Vanilla (Fanfic)

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

Here's my first ever fanfic, or at least the start of it. It's about Vanilla.

Vorn

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Chapter 1

It was a chilly, rainy October evening when Vanilla staggered into the girls

[Talix]

Woohoo, Vanilla fic! Very nice, Vorn, your writing style seems very good for a first time. Thanks, and keep it up!

[Kira-chan]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

(Me notes to Vorn that his IRC pimpage works)

[Loweko]

We all cluster 'round this new and interesting little fic, and we all ask one big question...

Why has no-one does this before? Last time we had a Vanilla fic was Teresias's one-shot. Genius, Vorn..sheer genius

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

Have some more.

Vorn

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Chapter 2

Dave looked with sympathy upon Vanilla

[Strangeone]

Knife wound, eh? Well, not much speculation left there.

This is a fun fic you're cranking out, Vorn. I'd love to see where this is going.

[the cynic]

Aw...this is too cute! Great idea for a fic. This is your first? Doesn't seem like it, you write very well.

[The Quietust]

What do you mean by 'not much speculation'?

Well, 3 possibilities come to mind:
1: Vanilla's owner - hey, it could happen
2: Waldo and Steve - they're the ones who killed Chester in the first place (before he became Dave's soulcat)
3: The Hot Dog Man - Roger's warned Dave to never let Chester near that guy

[Talix]

Woohoo, more already?? Awesome!

Again, very good stuff. I liked the part about "Well, not Waldo and Steve." hehe

Yay, a cat for April! Hmm, sounds like a book title. Anyway, this is good stuff, thanks, and keep it up!

[Midnight Wonder]

**MW applauds**

Yay, a fic about a cat! MW, non-reader of fics, must read! ^^ Yeah vorn-pimp-man!

**MW nods and winks at Kira**

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

Woo! 3 chapters in 6 hours!

Vorn
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Chapter 3

Dave flopped himself onto the girls' couch and sat with Chester on his chest. April did approximately the same, only Vanilla decided that she wanted to sit in her lap.

[Talix]

WOW! I think that might even beat StrangeOne. Are you writing these on the fly, or just posting them at intervals having written the whole thing already?

Heh heh - if Chester and Vanilla go off together for some *ahem* private time, and Dave falls over onto April, and April starts dreaming of Will (or not, depends on how this fanfic portrays her), things could get veeeeery interesting. This could turn into a D&A fic yet!

Hey, a guy can dream, right?

Good writing, Vorn! I'm very excited to see where this goes. I will be even more astonishingly amazed and impressed if you put up another chapter in the 1.25 hours I have left at work.

[the cynic]

Oooh, this is gonna turn into D&A, isn't it? At least it'd better. Very funny, and the speed of the updates ain't to shabby either!!

[Strangeone]

Talix, you BLASPHEMER!!!

Anyway, this fic is going very nicely. It's nice to see Chester with his own potential romance blossoming.

[AVKakali]

Wow that is some awesome work there vorn. I kinda hope it might be a D&A, but with out the cats. Maybe if, instead of cats, vanilla and chester where dachshund. yea yea, and the fridge had a bunch of cheese. mmmmmmm dachshund mmmmmmmmmmmm cheese


ahhhhhhhhh

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

There. I have some sort of direction for this thing now. It's got to get the hell out of this rut, though, I think I'm done with this... um.. section, I think. Have some.

Vorn

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Chapter Four

In the morning, Roger came in, and sat down in front of the couch and switched to Looney Toons, and turned it up. Dave and April awoke with a start as Wile E. Coyote blew himself up – again – trying to run through a painted-on tunnel. “Roger?” Said April.

“What? It’s a good ‘How-not-to’ show.”

“That’s as may be, but don’t you have your own TV, in your own apartment?”

“You mean Mike’s TV? When was the last time you saw anyone but Mike using it? He keeps the remote under his pillow, for one thing.”

“Oh yeah. Well, at least turn it down? There are at least three things still sleeping here,” she said, glancing over at Dave and the yin-yang of black and tan fur.

As though on cue, Vanilla looked up and went “Mrr?”

“Make that two.”

Roger chuckled a bit, then spoke. “What’s Vanilla doing here? And why’s she all bandaged up?”

“She came in last night with a huge gash. So Dave and I went down to Dr. Wool and got her all fixed up, and apparently Chester and her are good friends. So Vanilla curled up next to me, and Chester curled up with Vanilla, and Dave stayed here with Chester. Though I figure he’s just here for Margaret, really.” She sounded a bit disgusted at that last part.

