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Attention Passengers, this is the Train Station Master. Have you seen our list of available Tickets at our Ticket Booth? If you have, it's time to put in a Claim for your favourite Ticket! Before you get started, here are some Rules to remember while you're waiting in line at the Ticket Booth...

Ticket Booth Rules:

Claiming is first come, first serve - which means you might not get your first prompt!
You may claim more than one Ticket, but you must submit your completed first Fan Fiction before claiming another Ticket.
You do not have to have DreamWidth to join, but you will be required to provide an e-mail address and a second platform username for the Train Conductors to contact you (AFF, AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
This year's fest has no word count minimum! All we ask is that you put your best, creative foot forward.
Of course, if you need an extension, please contact the Train Conductors to make arrangements!
There will also be no drop-out date - all we ask is that you let us know if you will be getting off of the Train so that your claimed prompt can be re-opened and our records can be updated.
There is no penalty for dropping a prompt or exiting the Train early. You may re-claim a prompt and re-enter the Train all before it leaves the Station!
Should any problems arise, the Train Conductors will do their best to work out a solution for you.
If we receive no check-in on the designated date, we will contact you at the end of the week to check on you. We will allow a week for a response, but after that time, we will assume that you would prefer to drop your prompt.
Please do not reveal yourself while the Train is in motion/the fest is ongoing! Do not reply to comments on your fic until the fest is over - this is meant to by anonymous until reveals.
Of course, you are allowed to discuss your prompts with your beta(s).
If you have any questions about a prompt for the prompter, you can contact one of the Conductors and they will contact the prompter on your behalf.
Confirmation e-mails will be sent out within 48 hours of your claim! If you don't receive an e-mail from us after 48 hours of your claim, then we didn't receive it.
Please note that all submitted final fics will be subject to the Conductors' Review. We will be searching for any signs of plagiarism, checking for unmarked triggers or warnings, as well as reviewing the content for the rating. If we find any problems with your submitted work, we will contact you about it.
If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE IN ANY WAY! Plagiarizing is illegal!
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Ticket Booth: Archive
Ticket Booth: Claiming

Thank you for your attention Passengers! Please don't forget to read our updated Train Etiquette Guide and our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures here before boarding the Train. We will be waiting for you all on the Train! And, as always, if you have any questions or comments, the Train Conductors will be here to provide assistance where we can.

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Attention Passengers, with the new round, the Train Station Master has made several updates to the submission guidelines below. Please take a moment to read them over as a refresher for the Train's impending arrival!

Make sure you've read through our updated Train Guidelines and our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures here for full Rules and Details before proceeding!

Ticket Booth Submission Guidelines:

Submissions will be done through a Google Form and you will be asked to provide contact information in case there are any issues with the prompt or if a writer has any questions concerning the prompt
You do not have to claim a prompt if you submit one + you do not have to submit a prompt to claim one later
Make sure the prompts that you are submitting are Historical AU! The time frame for the majority* of the story must take place before the 21st century (*for more on this subject, please read our Train Guidelines)
Other AUs are allowed as long as they are Historical AU centred (ex: A Fantasy Historical AU)
This fest is open to OT12 and must have EXO/EXO as the main pairing. Other groups & OCs are accepted.
If your prompt should contain ANY Triggers, please make that clear! For a list of accepted Triggers and for those that are not accepted, please read our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures
There will be no discrimination of ANY of the current or past EXO members. DO NOT send prompts with any backlash towards any of the members. Also, you may NOT exclude any EXO members from you prompt
Please make sure your Prompts are not too vague OR too specific! See below for good & bad prompt examples. Remember, you can be very specific in your Likes and Dislikes, but note that the writer may choose not to follow everything.

Bad Prompt: Too Vague
Minseok is a spy who falls in love with Prince Luhan.

Bad Prompt: Too Specific
Minseok has trained all of his life to become the perfect spy. When he is sent to China to assassinate the future Emperor, he does not expect to meet someone like Prince Luhan. Luhan was left the throne as a young boy, but now that he is coming of age, he causes a threat to the power threshold. Minseok arrives a week before Luhan's birthday under the guise of Xiumin - a top notch bodyguard - who will protect Luhan from potential threats. Little does Luhan know that Xiumin/Minseok is his greatest threat. That is until Minseok begins to fall in love and somewhere along the way he realizes he might fail his mission.

Good Prompt:
Minseok is a talented Korean spy sent to infiltrate the Chinese court in order to assassinate Prince Luhan, by becoming his personal bodyguard.

You are allowed to submit as many prompts as you would like - the more, the merrier! Just make sure you submit one form per prompt.
PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Pairing names must be submitted as stage names and in alphabetical order (ex: Chanyeol/Chen, D.O/Kai)
If you have any questions or uncertainties about Prompting, don't hesitate to contact the Train Conductors! We are here to help guide you in your travels aboard the Timeline EXOpress.

Ticket Submission Form:

Contact: This is just in case one of the Conductors needs to contact you about your prompt!
you can use either: e-mail, twitter, tumblr, dw, aff or ao3

Pairing(s): Who you want to see paired up in the fic
pairings must be in alphabetical order by stage name!
you can list multiple pairings (ex: Baekhyun/Chanyeol, Baekhyun/Chen, Lay/Suho)
you can submit member-centric and member specific prompts (ex: Xiumin/All ; Xiumin/Any)
you can submit OT3+ as long as the names appear in alphabetical order (ex: Kai/Sehun/Suho)
you can also simply write "Any/Any" if you have no preference for pairing

Prompt: This is where you write your prompt!

