Berettaflies
This storyline begins with "Berettaflies," in which the Spectrum destroy an illegal zetetic lab in Easy City, releasing a large number of genetically engineered insects. The berettaflies resemble big tricolor butterflies, but have vicious stinging hairs and stingers that release potent venoms. Superheroes and civilians alike scramble to contain the damage.
Multiple other contributors have added their voices to this storyline, which includes a mix of poetry, fiction, demifiction, and other materials.
Originally I started collecting a list of Berettaflies entries on Dreamwidth. On the page below, they have been sorted into approximate chronological order for the whole incident. Be aware that some of these poems happen in a brief time, while others span several days, so there are overlaps between them. Ideally I'd like to get supplemental lists just with the linked titles of each subthread, which would make it easier to find all the poems about Tsubasa's experience or what's happening at the SPOON base for example. Some of the entries have explicit timing information, some more general, others none. At this stage it would be helpful for contributors and fans to read over the entries and fill in gaps or make corrections as necessary.
Here's the template for new entries:
"Title" date created/posted [linked]
Directly follows "Title" [always linked]
Author:
Story Date:
Summary: [no more than 3 sentences. See Ysabet's poems for examples if needed]
Characters:
Guest stars: (omit if none)
Cameo appearance: (omit if none)
Multiple other contributors have added their voices to this storyline, which includes a mix of poetry, fiction, demifiction, and other materials.
Originally I started collecting a list of Berettaflies entries on Dreamwidth. On the page below, they have been sorted into approximate chronological order for the whole incident. Be aware that some of these poems happen in a brief time, while others span several days, so there are overlaps between them. Ideally I'd like to get supplemental lists just with the linked titles of each subthread, which would make it easier to find all the poems about Tsubasa's experience or what's happening at the SPOON base for example. Some of the entries have explicit timing information, some more general, others none. At this stage it would be helpful for contributors and fans to read over the entries and fill in gaps or make corrections as necessary.
Here's the template for new entries:
"Title" date created/posted [linked]
Directly follows "Title" [always linked]
Author:
Story Date:
Summary: [no more than 3 sentences. See Ysabet's poems for examples if needed]
Characters:
Guest stars: (omit if none)
Cameo appearance: (omit if none)
"Berettaflies" 7-22-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 3
Summary: Facet goes out on a call to investigate complaints about venomous butterflies. Not even his insect powers are really up to the challenge at hand.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes)
Guest stars: Stylet, Pointer
Cameo appearance: Blastwave, Tanger, Mr. Pernicious
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and DW users chanter_greenie and stardreamer
Sponsored by LJ user Ng_moonmoth
"The Power to Curse" 10-7-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: Pursued by two members of the Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious gets into a street fight. It does not go well for anyone.
Characters: Mr. Pernicious
Guest stars: Levinbolt, Limestrike, Tanger, Blastwave, Alessa Lucchese
Prompted by DW users Thnidu, Lone_cat, Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15,
Halloween / Samhain Bingo Card 10-1-15
Sponsored by DW users Lone_cat and Dialecticdreamer
"Going to Ground" 10-23-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "The Power to Curse"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 7
Summary: Stylet finds a place to hide out for a while.
Characters: Stylet
Guest stars: Abbs Ortego
Prompted by DW users Dialecticdreamer, Helgatwb, Capriuni, and others,
Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Consequential Decisions" 10-22-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "The Power to Curse"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 7
Summary: Tanger finds out that SPOON doesn't want the Spectrum around anymore.
Characters: Tanger, Blastwave, Levinbolt, Limestrike
Guest stars: Yvette Levasseur
Prompted by Ladiesbingo Card 10-2-15 and Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"In the Can" 10-29-15 (outside fishbowl)
Follows "Consequential Decisions"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: After the berettaflies escape into the city, a retired supervillain keeps safe a grandmother and her grandchildren by letting them stay with him in his bunker.
Characters: Roy Dobermann/Dirty Dog, Gloria Lorquet
Guest stars: Kevin Marlatt, Louanna Marlatt, Storm Sherman, Michelle Sherman
Cameo appearance: Scorpienne/Delora Dobermann, Tatum, Crawfish
Prompted by DW user redsixwing, As You Like It Bingo Card 8-1-15 and
Trope Bingo Card 10-1-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Demifiction: Students Killed in Environmental Study" 10-18-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: An exploration of the damage done by the berettaflies.
Characters: Simon Mehrer
Guest stars: Roselyn Busch, Basima Pearson, Bastian Awotwi, Renata DiPietri
Cameos: Clayton Lee
"Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!" 10-16-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A newspaper article detailing the way a children's hospital responded to the immediate threat.
Characters: Wonyla Baker-Morrison
Guest stars: Kasey T. Bush
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: librarygeek
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A letter announcing a public discussion of how the berettaflies should be named and possible damage mitigation.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Week 1
Summary: A chemist from Carver Lab (near Loyola University) volunteers his services to help study berettaflies.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Demifiction: Police Response" 10-23-15
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1, Day 3, Day 7
Summary: Easy City police release a series of statements to keep the citizens posted on developments during and after the incident. They provide safety information and ask for tips from anyone who knows about the crime or its perpetrators.
"Twilight: A Berettaflies Story" 10-21-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1 or 2
Summary: Abraham McCoy faces his situation with a quiet act of heroism.
Characters: Abraham McCoy, Haruko Fleet/McCoy
Guest stars: Tami Donne, Daryl
"Demifiction: Letters to the Editor" 10-22-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A collection of responses from Easy City citizens. This batch deals with gardens, the Spectrum, and a wild-ass rant.
Characters: Amy Garrison, JoAsha Pearl, Thomas Wharton, Sr.
"Butterfly Net" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7) 10-26-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Days 1 - 9
Summary: The biochemist Madhukar Bhattacharya helps a lab assistant who is worried about the new, venomous insects; has an idea, reaches out for help, and researches them. Eventually things go WHAM.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya, Jen Wilke/Kingfisher, Nicole Denis, Layla
"Metamorphosis" 10-20-15
Concurrent with "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 3
Summary: Tsubasa Inoue has a life-changing encounter with the berettaflies.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Keisuke Inoue, Mai Inoue, Keiichi Inoue, Sora Inoue
"Black and White" 10-20-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: Ashley Maddison gets stung by the berettaflies.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
"Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation" 10-17-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A look at the legal response to the containment breach at the lab.
Characters: Robert Seifert
Guest stars: Amy Smith
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor of the New Orleans Clarion-Picayune" 10-17-15
Directly follows "Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!"
Author: rix_scaedu
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A concerned, frightened, and angry citizen sounds off.
Characters: Narelle Collins-Coulter
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-18-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation" and "Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A citizen raises concerns about environmental impacts of the berettaflies' release.
"Demifiction: A Further Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 1
Summary: A letter proposing scientific nomenclature for the berettaflies.
Characters: Charles Frith
"Demifiction: Open Letter..." 10-24-15
Follows "Black and White"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 2ish
Summary: Ashley writes an open letter to Mr. Pernicious, Stylet, and the members of the Spectrum team.
"Expectations" 11-23-15
Concurrent with "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: People have expectations.
Characters: Keisuke Inoue
Cameo appearance: Mr. Lafayette
"Demifiction: Man Hospitalized -- Insects at Large" 10-19-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: A follow-up with a victim outside of the original college students.
Characters: Abraham McCoy
"Demifiction: Saint Henriette's Expands First Aid Classes" 10-19-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: A look at how Terramagne-America does damage control in a crisis like this, and how someone offers a concrete apology for a minor mistake.
Characters: Amrit Gurdajan
"Demifiction: Three Deaths After Supervillain Lab and Spectrum Collide" 10-20-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: More information is emerging as people study the problem, analyze what went wrong, and discuss how to proceed next.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-18-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation"
Author: lone_cat
Story Date: Day 3ish
Summary: A letter proposing a new way of measuring the damage from a soup incident.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation"
Author: helgatwb
Story Date: Day 3ish
Summary: A letter which asks sharp questions about the culprits behind the incident.
"Demifiction: A Letter to the Editor" 10-17-15
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 or 5
Summary: A citizen expresses their views on collateral damage.
Characters: A citizen
"Transform Your Experiences" 10-18-15 (Creative Jam)
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 14
Summary: Most of the people stung by berettaflies did not develop superpowers, and some of those people had lingering effects.
Characters: Manón Raquera
Guest stars: Dr. Bannerjee
Cameo appearance: Stylet
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie and alexseanchai, Ladiesbingo
Card 10-2-15 and Hurt/Comfort 6-16-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Two People Collude" 10-28-15 (outside fishbowl)
Follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Facet meets his new protégée, Adalina. It doesn't go as well as he'd hoped, but things aren't all bad.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Adalina Louis
Cameo appearance: Guest stars: Hollis Overton
Prompted by DW user Dialecticdreamer and As You Like It Bingo Card 8-1-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Sugar" 11-6-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 and Day 4
Summary: Tsubasa has a new craving.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Ynez Ballisario
Guest stars: Sora Inoue, Pointer
"Practical Things" 10-20-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 to Day 7
Summary: Tsubasa starts trying to adapt to having a pair of wings.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ynez Ballisario, Priya Gupta
Cameo appearance: Facet
"Demifiction: Students Released from Hospital" 10-23-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Another newspaper article about survivors of the berettafly stings, some of them now recovering enough to go home. Several more letters to the editor appear below the article as citizens demand answers from the parties responsible for this soup incident.
