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Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: For the drabble prompt "Ice". A memory from Jonathan Archer's childhood.
Rating: K
( Ice )
Notes: For the drabble prompt "Ice". A memory from Jonathan Archer's childhood.
Rating: K
( Ice )
The Bird in the Cage 1,2
May. 2nd, 2010 06:56 pmDisclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: The title for this story comes from a Japanese song and game called "Kagome, Kagome."
Kagome, Kagome
Kago no nako no tori wa
Itsu, itsu deyaru?
Yoake no ban ni
Tsuru to kame ga subetta
Ushiro no shoumen dare?
English translation:
Kagome, kagome
The bird in the cage.
When will you come out?
In the evening of the dawn,
The crane and the turtle slipped.
Who stands right behind you now?
A ring of children with one child in the middle, like a reverse "Duck, Duck Goose." The "bird" has his/her eyes closed, and the children go around him/her as they sing the song. At the end, they stop, and the "bird" has to guess who's standing behind him/her. If he/she's right, then the one behind takes the "bird"'s place in the middle and the game goes on.
I thought "the bird in the cage" describes Hoshi's childhood, since she said she was mostly alone with tutors for her language talent, and this sparked an idea. Translations for Japanese and Swahili phrases are in bold. The suffixes -san is "Mr./Mrs.", -sama is honorfic for a Very Important Person, -chan is an affectionate name suffix, -sensei is "Professor or teacher".
Rating: T
( Chapter One )
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Hoshi has a fateful meeting with Professor Hatayama that determines the course of her life.
Information on Tokyo University, Komaba Campus is on Wikipedia. Translation isn't as easy as it sounds...especially from an unfamiliar language with little in common with your own!
A few other notes:
Translations from Japanese in bold.
In Japanese, it's significant when someone gives you permission to use their given name. It implies trust. Colleagues who have worked for decades together would probably still refer to each other as "Lastname-san". So when Mwemina asks Hoshi to call her that, Hoshi's surprised, esp. given the honor bestowed on the elderly. Of course, when Archer tells Hoshi to call him "Jonathan", he isn't aware of the cultural significance, esp. given what the future will bring!
Please R&R. Thanks.
( Chapter Two )
Notes: The title for this story comes from a Japanese song and game called "Kagome, Kagome."
Kagome, Kagome
Kago no nako no tori wa
Itsu, itsu deyaru?
Yoake no ban ni
Tsuru to kame ga subetta
Ushiro no shoumen dare?
English translation:
Kagome, kagome
The bird in the cage.
When will you come out?
In the evening of the dawn,
The crane and the turtle slipped.
Who stands right behind you now?
A ring of children with one child in the middle, like a reverse "Duck, Duck Goose." The "bird" has his/her eyes closed, and the children go around him/her as they sing the song. At the end, they stop, and the "bird" has to guess who's standing behind him/her. If he/she's right, then the one behind takes the "bird"'s place in the middle and the game goes on.
I thought "the bird in the cage" describes Hoshi's childhood, since she said she was mostly alone with tutors for her language talent, and this sparked an idea. Translations for Japanese and Swahili phrases are in bold. The suffixes -san is "Mr./Mrs.", -sama is honorfic for a Very Important Person, -chan is an affectionate name suffix, -sensei is "Professor or teacher".
Rating: T
( Chapter One )
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Hoshi has a fateful meeting with Professor Hatayama that determines the course of her life.
Information on Tokyo University, Komaba Campus is on Wikipedia. Translation isn't as easy as it sounds...especially from an unfamiliar language with little in common with your own!
A few other notes:
Translations from Japanese in bold.
In Japanese, it's significant when someone gives you permission to use their given name. It implies trust. Colleagues who have worked for decades together would probably still refer to each other as "Lastname-san". So when Mwemina asks Hoshi to call her that, Hoshi's surprised, esp. given the honor bestowed on the elderly. Of course, when Archer tells Hoshi to call him "Jonathan", he isn't aware of the cultural significance, esp. given what the future will bring!
