Because I'm impatient and giddy today. *grins* Responses to scenarios, here we go.

Fandoms involved are: The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (SAJV); Sanctuary (Sanc); Man From UNCLE (MFU); Highlander (HL); Norse Mythology (Myth). *grins* That last one snuck in at the last minute. And the characters:

1) Nikola Tesla (Sanc)
2) Amanda (HL)
3) Rebecca Fogg (SAJV)
4) Illya Kuryakin (MFU)
5) Loki (Myth)
6) Methos (HL)
7) Phileas Fogg (SAJV)
8) Napoleon Solo (MFU)
9) Helen Magnus (Sanc)
10) Hel (Myth)

The Scenarios Thus Far:

1) 2 and 10 are stuck in 6's house together during a bad snowstorm which means they cannot leave for a week or so. After a day, they find a cute, fluffy pet of some kind. When they are finally rescued, the rescue team is headed by 6, who asks about the pet ...

Amanda and Hel are stuck together in Methos' house during a bad snowstorm, and they find ... knowing Methos? Most likely a cat. Almost definitely a cat. 'Tame' optional. And really, the only question at the end of that one is whether or not Methos is ever getting his cat back. I'm guessing ... not. Heh.


2) 2 and 8 meet and fall head over heels for one another - how does 9 react?

Amanda and Napoleon Solo. Amanda and Solo. *snickers helplessly* 'Head over heels' as in, pretty, pretty person I enjoy flirting with, and teasing, and rescuing from all these awkward situations you keep getting into, darling ... *grins at them* Oh, the world would not be safe. Not in the slightest. And Helen ... Helen reacts by being vastly, vastly amused, and keeping a firm weather eye on her security measures. Heh.


3) 1 and 5 go on a holiday together -where?- and happen to meet 9. What kind of mischief do they get up to?

Nikola Tesla and Loki go on holiday together. Nikola Tesla and the shapeshifting Norse god of mischief, together. It ... really doesn't matter where they go, does it? This can only end in tears, and probably theft ... I think Nikola could do some very interesting things with dwarven technology, and Loki does have this habit of nicking things ... And then Helen, in the middle of it, probably arbitrating with the dwarves on behalf of the Sanctuary network ... *grins* This is a Scandanavian caper, I think. Busman's holiday, for all concerned ...


4) It's the end of the world as we know it - so why are 3, 7 and 2 acting like they don't have a care in the world? And what does 10 have to do with all these zombies running around?

It's the end of the world as we know it, and Amanda, Rebecca and Phileas don't have a care in the world. Either because they've already worked out how to save it, or because they've gotten terribly distracted with each other, aboard the Aurora where all those pesky zombies can't bother them. And Hel ... isn't at all worried about the zombies because they're hers, since she got bored waiting for Ragnarok and decided to let her subjects out for a holiday, while the rest of the world looks on in horror and/or bemusement. And in all likelyhood, the reason the other three aren't bother is because they've already arranged dates and times, and know when Hel will shepherd her subjects back home again.


5) 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 form a book club - what's their first book choice, who hates it, who loves it, and who has been secretly writing fanfic for it for years?

Nikola, Amanda, Illya, Methos, Napoleon and Hel form a book club. A vampire, a goddess, two immortals and two spies. Their first book ... Okay, I want it either to be James Bond, so the immortals and the spies can heckle the hell out of it, and Nikola can complain about all this rampant bloody British stiff-upper-lip thing, and Hel can look amused, or ... Or one of the dystopias. Given what Amanda and Methos have lived through, given what Illya and Napoleon have to fight against, given what Nikola wants to build, given that Hel is basically Maiden King and the final authority over her lands ... Imagine what they could do with Animal Farm or 1984, or Clockwork Orange ...

None of those really lend themselves well to fanfic, mind, but I'm sure Methos, at least, who's been writing what amounts to fanfic of history for years ... I'm sure he could find a way.


6) 1, 5 and 10 get stranded in a broken elevator

Nikola, Loki and Hel get stranded in a broken lift. Or, more accurately, Nikola gets ambushed in a lift by the god of mischief and his serene daughter, Goddess of the Dead, who is long overdue an appointment with our testy vampire ... And Nikola, being Nikola, does his damndest to flirt his way out of it, on the grounds that it probably couldn't hurt, and Hel looks like a nice girl, certainly no more scary than Helen in a mood ... And he is a charmer, and knows how to say very pretty things, and I think Loki might let him get away with it, given the god's experiences trying to talk his way out of things, and given that Nikola is complimenting his daughter outrageously, and getting an amused little smile in the process ... *grins*


7) 2 finds an abandoned kitten and wants to keep it. What does 9 think about this?

