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Three good things have happened today, both of which fill me with quiet pleasure.

Firstly, I bought some writing software which has encouraged me to write 1000 words on my Elrond/Thranduil story about them meeting in Valinor. That's a move forward as I'd been stalled.

Secondly, I managed to find (remember) my Fanfiction.net password. Remember fanfiction.net? Well, I sort of do, and not being able to get into my account was an occasional niggle. Not a day in day out niggle, just something that irritated me when I remembered it. So I spent some time today working through the options for the email address and password combinations that it could be. And, in the end, I found it.

Thirdly, I finally put the 'missing' story of mine on AO3. I've finally accepted that I've lost touch with the co-writer (some fan called Tidmag) and just put it up on my account. Maybe she'll get in touch, maybe she won't, but that won't be niggling at me, either. I only wrote it in 2006...

So that's it.

I've been playing Dragon Age 2 pretty much over the last few days, and even got poor clare_nce to play when she came over on Tuesday. I was wondering what she'd do, but as I told her, her character made more or less the same decisions as mine did: choose the polite and sympathetic option where possible. Maybe it's to do with being women, I don't know. ( Possible spoilers )

At the same time, I'm also trying to read Sherlock stories, but I'm being quite picky. 'Not Brit picked, not beta'd' doesn't cut it, I'm afraid, unless heavily recommended by trustworthy parties.

ETA: * I've found out why this is.

I started with this list of characters, not of of whom were used.

(1) Capt William Laurence (Temeraire)
(2) Capt Jack Harkness (Torchwood)
(3) Stephen Clair, Earl of St Joseph (The Price of Temptation)
(4) Lt. David Archer (Ransom by Lee Rowan)
(5) Ianto Jones (Torchwood)
(6) Lord Oliver Marsden (Bound by Deception)
(7) The Doctor
(8) Sarah Jane Smith (Dr Who)
(9) Temeraire (Temeraire)
(10) Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
(11) Capt John Granby (Temeraire)
(12) Ace (Dr Who)
(13) Lt. Will Marshall (Ransom by Lee Rowan)
(14) Sejanus (I Claudius)
(15) Lt Kira Nerys (ST:DS9)

yonmei asked me:
( 3 and 7 are on holiday together in Italy. Unexpectedly, they meet 15. What happens as a result - in Italy, and afterwards? )

( 9 must choose between 13 and 14: what's the choice, and which one does 9 choose? )

ellen_fremedon asked me:
( #12 steals something from #6. What is it? What happens when #8 comes across it? )

aunty_marion aske me:
( 2 and 14 are on a date, having a picnic, when they are rudely interrupted by 7. What's his/her problem, and can 8 solve it? )

Now for watervole's effort:
( What did 6 buy 2 for his birthday? )

And finally, hardboiledbaby asked me:
( What secret do #11 and #5 share that they don't want #1 to know? )