No More Snakes and Ladders Update...

[tabaqui]

*stands up on soap box*
*ahem*

"After careful consideration, and several brainstorming sessions, reremouse and i have decided that to bring our readers all the plotty, pr0ny goodness that is 'No More Snakes and Ladders', we must have more than one week between postings. We felt that the chapters were being rushed, and we were feeling stressed.

Starting next Monday, new Squares will be posted ever other Monday, and a 'teaser trailer' *see below* will be posted on alternate Mondays so that you can read and become sick with anticipatory excitement and dread."



Next week on No More Snakes And Ladders Square Fifteen: Wherein it is a dark and stormy night.

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"Told you a dozen times you dozy pillock! I didn't sodding know. Fuck off."

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"Three months - three months during the twenty two hours a day I am not patrolling Muddydale - when all we have to do...is fuck. Suck. Nap..."

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And tonight it was pouring - chilly rain slashed sideways by a steady ocean breeze - and Xander had opted for the limited perusal but far greater comfort of a vehicle patrol.

"Watch your left, pet - the edge is gone, there," Spike said, and Xander twisted the wheel, silent.

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Something moved in the halogen-spangled depths of the pit. Something pale and human-sized.

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Xander mmmmm'ed around the droplets of blood and water and demon he was licking from Spike's throat, ran his hands over the slick topography of Spike's ribs and shoulder blades. Abruptly, he lifted his head - looked down at riotous black-white curls and had a moment of absolute certainty. "I want to tell the gang."

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No noise. No noise but the blood roaring in his ears. No Spike lost in the fog and Xander wasn't stupid. He knew which one of them had a better chance of finding the other. But there was no light but the flicker-flash coming down down through the fog and it was happening all over again - couldn't move, couldn't run, couldn't do anything but watch - then scream.

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No More Snakes And Ladders

Every other Monday.

Comments

Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

Every other week! Every OTHER week? Every other WEEK! Wah.

Yes, I can understand wanting more time, and you two are doing an amazing job on it, and I feel as if I'm reading bits of someone's life rather than a story. But you're making it really hard to feed this addiction. Couldn't you have gone the other way? Post every other week, then once a week, then every day? ::sigh::

And the teasers may be so not playing fair!

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

*pet pet*
But this means more of our other stuff!
I can write more Credence and Ice and Little Runaway and all that!!
Plus, ficathons!!
:)

*smooch*

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

I have been wishing for more of Credence, especially since even though the pattern is the Matt scarf, the scarf I'm making you is the Xander scarf in my head. :-) And I'd love to read more of Little Runaway. I still ::oh shame:: haven't started Ice yet. I remember not liking the story origionally, and it's keeping me from reading your version, even though I'm pretty sure I'll like it once I start because I'm not sure you've written anything I haven't enjoyed yet.

But two weeks! ::sigh::

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Heee.
Dude.
Please? Read Ice. I think you'll like it a lot.
And it'll make me happy.
:)

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh. How about I d/l it and take it with me on the trip next week. I've actually got a laptop to go with me, but I don't know what my on line access will be like.

I greatly expect to enjoy it, it's just this weird thing about remembering the story.

I'm feeling very much like whining. I've had way too much kid help and not enough quiet time today.

Anyway, I'll comment once I read it. I've already loaded everything else I've snagged by you, but new, unread stuff should be quite a draw when I'm trapped on an airplane. With the kid. Asking why. Every thirty seconds!

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Okay!
Sounds good.
What was it you didn't like about the original? I can maybe assuage your fears. This is NOT set in 'fairy tale land', it's in the Buffy'verse.
If that helps.
:)

Flying sucks. Ack. No envy here.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

The worst part -- I can't remember exactly. It's a "Something Bad Happened" kind of thing, but I can't remember if it was being frightened of what might happen, or upset by what did happen. Much less much in the way of details. And I keep thinking that the dang thing overlaps with narnia somehow, but that doesn't seem right. I haven't reread narnia in ages though, so I can't track that down either. I know that I saw "a fairytale" done as a balet at a fairly young age, and I almost wonder if it was that one - just because the memories are so mixed up about what I didn't like, which is unusual for me.