Characters: Davinia Boswell, Paula Cooper, Johanna Bolton, Gavin Longmont-Brown
"Stirring the Pot" 10-24-15
Directly follows "Demifiction: Students Released from Hospital"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: A police meeting after Paula's announcement.
Characters: Chief Jay Ramirez, Martin Gudry, Chris Brezeale
Guest stars: Clayton Lee
"Black and White and Read" (Part 1, Part 2) 10-27-15
Directly follows "Black and White"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Ashley reaches out to someone.
Characters: Ashley, Thomas Poe
"What We Achieve Inwardly" 10-28-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "Two People Collude"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Facet and Adalina continue to work on their relationship.
Characters: Facet, Adalina
Guest stars: Hollis Overton
Cameo appearance: Dr. Bryson Roderstein
Prompted by Trope Bingo 10-1-15
Sponsored by EdorFaus
"Holding Hope and Love" 11-4-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "What We Achieve Inwardly"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Roughly around day 5
Summary: A collage of what Cheersquad does that makes him so indispensable. Dr. Bryson Roderstein asks for advice on how to help people affected by the berettaflies.
Characters: Cheersquad
Guest stars: Fireheart, Ahn Vaughn, Catalina Lodge, Zima Hartigan, Pointer, Dr. Bruson Roderstein, Sunny, Tumbler
Cameo appearance: Aurora, Wrex, Derrick, Blitz, Blue Law, Yellow Jack, the Muffler, Lakia, Danso, Bugeye/Facet, Adalina, Ashley, Ethan Wheeler, Groundhog
Prompted by DW user dreamwriteremmy, LJ user Book_wyrm5, Hurt/Comfort Bingo
Card 6-16-15, Disaster Bingo Card 11-3-15
"Demifiction: Letter to the editor" 11-6-15
Author: thnidu
Story Date: Day 5, written on Day 4.
Summary: An Easy City resident with poor coping skills gets a berettafly stuck in their window and writes to the newspaper for help.
"Fade to Grey" 11-2-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Ashley's dad visits her in the hospital. Her toxin breaches the containment shell.
Characters: Ashley
Guest stars: Brian Maddison
"Fade to Black" 11-4-15
Directly follows "Fade to Grey"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: A SPAZMAT team comes to transport Ashley to a safer containment module.
Characters: Ashley, Michelle/Mike Garcia
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 11-5-15
Directly follows "Fade to Black"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Ashley explores her new home. Thomas Poe brings over a lot of her stuff.
Characters: Ashley, Holly Perez, Thomas Poe
"An Air of Reflection" 12-9-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 1, Day 5
Summary: Some veterans visit a retreat outside New Orleans.
Characters: Burley Desbois, Timone Evans, Paulina Contreras, Flopsy, Booyah (Maeve Hannigan), Holden Morrisett, Donjae Roberson, Jaimeson Tate, Liv Dunwoody
Relevant thread: Berettaflies
Prompted by Anthony & Shirley Barrette and Disability Bingo Card 3-1-17
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Demifiction: Madhukar's Letter" 11-4-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Day 6
Summary: The letter Madhukar wrote to Ashley Maddison.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Oops" 11-9-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 6ish
Summary: Ashley has a painful experience with very hot peppers, cooking, and quasi-toxic fumes.
Characters: Ashley
Cameo appearance: Mrs. LaCrouix
"Being Neighborly" 11-11-15
Directly follows "Oops"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Mrs. LaCrouix brings Haruko to Ashley's module and introduces them. They bring her ingredients for gumbo. Haruko sets up remote communication so when he gets home he can show her how to cook it, via webcam.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko Fleet
Guest stars: Mrs. LaCrouix
"New Friends" 11-14-15
Directly follows "Being Neighborly"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Ashley and Haruko are getting to know each other and start to become friends.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko, Mrs. LaCrouix
"Demifiction: Candlelight Vigil at Clairemont Hall" 10-25-15
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 7
Summary: Germane Mercier has written up an article about the vigil held at Clairemont Hall.
Characters: Germane Mercier
Guest stars: Pointer, Officer Darelle Ardoin, Zigana/Ziggy, Lionel Yves, Jacques-José Gardinier
"Bad News and Bad Breaks" (Part 1, Part 2) 10-25-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Introduces Haruko's parents. Unfortunately. Well, now you know why he needed a family of choice.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel , Bruce Jones
Guest stars: Connor Fleet, Bonnie Fleet, J. Bear, A.M. Hughes
Cameo appearance: Officer Morris
"Reaching Out (A Special Project)" 10-27-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Haruko starts to pick up the loose pieces of his life and help other people deal with the disruption caused by the berettaflies.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel
"Delivery Road Show" (Part 2) (Part 3) 10-29-15
Directly follows "Reaching Out (A Special Project)"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Haruko starts to pick up the loose pieces of his life and help other people deal with the disruption caused by the berettaflies.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel
Guest stars: Trinity Landry
"Haruko's Messages" 11-1-15
Directly follows "Delivery Road Show"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Some of the messages in the care package sent to Haruko.
"Demifiction: Ashley's Letter" 11-5-15
Follows "Demifiction: Madhukar's Letter"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 7/8ish
Summary: Ashley responds to Madhukar Bhattacharya's letter asking whether she's interested in helping his research.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Secret World" 11-6-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 to Day 5
Summary: Tsubasa's powers continue to evolve.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Cameo appearance: Facet
"Guard-Bug" 2-21-16
Directly follows "Secret World"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 to Day 21
Summary: Tsubasa meets Facet.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Facet (Benton Reyes)
Cameo appearances: Adalina Louis, Ashley Maddison
"Cards" 10-26-15
Concurrent with "Secret World"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 to Day 7
Summary: Tsubasa reaches out to the other victims.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
"Demifiction: PGG Plant Swap" 10-21-15
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: End of Week 1
Summary: Appearing in several Easy City newspapers and flyers posted in public places, this is one garden center's response to the incident, just under a week after the containment breach.
Characters: Jacques-José Gardinier, Tinji/Aloysius Labarre
Prompted by As You Like It Bingo 8-1-15
"Demifiction: Activity Scouts Notice" 10-26-15
Follows "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Beginning of Week 2, after threat level has dropped to Orange.
Summary: A notice to the Activity Scouts with suggestions for how they can help the people of Easy City recover.
"Breaking Out, Breaking Down" 11-21-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 8 (Week 2, Monday)
Summary: Overstressed from the social pressure of many visitors to her module for dinner, Ashley unexpectedly manifests a lethal superpower.
Characters: Ashley, Mike, Candace Cain/Candy Cane
"How Are You Feeling?" 12-5-15
Directly follows "Cards"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 8 (Week 2, Day 1)
Summary: People keep asking Tsubasa how she is feeling. She isn't sure how to answer that question.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Mint
"Truth and Dare" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Follows "Breaking Out, Breaking Down"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 9 (Week 2, Tuesday)
Summary: Haruko visits Ashley at her module and together they start working on puzzles and EFA.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko
Cameo appearance: Candace Cain/Candy Cane
"Intermezzo" 12-1-15
Directly follows "Truth and Dare"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 9 (Week 2, Tuesday)
Summary: Ashley gets a visit from Captain Perez and they discuss ways to deal with depression.
Characters: Ashley, Captain Perez
Cameo appearance: Haruko
"Synchronicity" 10-31-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 10 (Week 2, Wednesday)
Summary: A prank is particularly ill-conceived and doesn't go quite according to plan.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Bree Stone, Rocky, Simon
"Demifiction: Ashley writes" 12-6-15
Directly follows "Cards"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2
Summary: Ashley writes Tsubasa a letter.
Characters: Ashley
"Demifiction: All Bodies All Beautiful Advert" 11-28-15
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 2, Wednesday (when Ashley encounters it)
Summary: A little advertisement for a business dedicated to helping everyone feel beautiful.
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain
"Forms and Fittings" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
Directly follows "New Friends"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary:Ashley goes shopping for underwear, and helps buy Haruko some stuff. Ashley shows Haruko her secret place.
Characters: Ashley Maddison, Haruko Fleet.
Guest stars: Mike Garcia, Tinzi
Cameo appearance: Rochelle
"Demi-Fiction: All Bodies All Beautiful E-mails Ashley" 12-18-15
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Concurrent with "Forms and Fittings"
Summary: Jean-Claude realizes that Ashley might have been out of it when he called...
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain, Ashley Maddison
"Demifiction: Ashley E-mails back" 12-19-15
Directly follows "All Bodies, All Beautiful E-mails Ashley." Concurrent with "Forms and Fittings" part 4 and part 5
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary: Ashley realises she made a mistake and these are not bad guys.
Characters: Ashley
"Eye of the Beholder" 02-01-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Uncertain
Summary: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And sometimes people have trouble seeing.
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain
"A Confession of Pain"
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 2, Day 14, Sunday
Summary: Alicia Martins and Judd respond to the Easy City Police Department calling for information about the Spectrum.