Station: When you want the fic to take place
you can list multiple time periods (ex: Middle Ages, Renaissance)
if you have no preference, write "Any"

Warnings: Any and all triggers that appear in your prompt MUST be clearly labelled here
if you are unsure if your prompt contains a trigger, please contact the Conductors!

Fuel: The rating that gets your OTP going
g, pg, pg13, 14a, R/M, NC-17, any, other
if you are unsure about the rating, please contact the Conductors!

On Track: Anything that would keep your prompt 'on track' and make it that much more first class!

Train Wreck: Anything that would ruin the prompt and would wreck this train for you...

Ticket Booth: Prompting

Thank you for your attention Passengers! Prompting opens at 12:00 am (0:00) KST on Friday, August 24, 2018. The Conductors will be anxiously awaiting the Passengers' prompts! And, as always, if you have any questions at all, the Train Conductors will be here to provide answers.

Contact:
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Welcome Aboard The Timeline EXOpress!

Introduction

Welcome to Timeline Station where your Train Conductors (Star, Moon, and Sun) will guide you to your historical destination! The Conductors would like to welcome you to board the Timeline EXOpress, the first and only Historical AU, EXO-centric fic fest! From the early bronze age until the 21st century, we are here to help you find your way to your favourite time period along the Timeline Railway.

Train Etiquette Guide

Authors, Poets, and Artists are invited to board the Train this year!
Fics (or poems) must be Historical AU! Any time period is okay, but no fics may take place in the 21st century.* The further back in history you go, the better! The Train will stop at all eras!
*The theme of time travel/reincarnation that takes place in the 21st century will be allowed, as long as the majority of the fic takes place in the past!
These do not have to be historically accurate! While accuracies are nice, this is fictional work and it is not meant to reflect history. It is simply meant to take place in history.
Minimal word count: none! Write as little or as much as you can/want!
Other AUs can be added to the fic/prompt, as long as the premise remains historical. EX: A Royalty AU in the Middle Ages or a University AU in the late 1800s.
EXO members, past and present, are permitted to board the Train. We support OT12 in this Station.
The main pairing must be EXO/EXO, but other groups are permitted to board the Train to make appearances or to be included in side pairings.
OCs are permitted to board the Train this year!
M-preg, gender bend, ABO, smut and OT3+ pairings will be allowed!
Some topics will be excluded from the fest, please see below for the list.
You do not have to have a DreamWidth to join the fest, but you must have an e-mail address, as well as a second way for the Train Conductors to contact you (AFF, AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
Please do not reveal yourself while the Train is in motion/the fest is ongoing. Do not reply to comments on your fic until the fest is over - this is meant to be anonymous until the reveals. (We wouldn't want to spoil the fun!)
Do not plagiarize in any way! Plagiarizing is illegal!
Extension arrangements can be made if needed, please contact the Train Conductors ASAP if you need one.
There will not be a drop-out date, however, please let us know if you will be getting off the Train so that your claimed prompt can be re-opened.
There is no penalty for dropping a prompt or exiting the Train early. You may re-claim a prompt and re-enter the Train (fest) all before it leaves the Station!
There will be 2 check-ins - an informal and formal one. The informal one is just to be sure that you're still on board while the formal one is a progress check that requires a draft. Both check-ins will be expected to be received within the week of the official due date. E-mail reminders will be sent out!

Train Warnings & Safety Procedures

Due to the harsh and often disturbing nature of history, our guidelines will be quite different from other fic fests. Timeline Station is thus going to open its doors to taboo topics that most fests tend to avoid. This is to keep the realism of the historical periods which are being represented - please do NOT abuse this freedom. If you are unsure whether or not your prompt contains sensitive material, please contact the Train Conductors for help!

1. These themes will be permitted: incest*, pseudo-incest, mental illness**, homophobia, self-harm, suicide, infidelity, excessive violence, blood, gore, war, dub-con, age gaps***, extreme kinks, underage sex****, & underage marriage*****.

*Please see point 2 for continued information on this theme.
**Try to refrain from mental illnesses that you may not know anything about, unless you plan to research it. This is a sensitive topic for those who actually have mental illnesses.

***Age gaps are only permitted if the romantic/sexual relationships are between characters over the age of 18.
****Underage sex will only be allowed if both parties are under 18. It will be considered pedophilia if one party is over 18 while one is under 18.
*****Underage marriage is accepted as long as there are no romantic/sexual relationships between a character under 18 and a character over 18.
Implications or mentions of any of the above will be tolerated, so long as it is not explicitly stated.

EX:
Incest: Brothers Tao and Luhan are forced to marry to keep their bloodline
Mental Illness: Yixing experiences PTSD after the war is over.
Underage sex: Seventeen year old Jongin bedded sixteen year old Sehun on their wedding night
Underage marriage: Fifteen year old Junmyeon is to marry twenty-four year old Yifan

If you will be writing about any of the topics mentioned in point 1, please fill in the "trigger warning" on our form.

2. These themes will not be permitted under any circumstances, regardless of their historical accuracy: pedophilia*, explicit incestual smut**, non-con/rape.

