Yuletide fics + a scare

[luzula]

Ugh, we just had a scare. My mom had some symptoms that could reasonably have been stroke (dizzyness, weird blood pressure, tingly shooting sensations in her arms). We got an ambulance, but no stroke, WHEW! Now she's feeling better but also a bit nauseous, though, and they said it could be onset of an infection, so I really hope it's not covid, augh. /o\ Was surprised the paramedics took their time so much, though, there was even dog-cuddling. Maybe they had no other calls at the moment.

Anyway!

So, it turns out great_whatsit wrote my Talk of the Town gift fic Engraved on Our Hearts, and, as I had guessed, regshoe wrote my Flight of the Heron treat On That One Spot of Earth! Thank you both, so much. <3

I wrote a main fic and a treat, both for regshoe. I can really recommend writing gifts for regshoe, because she is a goddess of feedback. : D

Both were for the Naomi Mitchison book Travel Light, and one of them is also a crossover with Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes. Neither is a fandom I've written before, and I had fun doing so, though I couldn't manage anything long. I do wish I'd been able to figure out what was going on with the dragons in the first one, but I ended up leaving it a mystery. Both fics probably require fandom knowledge.

To Fólkvangr (1784 words) by Luzula
Fandom: Travel Light - Naomi Mitchison
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Halla, Steinvor
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary: Halla drops her cloak and goes with the Valkyries, but what next?

Different Kinds of Freedom (647 words) by Luzula
Fandom: Travel Light - Naomi Mitchison, Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Laura Willowes, Halla
Additional Tags: Crossover, Post-Canon
Summary: Laura has a visitor at Great Mop.

Comments

[lyr]

I hope your mom's okay!

[luzula]

I hope she will be! I mean, she's still feeling weird and tired and is lying down to rest. Thanks!

[seascribble]

I'm glad it wasn't a stroke! Hope there are no more scares.

[luzula]

Thanks, I hope so too!!

[feroxargentea]

I'm glad it wasn't a stroke. Fingers crossed your mum's okay.

Re: the paras, they may have been swinging the lead -- taking their time so as to qualify for a break or finish their shifts on time for once. Or they may just have been tired and cold, and happy to spend time in a warm house with a sane family. I know my partner spends as much of her shift as possible cuddling people's pets :)

[luzula]

She's much better now! And doesn't feel like she has an infection, so I hope not.

Ha ha, one of them was like "Oh I have a Welsh springer spaniel too! Which kennel is he from?" I guess he was also doing it to put Mom at her ease.

[karanguni]

Oh man, many, many hugs, that's scary. Glad things aren't as bad as it could've been!

[luzula]

Thanks, she's much better now! And doesn't feel like she has an infection, so I hope not.

[regshoe]

Oh, that must have been scary! I hope your mom is doing OK and that it's nothing too serious.

I can really recommend writing gifts for regshoe, because she is a goddess of feedback. : D

:D Haha, thank you!

[luzula]

It was scary! But she's much better now, and doesn't feel like she has an infection, so I hope not.

[garonne]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Hope she's feeling somewhat better now.

[luzula]

She is feeling much better! I have no idea what that was, but I hope it doesn't come back.

[glitteryv]

That sounds like a v. scary situation. I will cross all crossables that you mom gets better soon. <3

[luzula]

It was quite scary! But she feels a lot better now, I don't know what that was but I hope it doesn't come back. And thanks! <3

[china_shop]

I'm so glad to see your mom is feeling better! *much hugs*

[luzula]

Yes, she is! I'm very relieved. Now in the evening she was even well enough to rant about what is Wrong with Schools These Days.

*hugs back*

[nnozomi]

belated comment, but hoping your mother is okay and wishing the best~

[luzula]

Thanks! <3 She seems to be almost back to normal now.

[hyarrowen]

That sounds frightening - I'm glad she's OK and that she was sensible about getting an ambulance. Not all mothers are like that. :/

[luzula]

It was frightening! But she's fine now, whew.

No, she was not reluctant at all to have an ambulance; in fact, she wanted me to call up the emergency number again when the ambulance did not immediately come, but I didn't think that would make it come faster...