Amanda finds an abandoned kitten and wants to keep it. Said kitten is some rare species of abnormal, much like Amanda herself, and Helen ... Helen is definitely rather interested in the both of them. If only because Helen/Amanda gives me very, very happy thoughts ...


8) 3, 4 and 6 spend the night in a haunted house

Rebecca Fogg, Illya Kuryakin and Methos are stuck in a haunted house. Which amounts to a night spent with Methos providing snarky commentary on the courtship of a Victorian spy and her Cold War counterpart, to the tune of fiesty British sarcasm vs dry Russian wit, punctuated by the odd cry of pain as they slowly fight their way through the THRUSH-style plot using the supernatural to take over the world. Again. The world's oldest immortal trailing after them, and being very, very amused. And mildly impressed with their respective repertoires of dirty, dirty tricks. Heh.


9) 7 and 8 as some kind of supernatural creatures

Phileas Fogg and Napoleon Solo as supernatural creatures. ... In certain circles of the spy world, years, decades, even centuries after the fact, there are rumours, of some of the more esoteric attempts to rule the world, of the mad alchemists and the scientists that succeeded them, and of the spies that fell defeating those attempts, who died defending the world from madness. Died, and yet, somehow, were not lost. Not completely. Phantoms, circling the edges of the intelligence world, sending spidered messages through communications channels long defunct, whispering secrets only ghosts could know ... The ghosts in the machine of the spy community, stretching back through the decades, the centuries, still serving their countries even now, still saving the world, one whisper at a time ...


10) 9 is sent to assassinate 3, only to find out that 3 is protected by 7

Helen is sent to assassinate Rebecca. Because, obviously, the British government has an aggressive retirement policy on old agents, even trusted ones who had Queen Vicky's personal blessing. Phileas is obviously still protecting his cousin. And ... I want Helen to decide not to, because Helen is not an assassin for political gain, not of that kind, but ... I sort of want there to be a lot of misunderstandings first, involving sword-fights and gunshots and chases, and Helen fighting both the other two, then teaming up with them to find out who's the mole within the government arranging the assassinations of old operatives with knowledge of the more ... abnormal ... aspects of the government's operations ... *grins* Fun!


11) 3 is a shapeshifter. What can they turn into?

Rebecca is a shapeshifter. Oh dear. I don't want to be cliched and say a feline of some kind, but she is kickass, and smooth, and has a rig under her dress to enable her to climb better, and something dangerous and powerful like a tiger would suit her nicely ... And, shallowly, a tiger would match her colouring nicely as well -_-;


12) 9 discovers that the person they know as 4 is actually 1. How do they react to the deception?

Helen discovers that the person they know as Illya Kuryakin is actually Nikola Tesla. Um. Okay. Aside from the rampantly different physical appearances ... It might actually make sense for Nikola, having spent the Cold War on the run from various agencies, to have spent some time impersonating agents of the more international agencies like UNCLE ... And given that Illya is the geek of the team, and something of a Renaissance man, with multiple languages, having gone to school in England, being decently scientific and also fairly indestructable if the series is anything to go by ... Huh. *grins a little* That might be interesting. Having Nikola and Illya perhaps impersonating each other at various points ...

And the charming Russian spy that Helen has been corresponding with for the past forty years has actually been a far older friend, talking to her the only way he can ... *smiles* I do like that. Though when Helen finds out ... If Nikola is standing there, with that vaguely hopeful but downcast expression he gets when he knows he's going to be yelled at, but it was his dream so he did it anyway ... She couldn't stay mad at him, could she? Not for that ...


13) 2 is dating 4. 6 and 8 have mutual crushes, but aren't actually dating. Without warning, 2 and 6 find themselves in a group marriage with 5. What happens next?

Amanda is dating Illya Kuryakin. Yes. Very much yes. Because that is hot and snarky and blond and sneaky and pretty, and I'm shallow, okay? Leave me alone. And Methos and Napoleon Solo have mutual crushes (... for given values of 'crush', maybe - I'd go more for amused and vaguely appalled fascination on both sides). Then, without warning, Loki appears and ropes Methos and Amanda into a group marriage. Because the god of mischief obviously likes storing up trouble for himself. Which ... actually doesn't change too much, because Amanda wraps the god around her little finger and gets him to let her have her piece on the side, which Illya accepts with amused good grace, and now Loki and Methos can tag team on driving Napoleon Solo up the wall while the other two look on and snicker. *grins*


14) 7's evidence puts 8 in prison. 10 believes 8 is innocent (at least of the crime they were accused of). What does 10 do?