Characters: Officer Darelle Ardoin, Alicia Martins (Dr. Infanta), Judd (The Undertaker)
Guest stars: Sergeant Mathieu Palmer, Zigana, Lorry
Cameo: the Spectrum, Cadby, Beauty, Tux, Blackjack, Selma, Onyx, Shadow, Mamba, Walnut, Midnight, Stylet, Mr. Pernicious
Sponsored by LJ users technoshaman and ng_moonmoth
"A Sunday Afternoon" (part 2, part 3) 1-4-16
Directly(ish) follows: "Forms and Fittings"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Sunday, day 14)
Summary: Haruko discovers there's more to his new walking stick than meets the eye, meets a few friends and learns a little history.
Characters: Haruko
Guest stars: Martha Winslow
"In the Garden of the Night" 12-8-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary: Ashley, Thomas, and Ray have been working on a suit she can wear outside, but the suit does not yet work how it's supposed to.
Characters: Ashley, Thomas Poe
Guest stars: Captain Perez
Cameo appearance: Ray
"Ghost Dance" (Part 1, Part 2) 1-18-16
Directly follows: "A Sunday Afternoon"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (Monday morning, day 15)
Summary: Ms Cain screws up, big time. Ashley blows her top and rants about life & death and fires Ms Cain.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: 'Candy' Cain.
"Hot Pink Mess" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) 2-6-16
Directly follows/overlaps "Ghost Dance" (part 1, part 2) and through to next morning.
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3, Day 15 and 16
Summary: Ms Candy Cain gets well and truly drunk and has a long dark night of the soul...
Characters: Ms Candace 'Candy' Cain, Bernie
Guest stars: Ray (a bar tender), Bernadette Dolucila Laveau
Cameo appearance: J.D, Mama Laveau
Ashley's Iso-Suit 11-9-15
Artwork by siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3
Characters: Ashley Maddison
"Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit" 3-1-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 2
Summary: Adalina struggles to cope with her changed circumstances by reaching out to other people similarly affected by recent events.
Characters: Adalina
Guest stars: Facet, Ashley, Tsubasa
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Trope Bingo Card 1-5-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Painted Garden" 3-20-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Priya and Ynez make a different kind of garden.
Characters: Priya Gupta, Ynez Ballisario
"Long Distance Offer" 11-7-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Aidan wants to donate some money to St. Henriette's for renovations to protect against berettaflies.
Characters: Arlene Verderau
Guest stars: Aidan
Cameo appearance: Saraphina, Dr. Nicole Chais
"Demifiction: Letters of Apology" 2-22-16
Follows "Hot Pink Mess"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (more or less)
Summary: Ms Cain writes a letter of apology to Haruko and Ashley and makes amends.
Characters: Ms Cain, Haruko
"Swarm" 2-21-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Someone alarms Tsubasa.
Characters: Tsubasa
"Common Ground" 2-21-16
Directly follows "Swarm"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tsubasa is overwhelmed and causes a city-wide panic with her butterflies.
Characters: Tsubasa
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison
"Shared Ground" 2-20-16
Directly follows "Common Ground"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: week 3
Summary: Ashley makes Tsubasa as comfortable as possible.
Characters: Ashley, Cpt Perez
Guest stars: Tsubasa
"When It Rains" 11-8-15
Directly follows "Long Distance Offer"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Valerie and Arlene discover what Aidan's donation entails and discuss whether to accept it.
Characters: Valerie Chais, Arlene Verderau
Guest stars: Rachel, Ben, Mari Correa
Cameo appearance: Aidan
"Laughing Because Life Is So Horrible" 11-3-15
Follows "City Pranked!"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Some time during Week 3
Summary: What happens to the young miscreants who made the fake berettaflies.
Characters: Reba Sue Randolph, Jordan Miller, Ryan Miller, Shiloh Becker
Cameo appearance: Gimpy/Carter Kombeck
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer, Disaster Bingo Card 11-3-15, Genprompt Bingo 9-4-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Faerie Dust" 2-25-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Follows "Swarm"
Story Date: Some time during Week 3.
Summary: Sometimes problems need a whimsical solution.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison, Haruko McCoy (mentioned), Ynez Ballisario (mentioned)
"Kitchen Demolition Derby" 2-9-16
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Ashley has more challenges with her superpowers
Characters: Haruko, Ashley
Guest stars: George
"Phone call" 2-10-16
Directly follows "Kitchen Demolition Derby"
Author: Siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (Tuesday, day 16)
Summary: Ashley calls to complain to the makers of the pop-a-matic and soda maker that blew up.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Mr Peterson Vice President of Consumer Relations for A to Z products Inc
"Like a Shag on a Rock" 12-2-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "Consequential Decisions"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tanger, Blastwave, and Levinbolt have found an overseas assignment but are having trouble getting supplies. Or anything else. Won't this be fun?
Characters: Tanger, Blastwave, Levinbolt
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu, Defining Character Bingo Card 12-1-15, Let's Torment the Spectrum DW post
Sponsored by LJ users rix_scaedu, lone_cat and ng_moonmoth and general fund
"Capes and Credos" 3-1-16 (fishbowl)
Directly follows "Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Someone tries to kidnap Adalina. Just because the first part of the plan works, doesn't necessarily mean the rest of it will continue to go as expected.
Characters: Adalina
Guest stars: Facet
Cameo appearance: T.K.O./George Whitman
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman, Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16, Spies, Secret Agents, and Noir Bingo Card 1-1-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Wrong" 3-20-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day One of Week 3, Concurrent with "Capes and Credos" and "Chase"
Summary: Something was wrong.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Facet
"Chase" (Part 1, Part 2) 3-20-16
Directly follows "Capes and Credos"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 day 1
Summary: Adaline gets kidnapped Ashley picks up Facet and Tsubasa and they mount a rescue
Characters: Ashley, Tsubasa and Facet
"See Clearly Now" 3-12-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Directly follows "Chase" (Part 2)
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Facet, Adalina and Ashley take stock of their injuries after the fight.
Characters: Facet, Adalina, Ashley
Guest stars: Tsubasa
Sponsored by EdorFaus
"After Shocks" 3-24-16
Directly follows "Chase" (Part 1, Part 2)
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: day 1 week 3
Summary: Ashley goes away to hide and has the shakes. Tsubasa comes find her.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Tsubasa
"Aftermath"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 1 of Week 3 (concurrent with "After Shocks")
Summary: Tsubasa in the immediate aftermath. She makes some tentative plans for later.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison
Cameo appearance: Facet, Adalina
"Saying Thank You" 5-2-18
Directly follows "Synchronicity"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: day fifteen (beginning of week 3)
Summary: Wayne owes a thank you to the little boy who helped him during "Synchronicity." When he brings Simon a gift, he learns a great deal about the family that shaped the little boy's personality.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Jeanne and Simon Bartleby
Guest stars: (mentions) Officer Bree Stone and Peter Bartleby, Simon's father
"Playing Games"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3, concurrent "A Pretty Good Friend"
Summary: The members of Imago Hive play the game of Memory.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest Stars: Ashley Maddison
Maddison, Benton Reyes (Facet), Adalina Louis
Cameo Appearance: Haruko McCoy
"A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3, concurrent with "Playing Games"
Summary: Tsubasa might not be much of a superhera but she's a pretty good friend.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest Stars: Ashley Maddison
“Friends”
06 /17/2016 (07/02/2016)
Directly follows "A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tsubasa reflects on friends, new and old.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Priya Gupta, Ynez Ballisario
Cameo appearance: Mentions of Adalina, Ashley, and Facet.
"Demi-Fiction: Community Resources"
06 /17/2016 (07/02/2016)
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin. An example of Easy City's community resources.
Cameo appearance: Reference to Rocket, Sparkler, Flotsam, and Jetsam.
"Marked Cards" 04-25-16
Directly follows "Playing Games" and "A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Ashley tries to sort through her feelings about being included in her team's games.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Mentioned: Tsubasa Inoue, Adalina Louis, and Facet (Benton Reyes)
"Cards on the Table" 05-02-16
Directly follows: "Marked Cards"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 Day 1
Summary: Ashley and Adalina talk, interrupted by a phone call, and Adalina begins to see why Ashley is the way she is.
Characters: Ashley Maddison, Adalina Louis.
Guest stars: Mr. Maddison
Cameo appearance: Tsubasa Inoue & Facet (Benton Reyes) mentioned.
"The Changing Face of Fear" 3-30-16 (outside fishbowl)
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Adalina speaks with her counselor about updating her therapy regarding Facet.
Characters: Adalina
Guest Stars: Dr. Bryson Roderstein
Prompted by Spies, Secret Agents, and Noir Bingo Card 1-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"As My Awareness Increases" 5-8-16
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: late in Week 3?
Summary: Ashley works on practical and psychological exercises to deal with her superpowers.
Characters: Ashley
Cameo appearance: Adalina, Facet, Haruko, the Ring Mistress, DestructoBabe
Prompted by LJ user technoshaman and Solo Celebration Bingo Card 5-1-16
Sponsored by general fund
"Manners" 8-2-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Middle of Week 3
Summary: Sora Inoue had good manners.