Not in 'fairy tale land'helps. It was hard not to start reading once it was on screen as I was saving it. :-) Instead I read the cracktrailer stories - until I got to the fourth one with a character I recognized before you gave his name, or his truck's name. :-) And then I had to go eat dinner. But I'll finish that one tonight, even though I can't make heads or tails of what world you're in there.

I don't like flying much. I don't like dealing with my MIL much, because she's very needy and negative. My own folks aren't so bad, but still a ton of stress. But I want my little girl to be able to remember her grandmas. ::sigh::

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Ah.
Let me nutshell it for you then. *hee*
A magic mirror that belongs to the Snow Queen shatters and the shards and dust go everywhere all over the world. Now, in the world is a boy named Kay and a girl named Gerda.

One shard goes in Kay's heart, and makes it black and cold as ice. A speck of dust goes in his eye and afte that he can only see how ugly things are, not the beauty of anything.

The Snow Queen comes and takes him away to her frozen castle, and Gerda goes on many adventures to retrieve him.

The Snow Queen tells Kay that if he finds the right word 'eternity', he will be his own master and she will give him a new pair of skates.

Then Gerda finally finds him, and through tears the shard and dust are dissolved and washed away and they return home.
Here's a link if you want to read the whole thing: http://www.readbookonline.net/title/107/

There is a sort of 'Snow Queen' character in Narnia, but she's not quite the same.
Hope this helps!

CrackTrailer was so damn fun - i need to write more of that.
:)
Tell me what you think!
*fb whore, yes, sorry*

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

OK, the nut shell version is definately familiar. And the black heart, seeing only bad is what bugs me I think, but I'm damned if I know why. I might go read the on line fairy tale after I read yours, or just choose yours as the version to remember.

CrackTrailer needs a line or two of explanation I looked at it several times looking for *any* familiar Buffyverse name - not the fourth part which I got to today though. I'm trying to catch up on the secondverse sequel story, then I'll shift back to your Truck Stop, it's on screen waiting. :-)

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Ahhhh. Cool.
And, don't worry, i took it a bit allegorical. I think. If i'm using that word correctly.
Heh.

CrackTrailer is a little town in the middle of nowhere where our favorite boys hang out and get up to no good. It's a mix of Buffy, Angel, LOTR and other casts from other things.

Let's see... 'Drive' is pre f/f slash with Eliza Dushku *Faith* and Sarah Michelle Geller *Buffy*. Eliza's brother is Orlando Bloom, of Legolas fame, and his friend Nicky is our very own Nicholas Brendan, aka Xander.
Sarah's boyfriend is J. August, who is Gunn in Angel.

'Waiting' is Jimmy *James Marsters* and Vince, who's name i can't remember who played Connor is Angel. His daddy is Tony - aka Anthony Stewart Head.
Kelly is Nick Brenden's twin brother, also his twin in the CrackTrailer verse.

'Devil Inside' is Viggo Mortenson of Aragorn/Strider fame, as the preacher and father of Jimmy. Based on the little history as told in 'son of a preacher man', which you really must read.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/cracktrailer/11477.html

And 'Truck Stop' is Orli going down to sell some meth and meeting up with Seth Green.
:)

Mostly it's 'i love how this guy looks, so i'm gonna make him go with this guy' - the names are more for visual cues than any actual RPS stuff, since Mr. Marsters isn't an 18 year old in high school, you know?
:)
It's fun, and a bit weird, and some really neat stuff go written in that 'verse. The Mary Sue one was really , REALLY good. I'll link you up some time.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

Sheesh. I should have caught the Sara Michelle at least. Or maybe the Nicky or Jimmy. Duh. I got no one until the Seth name came up. Now it makes more sense. :-) Thank you.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Hehe.
Cool.
:)

Niiiice icon.
I like those.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

I snagged several of them, but some, like this one, I don't have much occasion to use. But it's really cute and I like it, so it's there anyway. :-) She does really good work.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Hehe.
Yeah, they're neat.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

You know, those crack trailer stories make a hell of a lot more sense just knowing who some of the characters are. I think I like the Truck Stop one the best - I have lots of negative associations with trailers, but the truck stop here is a pretty decent place. I've never seen the underside of it, I can imagine it's there. But it's familiar in your story. And I knew who Seth was before I asked you about anyone else.

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Hehehe. Oh, cool. I'm glad you 'get' them a little more now.

