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@ 2012-04-03 07:26 am UTC

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PROMPT POST PART IV

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Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a Fic Prompting Meme dedicated solely to the hilarious and oh-so-addictive BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Cabin Pressure. I'm aiming for this to be pretty anything goes - but in order for everything to run smoothly, there are a few guidelines. Don't worry - they're not too restrictive.

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MORE WEREWOLVES

danlion
2012-04-04 08:20 pm UTC (link)

The prompt on the last page reminded me of this, so

Basically I just want fic where either Martin or Douglas is a werewolf. It's up to you whether or not they keep their personalities while transformed or if they turn into mindless beasts, but I don't want the entire world to know about werewolves and I don't want them to be just big wolves. Big fuzzy bipedal wolves or just wolf-men with a lot of body hair and sharp teeth/claws, please! Because in my two big fandoms right now I have not been able to find werewolf fic where they're not just normal and boring quadruped wolves or isn't set in a universe that makes me uncomfortable.

The only thing I ship is Douglas/Martin so either that or gen, please. Porn is ok but dog dongs and knotting aren't my thing.

I have a lot of werewolf opinions, apparently. ALSO I PROMISE I WILL FILL SOMETHING SOON.... pinkie promise

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	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-04 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	I like your opinions! Second! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-04 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	And then my mind exploded with an idea - I will try to fill after I finish two more I'm working on, if you don't mind the wait! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES danlion 2012-04-04 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	I don't mind waiting!!!! but tell me your idea so I can daydream about it (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

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(Anonymous)
2012-04-04 10:42 pm UTC (link)

Eep! Well it's nothing spectacular, but here it is:

Basically - Martin thinks he's the only werewolf in Fitton, has to save a worried Douglas one night from a pair of strange werewolves, Douglas recognizes Martin, Martin lets Douglas in on his secret and together they learn two rival clans are trying to move in on Fitton. Martin wants to protect Fitton, Douglas reassures him he doesn't have to do it alone. Progresses from there.

Do you like? Any other specifics besides those listed? D/M or gen preferred? b/c honestly I can't pick, sorry.

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Re: MORE WEREWOLVES

danlion
2012-04-04 11:29 pm UTC (link)

Im usually not much for werewolf packs since I like to think of werewolfism as a curse BUT

Martin protecting Douglas from werewolves that are undoubtedly bigger than him and then teaming up to drive out even more werewolves makes me feel feels, so yes, do this

Umm the only other thing is that I don't want them to be able to transform voluntarily? I don't think that will throw a wrench in the whole pack thing. I guess there could be a split between werewolves where some choose to form a pack for a sense of security/belonging/as a coping mechanism while others stay on their own and deal with it themselves and keep human lives. But then when a lot of them are together the wolf instincts get even stronger so they become more territorial and violent?? Also I want the actual transformation to be painful and gross.

And uh, sure make it D/M why not.

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	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-04 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, good. Exactly what I was thinking! Awesome, thank you so much for you're input too! This helps me a great deal, and I hope you like what I eventually post! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES random_nexus 2012-04-18 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	I'm doing a werewolf fill, myself, on another prompt, just FYI. It's still a WIP, though, so not yet full of satisfying conclusiony goodness. I'm curious to see what come of this prompt, though, very curious! :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES danlion 2012-04-19 02:23 am UTC (link)
	I think I've been reading that one!! Not Precisely Fitton? It's god damn amazing so far and fits all my silly werewolf opinions.... (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES random_nexus 2012-04-19 02:26 am UTC (link)
	That's the one! Woot! \o/ I am beyond tickled at your approval! XD (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-19 04:00 am UTC (link)
	I read yours too! It's brilliant! Now I'm so nervous about mine >~ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

Re: MORE WEREWOLVES

random_nexus
2012-04-19 04:25 am UTC (link)

Nooes! Don't compare. In fact, you should stop reading mine while you do yours, it'll just muddy your Muse-waters, so to speak. That's what I do, generally, if I find a fic that's too much like something I'm doing; I'll avoid it till I'm done. It's less stressful, I find.

I mean, do whatever you want, I'm just making a suggestion.

I'm sure yours will be just fine. I look forward to reading it! XD

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	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-19 05:24 am UTC (link)
	That is an excellent suggestion, thank you :D Eeep - I hope you're right, and I look forward to posting some soon~ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

Fill: Path of A Man 1/?

(Anonymous)
2012-04-22 04:37 pm UTC (link)

Sorry this took so long, I have a bad habit of not updating wips regularly, so I wanted to get a bit done before I started to post. I hope this is alright, and that you like!

TW: violence, transformation icky-ness

…

Unbeknownst to most, the life of a man runs on a pulse, a pattern, a constant turning of gears that only gives the semblance of purpose. Occasionally, for the unlucky few, this mundane grind is interrupted by the hindrance of a great event, pulling them from the settled habits of man and throwing them to the wilds of the beasts. There, they are left to flourish or flounder, but given the chance to carve a path entirely their own.

For Martin Crieff, pilot and sole captain of MJN Air, this wrench in the gears came in the form of a dog bite.