Characters: Sora Inoue
Prompted by DW user thnidu
"Picking Up the Litter" 7-5-16
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 7
Summary: Following a berettafly attack on a pregnant dog, puppies are born with bug eyes.
Characters: Amelia Dunbar
Supporting characters: LeRoy Amis
Cameo appearance: Queenie Buttercream, Stylet, the Spectrum
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Free perk
"Invisible People" 2-29-16
Author: siliconshaman
Directly follows "Shared Ground"
Story Date: Day 8 through to the end of Week 3/start of Week 4
Summary: George Whitman gets an unexpected offer and a revelation.
Characters: George Whitman/T.K.O
"Guido" 06-24-16
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Chase"
Story date: Week 3 day 4
Summary: Mr. Guido muses about his life, while planning his next step, and what to do now his Boss, The Ring Mistress, is gone.
Characters: Mr. Guido
"Liquid Time" 6-20-16
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Chase"
Story date: Week 4[ish]
Warning: Creepiness and abuse of mental control power.
Summary: The Ring Mistress aka Hila Bruckawitz aka Holly Harewood, is recovering in a secure mental Health facility. She is a bit loopy from drugs and neural damage. She makes a discovery about her powers.
Characters: The Ring Mistress.
Cameo: Unnamed other patient.
"Demifiction: Letter to a Super Hurrah" 9-5-2016
Author: alatefeline
Story Date: middle of Week 4
Summary: Ashley receives fanmail from a girl named Kaytee.
Characters: Ashley, Kaytee
"Negotiations" 8-18-2016
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Guido"
Story date: Week 4 Thursday.
Summary: Guido negotiates with Ms. Octavia for the services of someone to act as a trainer for the Ring Mistress.
Characters: Guido and Ms Octavia.
Cameo: unnamed bit players as bodyguards and waitress.
"A Hope and a Promise" 5-3-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 5?
Summary: Aidan and Saraphina visit Easy City to reconnect with Arlene Verdereau.
Characters: Aidan, Saraphina Dreux, Arlene Verdereau
Guest stars: Lysiane Ozenne
Cameo appearance: Dr. Nicole Chais, Malinda Verdereau, Cary Verdereau, Jolie Verdereau, Tallullah Beuze, Eugenie Verdereau, Leshaun Verdereau, Raylon Verdereau, Elias Lindquist, Elsa Lindquist, Julio Gaspar, Beaux Verdereau, Gajara Bachchan, Fergal Redmond, Teagan Redmond, Lanfen Ruan, Cheng Ruan
Prompted by DW users janetmiles, chanter_greenie, and Archetypal Characters
Bingo Card 4-1-16
"Tales Out of School" 9-6-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 5, Day 5
Comes after "A Hope and a Promise"
Directly follows the demifiction "Letter to a Super Hurrah" by DW user alatefeline and "A Letter to a Young Fan from a Super Hurrah" by DW user siliconshaman so read those first to understand the character dynamics.
Summary: Ashley finds cyberschool a good fit both educationally and socially.
Characters: Ashley
Guest stars: Kaytee
Cameo appearance: Kent Authement
Prompted by DW users librarygeek, alatefeline, rix_scaedu, and LJ user cflute
Sponsored by DW user librarygeek
"Honeybumping" 10-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Comes after "Tales Out of School"
Summary: Adalina, Ashley, and Facet explore their Berettafly-induced superpowers.
Characters: Adalina, Ashley, Facet
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Survival Bingo Card 8-1-16
Free perk
"Friendship Lessons" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) 12-2-17
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Timeline: Week 8, Day 6
Summary: Wayne Greene's life hasn't been sunshine and roses (both attract Berettaflies), but it's taken a new turn for the weird.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Shea, Devon, Haruko McCoy
"Falling in Like" 10-30-19
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Timeline: Week 8, Day 7
Summary: Devon tries to connect with Wayne again, and things go better, this time. The beginning of an actual friendship, despite their unusual first meeting.
Characters: Devon, Wayne
Cameo appearances: Kylie, Haruko McCoy
Prompted by DW user ysabetwordsmith
Sponsored by Anonymous
"Love Unflinching" 1-18-19 (fishbowl spillover)
Timeline: Week 12, Day 1
Summary: Phylicia moves to Easy City, adopts a buggle, and meets Stylet.
Characters: Stylet (Silas Manson), Phylicia Du Chienne, Marzi
Cameo appearances: Amelia Dunbar
Prompted by DW users capriuni, fuzzyred, and Winteriron Bingo Adventure Card 6-4-18
Sponsored by DW user capriuni and LJ user janetmiles
"The Girl Who Loved Bugs" 11-15-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Spring and summer of 2014
Summary: Saffi Lyn Ancey has always liked bugs, and after the berettaflies appear, it turns into a passion. But not everyone approves.
Characters: Saffi Lyn Ancey, Favian Wigglesworth
Cameo appearances: Facet (Benton Reyes), Stylet (Silas Manson), Veta Strickland
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 9-1-18
Sponsored by DW user fuzzyred
"Puppydog Eyes" 7-21-19 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, August 4, 2014
Summary: Several months after the berettaflies get loose in Easy City, Facet responds to another call about bugeyed puppies, this time West Highland White Terriers.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Adalina Louis, Walker Lee Westbrook
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Apocalypse Bingo Card 1-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"Making Eyes" 8-19-20 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Friday, November 7, 2014
Summary: Facet gets some advice from Walker Lee.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Walker Lee
Prompted by DW user adventurecore and 1000 Words or Less Bingo Cards 9-5-18
Free Perk
"At the Heart of Repentance" 5-29-20 (outside fishbowl)
Story Date: Monday, December 15, 2014
Summary: Haruko receives an apology from the press.
Characters: Haruko McCoy, Devon
Cameo appearances: Jean-Paul Chartres
Prompted by Sumerian Me Bingo Card 5-1-20
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Rolling Darwin's Dice" 3-21-20 (bonus fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, January 26, 2015
Summary: Wayne and Stylet discuss a college writing project, which gets interrupted by a phone call about tiny, terrifying dinosaurs.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Stylet (Silas Manson), Nabal Ames
Cameo appearances: Professor Cuvier, Carissa, Valor's Widow, Iridescia, Callan, Florent
Prompted by DW users kengr, curiosity, zeeth_kyrah, siliconshaman, rhodielady_47, Anonymous, and Food Fest Bingo Card 3-1-20
403 lines, Buy It Now = $201
"The Whip of His Own Remorse" 3-12-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 4, Day 1
Summary: When he stumbles across pictures of some of the unintended consequences of the berettaflies release, Stylet makes a life-changing decision.
Characters: Stylet (Silas Manson), Abbs Ortego
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and iPod Shuffle Music Fest Card 12-1-16
Sponsored by DW user siliconshaman and Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Inner Transition" 3-12-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 4, Day 2
Summary: Having decided to turn himself in, Stylet enlists the help of Valor's Widow.
Characters: Stylet, Valor's Widow
Cameo appearances: The Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious, Dr. Bhattacharya
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
"The Willingness to Surrender Ideas" 3-17-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Week 4, Day 3
Summary: After turning himself over to the police, Stylet begins negotiations with the authorities.
Characters: Stylet, Valor's Widow, Carissa, Mr. Guidry
Cameo appearances: The Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
821 lines, Buy It Now = $411
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse" and "The Inner Transition" have been sponsored and published.
"Until It Hears Something Better" 3-18-17 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Week 5, Days 1-6
Summary: Stylet begins wading through various consequences agreed to in the negotiations.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa
Cameo appearances: Ashley, Valor's Widow, Mr. Guidry
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
182 lines, Buy It Now = $91
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", "The Inner Transition", and "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas" have been sponsored and published.
"A Little from the Heart" 3-18-17 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Week 5, Day 7
Summary: Stylet has a private face-to-face meeting with another berettafly victim.
Characters: Stylet, Ashley Maddison, Carissa
Guest stars: Capt. Holly Perez
Cameo appearance: Valor's Widow
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 1-1-17
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", "The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", and "Until It Hears Something Better" have been sponsored and published. Also unlocks the story "Reaction" by siliconshaman.
"The New Beginnings of Soft Greens" 4-4-17
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 4
Summary: Carissa expands Stylet's culinary horizons with foods chosen for mood-bolstering properties.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa
Cameo appearance: Ashley Maddison, Valor's Widow
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman, Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17, and
Genprompt Bingo Card 4-3-17
182 lines, Buy It Now = $91
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", and "A Little from the Heart" have been sponsored and published.
"This Is How I Should Be"
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 4
Summary: Stylet responds to a follow-up text from Ashley.
Characters: Stylet, Ashley, Haruko, Carissa
Cameo appearance: Dr. Bhattacharya
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Origfic Bingo Card 4-3-17
307 lines, Buy It Now = $154
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", "A Little from the Heart", and "The New Beginnings of Soft Greens" have been sponsored and published.
"The Key to Everything"
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 6
Summary: Stylet answers questions about one of his prior creations, but there's more going on than he realizes.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa, Valor's Widow, Mr. Guidry
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman, redsixwing,and Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17
144 lines, Buy It Now = $72
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", "A Little from the Heart", "The New Beginnings of Soft Greens", and "This Is How I Should Be" have been sponsored and published.
