Whumptober 2024
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Ed scrambled on the dark, wet rocks. They were slick with algae and more than once he had wrenched his knee as his foot slipped. Jim grabbed Ed's elbow as he stumbled again, cursing loud against the waves of the incoming tide.
"We're nearly there, we'll get to him before anything happens." Jim had steel in their voice and Ed could tell they were reassuring themself as much as him.Whumptober day 1: RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK | Search Party | Panic attack
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2024
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"Oh, Stede, we gotta try the sticky wall!" Ed exclaimed, mouth full of half dissolved candyfloss. "I was a fucking menace on these things as a teenager when I could slip away. They'd be going for ages cos I'd be upside down and they couldn't stop it. It was great."
Whumptober day 2: Amusement Park
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2024
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"We have your fingerprints at the scene." The police officer - something-Badminton - leaned forward over the desk. "We have you bang to rights."
Lucius smirked at him. "Firstly, of course you have my fingerprints at the scene, I work there. Secondly, you have no idea how angry my boss is going to be. Thirdly, aren't you supposed to be recording this?"
Whumptober 2024 day 3: Fingerprints | Wrongfully arrested | "I warned you"
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2024
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"Heard you were dead," Ed croaked at the blurry hallucination of Stede by his bed. "Why'd you die, Stede?"
Ed thought back to waiting on that dock alone, rowing back to the Revenge alone. Everything he'd done since then. He coughed and a shock of pain shot down his limbs like lightning.
Whumptober 2024 day 4: HALLUCINATIONS | "You're still alive in my head"
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2024
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Ed could see from a little bit away that Stede was lying face down on the sand, head laying on his bundled up shirt. Then he realised he was lying in the full sun.
Whumptober 2024 day 5: SUNBURN | Healing Salve
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- Part 5 of Whumptober 2024
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"Ed!" he grinned. "Looks like it's going pretty well, eh?" He must have spotted Ed's expression as his smile faltered. "Are you okay?"
"Am I okay?" Ed said incredulously - almost yelled. "Stede, you've been fucking stabbed!"
Whumptober 2024 day 6: NOT REALISING THEY'RE INJURED
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- Part 6 of Whumptober 2024
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"Stede!" Ed yelled over the noise of the bombardment against his magic shield. "You can't do this, it'll kill you! You know this magic isn't something to fuck with!"
Stede continued with his hand movements, drawing glyphs into the air. "You know there's no other way. It's us or them, and this is the only way I can make sure it's them."
Whumptober 2024 day 7: ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES | Unconventional weapon | Magic with a cost | "It's us or them"
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- Part 7 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't. He didn't know how long it had been since he last slept, but it had been far, far longer than he would have liked. His brain felt like it was full of cotton wool, his limbs were so heavy that even without the ropes that bound him to the chair he wouldn't be able to move.
Whumptober 2024 day 7: SLEEP DEPRIVATION | Isolation chamber | Forced to stay awake | "Leave the lights on"
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede had felt uneasy for the last few days and he couldn't put his finger on why. It was as if his internal warning system had picked up a threat but couldn't tell him what it was. He checked the weather forecasts, looked at the social media accounts Lucius had forced him to set up to promote his books and blocked another weirdo, even looked to see if there had been any strange sightings in the area recently. Nothing.
Whumptober 2024 day 9: OBSESSION | Broken window | Bruises
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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2024
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Everything had happened so quickly. One moment Stede was happily drinking at the bar with Ed, the next Ed was hit over the head with a thick bat.
Whumptober 2024 day 10: BLOW TO THE HEAD | Slurred words | Passing out from pain | "I can't think straight"
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2024
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Another hour, and Ed will be in the mountains. He'll be able to pick a little dirt road, drive to the end, and walk into the twilight. Disappear. He's pretty sure no one will miss him.
Whumptober 2024 day 11: Convenience store | Loneliness | "Leave no trace behind, like you don't even exist"
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2024
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Four days. It had been four days since the flood waters had risen in the cave and trapped Stede and Ed in the chamber.
Whumptober 2024 day 12: STARVATION | Underground caverns | "Just a little more"
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- Part 12 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede coughed and spat out a wad of bloody saliva. "Gosh, I don't think I've had fun like this in years, right love?" He groaned as the fist connected with his stomach again.
Ed forced out a laugh. "Not since our honeymoon. That was another level, hmm?"Whumptober 2024 day 13: TEAM AS A FAMILY | Multiple whumpees | "Death will do us part"
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- Part 13 of Whumptober 2024
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Louis was five now. Stede cringed at the thought that in a few short years, he would be expected to come out on the Annual Bonnet Men's Hunting Trip. Stede's least favourite day of the year. In fact, he dreaded it for a solid six months every single time.
Whumptober 2024 day 14: LEFT FOR DEAD | Hunting gear | Blackmail | "Cause I want you to know what it feels like to be haunted"
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- Part 14 of Whumptober 2024
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Sixteen. How was Alma sixteen? Stede, Ed, Mary and Doug have worked tirelessly to make sure her birthday party is a good one. Not every day you turn sixteen, after all! They had rented a pavilion with a DJ for Mary and Doug's garden and invited all of her school friends. Unfortunately, they had also had to invite Stede's parents.
Whumptober 2024 day 15: CHILDHOOD TRAUMA | Painful hug | Moment of clarity
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- Part 15 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede made a face as he pulled his boot out of the sucking mud with a squelch. "Did you really have to store your treasure in a swamp, Ed?"
Whumptober 2024 day 16: Swamp
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- Part 16 of Whumptober 2024
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The squall came out of nowhere. People had warned Stede and Ed that Scottish weather could be changeable, but they truly hadn't appreciated how true that was until they were a few days into their long distance hike.
Whumptober 2024 Day 17: NOWHERE ELSE TO GO | Ruined map | "We had a good run"
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- Part 17 of Whumptober 2024
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Ed rubbed Stede's back as he hunched over in the uncomfortable plane chair. Ed had already closed the window blind and dimmed the lights, but this just happened sometimes. No matter the motion sickness tablets they'd tried over the years, sometimes it just overwhelmed Stede. This flight was one of the worst Ed had seen. They'd gone through the full row's sickbags within half an hour of take off, and they still had a few hours to go. Ed was thankful this was the return flight so they could go straight home and snuggle up in bed.
Whumptober 2024 day 18, alternate prompt: Motion sickness
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- Part 18 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede rounded the corner of the cabin, following the almighty commotion that had broken out while he was down on the shore collecting shells. He grabbed his sword from the porch and crept along the grass. His stomach dropped as he started seeing splatters of blood on the ground, making a trail around the other side of the cabin. The noise got louder and Stede could hear Ed yelling and trying to fight something or someone off.
Whumptober 2024 day 19: BLOOD TRAIL
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- Part 19 of Whumptober 2024
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Stede counted the clicks as the light switched on and off until it reached that perfect multiple of four that felt right. He took a deep breath and walked into the bedroom to gather his things and start his nightly routine.
Whumptober 2024 day 20: EMOTIONAL ANGST | Shoulder to cry on | "It's not your fault"
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- Part 20 of Whumptober 2024