*The main characters, if in a romantic/sexual relationship, must be over 18. No exceptions.
**Implied sexual encounters are accepted based on the prompt.

The Train Conductors have the right to discard any prompts that are deemed unfit and that comply with anything in point 2.

Prompts that are received with any of the Triggering topics previously mentioned will be clearly marked in the prompt Archives and during postings. Any prompts that include smut or kinks of any kind will be clearly marked as NSFW during postings.

Because of the severity of some of these themes, any fics marked with the "trigger" option will be reviewed by the Train Conductors before posting. If we deem your story unfit to post, we will let you know and ask you to either omit or change the questionable content.

Thank you for understanding!

Train Schedule
Prompting: August 24 - September 7, 2018
Archive Reveal: September 9, 2018
Claiming: September 12, 2018
Informal Check-in: November 17, 2018
Formal Check-in: December 29, 2018
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2019
Posting: January 19, 2019
Reveals: TBA
*Dates are subject to change

Contact
e-mail: timelinestation@gmail.com
twitter: @EXOpressRailway
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curious cat: EXOpressRailway

Attention, Passengers, this is your Train Station Master! The Timeline EXOpress is now pulling into Timeline Station, at our final destination for this fest. Thank you all so much for being on board over the last many months and cheers to our talented and patient writers who have produced some of the most beautifully crafted historical fan fiction! Until next time, Passengers~ ChooChoo!

DAY 1

Garnet Hearts by Minty_Pixie
D.O/Kai | T+ | 51K words
Through the faded hues of lingering seasons, Prince Jongin tries to find the spark that could set his heart alight.

DAY 2

It's war. by TissueFairyMinseok
Luhan/Xiumin | E | 10.6K words
Lu Han and Minseok met during WWII, fighting a common enemy. They meet again years later; this time, facing each other.

Promise underneath the peach blossoms by Light_Voltage (MistRunner)
Kai/Sehun | NC-17 | 9.5K words
Getting a marriage arranged by his father is something he had expected since he has been young. Sehun is the third son of the Emperor of Shuhan and therefore perfect for establishing and strengthening political ties. He isn't exactly happy about this, but when his future husband turns out to be the Prince of Wei, the very boy he had grown close to two years ago but had sadly lost contact with... he thinks that it can't be that bad. Sehun gets thrown into a new life, a new court that watches his every step and if that isn't enough... his old friend and now husband doesn't seem to remember him and their time spent in Shuhan at all.

DAY 3

Everything We Are by JangJaeYul
Baekhyun/Lay | E | 40K words
The year is 1980, and Yixing has been invited to join the Seattle Ballet's summer programme as an exchange student from the Beijing Dance Academy. Baekhyun is a Korean-Canadian-American soloist with a wide smile and a reckless enthusiasm for life, dance, and Yixing's jetés. The language barrier is the least of their worries.

DAY 4

Into the Woods by lunibean
Kai/Luhan | G | 2K words
Luhan didn’t believe in fairies or any magical creatures, thinking they were just things from bedtime stories, but that all changes when he runs into fairies while walking through the forest.

so dawn goes down to day by eururong
Chanyeol/D.O | M | 20.2K words
Car trouble lead Kyungsoo to Chanyeol and his greaser group, and Chanyeol leads him to question everything he knows.

DAY 5

Burn My Lungs, Curse My Eyes by capyshota
Baekhyun/Chanyeol/D.O | E | 46.5K words
All evidence points to a coincidence, but Detective Inspector Park's intuition is speaking louder than the evidence. To get a feel for the case, Chanyeol jumps right into the middle of it--in this instance, 'it' is a mysterious hotel tied to several disappearances and potential murders.

DAY 6

Reiniciar by amaxingly
Lay/Luhan | PG-13 | 8.5K words
The notorious masked hero named Lay has faced many challenges and villains in his career, but none of them could ever compare to the challenge that is Luhan.

Just a Kiss? by zhyixingie
Chen/Xiumin | M | 4.4K words
Minseok had no idea how he had gotten himself into this. He hadn’t even thought to ask to meet the boy he would be tutoring while he went on his Grand Tour of Europe; figuring he would be just as prim and proper and polite as his father had been.
He should have asked to meet him.
In which Minseok just wants to get through this job and Jongdae really wants a kiss.

DAY 7

The Amulet of Heart by t_dragon
D.O/Kai | M | 33K words
Kyungsoo is an archaeologist that discovers a new burial ground for an unnamed pharaoh and is transported back in time where he falls in love.

DAY 8

above me like a living sea by asiren (meliorismo)
Sehun/Suho | PG-13 | 18.7K words
Kim Junmyeon lost everything to the same sea that took him to Sehun.

The Pharaoh's Chamber by shayshay
Baekhyun/Chanyeol | G | 3.8K words
Prince Baekhyun needs a new body slave. The tanned boy with the black hair and bright smile seems perfect. It’s not like he’ll fall for him or anything.

DAY 9

He Who Dances with Tigers by dosmilkshake
D.O/Sehun | E | 29K words
Kyungsoo trusted the net to catch him, not the tamer with a dangerous smile.