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 3
Summary: Facet goes out on a call to investigate complaints about venomous butterflies. Not even his insect powers are really up to the challenge at hand.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes)
Guest stars: Stylet, Pointer
Cameo appearance: Blastwave, Tanger, Mr. Pernicious
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and DW users chanter_greenie and stardreamer
Sponsored by LJ user Ng_moonmoth
"The Power to Curse" 10-7-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: Pursued by two members of the Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious gets into a street fight. It does not go well for anyone.
Characters: Mr. Pernicious
Guest stars: Levinbolt, Limestrike, Tanger, Blastwave, Alessa Lucchese
Prompted by DW users Thnidu, Lone_cat, Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15,
Halloween / Samhain Bingo Card 10-1-15
Sponsored by DW users Lone_cat and Dialecticdreamer
"Going to Ground" 10-23-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "The Power to Curse"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 7
Summary: Stylet finds a place to hide out for a while.
Characters: Stylet
Guest stars: Abbs Ortego
Prompted by DW users Dialecticdreamer, Helgatwb, Capriuni, and others,
Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Consequential Decisions" 10-22-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "The Power to Curse"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 7
Summary: Tanger finds out that SPOON doesn't want the Spectrum around anymore.
Characters: Tanger, Blastwave, Levinbolt, Limestrike
Guest stars: Yvette Levasseur
Prompted by Ladiesbingo Card 10-2-15 and Tones Bingo Card 8-31-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"In the Can" 10-29-15 (outside fishbowl)
Follows "Consequential Decisions"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: After the berettaflies escape into the city, a retired supervillain keeps safe a grandmother and her grandchildren by letting them stay with him in his bunker.
Characters: Roy Dobermann/Dirty Dog, Gloria Lorquet
Guest stars: Kevin Marlatt, Louanna Marlatt, Storm Sherman, Michelle Sherman
Cameo appearance: Scorpienne/Delora Dobermann, Tatum, Crawfish
Prompted by DW user redsixwing, As You Like It Bingo Card 8-1-15 and
Trope Bingo Card 10-1-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Demifiction: Students Killed in Environmental Study" 10-18-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: An exploration of the damage done by the berettaflies.
Characters: Simon Mehrer
Guest stars: Roselyn Busch, Basima Pearson, Bastian Awotwi, Renata DiPietri
Cameos: Clayton Lee
"Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!" 10-16-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A newspaper article detailing the way a children's hospital responded to the immediate threat.
Characters: Wonyla Baker-Morrison
Guest stars: Kasey T. Bush
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: librarygeek
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A letter announcing a public discussion of how the berettaflies should be named and possible damage mitigation.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Week 1
Summary: A chemist from Carver Lab (near Loyola University) volunteers his services to help study berettaflies.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Demifiction: Police Response" 10-23-15
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1, Day 3, Day 7
Summary: Easy City police release a series of statements to keep the citizens posted on developments during and after the incident. They provide safety information and ask for tips from anyone who knows about the crime or its perpetrators.
"Twilight: A Berettaflies Story" 10-21-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1 or 2
Summary: Abraham McCoy faces his situation with a quiet act of heroism.
Characters: Abraham McCoy, Haruko Fleet/McCoy
Guest stars: Tami Donne, Daryl
"Demifiction: Letters to the Editor" 10-22-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: A collection of responses from Easy City citizens. This batch deals with gardens, the Spectrum, and a wild-ass rant.
Characters: Amy Garrison, JoAsha Pearl, Thomas Wharton, Sr.
"Butterfly Net" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7) 10-26-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Days 1 - 9
Summary: The biochemist Madhukar Bhattacharya helps a lab assistant who is worried about the new, venomous insects; has an idea, reaches out for help, and researches them. Eventually things go WHAM.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya, Jen Wilke/Kingfisher, Nicole Denis, Layla
"Metamorphosis" 10-20-15
Concurrent with "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 3
Summary: Tsubasa Inoue has a life-changing encounter with the berettaflies.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Keisuke Inoue, Mai Inoue, Keiichi Inoue, Sora Inoue
"Black and White" 10-20-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 1
Summary: Ashley Maddison gets stung by the berettaflies.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
"Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation" 10-17-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A look at the legal response to the containment breach at the lab.
Characters: Robert Seifert
Guest stars: Amy Smith
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor of the New Orleans Clarion-Picayune" 10-17-15
Directly follows "Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!"
Author: rix_scaedu
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A concerned, frightened, and angry citizen sounds off.
Characters: Narelle Collins-Coulter
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-18-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation" and "Demifiction: Children's Hospital Closes Doors!"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: A citizen raises concerns about environmental impacts of the berettaflies' release.
"Demifiction: A Further Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 1
Summary: A letter proposing scientific nomenclature for the berettaflies.
Characters: Charles Frith
"Demifiction: Open Letter..." 10-24-15
Follows "Black and White"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 2ish
Summary: Ashley writes an open letter to Mr. Pernicious, Stylet, and the members of the Spectrum team.
"Expectations" 11-23-15
Concurrent with "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 2
Summary: People have expectations.
Characters: Keisuke Inoue
Cameo appearance: Mr. Lafayette
"Demifiction: Man Hospitalized -- Insects at Large" 10-19-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: A follow-up with a victim outside of the original college students.
Characters: Abraham McCoy
"Demifiction: Saint Henriette's Expands First Aid Classes" 10-19-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: A look at how Terramagne-America does damage control in a crisis like this, and how someone offers a concrete apology for a minor mistake.
Characters: Amrit Gurdajan
"Demifiction: Three Deaths After Supervillain Lab and Spectrum Collide" 10-20-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 3
Summary: More information is emerging as people study the problem, analyze what went wrong, and discuss how to proceed next.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-18-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation"
Author: lone_cat
Story Date: Day 3ish
Summary: A letter proposing a new way of measuring the damage from a soup incident.
"Demifiction: Letter to the Editor" 10-19-15
Follows "Demifiction: Lab Cooperating with Police Investigation"
Author: helgatwb
Story Date: Day 3ish
Summary: A letter which asks sharp questions about the culprits behind the incident.
"Demifiction: A Letter to the Editor" 10-17-15
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 or 5
Summary: A citizen expresses their views on collateral damage.
Characters: A citizen
"Transform Your Experiences" 10-18-15 (Creative Jam)
Directly follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 1 - Day 14
Summary: Most of the people stung by berettaflies did not develop superpowers, and some of those people had lingering effects.
Characters: Manón Raquera
Guest stars: Dr. Bannerjee
Cameo appearance: Stylet
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie and alexseanchai, Ladiesbingo
Card 10-2-15 and Hurt/Comfort 6-16-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Two People Collude" 10-28-15 (outside fishbowl)
Follows "Berettaflies"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Facet meets his new protégée, Adalina. It doesn't go as well as he'd hoped, but things aren't all bad.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Adalina Louis
Cameo appearance: Guest stars: Hollis Overton
Prompted by DW user Dialecticdreamer and As You Like It Bingo Card 8-1-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Sugar" 11-6-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 and Day 4
Summary: Tsubasa has a new craving.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Ynez Ballisario
Guest stars: Sora Inoue, Pointer
"Practical Things" 10-20-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 to Day 7
Summary: Tsubasa starts trying to adapt to having a pair of wings.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ynez Ballisario, Priya Gupta
Cameo appearance: Facet
"Demifiction: Students Released from Hospital" 10-23-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Another newspaper article about survivors of the berettafly stings, some of them now recovering enough to go home. Several more letters to the editor appear below the article as citizens demand answers from the parties responsible for this soup incident.
Characters: Davinia Boswell, Paula Cooper, Johanna Bolton, Gavin Longmont-Brown
"Stirring the Pot" 10-24-15
Directly follows "Demifiction: Students Released from Hospital"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: A police meeting after Paula's announcement.
Characters: Chief Jay Ramirez, Martin Gudry, Chris Brezeale
Guest stars: Clayton Lee
"Black and White and Read" (Part 1, Part 2) 10-27-15
Directly follows "Black and White"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 4
Summary: Ashley reaches out to someone.
Characters: Ashley, Thomas Poe
"What We Achieve Inwardly" 10-28-15 (outside fishbowl)
Directly follows "Two People Collude"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Facet and Adalina continue to work on their relationship.
Characters: Facet, Adalina
Guest stars: Hollis Overton
Cameo appearance: Dr. Bryson Roderstein
Prompted by Trope Bingo 10-1-15
Sponsored by EdorFaus
"Holding Hope and Love" 11-4-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "What We Achieve Inwardly"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Roughly around day 5
Summary: A collage of what Cheersquad does that makes him so indispensable. Dr. Bryson Roderstein asks for advice on how to help people affected by the berettaflies.
Characters: Cheersquad
Guest stars: Fireheart, Ahn Vaughn, Catalina Lodge, Zima Hartigan, Pointer, Dr. Bruson Roderstein, Sunny, Tumbler
Cameo appearance: Aurora, Wrex, Derrick, Blitz, Blue Law, Yellow Jack, the Muffler, Lakia, Danso, Bugeye/Facet, Adalina, Ashley, Ethan Wheeler, Groundhog
Prompted by DW user dreamwriteremmy, LJ user Book_wyrm5, Hurt/Comfort Bingo
Card 6-16-15, Disaster Bingo Card 11-3-15
"Demifiction: Letter to the editor" 11-6-15
Author: thnidu
Story Date: Day 5, written on Day 4.
