what may or may not be hard reality

And my Epic (yeah yeah, shut up, I'm a drabble person) Queen Slash Fic just passed 5000 words! Wooot! (I just wish the EP♥AG would flow with the same ease... 2196 words to date, and 228 of those are plot. Ehem.)

The WTF27 isn't quite where I'd hoped it would be, either. I'm gonna do my best to get the ones with requested characters up by Friday, but there's a few with just my own characters that might be a few days delayed. Please don't skin me alive. (Not that you would, you know, considering it's my own challenge, and all that, but still...) I had no idea the traveling I've done would leave so little time for writing. My goodness. But I was never left alone, and the muse tends to walk out on me after a few distractions like this:

Random!peron: So, what are you writing?
Me: It's a crossover fanfic with Callisto from Xena and Barbara from Birds of Prey.
R!p: Saywhatnow???!?
Me: Well, a fanfic is when you write stories about someone else's characters, and a crossover is when you mix characters from different shows or books. Have you ever watched Xena?
R!p: No...
Me: It's about this lady warrior in Greece 2500 years ago who's saving the world. Callisto is her nemesis. Have you ever watched Birds of Prey?
R!p: No...
Me: It's like Batman, after Batman left. Barbara used to be Batgirl, but now she's a computer genious hacker instead. And so I pretend that Callisto is an immortal, which actually happens on the show, and that she and Barbara hook up in a bar and have lots of hot sex.
R!p: Oh... Uhm. Well... Why?
Me: Because it's fun!
R!p: *pensive*
Me: *ohshutupandleavesoIcanwrite!*
R!p: *quiet*
Me: *writes*
R!p: So did you ever think about becoming a real writer?
Me: Aaaaargh!

Mmm, the second and final part of Category 7: The End of the World tonight. And dude, it was just as good, if not better, than the first.

Of course, right at the very end, when CreepyCrazyOldGuy was hitting on Prue, I had a wee bit of trouble hearing what they were saying, due to extremities blocking parts of the sound, and a weird humming noise interfering with the rest. I think it went something like this, though:

CreepyCrazyOldGuy: So, lay it on me. I'm tough, I can take it. Do I stand any chance with you?
Prue: No, you don't stand any chance with me at all...
CreepyCrazyOldGuy: *disappointed look*
Prue: ...because my girlfriend would be really pissed off.
CreepyCrazyOldGuy: *disappointed look* becomes *speculative look* Can I watch?
Prue: No.

And then he kissed her goodbye on the mouth, because they'd been through a lot and close to death together, and they went their separate ways. Yes. That's exactly what happened.