DAY 10

I've been so many places, but you're the one I run home to by Leelia
Baekhyun/Suho | M | 9.4K words
After Junmyeon turns Baekhyun into a vampire, Baekhyun spends years, centuries, running away from him, until he doesn't know anymore whether it's out of hate for Junmyeon, hate for himself or just out of plain habit.

all that i wonder by gracecavendish
Baekhyun/Chanyeol | PG-13 | 8.1K words
The threat of their stately London home becoming nothing but rubble sends Chanyeol and his sister to the English countryside. In the safety and the solitude, Chanyeol happens across the curious boy next door.

DAY 11

If I Loved You Less, I Might Be Able to Talk About it More by invective
Kris/Suho | NC-17 | 18.5K words
Court illustrator Wu Yifan finds rather amusingly that only the presence of Missus Kim Eunji's husband, Junmyeon, can keep the woman still enough to finish her portrait. When he moves onto painting the man himself, however, Yifan feels drawn by his enigmatic persona and finds himself wanting more than Just a friendship with him. Junmyeon, in turn, wants to escape — and it seems that Yifan offers him just that: a way out.

DAY 12

No Place for Saints by nu-exo (Nekohime)
Baekhyun/D.O | T+ | 8.9K words
When Kyungsoo - a highly efficient assassin - and Baekhyun - a bounty hunter who prefers to bring his targets in dead rather than alive - get hired to take each other out, they accept without thinking twice. Surely, it's the universe telling them to finish the grudge match that's been on hold for years now. They don't stop to think that there may be ulterior motives in setting them on each other, a misstep that might cost them their lives if they don't suck it up and learn to work together.

starchild (originally: star light, star bright) by pricklyteeth
Kai/Lay | M | 9.5K words
Abused by his stepfather and two stepbrothers, all Jongin wants is a chance to go to the ball and meet the prince, maybe talk to him about the condition of the poor in his kingdom and offer to work at the palace.
All very straightforward.
But upon meeting his royal highness Zhang Yixing, things go very differently.

DAY 13

Hallucinogenic by ozomin
Baekhyun/Lay | E | 16.4K words
Baekhyun mistakes an opium den for an antique shop. While looking for a tea canister, he finds someone much more intriguing.

DAY 14

A Conspiracy of Dunces by floralnori
D.O/Kai | G | 6K words
Tired of watching noble Jongin pine for absent-minded inventor Kyungsoo, Sehun forms a conspiracy with the goal to end his suffering...and bring those two idiots together.

Dust To Dust by chuchuros
D.O/Kai | PG-13 | 5.3K words
In the Queen's royal service is a watchdog, a youthful and powerful lord who supervises the dealings of England's underground society. Like the faithful man he is to her majesty, there is a butler by his side who is just as formidable. Together, they are the ultimate duo of master and servant; destined to collide and fallout just as graceful.

DAY 15

electric blue by illinois_e
Kai/Lay/Sehun | E | 21.9K words
Minseok sent his younger brother to China to forge an alliance between the empires. Falling in love with the emperor while at it was a bonus. Falling in love with his concubine, on the other side, was a disaster waiting to happen—or so Jongin thought.

DAY 16

Twirling in the night by purpleunihorn
Kai/Suho | T+ | 14.4K words
The Devil Dancer. The cat burglar that had been the terror of London’s high society for the past two months. He was exceptionally skilled at breaking, entering and leaving without being seen and obviously caught. Junmyeon’s squadron had been assigned to the case after the first robbery was reported to the Metropolitan Police. They had thought that it would be quite easy to capture the culprit but boy were the terribly mistaken.

DAY 17

The Dead Man In Bucks Row by _Arrow_
Kai/Sehun | E | 24.9K words
The dead man in Bucks Row came along with a dark secret and a helping hand Jongin did not have on his radar.

Jar of Flies by kumjongin
Kai/Sehun | E | 11.6K words
Jongin is perfectly happy wearing his wrinkled flannel and listening to grunge music in his friend’s basement, at least until the beautiful new student Sehun arrives and makes him question everything.

How can I say "Thank You"?

Hello, this is your Train Station Master, Snow. When this journey first began back in the summer, all I had was an idea and the desire to write. Conductor Lemon joined me early on, taking a lot of the responsibility along with me as our travels all began. If you're wondering, C. Lemon is fine! She just needed a break, but that's not my story to tell. So, the tracks became a little unstable as we traveled together. We faced many unexpected obstacles, but I couldn't give up. I recruited Conductors Sun and Moon and they filled in when I needed it most. This Fest would not have begun if it were not for the encouragement from C. Lemon. This Fest would have stalled a lot longer if it were not from the support and assistance from C. Sun and C. Moon. I can't thank them enough for allowing this Fest to come into existence and make it all the way until the end. I can't thank our MVPs enough for their patience and their persistence that made our first round such a success despite the bumps along the way. I can't thank out Passengers enough who showed so much love, care, dedication, and support to us from the beginning until the very end. You have all made this Fest so worth while and I am still blown away by the love we've received. I don't know how to thank you all - words are just not enough. I'm so thankful for everything you have all contributed to this Fest that made our first round such a success!

Here's to possible future rounds & the success of Round One ~ Cheers!

