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Title: "A Meeting of Immortals"
Fandom(s): Doctor Who, Forever Knight, NieR Replicant
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Lucien LaCroix, Devola, Popola
Pairing(s): None
Rating: G
Genre: Sci-fi
Word Count: 2717

Summary: The Doctor lands on an Earth he doesn't recognise and meets an old acquaintance he doesn't expect.

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Author's Notes:

So... I'm doing this GISH thing, right? When the week begins, they put out a list of 150 or so items for you to work on, but the first few are hidden, to be revealed at events throughout the week, and then they also add more items to the list as the hunt goes on. Well, I checked back for those new items on the first couple of days, then forgot.

On Thursday, I remembered the list, so I went to read it, and found this:

Item #4: Zoom Challenge: "Fanfic through the Ages": Write a special crossover fanfic of a character from a 1990s show, book, or video game and a character from a 2000s show, book, or game meeting in a different 2010s universe. Post your item on social media and tag SamMaggs, PatrickWeekes (on Twitter) and #GISH. Submit an image of your work and put a link to your social post in the comments.

They asked specifically for fanfic. I grabbed it immediately and posted in our Discord channel, "Omg. This is what I do."

That's where this story came from.

Doctor Who was a gimme. I saw the "1990s" thing and of course my mind went immediately to Forever Knight, which was my obsession back then. That might seem strange since I really have no interest in vampires, but what really captured me about the show was its format and writing. I happened to be channel-flipping and caught one two-minute scene of Nick apprehending a criminal, and that was all it took. Then I found that each episode was a modern story interspersed with historical scenes, and I loved it.

So, I had to do a bit of research to catch back up on FK (I haven't seen it in at least a decade). Then I had to choose the 2010s item, and immediately landed on NieR. Though I only know the world and stories from my husband playing Replicant and Automata, it's fascinating (as well as tragic and mind-blowing). This meant a hell of a lot of research on both our parts, because there's so much there - much of it only implied in the games, and a lot that just is difficult to understand.

However, two days of constant discussion and frenzied writing, and I'm done! Well, not really. It needs editing and polish, and I want to rework a large part of it, but it's in a reasonable form as a submission for GISH. Woohoo! A two-day story! I guess I work fine under pressure.
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Hey there! So let's start out with the pimp part of the post:

If you can, please donate to the GISH "Change a Life - Ukraine" campaign at this link:

GISH Change a Life - Ukraine: TeamFreeTacos

And now, the explanation...

GISH is the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt, a week-long scavenger hunt devoted to kindness and weirdness. It was started by Misha Collins well over a decade ago, and on the face of it, is a hunt for the weirdest activities you can think of - things from "polish a coconut" to "recreate a scene from Supernatural using rubber ducks as the characters" to "set up a dog kissing booth on your street" to "get two elected officials on opposite sides of the political fence to cooperate and complete a task". However, GISH encourages kindness, charity, and inclusivity; many of the items are things like "make a 'keeping cool' care package for your mail carrier to help make their job easier" or "set up a 'take one, leave one' toy library at your local park". GISH itself does charity work, and a portion of your registration fee gets donated; this year, it's going to Nova Ukraine.

My friends recruited me for this, and this year's hunt started on Saturday. I'm not one for going outside and doing stuff, so mostly I'm doing indoor craft items. My first completed one is doing "crossover poetry", which means, take two vastly different poems, mix up the words, and write a new poem using them. (I haven't decided if the new poem is simply gibberish or extremely profound.) Another one that I'm doing is building a lintel made of lint.

One of the activities that I'm working on is gathering donations for GISH's "Change a Life - Ukraine" program. They do a "Change a Life" program each year, and this year, it's to help fund the efforts of their people who are currently in Ukraine helping disabled and marginalized people who have been displaced by the war. 90% of the donations are going toward either purchasing wheelchairs and other specialized equipment for people who had to leave theirs behind as they fled or funding two shelters for women and LGBTQIA+ Ukrainian citizens. (The campaign is through Random Acts, and the other 10% goes to Random Acts' general fund for other campaigns.)

So here I am, asking that if you can, please donate. Don't donate to help us in the scavenger hunt; my team is in it for the fun, so while we do get points for donations made through that link above, we really don't care if we score points or not. Donate to help GISH help those most vulnerable people suffering from the war that's ravaging their country. Here's the link again.

GISH Change a Life - Ukraine: TeamFreeTacos

Thanks!

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