Summary: An Easy City resident with poor coping skills gets a berettafly stuck in their window and writes to the newspaper for help.
"Fade to Grey" 11-2-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Ashley's dad visits her in the hospital. Her toxin breaches the containment shell.
Characters: Ashley
Guest stars: Brian Maddison
"Fade to Black" 11-4-15
Directly follows "Fade to Grey"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: A SPAZMAT team comes to transport Ashley to a safer containment module.
Characters: Ashley, Michelle/Mike Garcia
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 11-5-15
Directly follows "Fade to Black"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 5
Summary: Ashley explores her new home. Thomas Poe brings over a lot of her stuff.
Characters: Ashley, Holly Perez, Thomas Poe
"An Air of Reflection" 12-9-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 1, Day 5
Summary: Some veterans visit a retreat outside New Orleans.
Characters: Burley Desbois, Timone Evans, Paulina Contreras, Flopsy, Booyah (Maeve Hannigan), Holden Morrisett, Donjae Roberson, Jaimeson Tate, Liv Dunwoody
Relevant thread: Berettaflies
Prompted by Anthony & Shirley Barrette and Disability Bingo Card 3-1-17
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Demifiction: Madhukar's Letter" 11-4-15
Author: redsixwing
Story Date: Day 6
Summary: The letter Madhukar wrote to Ashley Maddison.
Characters: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Oops" 11-9-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 6ish
Summary: Ashley has a painful experience with very hot peppers, cooking, and quasi-toxic fumes.
Characters: Ashley
Cameo appearance: Mrs. LaCrouix
"Being Neighborly" 11-11-15
Directly follows "Oops"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Mrs. LaCrouix brings Haruko to Ashley's module and introduces them. They bring her ingredients for gumbo. Haruko sets up remote communication so when he gets home he can show her how to cook it, via webcam.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko Fleet
Guest stars: Mrs. LaCrouix
"New Friends" 11-14-15
Directly follows "Being Neighborly"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Ashley and Haruko are getting to know each other and start to become friends.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko, Mrs. LaCrouix
"Demifiction: Candlelight Vigil at Clairemont Hall" 10-25-15
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 7
Summary: Germane Mercier has written up an article about the vigil held at Clairemont Hall.
Characters: Germane Mercier
Guest stars: Pointer, Officer Darelle Ardoin, Zigana/Ziggy, Lionel Yves, Jacques-José Gardinier
"Bad News and Bad Breaks" (Part 1, Part 2) 10-25-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 7ish
Summary: Introduces Haruko's parents. Unfortunately. Well, now you know why he needed a family of choice.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel , Bruce Jones
Guest stars: Connor Fleet, Bonnie Fleet, J. Bear, A.M. Hughes
Cameo appearance: Officer Morris
"Reaching Out (A Special Project)" 10-27-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Haruko starts to pick up the loose pieces of his life and help other people deal with the disruption caused by the berettaflies.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel
"Delivery Road Show" (Part 2) (Part 3) 10-29-15
Directly follows "Reaching Out (A Special Project)"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Haruko starts to pick up the loose pieces of his life and help other people deal with the disruption caused by the berettaflies.
Characters: Haruko, Lionel
Guest stars: Trinity Landry
"Haruko's Messages" 11-1-15
Directly follows "Delivery Road Show"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Day 8ish
Summary: Some of the messages in the care package sent to Haruko.
"Demifiction: Ashley's Letter" 11-5-15
Follows "Demifiction: Madhukar's Letter"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 7/8ish
Summary: Ashley responds to Madhukar Bhattacharya's letter asking whether she's interested in helping his research.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Madhukar Bhattacharya
"Secret World" 11-6-15
Directly follows "Metamorphosis"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 3 to Day 5
Summary: Tsubasa's powers continue to evolve.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Cameo appearance: Facet
"Guard-Bug" 2-21-16
Directly follows "Secret World"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 to Day 21
Summary: Tsubasa meets Facet.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Facet (Benton Reyes)
Cameo appearances: Adalina Louis, Ashley Maddison
"Cards" 10-26-15
Concurrent with "Secret World"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 4 to Day 7
Summary: Tsubasa reaches out to the other victims.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
"Demifiction: PGG Plant Swap" 10-21-15
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: End of Week 1
Summary: Appearing in several Easy City newspapers and flyers posted in public places, this is one garden center's response to the incident, just under a week after the containment breach.
Characters: Jacques-José Gardinier, Tinji/Aloysius Labarre
Prompted by As You Like It Bingo 8-1-15
"Demifiction: Activity Scouts Notice" 10-26-15
Follows "Berettaflies"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Beginning of Week 2, after threat level has dropped to Orange.
Summary: A notice to the Activity Scouts with suggestions for how they can help the people of Easy City recover.
"Breaking Out, Breaking Down" 11-21-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 8 (Week 2, Monday)
Summary: Overstressed from the social pressure of many visitors to her module for dinner, Ashley unexpectedly manifests a lethal superpower.
Characters: Ashley, Mike, Candace Cain/Candy Cane
"How Are You Feeling?" 12-5-15
Directly follows "Cards"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 8 (Week 2, Day 1)
Summary: People keep asking Tsubasa how she is feeling. She isn't sure how to answer that question.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Mint
"Truth and Dare" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Follows "Breaking Out, Breaking Down"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 9 (Week 2, Tuesday)
Summary: Haruko visits Ashley at her module and together they start working on puzzles and EFA.
Characters: Ashley, Haruko
Cameo appearance: Candace Cain/Candy Cane
"Intermezzo" 12-1-15
Directly follows "Truth and Dare"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Day 9 (Week 2, Tuesday)
Summary: Ashley gets a visit from Captain Perez and they discuss ways to deal with depression.
Characters: Ashley, Captain Perez
Cameo appearance: Haruko
"Synchronicity" 10-31-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Day 10 (Week 2, Wednesday)
Summary: A prank is particularly ill-conceived and doesn't go quite according to plan.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Bree Stone, Rocky, Simon
"Demifiction: Ashley writes" 12-6-15
Directly follows "Cards"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2
Summary: Ashley writes Tsubasa a letter.
Characters: Ashley
"Demifiction: All Bodies All Beautiful Advert" 11-28-15
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 2, Wednesday (when Ashley encounters it)
Summary: A little advertisement for a business dedicated to helping everyone feel beautiful.
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain
"Forms and Fittings" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
Directly follows "New Friends"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary:Ashley goes shopping for underwear, and helps buy Haruko some stuff. Ashley shows Haruko her secret place.
Characters: Ashley Maddison, Haruko Fleet.
Guest stars: Mike Garcia, Tinzi
Cameo appearance: Rochelle
"Demi-Fiction: All Bodies All Beautiful E-mails Ashley" 12-18-15
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Concurrent with "Forms and Fittings"
Summary: Jean-Claude realizes that Ashley might have been out of it when he called...
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain, Ashley Maddison
"Demifiction: Ashley E-mails back" 12-19-15
Directly follows "All Bodies, All Beautiful E-mails Ashley." Concurrent with "Forms and Fittings" part 4 and part 5
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary: Ashley realises she made a mistake and these are not bad guys.
Characters: Ashley
"Eye of the Beholder" 02-01-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Uncertain
Summary: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And sometimes people have trouble seeing.
Characters: Jean-Claude St. Romain
"A Confession of Pain"
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 2, Day 14, Sunday
Summary: Alicia Martins and Judd respond to the Easy City Police Department calling for information about the Spectrum.
Characters: Officer Darelle Ardoin, Alicia Martins (Dr. Infanta), Judd (The Undertaker)
Guest stars: Sergeant Mathieu Palmer, Zigana, Lorry
Cameo: the Spectrum, Cadby, Beauty, Tux, Blackjack, Selma, Onyx, Shadow, Mamba, Walnut, Midnight, Stylet, Mr. Pernicious
Sponsored by LJ users technoshaman and ng_moonmoth
"A Sunday Afternoon" (part 2, part 3) 1-4-16
Directly(ish) follows: "Forms and Fittings"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Sunday, day 14)
Summary: Haruko discovers there's more to his new walking stick than meets the eye, meets a few friends and learns a little history.
Characters: Haruko
Guest stars: Martha Winslow
"In the Garden of the Night" 12-8-15
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 2 (Wednesday)
Summary: Ashley, Thomas, and Ray have been working on a suit she can wear outside, but the suit does not yet work how it's supposed to.
Characters: Ashley, Thomas Poe
Guest stars: Captain Perez
Cameo appearance: Ray
"Ghost Dance" (Part 1, Part 2) 1-18-16
Directly follows: "A Sunday Afternoon"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (Monday morning, day 15)
Summary: Ms Cain screws up, big time. Ashley blows her top and rants about life & death and fires Ms Cain.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: 'Candy' Cain.