Love your friendly Conductor,
ChooChoo,
C. Snow

We made it to our last stop, Passengers… Over the last month, we’ve stopped at an array of Stations throughout time and have enjoyed a total of 25 submitted Tickets! As you experienced the nostalgia of the past, perhaps you also experienced the nostalgia of some of your favourite authors. Do you think you know who wrote your favourite fic from this fest? Do you think you can place a fic with one of our outstanding authors? Let’s see how many you can guess before the grand author reveal within the next week! ChooChoo~

DAY 1

Garnet Hearts
D.O/Kai | T+ | 51K words
Through the faded hues of lingering seasons, Prince Jongin tries to find the spark that could set his heart alight.

DAY 2

It's war.
Luhan/Xiumin | E | 10.6K words
Lu Han and Minseok met during WWII, fighting a common enemy. They meet again years later; this time, facing each other.

Promise underneath the peach blossoms
Kai/Sehun | NC-17 | 9.5K words
Getting a marriage arranged by his father is something he had expected since he has been young. Sehun is the third son of the Emperor of Shuhan and therefore perfect for establishing and strengthening political ties. He isn't exactly happy about this, but when his future husband turns out to be the Prince of Wei, the very boy he had grown close to two years ago but had sadly lost contact with... he thinks that it can't be that bad. Sehun gets thrown into a new life, a new court that watches his every step and if that isn't enough... his old friend and now husband doesn't seem to remember him and their time spent in Shuhan at all.

DAY 3

Everything We Are
Baekhyun/Lay | E | 40K words
The year is 1980, and Yixing has been invited to join the Seattle Ballet's summer programme as an exchange student from the Beijing Dance Academy. Baekhyun is a Korean-Canadian-American soloist with a wide smile and a reckless enthusiasm for life, dance, and Yixing's jetés. The language barrier is the least of their worries.

DAY 4

Into the Woods
Kai/Luhan | G | 2K words
Luhan didn’t believe in fairies or any magical creatures, thinking they were just things from bedtime stories, but that all changes when he runs into fairies while walking through the forest.

so dawn goes down to day
Chanyeol/D.O | M | 20.2K words
Car trouble lead Kyungsoo to Chanyeol and his greaser group, and Chanyeol leads him to question everything he knows.

DAY 5

Burn My Lungs, Curse My Eyes
Baekhyun/Chanyeol/D.O | E | 46.5K words
All evidence points to a coincidence, but Detective Inspector Park's intuition is speaking louder than the evidence. To get a feel for the case, Chanyeol jumps right into the middle of it--in this instance, 'it' is a mysterious hotel tied to several disappearances and potential murders.

DAY 6

Reiniciar
Lay/Luhan | PG-13 | 8.5K words
The notorious masked hero named Lay has faced many challenges and villains in his career, but none of them could ever compare to the challenge that is Luhan.

Just a Kiss?
Chen/Xiumin | M | 4.4K words
Minseok had no idea how he had gotten himself into this. He hadn’t even thought to ask to meet the boy he would be tutoring while he went on his Grand Tour of Europe; figuring he would be just as prim and proper and polite as his father had been.
He should have asked to meet him.
In which Minseok just wants to get through this job and Jongdae really wants a kiss.

DAY 7

The Amulet of Heart
D.O/Kai | M | 33K words
Kyungsoo is an archaeologist that discovers a new burial ground for an unnamed pharaoh and is transported back in time where he falls in love.

DAY 8

above me like a living sea
Sehun/Suho | PG-13 | 18.7K words
Kim Junmyeon lost everything to the same sea that took him to Sehun.

The Pharaoh's Chamber
Baekhyun/Chanyeol | G | 3.8K words
Prince Baekhyun needs a new body slave. The tanned boy with the black hair and bright smile seems perfect. It’s not like he’ll fall for him or anything.

DAY 9

He Who Dances with Tigers
D.O/Sehun | E | 29K words
Kyungsoo trusted the net to catch him, not the tamer with a dangerous smile.

DAY 10

I've been so many places, but you're the one I run home to
Baekhyun/Suho | M | 9.4K words
After Junmyeon turns Baekhyun into a vampire, Baekhyun spends years, centuries, running away from him, until he doesn't know anymore whether it's out of hate for Junmyeon, hate for himself or just out of plain habit.

all that i wonder
Baekhyun/Chanyeol | PG-13 | 8.1K words
The threat of their stately London home becoming nothing but rubble sends Chanyeol and his sister to the English countryside. In the safety and the solitude, Chanyeol happens across the curious boy next door.

DAY 11

If I Loved You Less, I Might Be Able to Talk About it More
Kris/Suho | NC-17 | 18.5K words
Court illustrator Wu Yifan finds rather amusingly that only the presence of Missus Kim Eunji's husband, Junmyeon, can keep the woman still enough to finish her portrait. When he moves onto painting the man himself, however, Yifan feels drawn by his enigmatic persona and finds himself wanting more than Just a friendship with him. Junmyeon, in turn, wants to escape — and it seems that Yifan offers him just that: a way out.

DAY 12

No Place for Saints
Baekhyun/D.O | T+ | 8.9K words
When Kyungsoo - a highly efficient assassin - and Baekhyun - a bounty hunter who prefers to bring his targets in dead rather than alive - get hired to take each other out, they accept without thinking twice. Surely, it's the universe telling them to finish the grudge match that's been on hold for years now. They don't stop to think that there may be ulterior motives in setting them on each other, a misstep that might cost them their lives if they don't suck it up and learn to work together.

starchild (originally: star light, star bright)
Kai/Lay | M | 9.5K words
Abused by his stepfather and two stepbrothers, all Jongin wants is a chance to go to the ball and meet the prince, maybe talk to him about the condition of the poor in his kingdom and offer to work at the palace.
All very straightforward.
But upon meeting his royal highness Zhang Yixing, things go very differently.