Please R&R. Thanks.
( Chapter Two )
Bird in the Cage Chapters 3,4
May. 2nd, 2010 06:45 pmDisclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Sorry it's taken me a while to update this. My family has some health-related issues that I've been dealing with. Updates may be slower than my usual speed for all my fics, so bear with me, please.
Hoshi hears about the events of "First Flight" and Jonathan Archer's unorthodox way of proving the viability of the NX Program. She also has an unpleasant realization about the direction her family is going. Oh, and Chomsky's theories on universal grammar is as complicated as it sounds. (Had to study it for linguistics.)
Spoilers: ENT "First Flight". And Stargate Atlantis fans might catch a quote from that series.
Rating: T
Thank you to all who have reviewed and put this story on alert! If you read, please let me know what you liked! It really helps my writing. Thanks.
( Chapter Three )
*****
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Hoshi's life takes an unexpected turn and she must make a decision.
Yeah, it does seem like almost all of Hoshi's friends are twice her age. She grew up mostly around adults and not around kids/teenagers her own age, so she acts a lot more mature than her physical age. Unfortunately, there are consequences to being so sheltered, as we (and Hoshi) will see later.
And we only caught a glimpse of Hoshi's dad in "Vanishing Point". Granted, it was a delusion in her mind, but I didn't get the impression that he was a very demonstrative person. I assumed part of it was because of the Japanese culture, but also of his own personality. For some reason, "business mogul" came to mind. Since Hoshi mentioned private tutors, it fit with what I imagined of her family.
Rating: T
Please R&R. I really do appreciate knowing what my readers think. Thanks!
( Chapter Four )
Notes: Sorry it's taken me a while to update this. My family has some health-related issues that I've been dealing with. Updates may be slower than my usual speed for all my fics, so bear with me, please.
Hoshi hears about the events of "First Flight" and Jonathan Archer's unorthodox way of proving the viability of the NX Program. She also has an unpleasant realization about the direction her family is going. Oh, and Chomsky's theories on universal grammar is as complicated as it sounds. (Had to study it for linguistics.)
Spoilers: ENT "First Flight". And Stargate Atlantis fans might catch a quote from that series.
Rating: T
Thank you to all who have reviewed and put this story on alert! If you read, please let me know what you liked! It really helps my writing. Thanks.
( Chapter Three )
*****
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Hoshi's life takes an unexpected turn and she must make a decision.
Yeah, it does seem like almost all of Hoshi's friends are twice her age. She grew up mostly around adults and not around kids/teenagers her own age, so she acts a lot more mature than her physical age. Unfortunately, there are consequences to being so sheltered, as we (and Hoshi) will see later.
And we only caught a glimpse of Hoshi's dad in "Vanishing Point". Granted, it was a delusion in her mind, but I didn't get the impression that he was a very demonstrative person. I assumed part of it was because of the Japanese culture, but also of his own personality. For some reason, "business mogul" came to mind. Since Hoshi mentioned private tutors, it fit with what I imagined of her family.
Rating: T
Please R&R. I really do appreciate knowing what my readers think. Thanks!
( Chapter Four )
Bird in the Cage Chapters 5,6
May. 2nd, 2010 06:40 pmDisclamer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Hoshi makes a new home at Stanford and goes out to lunch with Jon, Trip and a few others. Things aren't sailing as smooth as Hoshi expected, and that will impact her future.
Cameos galore in this chapter, some named, some not. How many can you spot? And who are they?
Information about Stanford University is on Wikipedia. The Stanford Center (Language Institute) actually exists...it's based in Taipei. The Spogli Institute of International Studies and the Stanford School of Engineering are top-rated in the U.S. The rivalry with USC Berkley is still very much alive in the 22nd century. (And the quote from Heisenberg is supposed to be true. The restaurant in Palo Alto that has his name doesn't exist, though.)
Rating: T
Please R&R. Thanks.
