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nine sullen silences

[Title] The North Tower Girls Fight Crime
[Fandom] Malory Towers (superhero AU)
[Rating] G
( The Story So Far )
[Link] Nine parts, spread over several chapters

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eleven dark tunnels

[Title] In the Tunnels of the Mind
[Fandom] Until Dawn
[Rating] PG-13 (language, brief references to sex, references to violence and threat)
[Notes/Summary] Everyone tries to get back to normal after what happened. It isn't easy.
[Link] To Chapter 1 of 11

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eight gun barrels

[Title] Skills Set
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Detectives in training have to learn to shoot.

( L didn't have to supervise the actual learning process )

[Title] Self-Defense
[Fandom] Battle Royale
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] There are various skills that come in useful in the Greater East Asian Republic.

( The government shows people they can pick on the weak and helpless )

[Title] High Score
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] Matsuda found he was a good shot.

( Not that he was getting to shoot things much )

[Title] Riot Control
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] Gum and Tab brief Beat on Tokyo-to's policing.

( Better as in they don't actually kill you )

[Title] Teaching Gig
[Fandom] Akira (manga)
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] Kaneda has a proposition for Kei.

( You've clearly been trained to kill since birth )

[Title] Muscle Memory
[Fandom] Portal
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Chell learns to use the portal gun.

( She carries it poised and ready )

[Title] Gunplay
[Fandom] Battle Royale
[Rating] PG-13 for sex references, sexualisation of guns, language
[Notes/Summary] Mitsuko and her friends discussed their familiarity with weapons once.

( She'd talked him into giving her a few quick lessons )

[Title] War Zone
[Fandom] Until Dawn
[Rating] PG-13 for violence and language
[Notes/Summary] Chris finds this situation is nothing like target practice.

( Steady hands, slow breath )

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Seven broken pieces

[Title] Coffee Break
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Matsuda remembers messing up at work.

( he'd have to screw up really bad to get fired, right )

[Title] Remixed
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] The GGs consider the pieces of a mysterious record.

( You reckon that applies to possessed demonic records )

[Title] Institutionalise
[Fandom] Akira (manga)
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] After the events of the first volume, Kaisuke takes time to get his head together.

( You can't really call it normal life )

[Title] Transform
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Mello lashed out at Near's toys once.

( It wasn't as satisfying as he'd hoped )

[Title] Elephants in the Room
[Fandom] Endeavour/His Dark Materials
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Morse and Max talk about daemons. (Requested by still_lycoris, who also takes credit for the daemon assignation to these characters.)

( I can’t imagine it was always easy to navigate the world )

Last two broken pieces to come soon ;)

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five flowing waters

[Title] What Lies Beneath the Streets
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio/Stephen King's It (did anyone ask for this crossover? No, no they did not, but I had a lot of fics to write and fond memories of playing JSR during lockdown, so here we are)
[Rating] PG for language, sense of threat, implied death
[Notes/Summary] The GGs saved the world. But something creepy is lurking in the Tokyo-to sewers.

( Part 1 )

( Part 2 )

( Part 3 )

( Part 4 )

( Part 5 )

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three alerting cries

[Title] Warnings in Dreamscapes
[Fandom] Portal
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Chell still dreams about where she used to be.

( You practise, you watch, you learn the puzzles )

[Title] Magic Missile
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] Gum rescues Beat from helicopters.

( Clearly I'm taking this gang thing seriously )

[Title] Spring
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Notes/Summary] Ide considers asking Matsuda out on a date (as requested by still_lycoris)

( He is now hopelessly out of practice )

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one unusual place

[Title] Tale of the City
[Fandom] Ashes to Ashes
[Rating] PG
[Notes/Summary] Shaz remembers home. The memories don't match up. (Slight spoilers for S3 of the show.)

( Something in them slides out of focus )

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eleven shows of power

[Title] Frozen Heartlands
[Fandom] Battle Royale
[Rating] PG-13
[Word Count] 1419
[Notes/Summary] Shou/Shinji, AU where Class B didn't do the Program. At a high school graduation party, Shinji finds himself having an unexpected conversation.

I’m doing the rounds, saying goodbye to old faces

[Title] From Small Acorns
[Fandom] Akira (movie)
[Rating] R for violence
[Word Count] 1196
[Notes/Summary] AU. Kaori’s woken up with a headache, and strange things are happening around her.