DAY 13

Hallucinogenic
Baekhyun/Lay | E | 16.4K words
Baekhyun mistakes an opium den for an antique shop. While looking for a tea canister, he finds someone much more intriguing.

DAY 14

A Conspiracy of Dunces
D.O/Kai | G | 6K words
Tired of watching noble Jongin pine for absent-minded inventor Kyungsoo, Sehun forms a conspiracy with the goal to end his suffering...and bring those two idiots together.

Dust To Dust
D.O/Kai | PG-13 | 5.3K words
In the Queen's royal service is a watchdog, a youthful and powerful lord who supervises the dealings of England's underground society. Like the faithful man he is to her majesty, there is a butler by his side who is just as formidable. Together, they are the ultimate duo of master and servant; destined to collide and fallout just as graceful.

DAY 15

electric blue
Kai/Lay/Sehun | E | 21.9K words
Minseok sent his younger brother to China to forge an alliance between the empires. Falling in love with the emperor while at it was a bonus. Falling in love with his concubine, on the other side, was a disaster waiting to happen—or so Jongin thought.

DAY 16

Twirling in the night
Kai/Suho | T+ | 14.4K words
The Devil Dancer. The cat burglar that had been the terror of London’s high society for the past two months. He was exceptionally skilled at breaking, entering and leaving without being seen and obviously caught. Junmyeon’s squadron had been assigned to the case after the first robbery was reported to the Metropolitan Police. They had thought that it would be quite easy to capture the culprit but boy were the terribly mistaken.

DAY 17

The Dead Man In Bucks Row
Kai/Sehun | E | 24.9K words
The dead man in Bucks Row came along with a dark secret and a helping hand Jongin did not have on his radar.

Jar of Flies
Kai/Sehun | E | 11.6K words
Jongin is perfectly happy wearing his wrinkled flannel and listening to grunge music in his friend’s basement, at least until the beautiful new student Sehun arrives and makes him question everything.

Amazing Authors!

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amazingly
asiren (meliorismo)
capyshota
chuchuros
dosmilkshake
eururong
floralnori
gracecavendish
illinois_e
invective
JangJaeYul
kumjongin
Leelia
Light_Voltage (MistRunner)
lunibean
Minty_Pixie
nu-exo (Nekohime)
ozomin
pricklyteeth
purpleunihorn
shayshay
t_dragon
TissueFairyMinseok
zhyixingie

Leave your guesses in the comments below!
ChooChoo~

Attention Passengers, this is the Train Station Master! By popular vote, the Ticket Booth hours have been extended an extra month! This extended claiming period will start on September 6 and end on October 6, giving those who have been thinking about coming aboard the Train extra time to decide and maybe even claim a Ticket/Prompt. All of the Ticket Booth Rules from our previous post will still apply, so make sure you read that here before getting started. Please see below for a bit of extra information on Late Claiming:

Extended Ticket Booth Hours:

Anyone who claims a Ticket during the Late Claiming Period must still abide by the original Ticket Booth Rules.
Self-Prompting will also be open until the last day for Late Claiming!
If a Passenger claims a Ticket or Self-Prompts during the Late Claiming Period, they will not be required to submit a draft to the first Check-In on October 7, but they must submit drafts to the following Check-In periods.
Betas will still be available to those who claim late as well!
For those who have already claimed a prompt + have submitted the final draft of their first prompt and would like to claim another prompt, please use the form provided below! Please note that if you are claiming a second, third or even a fourth prompt, you do not have to submit to any of the Check-Ins (but you can if you would like to!), all that we ask is that you complete the fic by the deadline.
The Extra Ticket Claim form only requires one Ticket/Prompt number. You can use the same form to submit a self-prompt as your next Ticket as well.
Remember that in order to claim a second/third/etc. prompt, that you must have submitted your completed previous prompt before claiming the next!

Ticket Booth: Archive
Ticket Booth: Late Claiming
Ticket Booth: Self-Prompting
Ticket Booth: Extra Ticket Claiming

Thank you for your attention Passengers! Friendly reminder to read our Train Etiquette Guide and our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures here before boarding the Train. Late Ticket/Prompt Claiming is open from September 6, 2017 at 12:00 am (0:00) ADT until October 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm (23:59) ADT. Remember that the Conductors are here to help you, so if you have any questions or comments or if you just want to chat, you can contact us easily! We want this journey on board the Train to be as easy as possible for you, so don't hesitate to ask us for help if you need it.

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Attention Passengers, this is the Train Station Master! We are happy to announce that we are now accepting Registration Forms for Attendants (Betas) as well as Requests for Attendants (Betas). Attendant Registrations will be open from August 12 until the tentative Final Submission date of January 6, 2018 (but this may also include any potential future extensions) and Requests for Attendants will be open in a few days, so you have plenty of time to come on board as to help out our Passengers or to find an Attendant for assistance.