( Chapter Five )
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Sorry for the delay in updating this. Health issues again.
Hoshi has a strange dream that reflects her inner turmoil and she makes a personal decision.
Rating: T
Please R&R.
( Chapter Six )
Notes: Hoshi makes a new home at Stanford and goes out to lunch with Jon, Trip and a few others. Things aren't sailing as smooth as Hoshi expected, and that will impact her future.
Cameos galore in this chapter, some named, some not. How many can you spot? And who are they?
Information about Stanford University is on Wikipedia. The Stanford Center (Language Institute) actually exists...it's based in Taipei. The Spogli Institute of International Studies and the Stanford School of Engineering are top-rated in the U.S. The rivalry with USC Berkley is still very much alive in the 22nd century. (And the quote from Heisenberg is supposed to be true. The restaurant in Palo Alto that has his name doesn't exist, though.)
Rating: T
Please R&R. Thanks.
( Chapter Five )
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, don't make money off 'em.
Notes: Sorry for the delay in updating this. Health issues again.
Hoshi has a strange dream that reflects her inner turmoil and she makes a personal decision.
Rating: T
Please R&R.
( Chapter Six )
Warrior Souls Chapters 1, 2
Apr. 25th, 2010 10:16 amDisclaimer: Don't own 'em. Wish I did, though.
Rating: This chapter is K+. For other chapters, the rating might change.
Warnings: AU
Main Characters: Sato, T'Pol (I always got the feeling Hoshi could come from a family descended from samurais.)
Spoilers: None, but R/S and TnT
Reviews and comments needed! Thanks ;)
( Chapter One )
( Chapter Two )
Rating: This chapter is K+. For other chapters, the rating might change.
Warnings: AU
Main Characters: Sato, T'Pol (I always got the feeling Hoshi could come from a family descended from samurais.)
Spoilers: None, but R/S and TnT
Reviews and comments needed! Thanks ;)
( Chapter One )
( Chapter Two )
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The Three Musketeers, Reunited 1, 2
Oct. 5th, 2009 08:10 pmDisclaimer: Don’t own ‘em, don’t make money off ‘em.
Notes: This is actually one of the first ENT stories I wrote. It’s been sitting on my hard drive for over a year and I’ve decided to dust it off. A series of coincidental meetings lead to a reunion of Porthos and his siblings. In “A Night in Sickbay”, Archer says he got Porthos from the mother of an ex-girlfriend, and he’d had the beagle since he was six weeks old. This is set after “Terra Prime”.
I’d like to give a shout-out to the military personnel stationed in the Hampton Roads, VA area. (Which includes Norfolk Naval Base, Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Langley Air Force Base in Hampton and Fort Eustis in Newport News.) My dad’s a retired Navy chief and I was a military brat growing up. My parents still live in that area.
And yes, Mount Trashmore is an actual park in Va. Beach, and it does have a Skate Park (modified for hoverboard skaters in this fic.)
You can see a pic of it at http (colon)(double backslash)en(dot)wikipedia(dot)com(backslash)wiki(backslash)Mount(underscore)Trashmore
This is a different kind of story than I usually write. Please R&R.
Rating: K
In this chapter, R/S. You’ll see TnT in the next chapter.
Notes: This is actually one of the first ENT stories I wrote. It’s been sitting on my hard drive for over a year and I’ve decided to dust it off. A series of coincidental meetings lead to a reunion of Porthos and his siblings. In “A Night in Sickbay”, Archer says he got Porthos from the mother of an ex-girlfriend, and he’d had the beagle since he was six weeks old. This is set after “Terra Prime”.
I’d like to give a shout-out to the military personnel stationed in the Hampton Roads, VA area. (Which includes Norfolk Naval Base, Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Langley Air Force Base in Hampton and Fort Eustis in Newport News.) My dad’s a retired Navy chief and I was a military brat growing up. My parents still live in that area.
