Yes, of course there was a very short soundtrack for Behold Little Padawan! this story that I listened to while writing (it tends to happen with me).

Anywho, I'm offering up the soundtrack if you want to download it. There's a 13-track listing with commentary, followed by the download link.

It's...eclectic to say the least.

There's no album art, primarily because I have no graphics-making skills.


( Behold Little Padawan Soundtrack )

The management would love it if you would comment when you download.

This is it! It's completely and totally done! Yay!

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Continued from Part 5D.

( Part 6: And Then They Lived... )

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Continued from Part 5C.

( Part 5D: Presents of Mind )

Aaaaand here's the second part of Andrew's fifth and final story...

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Continued from Part 5A.

( Part 5B: Slayers for Pele, Part 2 )

Booo! LJ is being twitchy tonight. No matter how much I cut this, it wouldn't let me post.

So I had to split it in half. Me not happy.

Keep your eye on this space. I'll be rapidly updating all evening.

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Continued from Part 4F.

( Part 5A: Slayers for Pele, Part 1 )

It's baaack! And it's finished! (Or rather, I'll finish posting the remaining parts tomorrow morning.) Happy holidays all.

And it only took from November 2006 to December 2007. Hooray!

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Continued from Part 4E.


( Part 4F: If It Weren't For Bad Luck... )

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Continued from Part 4D.

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Continued from Part 4C.

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Continued from Part 4B.

No, I didn't skip a part. I'm posting two parts back-to-back to cover my Monday and Tuesday postings.

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Continued from Part 4A.

There'll be something of a two-fer tonight. Sorry about not updating this last week, but I had logic hole in this part. Considering it's an "Andrew" part, it was like finding a bent straw in a haystack so you can fix it.

So, here's the Monday part, which will be quickly followed by the Tuesday part.

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Continued from Part 3B.

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Continued from Part 3A.

As you can see, it's been a busy couple of "news days" for me, so I got caught up in chasing down RL stuff instead of fanfiction.

Apologies for the interrupted service.

Now, back to the story in progress.

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Continued from Part 2B.

Busy weekend (notice, if you will, that I haven't been around). And busy tomorrow night. Think of this as my Monday posting for the next part.

And apologies for not responding to comments. I will get to them.


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Continued from Part 2A.

Stooopid LJ wouldn't let me post this next part in one piece. Gah. *growl snarl*

After this, to bed.

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Continued from Part 1.

*pets my liquid Kava Kava*

Worked late tonight, due to a tight deadline. That and the fact that I tend to lose all track of time when I'm writing, and boy was I writing today. Of course, I stupidly over-caffeinated  myself, which meant I had to do some self-medication to counteract the effects so I can actually fall asleep tonight.

Ummm, the liquid Kava Kava it works a lot better than I thought it would.

*stares at pretty colors for a little bit*

Wha?

Oh, yeah.

This is a late b-day pressie for nwhepcat to make up for the fact that there was no way in hell I was going to finish Water Hold Me Down in time for her b-day; my entry into the slayerversathon for mara_sho; and my very belated annual Christmas story.

I won't be posting on weekends, just FYI, especially this one. I've got a busy one lined up.


Title: Behold, Little Padawan!  (aka Five Adventures Xander Harris Never Had Wrapped in One True Christmas Story)
Author: Lizbeth Marcs (liz_marcs)
Rating: PG (Language)

Genre: Five Things, future fic, adventure, mystery, monster hunt
Characters: Xander, Faith, Andrew, OCs
Pairing: None (typical, hunh?)
Warnings: Links to Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages may lead to disturbing stories and/or images. Please click with caution.

Summary: As Andrew tells five positively true (he swears!) stories about Xander Harris to a gaggle of Chicago Slayers, a stressed-out, exhausted Xander blows into town to help with a demon hunt. Toss in Faith who’s hopped on the bandwagon for reasons of her own, and it’s another classic Harris Christmas Special.


Author’s Note: Set Christmas 2006. The source of all urban legends used in this story is Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Links to the urban legends that inspired the five things are provided.

Disclaimer: Xander Harris, Faith Lehane, Andrew Wells, and all associated characters and organizations are the property of FOX and Mutant Enemy. All urban legends used in this story was compiled by Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages. Any mention of real life events and real people is not meant to imply that the people or incidents in question as they are used in the story have any relationship to reality. All original characters and the plot are mine. No payment was asked for or received in the writing of this story and no profit was earned. No copyright infringement on FOX, Mutant Enemy, or Snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Pages is intended.


The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house.  But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest….

Remember when this LJ had fanfic?

Yeah, me neither.

Life got so hectic that I completely lost Eva's voice for Facing the Heart in Darkness a little bit. (I called it: "Eva's pouting in the corner because she got bumped by my need to pay bills and have a life.")

I tried picking at a few other things (like *cough*Water Hold Me Down*cough*), but really didn't get too far on any front.

I then attempted to barrel through my sorry-I-haven't-finished-your-birthday-present-yet story for nwhepcat/annual holiday tale/slayerversathon commitment story in an effort to write through it. (Got a lot of Behold, Little Padawan! done already, but have an ending that still needs to be capped on.)

Today, Eva started yammering again. Hooray! She wasn't helping me clean up the next part at all, but I at least got her talking about the ending. I'm hoping I'll have something to send up this Friday, but I make no promises.

I'll be over here. Feeling relieved.

I think it might have been the Jake 2.0 marathon on Sci-Fi that shook things loose.

Allow me to introduce Exhibit A.

Reading Exhibit A (hint: it involves psychotic killer clowns posing as really ugly clown statues) just before going to bed means that you will get 3 — yes, you read that right — 3 hours of sleep.

After which you will have a very creepy dream involving psychotic killer clowns hiding in your bathroom behind the shower curtain. This will come with creepy giggling sound effects, of course.

You will wake in a cold sweat at 2 ayem. It will take you five minutes to convince yourself that there are, in fact, no psychotic killer clowns in your bathroom, and that you should go back to sleep.

However, 5 minutes later, you will tell yourself that maybe you should check.

This will result in you checking all your locks, opening the shower curtain in your bathroom, looking in all your closets, looking under your bed, checking back and front halls, and questioning George the Amazing Lovebird about whether he'd seen any strange people that day (you stick your tongue out at him when he chirps something that sounds suspiciously like a yes).

You will go back to bed. You will close your eyes.

You will hear scary, scary noises.

This means turning on every light in the apartment and tearing apart the place (again) looking for psychotic killer clowns.

There are, of course, no psychotic killer clowns.

However, your kitchen faucet is dripping. This may account for scary, scary noises.

Back to bed.

Everything is calm. No more scary noises. No psychotic killer clowns in the bathroom or anywhere else.

However, you are now wide awake.

You then stay wide awake for *checks clock* three-and-a-half fucking hours.

It is now 5:30 ayem (more or less) and I am wide awake, exhausted, and very pissed.

Taking kava kava has not helped. I'm starting to think seriously of raiding the Nyquil so I can get some God-damned sleep.

*pitches temper tantrum*

Somewhere around mid-day tomorrow I'm going to zonk out and sleep for 12 hours straight. I know this.

*whams head against wall*

Nope. That hasn't worked either.

I believe this means the clowns have officially eated me. Or something.

Anyway, clearly I am not dead. I have, however, been fairly busy this week. (See kurukami for details since he did all the work writing up the adventures.)

As for why I was stupid enough to read about psychotic killer clowns before bed...unh...I'm not gonna tell you. I just was. That's all.