Seven Days of Marathon

Amnesty Period Closed, Amnesty Round-Up, and Feedback

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:30:26 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

The official amnesty period for the summer round of 7daysofmarathon is now closed! We had one amnesty fill:

"Free Will's Illusion," hokuton_punch (fic, security officer)

Once again, a huge thank-you to everyone who participated! ♥ It wouldn't be a fest without you.

If you have any feedback or comments on how the fest was run this year or suggestions for running it again next year, please feel free to comment on this post. Anonymous commenting is enabled.

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Fanfic: "Free Will's Illusion" (Security Officer)

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:14:37 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Free Will's Illusion
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Durandal asked "why do you always do what are you asked to"? at a certain point.
And yes... why?"
Content Notes: Durandal being nosy, mostly.
Link to Work: Free Will's Illusion

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Roundup Post and Amnesty Period

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:36:55 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Hello, everyone, and thank you so much for participating in this round of Seven Days of Marathon! The official posting period is now closed, but the AO3 collection and community remain open for the amnesty period, which runs from July 8th to July 14th. Any prompt from this round or the winter round is open for filling and being posted, as are any creations not inspired by one of the prompts.

( The full list of works posted so far, organized by day. )

Again, thank you all so much for participating and helping make this fest happen! ♥

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Fanfic, "[null] logic"

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 05:55:18 GMT

Posted by: crazyeyedmustafa

Creator: CrazyEyedMustafa
Title: [null] logic
Type of Work: fanfic
Prompt: "the story of the knife"
Content notes: diverged from accepted canon
Link to work: [null] logic

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Fanfic: "Corrosive Thinking" (Tycho, gen)

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:24:17 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Corrosive Thinking
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Scars"
Summary: Between the invasion and the destruction of Tau Ceti.
Content Notes: Drabble, Tycho's galaxy-sized resentment.
Link to Work: Corrosive Thinking

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Fanart: "Bungie Day 2020"

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:37:54 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "Bungie Day 2020"
Type of Work: Fanart
Content Notes: contains a Myth character
Link to Work: Bungie Day 2020

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Posting Day 7

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:13:56 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Happy Bungie Day! \o/

Prompt List:
—Free for all! Fills for any and all prompts from the prompt post (either the previous round's post or the current prompt post) are welcome, as are any creations that weren't made for a specific prompt.

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Fanfic, "Memento" (Leela & Re'eer)

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 03:33:54 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Memento
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "loyalty to the dead"
Summary: Re'eer catches Leela in the act of remembering.
Content Notes: Grief/mourning, reference to the destruction of Tau Ceti.
Link to Work: Memento

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Fanart: "A Welcome Presence"

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:35:33 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "A Welcome Presence"
Type of Work: Fanart
Prompt: "Ghost AU (AIs are ghosts)"
Content Notes: Mention of death/murder
Link to Work: A Welcome Presence

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Posting Day 6

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:02:10 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Prompt List:
—Tycho's clones are non-sentient helper programs by design, but in this scenario, Tycho has a chance meeting with one who became their own individual. (Nobody dies, but I imagine it's not a happy meeting.)
—Day Off
—When Manus Celer Dei came back to Earth, the SO was with Durandal, and he has a bunch of contrasting thoughts about this
—Bernhard Strauss makes a grand reappearance at the most awkward time: when Durandal and Tycho are fighting over something
—loyalty to the dead
—Leela in the Vylae network
—Durandal (either as an AI or android) has to physically help a battered Security Officer back on board
—Ghost AU (AIs are ghosts)

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Fanart: "The Garden"

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 13:38:19 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "The Garden"
Type of Work: Fanart
Prompt: "The garden from the 'Kill Your Television' unformatted terminal"
Content Notes: Perspective I am not used to drawing from
Link to Work: The Garden

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Posting Day 5

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 13:11:44 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Prompt List:
—The garden from the "Kill Your Television" unformatted terminal
—Crossovers and fusions
—Battleroids: history, making of, use of
—Daily life on the Marathon while it was in transit to Tau Ceti. (AI bickering a plus.)
—Durandal asked "why do you always do what are you asked to"? at a certain point. And yes... why?
—unexpected affection
—The history of AIs (optional: and android vessels) in Marathon. Bonus points if you work in Rubicon's account of Traxus IV.
—(NSFW) Any AI ship: Wireplay with either an AI using the wires like tentacles OR wires as an erogenous zone for AIs

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Fanfic: "Where You Can Find It" (Crossover)

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:25:00 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Where You Can Find It
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Durandal and the Security Officer bump into aliens from a different sci-fi canon"
Summary: Durandal and the security officer stop by the Destiny universe to lend a helping hand - but not to Guardians directly.
Content Notes: Crossover, Mithrax's English is not very good, sorry, it's like that in canon.
Link to Work: Where You Can Find It

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Fanart: "The Visitor"

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:44:21 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "The Visitor"
Type of Work: Fanart
Prompt: Durandal and the Security Officer bump into aliens from a different sci-fi canon
Link to Work: The Visitor