Or at least, that’s what it had looked like.

Martin wasn’t entirely sure what he had ran into that night on the country road, but it had been large, hairy, and sporting a snout. The thing had crashed into him from behind as he checked the van’s engine, sending him to the ground and leaving a nasty laceration across his shoulder. Upon inspection from a medicinal man, it was revealed that a wild dog had nipped him on its way across the fields.

He was given antibiotics and an adhesive bandage and told to go home, rest, and return if he felt ill. This was easier said than done.

By nightfall the next day Martin had fallen into a high fever, sweating profusely on his bunk where he lay paralyzed by an aching pain that roiled through his joints. When the world blurred and drained of color, Martin was sure he would die. By the time his bones began to crack and his skin split with muscle and hair, Martin begged for death.

He was given the next best release: temporary oblivion.

When Martin awoke it was to a cool morning breeze tracing itself down his bare back and tickling an exposed buttock.

The small man shuddered into consciousness, fully registering the pounding headache he sported as he groaned and rested his brow on the soft, pink carpet.

He didn’t own a pink carpet.

Or any sort of carpet.

Martin took in a sharp breath, pushing himself up off the floor, looking confusedly down at the fluffy fabric between his fingers before scanning the strange flat he found himself in. Blue eyes widened and Martin stumbled to his feet, ignoring his nude state as he took in the small apartment’s condition.

No piece of decoration, furniture, or technology lay untouched, all scattered, broken, or toppled. There were large tears in the wallpaper, and shredded paper and cushion stuffing drifted to the floor from where they had been stirred by the same breeze that had awoken the pilot.

No, ex-pilot, it had to be ex-pilot, because if Martin somehow escaped from the apartment clothed and looking normal, he doubted he’d hold out long enough to avoid incarceration. Though it wasn’t the mess that frightened Martin so; it was what was painted over it that tied a rock to Martin’s stomach and made him wish prayers were answered.

Splattered across the walls and windows and soaked into the floors was a frightening amount of crimson. It looked as though someone had decided to have a water balloon fight with blood bags, and a victor was debatable. There was no way it was possible for one person to bleed that much, Martin was sure, and if they did they certainly weren’t doing much else afterwards.

“Oh god,” Martin whimpered, spotting thin fingers dipped in red poking out from a shattered bathroom door.

Tentatively, Martin made his way over to the door and pushed what was left open.

Leather jacket, jeans, and a pair of trainers were all Martin took with him as he fled the building. He left behind a bloodbath, a dead woman, and about three days’ worth of stomach content.

Martin swore he’d never look back, but was certain the memory would always haunt him.

And while Martin’s hands had literally been clean, in fact the man himself was spotless despite the disaster he had woken up to - and Martin knew in his heart he hadn’t torn that woman apart, a niggling voice at the back of his mind told him that he had been somewhat responsible for her death. If for no other reason than he couldn’t stop it.

If only he could remember, but whatever had been there wasn’t anymore, a black screen had come over the hours between passing out from fever and waking up at the gruesome crime scene. Martin doubted that any amount of effort would get that time back, no matter how much he needed it.

The young captain ran home, and once he was safely in his attic he finally let himself panic.

…

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	Re: Fill: Path of A Man 1/? danlion 2012-04-23 07:30 am UTC (link)
	BLUBBERS INCOHERENTLY (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	Re: Fill: Path of A Man 1/? (Anonymous) 2012-04-26 01:39 am UTC (link)
	:D I'll take that as a good sign! Nearly done next part (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	Re: Fill: Path of A Man 1/? danlion 2012-04-26 03:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm so excited I don't know what to do besides smash on my keyboard (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

Path of A Man 2/?

(Anonymous)
2012-04-26 06:37 am UTC (link)

Let me just thank you for prompting this! I am having so much fun writing this. Things will pick up next part, but I hope you like!
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2.

Martin moved silently into the middle of the attic room, the click of the door lock following him.

Unfortunately, it seemed Martin’s own home hadn’t faired any better than that of the stranger’s. The man could barely recognize anything in the mess, everything was in pieces, even the floorboards were shredded. The worst of the destruction was around the window at the end, the frame and wall looking like the abused scratching post of a bear.

What the hell happened?

Something crinkled under Martin's shoe, and the young man looked down to see the red stained bandages that he had worn.

Reaching for the stitched wound on his shoulder, Martin was only met with smooth skin. Groping about, he found nothing and quickly removed his jacket, heading for the bathroom - which was thankfully left untouched.

Turning his back to the mirror, Martin looked over his shoulder fully expecting to see the nasty bite lower than he remembered. Instead, what greeted him was a series of small, thin white lines where weeping scabs should have been.

“Oh god,” Martin whispered and suddenly turned out of the bathroom, slamming the door, “Oh god.”

What was going on?

Martin yelped when there was a knocking.

"Please not now," taking a few deep breaths, the pilot did his best to compose himself and strode swiftly to the door, slowly pulling it open a crack to find the curious face of one of the students on the other side.

“Y-yes?”

