Genre challenge by pocketmouse

[pocketmouse]

OK, I've got two really short things, since these last to weeks have been the weeks from hell at work.
Also, I am on crack.

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“Ben! Benton! C’mon, let me in!” Ray reached up to rap on the door again when it opened, revealing Ben, looking prissy and awkward.

“Ray? What are you doing here?” Ben stayed in the doorway, not letting Ray to the Consulate. “Is that beer?”

Ray shifted the brown paper bag behind his back. “S’okay, it’s Canada. Now let me in.”

“Ray…” Benton stood tall and proper, while Ray slouched forward against the jamb.

“What?”

“Ray, it is illegal for minors to purchase or be in possession of alcohol in the United States.”

“Do you see me in the United States?” Ray pulled back a little, trying to make a grand gesture, but he was hampered by the paper bag in his left hand. “I am in Canada, and I wanna get drunk.”

“Ray, if you were to be caught inebriated on your way home, you would still be subject to punishment –“

“I’m not going home. I’m gonna stay here. Now let me in.” Ray pushed his way past Ben at last, handing off the sack full of beer.

The door clicked shut behind them. “Ray, you can’t possibly stay the night. As it is, I’m not supposed to be here either -- I have to hide in my father’s closet.”

Ray snorted and headed up the stairs. “Everyone knows you’re in the closet, Ben.” Ben flushed, but followed him up the stairs. As long as Constable Turnbull didn’t find out, they were free to roam the upstairs floor. Ray was of the opinion that giving Turnbull a little more work was fine, since he seemed to enjoy it so much.



Dadaist performance piece
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(or rather, a description thereof)

A MAN is walks onto a street corner in Chicago. There are many people walking by. The MAN is wearing boots, black jeans, and a leather jacket colored and cut like a serge tunic. He is holding a stetson. When he stops walking, he comes to attention, placing the stetson on his head. Then, he pulls out three rubber ducks and begins to juggle them.

A SECOND MAN comes onto the corner, from across the street. He is wearing a mask, and gloves. He is also wearing dress slacks, and a t-shirt with a suit front silkscreened on it. His feet are bare. In his hands, he is holding a water gun. He aims at the ducks the MAN is juggling, and shoots.

The MAN lets the ducks fall to the ground, and steps forward towards the SECOND MAN, taking off his stetson. He hands it to the SECOND MAN, who takes it, and puts it on. The SECOND MAN takes off his right glove, and presses his hand to the MAN's chest. It leaves a black hand-print over his chest. The SECOND MAN puts his glove back on. The MAN nods, and they both head off through the crowd, walking in step.

They leave the ducks behind.

Comments

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Oh dear (as a certain mountie would say). That dadaistic piece was very special. In a good way. :) If the real dadaists had made performances like that, their art-form might have been far more popular today. ;)

[pocketmouse]

Thank you. I felt Dadaism would work well for due South.

[threequarters.livejournal.com]

Dadaist performance piece

omg I am in *love* with you. Seriously.

[pocketmouse]

I haven't studied Dadaism in years, but it was one of my favorite areas of modern art. Also, one of the theatre clubs I'm in has a free-for-all show once a month, and there's a guy who comes in and does Dadaist work, like spitting marshmallows at people or reading off of his checkbook.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

I love your take on kid-fic! I know demand more. Much much much more. *offers p0rn and her first born*

[pocketmouse]

Thanks! I'd been thinking about Asylum, and how that played off technical rules, and my next leap was to the difference in drinking age, but in order to do that, it'd have to be set in the present day. So voila! I have one or two other bits, but I'm hoping for some sort of 'plot,' too.

[tafadhali.livejournal.com]

...Now I want a long young!Ray and Fraser story.

[pocketmouse]

Thank you.

[limlight.livejournal.com]

I don't generally like kidfic at all in any fandom, but I liked yours. It wasn't kidfic so much as it was adolescentfic. :) If there is such a thing. And I giggled aloud at the Dadaist description. It's awesome. I could never come up with anything that bizarre. Yay for yellow ducks.

[pocketmouse]

Thanks. Yeah, it is kind of 18-19ish, so more adolescent.
Ducks seem to be a bit of a secondary theme for due South. :)

[hieronymousmosh.livejournal.com]

That second lj cut has to be the fastest click I ever made :P
(Oh, and I liked both your pieces^^)

[pocketmouse]

Thank you. :)

Dadaist piece

[lucysmom.livejournal.com]

I almost fell out of my chair. I almost did a dadist piece based on my favorite joke. How many Dadists does it take to change a light bulb? Three one to hold the giraffe and two to put the jello in the bathtub.
Ilike kid fic, yours was great.

Lucysmom

Re: Dadaist piece

[pocketmouse]

(laughs) That's a great joke. I love Dadaism, but there aren't enough modern art courses at my college.

[moirin-keeline.livejournal.com]

The Kid piece was cute. And the switch that now Benton has to hide in his Fathers closet and not the other way around was funny, too. But I think with a supporting friend like Ben Ray won’t get this desperate depending on the Stella. Desperate generally. She wouldn’t be the only Star or Moon in his Sky. Wonderful to lock at but distant and cold. Ben would be there to and he would be his Sun. Much more near and warm. …. uh … Sorry, to much slash storys in to short time… XO

The dadaistic piece… Ray had marked Fraser? With his Handprint? With this he may have broken the holding spell the pure RCMP Uniform had over him and now the les pure but duck free Fraser is with Ray. Good barter, indeed.

[pocketmouse]

Thanks. I know that if I make it adolescent Stella doesn't have as much meaning, but that's the give and take of kidfic. It always has a different slant.