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Posting Day 4

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:03:26 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Prompt List:
—Scars
—A day in the life of the Pfhor garrison on Lh'owon
—Durandal and the Security Officer bump into aliens from a different sci-fi canon
—The SO and Durandal come across the rusty, cobweb-choked remains of an AI core; they get to work seeing what, if anything, was left behind, while Durandal tries to hide his unease
—Durandal meets the Jjaro
—Infinity is just the W'rkncacnter playing with all the characters to see what happens when it mixes them up
—Alien religion (rituals/ceremonies, buildings, music, anything)
—(NSFW) Android!Tycho/SO hate sex, or at least angrily making out (must be consensual)

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Fanfic: "Cooling Off" (NSFW, Durandal/Security Officer)

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:26:42 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Cooling Off
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: (NSFW) [Retry] (Inm.-specific) After a few difficult hours in the gym, Vince decides to help Durandal relax and unwind with some lovemaking in the showers
Content Notes: Mildly explicit android sex, shock ending.
Link to Work: Cooling Off

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(NSFW) Fanart: Non-Standard Training

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:18:54 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "Non-Standard Training"
Type of Work: Fanart
Prompt: "Alien gangbang (can be Pfhor/security officer, S'pht/security officer, S'pht/an AI, whatever inspires you)"
Content Notes: Rough sex, careful framing to avoid showing Pfhor (but not human) dick
Link to Work: Non-Standard Training

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Posting Day 3

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:08:13 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Prompt List
—Security Officer back story. Body horror optional but definitely OK
—(NSFW) [Retry] (Inm.-specific) After a few difficult hours in the gym, Vince decides to help Durandal relax and unwind with some lovemaking in the showers
—Groundhog Day/repeating time loop AU
—temporary bodyswap
—Durandal and the SO finally break into a Pfhor black site. Turns out they vastly underestimated how awful things are there, and Durandal's attempts to keep it together slowly break down
—Tycho tries to get Durandal’s attention by sending the SO a series of gifts (optional: these gifts get increasingly weird as time goes on). Durandal, predictably, is less than pleased
—Person of Interest fusion
—(NSFW) Alien gangbang (can be Pfhor/security officer, S'pht/security officer, S'pht/an AI, whatever inspires you)

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Fanfic: "Do Not Take As Directed" (Gen)

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 03:28:12 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: Do Not Take As Directed
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Tycho the Bad Advice Columnist"
Summary: Tycho's second job: agony aunt.
Content Notes: Bad advice that should not be followed, Tycho being very mean, loosely set during Infinity.
Link to Work: Do Not Take As Directed

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Fanfic: "Desperation"

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:36:42 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "Desperation"
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Durandal & Tycho during "The Big House," either Marathon 2 or the Infinity versions"
Summary: Tycho goes to have a talk with his older brother the day after locking him in the Big House.
Content Notes: Violence, Tycho being an ass
Link to Work: Desperation

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Posting Day 2

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:17:34 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Prompt List:
—Alternate setup to Rubicon's Tycho Plank where, after being contacted by Tycho, the Security Officer goes straight to Durandal, and the three of them figure out what to do (after Tycho stops grumbling about it)
—Tycho the Bad Advice Columnist
—temporary deaging
—Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles crossover (or fusion)
—Is Strauss dead? Probably. Is there some pattern buffer salvaged by one of the fleeing crews? ...maybe
—An alternate Infinity timeline where the security officer is sent on a mission with still-enslaved S'pht and has to struggle with the constraints of pretending to be conditioned (or actually conditioned) into obedience to Tycho & the Pfhor
—Meta stuff involving the Cortana Letters: post-Infinity, the SO gets found by Cortana and mostly agrees to partner up with her because she reminds them of Durandal (and is perhaps hoping that in doing so, they'll find him again)
—Durandal & Tycho during "The Big House," either Marathon 2 or the Infinity versions

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Fanfic: "A Hard-Earned Vacation"

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:58:45 GMT

Posted by: hokuton_punch

Creator: hokuton_punch
Title: A Hard-Earned Vacation
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "Alien beach vacation (bonus for unexpected Pfhor-on-holiday encounters)"
Summary: Allison tries to take a vacation.
Content Notes: Alien beaches, surprise encounters.
Link to Work: A Hard-Earned Vacation

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Fanart: "Just relaxing"

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:23:25 GMT

Posted by: juzo_kun

Creator: juzo_kun
Title: Just relaxing
Type of Work: Fanart
Prompt: "Alien beach vacation"
Link to Work: Well, there's a beach and there's aliens...

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Fanfic: "To New Frontiers"

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:16:48 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "To New Frontiers"
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "The security officer goes with Blake and the BoBs in M2"
Summary: Vince isn't too enthused about returning to planetary life, at least in Sol Core.
Content Notes: Language, potential signs of PTSD
Link to Work: To New Frontiers

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Fanfic: "Ennui"

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:07:20 GMT

Posted by: general_radix

Creator: general_radix
Title: "Ennui"
Type of Work: Fanfic
Prompt: "The security officer on Tau Ceti"
Summary: Isabel Palomer needs more shit to do.
Content Notes: Brief mention of fights
Link to Work: Ennui

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