Seth is hard to diguise.
*bounce*

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[realtsunamigirl.livejournal.com]

More Credence. Pretty, pretty please. (sits up and begs) *woof*

Re: Arrrg, sigh.

[tabaqui]

Heee.
Coming soon!!
:)

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

I'll try to hold out without going *completely nutso*

Thanks for letting me know, though. Really.

[tabaqui]

Heee.
*pet*
It'll be okay!
:)

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

Ack! The teaser was horrible!! *whimpers* And the updates are every OTHER week now?

*whimpers again*

Gah; if it wasn't this good, or I didn't love ya both, then I wouldn't even bother. ~_^ Alas, I shall pass my week now anxiously awaiting the coming Monday.

~Nebula

[tabaqui]

*pet pet*
C'mon now, not so bad!
More of our other stuff!!
:)

[tsavoritegarnet.livejournal.com]

That's the problem! If it wasn't really really good I could forget about it and not wonder what was happening in between updates. But it is, and I can't, and, and, and -- ::sigh::

[strangecreature.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, I can be patient...

But you guys realize I'm gonna over-analyze these teasers till I foam at the mouth, right? *g*

[tabaqui]

Heeeeeeee.
Send all analysis our way, i'd love to know what you think is happening next.
*bounce*

[rose217.livejournal.com]

Okay, kind of bummed, but hey. I look at it this way. You guys *have* a schedule. Some of the WIPs I've kept up with have been stuck at the same spot for over a year. So. Every other week? I can definitely handle that. Esp. if it means more of the other stuff.

[tabaqui]

Yeah - and we're commited!
We've got lots of plotty goodnes planned.
:)

[eyezrthewindows.livejournal.com]

Oh. Dear. God.

How could you do this to me?! Making me wait TWO WEEKS for a new Square of S&L? *sobs*

I think I just might die.

My death be on your black soul and your shriveled little heart!

*wails*

[tabaqui]

Ummmm.
Well.
*hands you tissues*

But the Square will be BETTER.
:)

[eyezrthewindows.livejournal.com]

Ummmm.
Well.
*hands you tissues*

But the Square will be BETTER.
:)


*snots into tissue* If you say so. *sniffles*

[tabaqui]

Heee.
*pe - uh... ahem*
*pulls back from snotty person*
How 'bout i just...uh...smile at you?

[eyezrthewindows.livejournal.com]

Heee.
*pe - uh... ahem*
*pulls back from snotty person*
How 'bout i just...uh...smile at you?

I'm repulsive to you now? *cries more...tissue gets completely wet and snotty* You don't love me anymore!

[tabaqui]

*looks around in panic*
*finds some gloves leftover from the piercing party*
*dons them*
*pats you*
Now now. Not repulsive...

[eyezrthewindows.livejournal.com]

*looks around in panic*
*finds some gloves leftover from the piercing party*
*dons them*
*pats you*
Now now. Not repulsive...

*snickers*

Okay, seriously. Going. Yes.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

The only way I can manage to wait is that I'm going to be running off to my brother's wedding shortly and won't have time to read anything anyhow! But the teasers you post are really cruel and unusual punishment, in my opinion...

[tabaqui]

Heeee.
Lucky you, then!
:)

*pet pet*

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

No noise. No noise but the blood roaring in his ears. No Spike lost in the fog and Xander wasn't stupid. He knew which one of them had a better chance of finding the other. But there was no light but the flicker-flash coming down down through the fog and it was happening all over again - couldn't move, couldn't run, couldn't do anything but watch - then scream.

Eeep! You both are evil teases!

[tabaqui]

Who, us?
No, no no. Not us.
:)

fortnightly foray? my tuppenceworth...

[perfectwhorl.livejournal.com]

Yay! Due to my extremely studious schedule *puffs up and dons glasses* the new posting time means i have more of a chance to read and review as it happens, and not get too far behind and feel like i'm missing out. So it works out nicely for me then. *grins the grin of the not particulary altruistic*

Be well!
Much love to ya,
XXXxxxxxxx.....!

Re: fortnightly foray? my tuppenceworth...

[tabaqui]

Heeeee.
Well, see? All good.
You lood so GOOD in your glasses and robes!
*had Goodbye Mr. Chips flashback*
*snerk*