Phileas' evidence puts Napoleon Solo in prison. We'll say for a murder? And, naturally, the both of them are being set up, here. Hel, Goddess of the Dead, presumably from having asked the victim who killed him, believes Napoleon to be innocent. Then, because Hel has a very strong sense of justice, and a familial aversion to false imprisonment, and possibly having had a charming affair with Napoleon some time in the past, goes to have a word with Phileas. And Phileas, being a (mostly) sane man confronted with the goddess of the dead presenting him proof, from the victim's own mouth, that he was wrong, hurriedly goes about getting to the root of the plot, and exposing it in order to get Napoleon freed. Because, really, faced with Hel, what else are you going to do?


15) 1 and 4 arm-wrestle. Who wins?

Nikola Tesla and Illya Kuryakin arm-wrestle. Obviously, Nikola wins, unless Illya does something sneaky and doses his wine with heavy-duty relaxants or something before the match. Which he stoutly maintains is not cheating, but rather an entirely sensible precaution when you've been challenged to an arm-wrestling match by a vampire. Which point Nikola, amused and somewhat languid, concedes. Heh.


16) Why did 2 steal 6's cake?

Why did Amanda steal Methos' cake? Because she's Amanda, and she can, and she knows he'll forgive her anyway. *smiles at her*


17) What's 3's favourite item, and do they always carry it with them?

Knowing Rebecca, probably a weapon. Something small and vicious and easily concealable, and probably small enough to do double-duty as something wormed into small spaces to trip locks. Possibly having recieved it as a present from Phileas when she started in the service, although that might be difficult considering the amount of times she's lost most everything after getting captured ... And yes. She always has it with her. This is the woman who has climbing gear attached to the inside of her skirt. Heh. Unless it was a present from Phileas, in which case ... she keeps the first one somewhere safe, and uses the copies she had made, so as not to insult him/seem overly sentimental.


18) 5 and 8 get temporarily body-swapped. How do they react?

Loki and Napoleon get body-swapped. Napoleon, a spy, now has the body of a god (insert snarky comment from Illya at your leisure), and can shapeshift. Me-thinks he's perfectly happy with the temporary arrangement. Loki, on the other hand ... but no. If you have to be stuck in someone's body for the duration, Napoleon's isn't that bad, and I'm sure the god of mischief can get a lot of mileage out of suddenly looking like the No 2 of one of the top global intelligence agencies ...


19) 3 and 1 go to the story to buy food. What happens?

Nikola Tesla and Rebecca Fogg go to the store. Given that they are ... well, them, this naturally turns into a ridiculously overblown adventure involving the British government, Jules Verne, kidnapped scientists, and possibly mad undead crusaders searching for the secret of the vampires. The end result of which, of course, is that Nikola solemnly swears never to buy wine in the company of confident, leather-clad, red-haired women ever, ever again. *grins*


20) 9 finds 6 and 2 lounging around together in private (on a couch, bed, comfy cushions on the floor, etc.). What are 6 and 2 doing, and how does 9 react?

Helen finds Methos and Amanda lounging together. And what they're doing is waiting for her to join them. *flaps hands, grins* What? I can't be shallow and admire the thought of three gorgeous immortals kicking back and having some languid, light-hearted fun together? Helen is so serious and driven a lot of the time. Methos and Amanda could remind of the good things about having all the time in the world ...


21) 8 and 10 have to keep a secret from 3. What is this secret, and what happens when they try to keep it?

Napoleon Solo and Hel have to keep a secret from Rebecca. I ... have absolutely no idea what that might be, but given that it involves another spy and the goddess of the dead ... Cold War. A Victorian spy in the Cold War, red-headed and gorgeous, in the company and care of Napoleon Solo ... and the Goddess of the Dead knows why she's lived so long, out of her time, when the woman herself does not, can no longer remember. But Rebecca is a spy, and relentless, and memory or no she'd know she was out of her time, know there was something she was missing, feel the ache under her heart ... That Napoleon, for all his smooth words and easy smiles, can't quite ease, and doesn't really want to, because in the end he doesn't really want to lie ... *blinks some* Okay. I'm not sure that scenario was meant to evolve into a supernatural spy soap, but howandever ... *grins sheepishly*
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