If you are interested in providing services to our Passengers aboard the Train the please fill out our Registration Form. If you're a Passenger hoping to find an Attendant to help you in your Travels, then please see our Registered Attendants List and then fill out our Request Form. All forms are below! To any Attendants coming on board, please read the Attendants' Guide below before submitting a Registration Form!

Attendants' Guide:

As this fest is meant to be anonymous, you may NOT discuss your Passenger's work anywhere else or with anyone else other than the Passenger that has requested you.
Only sign up for as many fics that you can handle, please do not try to take on too much! This also applies to Passengers. We want you all to have an enjoyable time aboard the Train.
Should any Passengers already on board (those who have claimed prompts, whether still writing or not) would like to Register as an Attendant, then they can provided that they are comfortable doing so. Please don't overwhelm or overwork yourself with too much to do and too many tasks to handle!
Do not feel pressured to register as an Attendant! You do not have to provide services on the Train if you do not want to - we're happy having people aboard as Readers only!
The Registered Attendants List will become available within the week once we have had enough Attendants Register to board the Train.
Anything else that you need to know will be in the descriptions of the Registration Form - please read each section carefully as you fill out your Form. This is the same for Passengers who are submitting Request Forms.

Attendants' Registration
Registered Attendants List
Attendant Request

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Claiming is first come, first serve - which means you might not get your first prompt!
You may claim more than one Ticket, but you must submit your completed first Fan Fiction before claiming another Ticket.
You do not have to have DreamWidth to join, but you will be required to provide an e-mail address and a second platform username for the Train Conductors to contact you (AFF, AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
While we understand that sometimes situations arise that make participating in fests difficult, you should be willing to at least try to complete your claim with 2000 words. If you are unable to, for any reason, complete the fest, please contact the Train Conductors and we will assist you.
Of course, if you need an extension, please contact the Train Conductors to make arrangements!
There will also be no drop-out date - all we ask is that you let us know if you will be getting off of the Train so that your claimed prompt can be re-opened
There is no penalty for dropping a prompt or exiting the Train early. You may re-claim a prompt and re-enter the Train all before it leaves the Station!
Should any problems arise, the Train Conductors will do their best to work out a solution for you.
If we receive no check-in on the designated date, we will contact you once a week until the next check-in. After that, if we have not heard from you, your claimed prompt will be dropped.
Please do not reveal yourself while the Train is in motion/the fest is ongoing! Do not reply to comments on your fic until the fest is over - this is meant to by anonymous until reveals.
Of course, you are allowed to discuss your prompts with your beta(s).
If you have any questions about a prompt for the prompter, you can contact one of the Conductors and they will contact the prompter on your behalf.
Don't see a prompt you like? Don't worry, we will be opening self-prompting 24 hours after claiming begins. All of the same rules will still apply to self-prompters.
Confirmation e-mails will be sent out within 48 hours of your claim! If you don't receive an e-mail from us after 48 hours of your claim, then we didn't receive it.
Please note that all submitted final fics will be subject to the Conductors' Review. We will be searching for any signs of plagiarism, checking for unmarked triggers or warnings, as well as reviewing the content for the rating. If we find any problems with your submitted work, we will contact you about it.
If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: DO NOT PLAGIARIZE IN ANY WAY! Plagiarizing is illegal!
Most importantly, above all of the rules, have fun! We want you to enjoy writing your prompts and exploring history with us!

Ticket Claim Form:

E-Mail: Please provide an active/frequently checked e-mail address! This is how we will send out reminders and how we expect to receive your check-ins + final submission.

Secondary Contact: In case one of the Conductors is unable to reach you through your e-mail, we will use this as a second way to contact you.

First Class Ticket No.: Your number one, absolute favourite prompt!

Business Class Ticket No.: Your number two, okay-this-one-isn't-the-first, but also a great prompt!

Economy Class Ticket No.: Your number three, definitely-not-the-two-above, but also a pretty good prompt!

Questions? Thoughts? Concerns?: If there's anything you want to say or ask or if you have any general things you want to talk about, the Conductors are always here to guide you!

Ticket Booth: Archive
Ticket Booth: Claiming
Ticket Booth: Self-Prompting

Thank you for your attention Passengers! Please don't forget to read our Train Etiquette Guide and our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures here before boarding the Train. Claiming will open at 12:00 am (0:00) ADT on Saturday, August 5 and Self-Prompting will open at 12:00 am (0:00) ADT on Sunday, August 6. We will be waiting for you all on the Train! And, as always, if you have any questions or comments, the Train Conductors will be here to provide assistance where we can.

Contact:
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Attention Passengers, this is the Train Station Master. Before you begin submitting Prompts to our Ticket Booth Operators, there are a few regulations that you should be aware of ahead of time. If you have any questions after reading through the Guidelines, please do not hesitate to contact your friendly Train Conductors for assistance!

Please make sure you've read through our thorough Train Guidelines and our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures here for full Rules and Details before proceeding!