“Mr. Crieff? Your taxi is here, the driver was getting impatient, Anne managed to stall them, but you might want to hurry.”

“Oh, oh yes, of-of course, thank you. Let him know I’ll, I’ll be right down.”

“Will do,” Martin breathed when the student turned, but straightened when they looked back, “Are you alright?”

“Fine, fine, fine, yourself?”

“Are you sure? Things didn’t sound so good last night.”

“How- how do you mean?”

“You were practically howling for a bit, and then things got quiet… you hiding a girl in there, captain?”

“My taxi?”

“Right, sorry – have a good one!”

“Th-thank you,” Martin breathed shakily as he shut the door and fell against it.

Howling? Of all things…

What was he going to do? He needed to see a doctor - that was sure fire, but what about the murder?

God, what if they came for him at the airfield? What would Carolyn do when they led away her pilot in handcuffs? What would Arthur think of his skipper, what would Douglas think?

He’d never fly again.

Martin ran a hand down his face, figuring until something surfaced he should play it normal. After all, he didn’t even know if he was guilty or not. He supposed only the police could determine that, and if or when they did...

Martin didn’t know if he’d fight it.

…

Acting normal proved extremely more difficult than usual, and Martin feared he’d be found out on the first day. It didn’t help that he was as skittish as a rabbit, and it seemed like he was being asked every ten minutes if he was well. While Martin did his best to divert their concerns, he seemed to only succeed in deepening them.

Things only got worse when they were in Tours for the night. Martin couldn’t sleep, his nerves making him hypersensitive, and therefore neither could Douglas. At one point the older man had gotten tired of watching Martin jitter in his chair and had asked what was wrong. Martin had snapped, not knowing where the anger came from, but apologized a moment later. Douglas didn’t say anything for the rest of the night and did his best to retire.

One of us has to be fit to fly tomorrow.

Come morning, Martin was too tired to worry, and with a heavy heart and pounding headache the flight home was flown in an awkward silence, Douglas handling most of it as the captain fought to stay conscious. As soon as they touched down, Martin was off of Gerti, leaving behind a confused and worried co-pilot.

Not waiting to split a fare, the man got into the first cab that stopped and ordered home. Martin wasn’t sure how exactly he got to his room, but he awoke in the remains of a familiar bed, having slept better than he knew possible and wondering briefly if it had all been a dream – the scratches around the window proving otherwise.

When Martin went to the clinic that afternoon, he tried to explain the oddity of his wound to someone and only received skeptical looks in return. Even after procuring his antibiotics, the staff skirted about Martin like he was an addict, finally giving the pilot some sort of booster and telling him to go home and not worry.

It was all the young man could do to listen to them.

As the week progressed and the murder hit the news (Camilla Brendan was her name), but no policemen stormed the Parkside terrace homme, Martin slowly fell back into routine and hoped to put the horrible incident behind him.

Then three weeks later, it happened again.

…

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	Re: Path of A Man 2/? danlion 2012-05-12 01:21 am UTC (link)
	I commented on AO3 but I didn't comment here did I I was trying to draw something to be like SURPRISE!!! but I just haven't been able to do it so there I ruined the surprise if I ever manage to draw something decent but wow yes this is super good??? super good I'm bad at comments I'm sorry (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	Re: Path of A Man 2/? (Anonymous) 2012-05-25 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	I saw :D and I'll still be surprised! I've never gotten fanart before .///. so Thank you! Sorry this next update is taking so long, I haven't abandoned - life just caught up a bit :p I should have it done in a day or two! Sorry again for the wait. And thank you again! I'm so glad you're liking it so far (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES (Anonymous) 2012-04-26 01:16 am UTC (link)
	So...new anon. I have some ideas for this if OP is still interested...? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	Re: MORE WEREWOLVES danlion 2012-04-26 03:52 am UTC (link)
	I am very interested, tell me all your ideas anon!!! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

Re: MORE WEREWOLVES

(Anonymous)
2012-04-26 02:23 pm UTC (link)

My thought is, what if lycanthropy/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is a viral infection, like rabies or polio or something...and it's rare. But Martin was bitten as a kiddo, which is nigh-unheard of, and after a few disastrous episodes with his siblings (he's a rubbish werewolf; not aggressive at all and the older sibs literally walked all over him) his parents put him on suppressors and he's been on them almost his whole life.

Trouble is he's basically the only known case of lycanthropy from such an early age, and as he gets older he starts to grow immune to his meds until finally they quit working altogether and he shifts while away from home on an MJN trip. So obvs everyone at MJN finds out quite suddenly, and from there they have to cope with Martin's condition. They are surprisingly supportive and Martin starts to embrace his illness as part of him, rather than hating himself for it. Because I like fluff, that's why. ;)

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	Same Anon (Anonymous) 2012-04-27 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	So, anon is an idiot and read your prompt wrong (and possibly while extremely short on sleep), so feel free to disregard. D: (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	Re: Same Anon danlion 2012-04-27 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	WRITE IT ANYWAY it's a super cute idea, there isn't a lot of werewolf fluff and it gave me a few ideas... do u want to hear them or should I make it a separate prompt (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

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