#tltbb2021

Title: Midnight at the Mithraeum, Chapter 9 (/9) Fandom: The Locked Tomb Category: F/F Pairing: Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus Rating: T+ Word count: ~10,000 words this chapter, ~66,700 overall  Tags: background cam/dulcie/pal, background corona/judith, gideon and corona date a bit, alternate universe - modern setting, bars/pubs, casinos and gambling, woke up married in fake!vegas, heavy drinking, smoking, vegas wedding, kissing, non-linear narrative, marriage, divorce, fade to black, harrow has a dog, the dog is a good girl

Summary:

It'd been two years since Gideon Nav gathered her wine key and her gaming license and escaped The Locked Tomb, a speakeasy-style cocktail bar managed by the hateful Harrowhark Nonagesimus.  Now, dealing tables at The Mithraeum Hotel & Casino, things were really looking up. So when Gideon scored a date with the most beautiful showgirl in the Gilded Halls of Ida, the last thing she expected was to wake up married to her old nemesis and former coworker.

The story starts the night of Gideon's date and alternates between the events leading up to the wedding and the weeks that follow as Gideon tries to navigate life married to someone who claims to want nothing more than to forget she exists.

Notes:

Written for The Locked Tomb Big Bang, @tltbb, which means there’s gorgeous art to go along with the fic!

Decemberiste’s art! | Nhylluan’s art! 

Special thanks to Team Capitate for making this all such a great experience! Thank you to margaret-rhee , darlingofdots and jpnadia for the beta (through Ch 6) and cheerleading. Thank you to decemberiste and nhylluan for the gorgeous art! I feel incredibly lucky and just spoiled all around. And thank you to the mods at @tltbb for making it all possible!

Here's my second piece for the Locked Tomb Big Bang!

This is a scene from @sick-with-lisztomania's fic, But I'm a Necromancer. It was lots of fun getting to combine one of my favorite book series with one of my favorite movies!

[ID: Image 1: A drawing of Harrow and Ianthe from The Locked Tomb trilogy. They are in a dark room. Ianthe has pale skin and long straight blonde hair. She wears an off shoulder purple dress. She faces away from the viewer. Harrow has brown skin, chin length black hair, and black eyes. She wears a pink shirt. She holds Ianthe's arm as they dance, looking wistfully over her shoulder. Other people dance and hold drinks in the background.

[image ID: A drawing of Wake and Gideon from The Locked Tomb trilogy. On the left, Wake's skeleton reaches out. It wears a cowboy hat, bandana, jacket, shirt, and belt. Gideon's eyes are wide with shock. She wears a cowboy hat and leather jacket. She has short red hair and golden eyes. To the right is Wake mirroring her skeleton. She smiles slightly. She has thick long curly red hair. End image ID]

more art for the @tltbb (:

CW Blood

[Image ID: A picture of Camilla Hect walking through rainy, purple and yellow neon-lit streets. She is wearing a grey jacket over a white top and grey trousers. She holds a yellow and black device in her left hand. Superimposed over the image is an illustration of a clear cassette tape. The label has “leave your navigator home” written on it in capital letters. There is a large smear of blood on the clear cassette. Beside her, a string of text in light blue, mimicking coding font, scrolls from top to bottom, which present the beginnings of a proof in predicate logic. Behind the text is a blurred image of a skeleton drawn upside down. ]

I had the absolute pleasure of working on The Locked Tomb Big Bang with the ever lovely @frumpkinspocketdimension who let me go crazy with the neon!

Please click for higher quanlity details! This is my art piece as part of the Locked Tomb big bang 2021 for @girlcommaplease ’s fic: “Talk Derby to Me"

Emma was an absolute delight to work with and I learned so much about derby during this project!! There are so many elements i love about this story, the relationship dynamics most of all!! Please go read for yourself here:

[IMAGE ID: A drawing of characters from The Locked Tomb trilogy in a roller derby match. The necromancers wear blue and black jerseys. The cavaliers wear red and gold jerseys. The front skaters are, from left to right: Gideon, in an orange helmet covered in Sapphic stickers, who looks upset, distracted, and flustered. Coronabeth bends over with a smug look on her face, being purposefully distracting and in Gideon's way. She wears a purple helmet and fishnet tights. Harrow speeds ahead of the group, looking victorious. There is a star on her helmet. Marta pushes forward and keeps an eye on Harrow. Cam is behind Marta, crouched low and smiling.

The skaters in the back are, from left to right: Only Naberius’s helmet is visible, which has a star on it. Protesilaus has his back to the viewer and wears a jersey that says “Pro-Pain” and green helmet. Ianthe is not visible except her blue helmet. Mercymorn wears a peach helmet that says “NO”. Her jersey says "NoMercy".

[Begin ID: A digital illustration set in a cave. The lightning is darker and has a blue tinge. In the middle is a tomb door with a design of Anastasia the First. She is holding a key in front of her and at her feet are two skeletons on either side. Their arms form a triangle together and in the middle is the number 9 in Roman numerals. Behind Anastasia on the door is ocean waves and a sun behind her head. The border of the door has a chain link on either side, and on the top in an arc are the skulls of the nine houses carved in the stone. There are two light sources coming from the left and right to create a glow of the tomb door. At the bottom center are Gideon and Harrow looking at the door. End ID]

My last piece for the Locked Tomb 2021 Big Bang. This illustration is done for @corpsesoldier ‘s fic, Empty Graves.

I participated on @tltbb! It was really fun, @tirkdi was such a great beta (thank you for helping this fic make sense) and I loved @worteltje7 and @ihasafandom‘s pieces for this so much!

The whole fic is about 12 200 words long and it has spoilers from GTN and HTN

Rating: T

Ships: Griddlehark and background Magnus and Abgail

Tags: Alternate Universe- Royalty, Harrow’s canon AU, Arranged Marriage

Summary: The Empress Gideon called the heirs of the Nine Houses to her home so she could choose one of them as her life partner. Harrow has no interest in marrying a stranger, but her house needs the money. She goes and tries to persuade Gideon to choose her as her apprendice instead. (or Abgail doesn't stop the Royal AU when she is supposed to).

Illustration I did for Gold Rush by @thatlesbianbookworm for @tltbb. Had a blast working on this, go check out the amazing fic and all the other work that’s been created for this bang!