Words in the Heroes' Tongue

Thoughts on recent TV adverts: I love the Paddy Power ‘Scotland’ advert that re-writes ‘Vindaloo’ from a Scottish perspective. And I hate the ‘Haribo’ adverts; I hope the ‘happy world of Haribo’ is struck by an asteroid, or attacked by the Goa’uld, or by the aliens from ‘Independence Day’.

Here is the next chapter of my award-winning BtVS/Baldur’s Gate 2 crossover ‘Tabula Avatar’, which is getting close to the end; I estimate there will be only 2 further chapters after this one. I said the same thing last time I posted but I underestimated. The long delay in posting is mainly due to the release of the Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition expansion ‘Siege of Dragonspear’; it makes significant changes to the gameplay and I’ve not only played it more than once but have replayed the entire saga, from beginning to end, as more than one character class and with a variety of companions. Also I’ve been writing a story (‘Divakiin!’) that I haven’t posted on LiveJournal because it has chapter lengths that are longer than LJ’s posting limit.

Previous chapters can be found HERE. Rating R; this chapter is 8,000 words.

( Tabula Avatar Chapter Seventy-six )

NEWSFLASH! I'VE FINISHED A STORY! And I'm posting this chapter only 3 days after I posted the previous one.

This is the conclusion of my ‘Tabula Avatar’ crossover universe story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood. An NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover.

Summary: Gibbs and the NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them first to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua, working for a secret Air Force project, and then to a deadly, seemingly invulnerable, assassin who might be a literal devil. Chapter 11 is 6,900 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 11 )

Here is Part 9 of my ‘Tabula Avatar’ crossover universe story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood. An NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover.

Summary: Gibbs and the NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them first to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua, working for a secret Air Force project, and then to a deadly, seemingly invulnerable, assassin who might be a literal devil. Chapter 9 is 8,550 words, rating 15.

Sorry for the extremely long delay in posting this; I had intended to wrap everything up in an Epilogue but, when I started to write it, I found that it was going to be very much longer than any other chapter. I spent months fiddling with it, trying to cut it down in size, but every time I chopped it I found that I’d been forced to leave out something important, or funny, or interesting. Then – just last week – it occurred to me that TV series often have a double-length Season Finale. I decided to follow that model, scrapped my attempts to shorten it, and immediately found that I was making good progress. So here, at last, is the first half of the Epilogue and the second half should follow very soon. *Added 26/10/15; or, as it turned out, not*

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 9 )

Here is Part 7 of my NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood.

Summary: Gibbs and the NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them first to a rather unusual Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua, and then to a deadly, and seemingly invulnerable, assassin who could well be a literal devil. Chapter 7 is 7,800 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 7 )

Here is the next chapter of the BtVS/Baldur’s Gate 2 crossover ‘Tabula Avatar’. Previous chapters can be found HERE. Rating R; this chapter is 8,700 words.
( Tabula Avatar Chapter Seventy-four )

Here is the next chapter of the BtVS/Baldur’s Gate 2 crossover ‘Tabula Avatar’. Previous chapters can be found HERE. Rating R; this chapter is 7,350 words.
( Tabula Avatar Chapter Seventy-three )

Here is Part 5 of my NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood.

Summary: Gibbs and the NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them first to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua, exotic and mysterious, and then to a deadly and seemingly invulnerable killer who could well be a literal devil. Chapter 5 is 7,500 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 5 )

Here is Part 4 of my ‘Tabula Avatar’ crossover universe story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood. An NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover.

Summary: Gibbs and the NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua; exotic, mysterious, and dangerous – and she has exceedingly unusual ears. Chapter 4 is 6,250 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 4 )

Here is Part 3 of my ‘Tabula Avatar’ universe story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood. An NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover.

Summary: The NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua. She’s exotic, mysterious, and dangerous – and she has exceedingly unusual ears. Chapter 3 is 7,000 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 3 )

Here is Part 2 of my ‘Tabula Avatar’ universe story The King of Elfland’s Daughter, sequel to Debt of Blood. It’s an NCIS/Stargate SG-1/Forgotten Realms crossover.

Summary: The NCIS Major Case Response Team investigate the brutal murder of a Marine and the trail leads them to a Congolese immigrant named Cierre LuaLua. She’s exotic, mysterious, and very dangerous – and she has exceedingly unusual ears. Chapter 2 is 6,500 words, rating 15.

( The King of Elfland’s Daughter 2 )