After the first challenger failed, more turned up. The few, the brave, the completely and utterly insane, ready to risk their mental functions for some bizarre competition.
Possessed of a remarkably unshakeable demeanour, nerves hardened by years in the Sith, it was one Cavan Shenn who almost beat the DBS in their squickfic reading. The anatomical accuracies and dreadful phrasing, however, took their toll on an experienced member of a species that rumour had it, wrote the best erotica in their galaxy.
Nevertheless, he persisted, until Agent Trojie clouted him upside the head, knocking him unconscious, after uncovering the fact that he was cheating. His Force discipline had allowed him to school his mind so that it forgot each sentence immediately after reading it, lessening the impact and leaving him with the memory only of the first and last lines.
Though this coping mechanism seemed both novel and amusing, the DBS consensus was that if one wanted to try for the title, one had to risk the flashbacks like anybody else.
He'd gotten off lightly. Once the bruise faded, there was almost no sign of his foolhardy endeavour.
In other cases, the psychological damage lingered much longer.
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Date: 2009-07-25 11:42 am (UTC)After the first challenger failed, more turned up. The few, the brave, the completely and utterly insane, ready to risk their mental functions for some bizarre competition.
Possessed of a remarkably unshakeable demeanour, nerves hardened by years in the Sith, it was one Cavan Shenn who almost beat the DBS in their squickfic reading. The anatomical accuracies and dreadful phrasing, however, took their toll on an experienced member of a species that rumour had it, wrote the best erotica in their galaxy.
Nevertheless, he persisted, until Agent Trojie clouted him upside the head, knocking him unconscious, after uncovering the fact that he was cheating. His Force discipline had allowed him to school his mind so that it forgot each sentence immediately after reading it, lessening the impact and leaving him with the memory only of the first and last lines.
Though this coping mechanism seemed both novel and amusing, the DBS consensus was that if one wanted to try for the title, one had to risk the flashbacks like anybody else.
He'd gotten off lightly. Once the bruise faded, there was almost no sign of his foolhardy endeavour.
In other cases, the psychological damage lingered much longer.