AU Meme - Day 24 - Apocalypse/Dystopia
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redfiona99Neither of them are really my thing, even in the fiction I consume, never mind what I write. I am an optimist. When it comes to catastrophes, I like mine cosy, like say 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' or in a very different way, "Children of Men".
So, you're getting some more of a Molly and Regal-focussed dystopian AU (originally written forbring_me_sugar). This one is heavily Regal and based on a recent promo vs MJF.
The journey back from Molly, from the Grey Sisters, was when Regal appreciated that, as a minor ministry official, he wasn't allowed to travel by car. The train journey was long enough that he could calm himself, return to the stereotype of the Zurich gnome he was supposed to be - calmly writing, reading and approving documents that should make all decent folk revolt.
And he can't. For the greater good, he's got to stay there, blandly not reacting to what he's reading, nodding approvingly at every new horror, because he's their best bet for having a man on the inside.
He's not quite sure how, maybe the suits and the accent and twenty years make people forget who you were once. He has no idea how they forget that Moxley was one of his students but they seem to.
When the government came to power, he kept expecting the knock on the door, sending him to join the long list of mysteriously vanished. His history is what it is and they'd rounded up everyone else Moxley had ever had anything to do with. But it never came. Day after day of being very quiet, very discreet, making sure no-one noticed him for good or ill.
The knock never came.
Or that one didn't.
Another one did, Molly carrying an injured protestor and of course he was going to let her in. And after that, it was easy to start funnelling bits of information through her and any nominated associates.
It was risky, and he knows it. It's risky and he knows the consequences if any of them get caught, the gallows are set up in the square outside his office. But he can't not do it and still look at himself in the mirror.
Day 1 - Hogwarts - Meta
Day 2 - Zombies
Day 3 - Medieval
Day 4 - Spies
Day 5 - School
Day 6 - Mythical Creature
Day 7 - Fairy Tale
Day 8 - Futuristic
Day 9 - Aliens
Day 10 - Fusion with another fandom
Day 11 - Slice-of-life
Day 12 - Deserted Island
Day 13 - Buddy Cops/Detective
Day 14 - Allegiance-Swap Original instructions say bad guys are good guys and vice versa
Day 15 - Sex-Swap
Day 16 - Superheroes
Day 17 - Animal Transformation
Day 18 - Wild West
Day 19 - Idols/Bands
Day 20 - Trading Places
Day 21 - Fantasy
Day 22 - Horror
Day 23 - Pre-21st Century
Day 24 - Apocalypse/Dystopia
Day 25 - Time travel
Day 26 - Dopplegangers
Day 27 - Twins
Day 28 - Cross Over
Day 29 - Pirates A bit more of the Jericho/Regal with Barrett lurking fic for Opera
Day 30 - Crossover
End notes: There's a whole bit about Molly really having a shaven head and its a wig most of the time that probably needs to be written.
So, you're getting some more of a Molly and Regal-focussed dystopian AU (originally written for
bring_me_sugar). This one is heavily Regal and based on a recent promo vs MJF.The journey back from Molly, from the Grey Sisters, was when Regal appreciated that, as a minor ministry official, he wasn't allowed to travel by car. The train journey was long enough that he could calm himself, return to the stereotype of the Zurich gnome he was supposed to be - calmly writing, reading and approving documents that should make all decent folk revolt.
And he can't. For the greater good, he's got to stay there, blandly not reacting to what he's reading, nodding approvingly at every new horror, because he's their best bet for having a man on the inside.
He's not quite sure how, maybe the suits and the accent and twenty years make people forget who you were once. He has no idea how they forget that Moxley was one of his students but they seem to.
When the government came to power, he kept expecting the knock on the door, sending him to join the long list of mysteriously vanished. His history is what it is and they'd rounded up everyone else Moxley had ever had anything to do with. But it never came. Day after day of being very quiet, very discreet, making sure no-one noticed him for good or ill.
The knock never came.
Or that one didn't.
Another one did, Molly carrying an injured protestor and of course he was going to let her in. And after that, it was easy to start funnelling bits of information through her and any nominated associates.
It was risky, and he knows it. It's risky and he knows the consequences if any of them get caught, the gallows are set up in the square outside his office. But he can't not do it and still look at himself in the mirror.
Day 1 - Hogwarts - Meta
Day 2 - Zombies
Day 3 - Medieval
Day 4 - Spies
Day 5 - School
Day 6 - Mythical Creature
Day 7 - Fairy Tale
Day 8 - Futuristic
Day 9 - Aliens
Day 10 - Fusion with another fandom
Day 11 - Slice-of-life
Day 12 - Deserted Island
Day 13 - Buddy Cops/Detective
Day 14 - Allegiance-Swap Original instructions say bad guys are good guys and vice versa
Day 15 - Sex-Swap
Day 16 - Superheroes
Day 17 - Animal Transformation
Day 18 - Wild West
Day 19 - Idols/Bands
Day 20 - Trading Places
Day 21 - Fantasy
Day 22 - Horror
Day 23 - Pre-21st Century
Day 24 - Apocalypse/Dystopia
Day 25 - Time travel
Day 26 - Dopplegangers
Day 27 - Twins
Day 28 - Cross Over
Day 29 - Pirates A bit more of the Jericho/Regal with Barrett lurking fic for Opera
Day 30 - Crossover
End notes: There's a whole bit about Molly really having a shaven head and its a wig most of the time that probably needs to be written.
