Wealthathon: It's Better to Give
Aug. 21st, 2013 10:27 pmThis story was prompted by
ysabetwordsmith and also the 'winter' prompt for my Stuff100. This story takes place in the Infinity Smashed universe, but it's completely self-contained and requires no context. It was sponsored by the bonus writing count you guys earned! Happy wealthathon!
One further note: because Pidgin Sign is a concept-based language, not sound-based, and M.D.’s name is a meaningless initialism, Little Shocker is how she ended up. Considering that Biff's name got translated to Hits-People, she got off easy, really.
It’s Better To Give
When their new junior healer moved into their under-root space, Scorch-Unburnt and Flame-Belly were delighted. It’d been too long since they’d last had an apprentice, and things had felt unbalanced, wrong. Now their practice was in alignment again. Plus, they no longer had to scrub everything and dispose of medical waste themselves.
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One further note: because Pidgin Sign is a concept-based language, not sound-based, and M.D.’s name is a meaningless initialism, Little Shocker is how she ended up. Considering that Biff's name got translated to Hits-People, she got off easy, really.
It’s Better To Give
When their new junior healer moved into their under-root space, Scorch-Unburnt and Flame-Belly were delighted. It’d been too long since they’d last had an apprentice, and things had felt unbalanced, wrong. Now their practice was in alignment again. Plus, they no longer had to scrub everything and dispose of medical waste themselves.
( Read more... )