"Hot Pink Mess" (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) 2-6-16
Directly follows/overlaps "Ghost Dance" (part 1, part 2) and through to next morning.
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3, Day 15 and 16
Summary: Ms Candy Cain gets well and truly drunk and has a long dark night of the soul...
Characters: Ms Candace 'Candy' Cain, Bernie
Guest stars: Ray (a bar tender), Bernadette Dolucila Laveau
Cameo appearance: J.D, Mama Laveau
Ashley's Iso-Suit 11-9-15
Artwork by siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3
Characters: Ashley Maddison
"Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit" 3-1-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 2
Summary: Adalina struggles to cope with her changed circumstances by reaching out to other people similarly affected by recent events.
Characters: Adalina
Guest stars: Facet, Ashley, Tsubasa
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Trope Bingo Card 1-5-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Painted Garden" 3-20-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Priya and Ynez make a different kind of garden.
Characters: Priya Gupta, Ynez Ballisario
"Long Distance Offer" 11-7-15
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Aidan wants to donate some money to St. Henriette's for renovations to protect against berettaflies.
Characters: Arlene Verderau
Guest stars: Aidan
Cameo appearance: Saraphina, Dr. Nicole Chais
"Demifiction: Letters of Apology" 2-22-16
Follows "Hot Pink Mess"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (more or less)
Summary: Ms Cain writes a letter of apology to Haruko and Ashley and makes amends.
Characters: Ms Cain, Haruko
"Swarm" 2-21-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Someone alarms Tsubasa.
Characters: Tsubasa
"Common Ground" 2-21-16
Directly follows "Swarm"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tsubasa is overwhelmed and causes a city-wide panic with her butterflies.
Characters: Tsubasa
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison
"Shared Ground" 2-20-16
Directly follows "Common Ground"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: week 3
Summary: Ashley makes Tsubasa as comfortable as possible.
Characters: Ashley, Cpt Perez
Guest stars: Tsubasa
"When It Rains" 11-8-15
Directly follows "Long Distance Offer"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Beginning of Week 3
Summary: Valerie and Arlene discover what Aidan's donation entails and discuss whether to accept it.
Characters: Valerie Chais, Arlene Verderau
Guest stars: Rachel, Ben, Mari Correa
Cameo appearance: Aidan
"Laughing Because Life Is So Horrible" 11-3-15
Follows "City Pranked!"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Some time during Week 3
Summary: What happens to the young miscreants who made the fake berettaflies.
Characters: Reba Sue Randolph, Jordan Miller, Ryan Miller, Shiloh Becker
Cameo appearance: Gimpy/Carter Kombeck
Prompted by DW user dialecticdreamer, Disaster Bingo Card 11-3-15, Genprompt Bingo 9-4-15
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Faerie Dust" 2-25-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Follows "Swarm"
Story Date: Some time during Week 3.
Summary: Sometimes problems need a whimsical solution.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison, Haruko McCoy (mentioned), Ynez Ballisario (mentioned)
"Kitchen Demolition Derby" 2-9-16
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Ashley has more challenges with her superpowers
Characters: Haruko, Ashley
Guest stars: George
"Phone call" 2-10-16
Directly follows "Kitchen Demolition Derby"
Author: Siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 (Tuesday, day 16)
Summary: Ashley calls to complain to the makers of the pop-a-matic and soda maker that blew up.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Mr Peterson Vice President of Consumer Relations for A to Z products Inc
"Like a Shag on a Rock" 12-2-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Follows "Consequential Decisions"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tanger, Blastwave, and Levinbolt have found an overseas assignment but are having trouble getting supplies. Or anything else. Won't this be fun?
Characters: Tanger, Blastwave, Levinbolt
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu, Defining Character Bingo Card 12-1-15, Let's Torment the Spectrum DW post
Sponsored by LJ users rix_scaedu, lone_cat and ng_moonmoth and general fund
"Capes and Credos" 3-1-16 (fishbowl)
Directly follows "Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit"
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Someone tries to kidnap Adalina. Just because the first part of the plan works, doesn't necessarily mean the rest of it will continue to go as expected.
Characters: Adalina
Guest stars: Facet
Cameo appearance: T.K.O./George Whitman
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman, Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16, Spies, Secret Agents, and Noir Bingo Card 1-1-16
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Wrong" 3-20-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day One of Week 3, Concurrent with "Capes and Credos" and "Chase"
Summary: Something was wrong.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Facet
"Chase" (Part 1, Part 2) 3-20-16
Directly follows "Capes and Credos"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 day 1
Summary: Adaline gets kidnapped Ashley picks up Facet and Tsubasa and they mount a rescue
Characters: Ashley, Tsubasa and Facet
"See Clearly Now" 3-12-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Directly follows "Chase" (Part 2)
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Facet, Adalina and Ashley take stock of their injuries after the fight.
Characters: Facet, Adalina, Ashley
Guest stars: Tsubasa
Sponsored by EdorFaus
"After Shocks" 3-24-16
Directly follows "Chase" (Part 1, Part 2)
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: day 1 week 3
Summary: Ashley goes away to hide and has the shakes. Tsubasa comes find her.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Guest stars: Tsubasa
"Aftermath"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Day 1 of Week 3 (concurrent with "After Shocks")
Summary: Tsubasa in the immediate aftermath. She makes some tentative plans for later.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest stars: Ashley Maddison
Cameo appearance: Facet, Adalina
"Saying Thank You" 5-2-18
Directly follows "Synchronicity"
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Story Date: day fifteen (beginning of week 3)
Summary: Wayne owes a thank you to the little boy who helped him during "Synchronicity." When he brings Simon a gift, he learns a great deal about the family that shaped the little boy's personality.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Jeanne and Simon Bartleby
Guest stars: (mentions) Officer Bree Stone and Peter Bartleby, Simon's father
"Playing Games"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3, concurrent "A Pretty Good Friend"
Summary: The members of Imago Hive play the game of Memory.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest Stars: Ashley Maddison
Maddison, Benton Reyes (Facet), Adalina Louis
Cameo Appearance: Haruko McCoy
"A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3, concurrent with "Playing Games"
Summary: Tsubasa might not be much of a superhera but she's a pretty good friend.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue
Guest Stars: Ashley Maddison
“Friends”
06 /17/2016 (07/02/2016)
Directly follows "A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Tsubasa reflects on friends, new and old.
Characters: Tsubasa Inoue, Priya Gupta, Ynez Ballisario
Cameo appearance: Mentions of Adalina, Ashley, and Facet.
"Demi-Fiction: Community Resources"
06 /17/2016 (07/02/2016)
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Week 3
Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin. An example of Easy City's community resources.
Cameo appearance: Reference to Rocket, Sparkler, Flotsam, and Jetsam.
"Marked Cards" 04-25-16
Directly follows "Playing Games" and "A Pretty Good Friend"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Ashley tries to sort through her feelings about being included in her team's games.
Characters: Ashley Maddison
Mentioned: Tsubasa Inoue, Adalina Louis, and Facet (Benton Reyes)
"Cards on the Table" 05-02-16
Directly follows: "Marked Cards"
Author: siliconshaman
Story Date: Week 3 Day 1
Summary: Ashley and Adalina talk, interrupted by a phone call, and Adalina begins to see why Ashley is the way she is.
Characters: Ashley Maddison, Adalina Louis.
Guest stars: Mr. Maddison
Cameo appearance: Tsubasa Inoue & Facet (Benton Reyes) mentioned.
"The Changing Face of Fear" 3-30-16 (outside fishbowl)
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 1
Summary: Adalina speaks with her counselor about updating her therapy regarding Facet.
Characters: Adalina
Guest Stars: Dr. Bryson Roderstein
Prompted by Spies, Secret Agents, and Noir Bingo Card 1-1-16
Sponsored by LJ user daisiesrockalot
"As My Awareness Increases" 5-8-16
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: late in Week 3?
Summary: Ashley works on practical and psychological exercises to deal with her superpowers.
Characters: Ashley
Cameo appearance: Adalina, Facet, Haruko, the Ring Mistress, DestructoBabe
Prompted by LJ user technoshaman and Solo Celebration Bingo Card 5-1-16
Sponsored by general fund
"Manners" 8-2-16
Author: shiori_makiba
Story Date: Middle of Week 3
Summary: Sora Inoue had good manners.
Characters: Sora Inoue
Prompted by DW user thnidu
"Picking Up the Litter" 7-5-16
Author: Ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 3, Day 7
Summary: Following a berettafly attack on a pregnant dog, puppies are born with bug eyes.
Characters: Amelia Dunbar
Supporting characters: LeRoy Amis
Cameo appearance: Queenie Buttercream, Stylet, the Spectrum
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Trope Bingo Card 7-1-16
Free perk
"Invisible People" 2-29-16
Author: siliconshaman
Directly follows "Shared Ground"
Story Date: Day 8 through to the end of Week 3/start of Week 4
Summary: George Whitman gets an unexpected offer and a revelation.
Characters: George Whitman/T.K.O
"Guido" 06-24-16
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Chase"
Story date: Week 3 day 4
Summary: Mr. Guido muses about his life, while planning his next step, and what to do now his Boss, The Ring Mistress, is gone.
