obvious crossover is obvious.

[kaydeefalls]

Ugh, being back at work sucks. Oh, well.

Failed to do any more vidding over the weekend, but I do have more than 7k words of fic now -- not quite a full chapter, but close. Once upon a time, I would have considered 7000 words to be a complete fic, and of respectable length at that. Now it's barely even a good start. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

But anyway, I just had to say, sometimes the crossover moments really just write themselves. Here, have an out-of-context snippet. (All you need to know is that the XMFC characters are an extraction team in the Inception universe.)

Erik taps the blueprints thoughtfully. "We could always try deflecting the projections' attention off our people."

After a moment's thought, Alex starts to smile. "You wanna pull a Mr. Charles?"

"No way," Sean groans at once. "I really don't know why that trick's gotten so popular lately, it's completely shit. Destabilizes the dream every fucking time."

"Then you're not doing it right," Erik tells him.

Sean rolls his eyes. "No, but seriously, dude, that's like an academic's trick. Like it sounds totally sweet in theory, but it never actually works in the real world -- or, well, real dreams, whatever, you know what I mean. I've worked with two separate extractors who've tried that shit, blew right up in their faces."

Erik grins. "Imitations are never as good as the original."

"Seriously, man," Alex adds, "who do you think the technique was named after?"

Sean blinks, looks between them both, then over to the armchair where Charles is ensconced with a stack of notes. Charles glances up with a small smile. "I can be fairly persuasive," he says mildly. "Stryker shouldn't be too much of a challenge. He's certainly paranoid enough already."

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO MAKE THE MR. CHARLES CONNECTION.