( It feels like her whole skull is screaming )

[Title] Performing Arts
[Fandom] Azumanga Daioh / Battle Royale
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 608
[Notes/Summary] Continuation of my earlier fics for this crossover. Sakaki doesn't want to play, but she will if she has to.

I'll do it! Don't think I won't!

[Title] Dance Dance Revolution
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 307
[Notes/Summary] Gum, Beat and Tab consider whether they need a dance routine as part of their gang identity.

( A badly-programmed VR simulation )

[Title] Power of Silence
[Fandom] Portal
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 193
[Notes/Summary] Chell has very little power here except in what she chooses not to say.

( They're making her run and jump and hide )

[Title] Power Trip
[Fandom] Akira (movie)
[Rating] R for violence
[Word Count] 682 in total
[Notes/Summary] Kaneda knows what an acceptable show of power is. Tetsuo’s learnt it.

( Part I )
( Part II )

[Title] Finale
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 554
[Notes/Summary] The GGs arrive at the Rokkaku Building for the final showdown.

( This entire thing has maxed out the weirdness scale )

[Title] Put On A Show
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 223
[Notes/Summary] Mello knows how to win.

( Don't actually set yourself on fire to prove a point )

[Title] Power Chords
[Fandom] Battle Royale
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 360
[Notes/Summary] Shuuya doesn’t even mind the bad gigs.

( You and your bandmates in a smelly New York basement )

[Title] Celebrate the New World.
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] R for sex
[Word Count] 2963
[Notes/Summary] Raito/Ide/Matsuda. Three people drink a toast to Kira's new world.

You were so convinced you were doing the right thing

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nine burning candles

[Title] Milestone Birthday
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 343
[Notes/Summary] Matsuda’s not sure he’s happy about turning thirty.

( It sounds way too big an age to have reached )

[Title] Night on the Town
[Fandom] Akira
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 284
[Notes/Summary] Kai compares nights out before and after the cataclysm.

( The only booze is stuff brewed in people's cellars )

[Title] Blackout
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 346
[Notes/Summary] The GGs wait for the Noise Tanks to put the lights back on.

( That's a one-way trip to murder town )

[Title] Light a Candle to the Dead
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 329
[Notes/Summary] Most people don’t understand why Misa dresses the way she does.

( Misa's got a dream and you have to look the part )

[Title] Survival Romance
[Fandom] Akira
[Rating] PG, brief non-explicit mention of sex
[Word Count] 382
[Notes/Summary] Kaneda/Kei. After it all happens, Kaneda still isn’t much of a romantic. Kei likes it that way.

( Seeing as they're homeless and literally building a life )

[Title] Forty Seconds
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 380
[Notes/Summary] After it all happens, Matsuda keeps dreaming.

( In the dream, it's always too late )

[Title] Points of Light
[Fandom] Battle Royale
[Rating] PG, mention of death and grief
[Word Count] 443
[Notes/Summary] Shuuya tries to remember the dead.

( The stuff you've stockpiled for when the worst happens )

[Title] Birthday Cake
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 296
[Notes/Summary] Watari brought each of the task force cake.

( He didn't join the police force to eat sugary stuff all day )

[Title] Inside, Candlelit
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 1979
[Notes/Summary] Matsuda/Misa. Raito and Misa are getting married. Matsuda loves weddings, even if the bride seems lonely.

Like she knew it was going to end up this way

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Seven secret messages

[Title] Someone to Hold Onto
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 1129
[Notes/Summary] Raito/Matsuda. Matsuda’s always liked hugs. Sometimes you need someone to hold on to.

You’re so dumb. You’re so adorable

[Title] Second Languages
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] PG
[Word Count] 2388 (in total)
[Notes/Summary] Rester, Hal and Gevanni all learnt Japanese in different ways. All of them lost, too.

Rester (Listening)
Hal (Speaking)
Gevanni (Memorising)

[Title] Locked-Room Language Lessons
[Fandom] Detective Academy Q
[Rating] PG for implied miserable childhood
[Word Count] 1059
[Notes/Summary] Ryu knows a lot of languages. Kyuu finds out why.

( Every time he gets more details it makes his skin crawl )

[Title] Ageless
[Fandom] Death Note
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 241
[Notes/Summary] Mogi isn’t sure what to make of Los Angeles.

( No doubt it’s partly sleep deprivation )

[Title] Message Left Last Night
[Fandom] Jet Set Radio
[Rating] G
[Word Count] 493
[Notes/Summary] Mew’s friends don’t get why she does it.

( I didn’t think you were actually into it )