Characters: Mr. Guido
"Liquid Time" 6-20-16
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Chase"
Story date: Week 4[ish]
Warning: Creepiness and abuse of mental control power.
Summary: The Ring Mistress aka Hila Bruckawitz aka Holly Harewood, is recovering in a secure mental Health facility. She is a bit loopy from drugs and neural damage. She makes a discovery about her powers.
Characters: The Ring Mistress.
Cameo: Unnamed other patient.
"Demifiction: Letter to a Super Hurrah" 9-5-2016
Author: alatefeline
Story Date: middle of Week 4
Summary: Ashley receives fanmail from a girl named Kaytee.
Characters: Ashley, Kaytee
"Negotiations" 8-18-2016
Author: siliconshaman
Follows on from "Guido"
Story date: Week 4 Thursday.
Summary: Guido negotiates with Ms. Octavia for the services of someone to act as a trainer for the Ring Mistress.
Characters: Guido and Ms Octavia.
Cameo: unnamed bit players as bodyguards and waitress.
"A Hope and a Promise" 5-3-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 5?
Summary: Aidan and Saraphina visit Easy City to reconnect with Arlene Verdereau.
Characters: Aidan, Saraphina Dreux, Arlene Verdereau
Guest stars: Lysiane Ozenne
Cameo appearance: Dr. Nicole Chais, Malinda Verdereau, Cary Verdereau, Jolie Verdereau, Tallullah Beuze, Eugenie Verdereau, Leshaun Verdereau, Raylon Verdereau, Elias Lindquist, Elsa Lindquist, Julio Gaspar, Beaux Verdereau, Gajara Bachchan, Fergal Redmond, Teagan Redmond, Lanfen Ruan, Cheng Ruan
Prompted by DW users janetmiles, chanter_greenie, and Archetypal Characters
Bingo Card 4-1-16
"Tales Out of School" 9-6-16
Author: ysabetwordsmith
Story Date: Week 5, Day 5
Comes after "A Hope and a Promise"
Directly follows the demifiction "Letter to a Super Hurrah" by DW user alatefeline and "A Letter to a Young Fan from a Super Hurrah" by DW user siliconshaman so read those first to understand the character dynamics.
Summary: Ashley finds cyberschool a good fit both educationally and socially.
Characters: Ashley
Guest stars: Kaytee
Cameo appearance: Kent Authement
Prompted by DW users librarygeek, alatefeline, rix_scaedu, and LJ user cflute
Sponsored by DW user librarygeek
"Honeybumping" 10-5-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Comes after "Tales Out of School"
Summary: Adalina, Ashley, and Facet explore their Berettafly-induced superpowers.
Characters: Adalina, Ashley, Facet
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Survival Bingo Card 8-1-16
Free perk
"Friendship Lessons" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) 12-2-17
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Timeline: Week 8, Day 6
Summary: Wayne Greene's life hasn't been sunshine and roses (both attract Berettaflies), but it's taken a new turn for the weird.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Shea, Devon, Haruko McCoy
"Falling in Like" 10-30-19
Author: Dialecticdreamer
Timeline: Week 8, Day 7
Summary: Devon tries to connect with Wayne again, and things go better, this time. The beginning of an actual friendship, despite their unusual first meeting.
Characters: Devon, Wayne
Cameo appearances: Kylie, Haruko McCoy
Prompted by DW user ysabetwordsmith
Sponsored by Anonymous
"Love Unflinching" 1-18-19 (fishbowl spillover)
Timeline: Week 12, Day 1
Summary: Phylicia moves to Easy City, adopts a buggle, and meets Stylet.
Characters: Stylet (Silas Manson), Phylicia Du Chienne, Marzi
Cameo appearances: Amelia Dunbar
Prompted by DW users capriuni, fuzzyred, and Winteriron Bingo Adventure Card 6-4-18
Sponsored by DW user capriuni and LJ user janetmiles
"The Girl Who Loved Bugs" 11-15-18 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Spring and summer of 2014
Summary: Saffi Lyn Ancey has always liked bugs, and after the berettaflies appear, it turns into a passion. But not everyone approves.
Characters: Saffi Lyn Ancey, Favian Wigglesworth
Cameo appearances: Facet (Benton Reyes), Stylet (Silas Manson), Veta Strickland
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 9-1-18
Sponsored by DW user fuzzyred
"Puppydog Eyes" 7-21-19 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, August 4, 2014
Summary: Several months after the berettaflies get loose in Easy City, Facet responds to another call about bugeyed puppies, this time West Highland White Terriers.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Adalina Louis, Walker Lee Westbrook
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Apocalypse Bingo Card 1-1-18
Sponsored by a pool with DW user fuzzyred
"Making Eyes" 8-19-20 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Friday, November 7, 2014
Summary: Facet gets some advice from Walker Lee.
Characters: Facet (Benton Reyes), Walker Lee
Prompted by DW user adventurecore and 1000 Words or Less Bingo Cards 9-5-18
Free Perk
"At the Heart of Repentance" 5-29-20 (outside fishbowl)
Story Date: Monday, December 15, 2014
Summary: Haruko receives an apology from the press.
Characters: Haruko McCoy, Devon
Cameo appearances: Jean-Paul Chartres
Prompted by Sumerian Me Bingo Card 5-1-20
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Rolling Darwin's Dice" 3-21-20 (bonus fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Monday, January 26, 2015
Summary: Wayne and Stylet discuss a college writing project, which gets interrupted by a phone call about tiny, terrifying dinosaurs.
Characters: Wayne Greene, Stylet (Silas Manson), Nabal Ames
Cameo appearances: Professor Cuvier, Carissa, Valor's Widow, Iridescia, Callan, Florent
Prompted by DW users kengr, curiosity, zeeth_kyrah, siliconshaman, rhodielady_47, Anonymous, and Food Fest Bingo Card 3-1-20
403 lines, Buy It Now = $201
"The Whip of His Own Remorse" 3-12-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 4, Day 1
Summary: When he stumbles across pictures of some of the unintended consequences of the berettaflies release, Stylet makes a life-changing decision.
Characters: Stylet (Silas Manson), Abbs Ortego
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and iPod Shuffle Music Fest Card 12-1-16
Sponsored by DW user siliconshaman and Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Inner Transition" 3-12-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Berettaflies: Week 4, Day 2
Summary: Having decided to turn himself in, Stylet enlists the help of Valor's Widow.
Characters: Stylet, Valor's Widow
Cameo appearances: The Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious, Dr. Bhattacharya
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
"The Willingness to Surrender Ideas" 3-17-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Story Date: Week 4, Day 3
Summary: After turning himself over to the police, Stylet begins negotiations with the authorities.
Characters: Stylet, Valor's Widow, Carissa, Mr. Guidry
Cameo appearances: The Spectrum, Mr. Pernicious
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
821 lines, Buy It Now = $411
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse" and "The Inner Transition" have been sponsored and published.
"Until It Hears Something Better" 3-18-17 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Week 5, Days 1-6
Summary: Stylet begins wading through various consequences agreed to in the negotiations.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa
Cameo appearances: Ashley, Valor's Widow, Mr. Guidry
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and and Valentines Bingo Fest Card 2-1-17
182 lines, Buy It Now = $91
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", "The Inner Transition", and "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas" have been sponsored and published.
"A Little from the Heart" 3-18-17 (Creative Jam)
Story Date: Week 5, Day 7
Summary: Stylet has a private face-to-face meeting with another berettafly victim.
Characters: Stylet, Ashley Maddison, Carissa
Guest stars: Capt. Holly Perez
Cameo appearance: Valor's Widow
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 1-1-17
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", "The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", and "Until It Hears Something Better" have been sponsored and published. Also unlocks the story "Reaction" by siliconshaman.
"The New Beginnings of Soft Greens" 4-4-17
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 4
Summary: Carissa expands Stylet's culinary horizons with foods chosen for mood-bolstering properties.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa
Cameo appearance: Ashley Maddison, Valor's Widow
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman, Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17, and
Genprompt Bingo Card 4-3-17
182 lines, Buy It Now = $91
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", and "A Little from the Heart" have been sponsored and published.
"This Is How I Should Be"
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 4
Summary: Stylet responds to a follow-up text from Ashley.
Characters: Stylet, Ashley, Haruko, Carissa
Cameo appearance: Dr. Bhattacharya
Prompted by DW user siliconshaman and Origfic Bingo Card 4-3-17
307 lines, Buy It Now = $154
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", "A Little from the Heart", and "The New Beginnings of Soft Greens" have been sponsored and published.
"The Key to Everything"
Berettaflies: Week 6, Day 6
Summary: Stylet answers questions about one of his prior creations, but there's more going on than he realizes.
Characters: Stylet, Carissa, Valor's Widow, Mr. Guidry
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman, redsixwing,and Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17
144 lines, Buy It Now = $72
Available for posting after "The Whip of His Own Remorse", ""The Inner Transition", "The Willingness to Surrender Ideas", "Until It Hears Something Better", "A Little from the Heart", "The New Beginnings of Soft Greens", and "This Is How I Should Be" have been sponsored and published.
Extras
A Party Monitor Kit contains the most useful items for solving the kinds of problems that tend to go wrong at a social event. You can make it as large or small as necessary for your preference and any local rules.