“Still got a cr-oof.” Roger said before receiving a fist to the shoulder.

“And you’ve still got no sense of tact. He’s sitting right there.”

“Ok, you win that one. But I still have the shrimp-flavored bedspread.”

April shrugged off the nonsense and watched TV. Or rather, tried to through Vanilla’s face – she had crawled up onto April’s chest and parked there. Dave grumbled in his sleep, and failed miserably at rolling over. He fell off the end of the couch, and landed face-first on the floor.

“Ow. Why am I on the floor?” He asked, half-slurred still from sleep. April pushed Vanilla gently off her chest, stood, and walked over to Dave, who had now rolled onto his back to stand up.

“Need help?” April smiled and held her hand out for Dave. Dave took her hand and pulled himself up with it.

“Mmh, thanks. Good morning,” he said cheerfully. He looked around, taking in his surroundings, in particular Vanilla. “How’s your new cat?”

“Pretty good, I gather. She was purring while I pet her. So I guess she’s not in too much pain.” Vanilla jumped down from the couch and rubbed up against April’s legs. “Hey, how are you?” The cat purred in response.

“So are we even going to bother figuring out who it belongs to?”

“Probably not. I kinda like having a cat of my own, even for a short while.”

Dave grinned. Having Vanilla in here gives Chester more excuse to be over the girls’ room – and thus more excuse for him to be near Margaret. “Okay,” he said, and pet the two cats.

[ElObscuro]

And lo, there shined a shiny codeblurb, in the middle of the text!

Aside from the formatting problems, it's a nice continuation!

Scott the Obscure, likes Good fic, too, ya know

[Strangeone]

Keep it coming, Vorn. You seem to really be cranking this one out. I want to know where this is going!

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

Shut up, I fixed it.

(edit: this, by the way, was to ElOb's 'codeoopses' thing -- I still am a sucker for attention)

Vorn

[theM]

Yes... but you have not updated... And you started to fast...

edit: And no, he doesn'tneed sleep dammit! Look at that avatar!


the "Need my fix " M

[Talix]

Another nice update - nice to know April has a crush on Dave.

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

Oh, calm down, M, everybody's gotta sleep. Here.

Vorn
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Chapter 5

Dave looked down at the faces of Vanilla and Chester.

[Talix]

Demon Kitty! Ahhhh!

Woohoo, great update! Interesting choice, to tell the cat names for people yet use their regular names in general. It seems a little less realistic, but it does flow better, and you still get the humor value of the cat names in there. So probably a good choice, especially if there is going to be extended cat-talk in this fic (which I'm assuming, and is a good thing). I especially like the cat-names you chose, better than some others other people have come up with. April's is especially inspiring (She-Who-Saves), but did she have that before Vanilla showed up, and if so why?

Very interesting observation on Chester's part - that D&M are all wrong for each other, and yet feels the pull anyway. That may be a pretty insightful description of how Dave feels as well - when he's under drugs and can't really feel anything, he knows that Margaret just beats up on him and his emotions, but normally he has an unbreakable attraction to her. It's an interesting situation (thus why Maritza put it in the comic ).

D&A via direct intervention of C&V! In case you can't tell, I think this may be one of your best updates yet. I'm still very impressed with the quantity of this fic, as well as (obviously) the quality. Thanks again! Looking forward to more.

[vorn_the_unspeakable]

April is titled She-Who-Saves in large part because of her action in the Adversary to save Dave, and by extension Chester.

Note that C&V (and all cats) generally call the humans they know by name by their actual names... the names that cats give them are considered titles, and not used in conversation -- however people who are not nice to cats get sort of ostracised by them, and generally called 'That'. As for what cats call each other, the roles of 'title' and 'name' are reversed -- so that Chester is called He-Who-Is-More-Than-A-Cat by other cats, except when titles are required, and then he is called Chester. Thus, a name is given to you by a member of your own species (generally your parents, however it's different in Chester's case because he was reborn, so to speak), and a title is given to you by a member of another species.

And in case you're wondering, "That-who-is-evil" is not only an ostracised person, but also apparently so evil as to have earned that title.

Vorn

[theM]

Bah. Ask me again if sleep is necessary in 24 hours or so... I've got 32 without under my belt currently. And I won't stop til I finish my report!

Good update BTW


the "Or when it kills me. Whichever comes first." M