And yes, Mount Trashmore is an actual park in Va. Beach, and it does have a Skate Park (modified for hoverboard skaters in this fic.)
You can see a pic of it at http (colon)(double backslash)en(dot)wikipedia(dot)com(backslash)wiki(backslash)Mount(underscore)Trashmore
This is a different kind of story than I usually write. Please R&R.
Rating: K
In this chapter, R/S. You’ll see TnT in the next chapter.
( Chapter One: Porthos and D'Artagnan )
The Three Musketeers, Reunited 3,4,5
Oct. 5th, 2009 08:05 pmDisclaimer: Don’t own ‘em, don’t make money off ‘em.
Notes: Phlox meets a member of Doctor Lucas’s family...and a member of Porthos’s. Feezal makes a guest appearance in this one, as well as Zoesia, their granddaughter (a link with my earlier fic, “Four Weddings and a Funeral for my Sanity”. Zoesia is the daughter of Treesal (Phlox’s and Feezal’s daughter) and Lieutenant Commander Johannes Birkenwald, one of Malcolm’s Armory team).
I rewrote this chapter after I had my children...and this is dedicated to the staff at Sanger Clinic at Carolinas Medical Center Main, in Uptown Charlotte, NC, for their awesome work in pediatric cardiology, esp. Doctor B., my daughter’s doctor.
Notes: Phlox meets a member of Doctor Lucas’s family...and a member of Porthos’s. Feezal makes a guest appearance in this one, as well as Zoesia, their granddaughter (a link with my earlier fic, “Four Weddings and a Funeral for my Sanity”. Zoesia is the daughter of Treesal (Phlox’s and Feezal’s daughter) and Lieutenant Commander Johannes Birkenwald, one of Malcolm’s Armory team).
I rewrote this chapter after I had my children...and this is dedicated to the staff at Sanger Clinic at Carolinas Medical Center Main, in Uptown Charlotte, NC, for their awesome work in pediatric cardiology, esp. Doctor B., my daughter’s doctor.
Of Times Gone By
Oct. 4th, 2009 10:09 amDisclaimer: Don’t own ‘em, don’t make money off ‘em.
Notes: According to Archer’s bio on “In a Mirror, Darkly”, “our” Jonathan Archer attended the launch of Enterprise NCC-1701 in 2245, dying in his sleep soon afterwards. Memory Alpha’s website gives the year of Archer’s birth as 2112, making him 133 years old at the launch. I figured that by the mid 22nd century, humans can live past the century mark, but I also thought that Archer might’ve been one of the exceptions of living past 130. (McCoy did it in TNG, but that’s only because he kept replacing his vital organs).
Captain Robert April (1701's first captain) is an Englishman. Sarah Poole was in The Star Trek Animated Series “The Counter-Clock Incident” and later became April’s wife. And yes, George Kirk is James T. Kirk’s father. This was written before the Star Trek Reboot.
Archer’s last statement to April mirrors McCoy’s line to Data in TNG’s “Encounter at Farpoint”.
Spoilers: ENT “Broken Bow”
Rating: K+
Notes: According to Archer’s bio on “In a Mirror, Darkly”, “our” Jonathan Archer attended the launch of Enterprise NCC-1701 in 2245, dying in his sleep soon afterwards. Memory Alpha’s website gives the year of Archer’s birth as 2112, making him 133 years old at the launch. I figured that by the mid 22nd century, humans can live past the century mark, but I also thought that Archer might’ve been one of the exceptions of living past 130. (McCoy did it in TNG, but that’s only because he kept replacing his vital organs).
Captain Robert April (1701's first captain) is an Englishman. Sarah Poole was in The Star Trek Animated Series “The Counter-Clock Incident” and later became April’s wife. And yes, George Kirk is James T. Kirk’s father. This was written before the Star Trek Reboot.
Archer’s last statement to April mirrors McCoy’s line to Data in TNG’s “Encounter at Farpoint”.
Spoilers: ENT “Broken Bow”
Rating: K+
( Chapter One )
