle.

But, well, it’s turning into a weird night.

Ron Speirs, however, never seems shaken unless he has a damned good reason for it. Now, with his eyes wide and posture tense, there’s definitely something that’s got Ron on edge. Carwood feels himself tense up, on guard. If something’s alarming Ron, then it must be something serious.

“Do you —“ Ron starts, then pauses. He licks his lips, as if he’s deep in thought; confused or contemplative, Carwood can’t tell. When he speaks again, there’s a new terseness to his voice. “Do you feel any different?”

“Different?” echoes Carwood. He frowns down at himself. He might not look the way he would on any normal day (in his trenchcoat and hat, he thinks he makes a pretty convincing Sherlock Holmes) but he feels as much himself as ever. “Not really. Why?”

Ron’s lips purse. Slowly, his hand rises to his mouth. Carwood blinks as he slips his finger past his lips to run over the ridges of his teeth. When Ron’s eyes widen, he feels his own stomach drop.

“I... I think I have fangs.”

Ron says this so matter-of-factly, as if he’s informing Carwood of the weather, or the fact that tonight is Halloween. He runs over his teeth again and nods to himself. “I do,” he murmurs. “I’ve got fangs.”

Carwood blinks at the spots of fake blood at the corners of Ron’s mouth. Is it him, or does the paint look more realistic than it did a few minutes ago?

“The plastic ones,” he says automatically. “That must be it.”

“I didn’t wear any plastic fangs,” replies Ron, and Carwood feels his heart sink. When Ron bares his teeth, he catches a flash of distinctive pointed canines. There’s no mistaking it. Ron’s teeth look sharp as needles. They could easily pierce flesh, puncture someone’s neck with as much effort as biting into an apple...

A vampire. Ron’s turned into an actual vampire, just like his costume.

Carwood’s pulse is suddenly racing (a bad thing, considering his present company). His mind flashes back to all the other boys: Luz, with his furry werewolf mask, Webster as an eerie ghost, Skip and Don as zombies, Perconte as a ghoul, Babe as an evil clown. If Ron is turning into his costume, who (or what) else could be running around these halls?

The very idea makes him feel sick. They have to get out of this house.

“Ron,” he says, keeping his voice low. “We need to find the rest of the guys.”

Ron nods. To anyone else, he would not seem shaken by the latest turn of events, but Carwood knows him well enough to recognize the panic lurking beneath the dark surface of his eyes. He’s turned into a monster, of course he’s alarmed. On instinct, Carwood reaches out and rests a hand on Ron’s shoulder.

Something about the human contact seems to drag Ron back to the present. When he swivels to look at Carwood, the gratitude in his expression is unmistakeable.

“You’re right,” he agrees. “There’s no time to waste.”

“Let’s get moving.” Carwood starts to turn his back, and then stops. It’s awful of him, but there is a gnawing paranoia that he cannot totally push out of his mind. “You’re not... feeling a sudden, insatiable bloodlust, by chance?”

Against all odds, Ron seems to find this humorous. The quirks of his lips shouldn’t be reassuring, but not a lot about Ron Speirs is; Carwood takes what he can get. “Not yet,” he replies. “And even if I do, I’ll refrain from chomping on your neck.”

That’s all Carwood needs to hear. He exhales, and offers Ron a small smile. Whatever’s going on, they’ll figure it out together. There’s no way this is as dire as it seems.

[darling-child-tisarwat]

In celebration of Ann Leckie’s new book Provenance coming out on September 26th, the Imperial Radch fandom has decided to do a week of fanworks leading up to it! Each day, fans are encouraged to post work under the #Imperial Radch tag, and if you like, a new #Imperial Radch Week tag. Any medium is encouraged, and we selected days that hopefully highlight a wide range of skills! Here are the days:

Tuesday, Sept 19th: Ship Day! Create a work about your favorite ship, be it a pairing or actual space ship. Or both! 

Wednesday, Sept 20th: Music Day! Create a musically inspired work! Either based on a song in the books, one of your own creation, or any other piece that could take influence from music! Can be written, recorded, or visual art based on music. Anything really.

Thursday, Sept 21st: Radchaai/Presger/Etc Cuisine Day! Create a work or dish based on the food in the Imperial Radch universe! This can a real dish you cook up and take a photo of, a written recipe of a Radch inspired dish, or any sort of other work inspired by food! 

Friday, Sept 22nd: Fav Friday! A modified version of our fandom favorite day, Seivarden Sunday, we’ve broadened our scope to include a day for all favs! Create a work based on your favorite character or talk about why that character is your favorite! It’s going to be hard to pick just one, so maybe… do more than one. Or not!

Saturday: Sept 23rd: AU Day! The most ridiculous and popular of days, create a work based on your favorite Alternate Universe! Or, make up a new one! Some Radchdome favs include: Imperial Ranch (Farm/Rodeo AU), Awn Lives AU, Daemon AU, My Legs Are a Fish (Mermaid AU), Rad Chai Coffee and Tea (Coffee Shop AU), Heist/High Crime AU, and my current fav: Vampire Lawyer AU.

Sunday, Sept 24th: Favorite Scene Day! Create a work inspired by your favorite scene. This can be from any of the three novels or the related short stories! Again, this can be in any medium at all.

Monday, Sept 25th: What the Heck is a Geck Day! We know Geck are going to appear in Provenance, and based on literally nothing at all… make a work based on what you think they will be like or look like! Also, if you’ve read the except from chapter one of Provenance, make a work based on what you think will happen in the rest of the novel! Will Ingray ever get fed properly? Will spider mechs replace all sentient life in the universe? We’ll find out tomorrow!

Tuesday, Sept 26th: Release day! Spend the day reading! Liveblogging your reading is encouraged, but if you do so, please use the #AL Provenance Spoilers tag! We also have a general #AL Provenance tag for posts that do not contain spoilers, but please be mindful of other readers for the first few weeks especially and tag! But seriously, we want to read your live blogs… 

Please post your work on the day it correlates to, and again, just use the usual #Imperial Radch tag as well as #Imperial Radch Week if you want. If you have any questions feel free to ask! Also, @cassyblue made the cool banner for this post, and you can direct questions to her as well!