Ticket Booth Submission Guidelines:

Submissions will be done through a Google Form and you will be asked to provide contact information in case there are any issues with the prompt or if a writer has any questions
You do not have to claim a prompt if you submit one + you do not have to submit a prompt to claim one later
Make sure the prompts that you are submitting are Historical AU! The time frame for the majority* of the story must take place before the 21st century (*for more on this subject, please read our Train Guidelines)
This fest is open to OT12 and must have EXO/EXO as the main pairing. Other groups are allowed, but no OCs!
If your prompt should contain ANY Triggers, please make that clear! For a list of accepted Triggers and for those that are not accepted, please read our Train Warnings & Safety Procedures
There will be no discrimination of ANY of the current or past EXO members. DO NOT send prompts with any backlash towards any of the members. Also, you may NOT exclude any EXO members from you prompt
Please make sure your Prompts are not too vague OR too specific! See below for good & bad prompt examples. Remember, you can be very specific in your Likes and Dislikes, but note that the writer may choose not to follow everything.

You are allowed to submit as many prompts as you would like - the more, the merrier! Just make sure you submit one form per prompt.
Pairing names must be submitted as stage names and in alphabetical order (ex: Chanyeol/Chen, D.O/Kai)
If you have any questions or uncertainties about Prompting, don't hesitate to contact the Train Conductors! We are here to help guide you in your travels aboard the Timeline EXOpress.

Ticket Booth: Prompting

Thank you for your attention Passengers! Prompting opens at 12:00 am (0:00) ADT on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Conductors will be anxiously awaiting the Passengers' prompts! And, as always, if you have any questions at all, the Train Conductors will be here to provide answers.

Contact:
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All Aboard The Timeline Express!

Introduction

Welcome to Timeline Station where your Train Conductors will guide you to your historical destination! The Conductors would like to welcome you to board the Timeline EXOpress, a Historical AU, EXO-centric fic fest! From the early bronze age until the 21st century, we are here to help you find your way to your favourite time period along the Timeline Railway.

Train Etiquette Guide

Fics must be Historical AU! Any time period is okay, but no fics may take place in the 21st century.* The further back in history you go, the better! The Train will stop at all eras!
*The theme of time travel/reincarnation that takes place in the 21st century will be allowed, as long as the majority of the fic takes place in the past!
These do not have to be historically accurate! While accuracies are nice, this is fictional work and it is not meant to reflect history. It is simply meant to take place in history.
Minimal word count: 2000 words, no maximum! We would love to see longer stories, so write as much as you can/want!
Other AUs can be added to the fic/prompt, as long as the premise remains historical. EX: A Royalty AU in the Middle Ages or a University AU in the late 1800s.
EXO members, past and present, are permitted to board the Train. We support OT12 in this Station.
The main pairing must be EXO/EXO, but other groups are permitted to board the Train to make appearances or to be included in side pairings.
OCs are not permitted to board the Train!
M-preg, gender bend, ABO, smut and OT3+ pairings will be allowed!
Some topics will be excluded from the fest, please see below for the list.
You do not have to have a DreamWidth to join the fest, but you must have an e-mail address, as well as a second way for the Train Conductors to contact you (AFF, AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
Please do not reveal yourself while the Train is in motion/the fest is ongoing. Do not reply to comments on your fic until the fest is over - this is meant to be anonymous until the reveals.
Do not plagiarize in any way! Plagiarizing is illegal!
Extension arrangements can be made if needed, please contact the Train Conductors ASAP if you need one.
There will not be a drop-out date, however, please let us know if you will be getting off the Train so that your claimed prompt can be re-opened.
There is no penalty for dropping a prompt or exiting the Train early. You may re-claim a prompt and re-enter the Train (fest) all before it leaves the Station!
If we receive no check-in on the designated date, we will contact you once a week until the next check-in. If more than 2-3 weeks have passed with no contact, we will drop your claimed prompt.

***Age gaps are only permitted if the romantic/sexual relationships are between characters over the age of 18.
****Underage sex will only be allowed if both parties are under 18. It will be considered pedophilia if one party is over 18 while one is under 18.
*****Underage marriage is accepted as long as there are not romantic/sexual relationships between a character under 18 and a character over 18.

If you will be writing about any of the topics mentioned in point 1, please fill in the "trigger warning" on our form.

2. These themes will not be permitted under any circumstances, regardless of their historical accuracy: pedophilia*, explicit incestual smut**, non-con.

*The main characters, if in a romantic/sexual relationship, must be over 18. No exceptions.
**Implied sexual encounters are accepted based on the prompt.

The Train Conductors have the right to discard any prompts that are deemed unfit and that comply with anything in point 2.

Thank you for understanding!

Train Schedule
Prompting: July 13 - August 3, 2017
Archive Reveal: August 4, 2017
Claiming: August 5 - September 5, 2017
First Check-in: October 7, 2017 (500 words)
Second Check-in: November 4, 2017 (1000 words)
Third Check-in: December 2, 2017 (1500 words)
Deadline: January 6, 2018 (2000 words)
Posting: TBA
Guess Who?: TBA
Reveals: TBA
*Dates are subject to change

Contact
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All aboard the Timeline Express!

Welcome!

Welcome to Timeline Station! The Train Conductors would would like to welcome you to board the Timeline EXOpress, a historical!AU, EXO-centric fic fest! From the early bronze age all the way up until 2000, and everything in-between (i.e. The Roman empire, Kievan Rus', Joseon Korea, Revolutionary America, war-torn Europe, etc.), we welcome any and all historical fics! The Train Conductors are here to guide you to your destination, whenever that may be!

Introduction

We are Mods Snow❄️ and Lemon🍋, and we are here to bring you a riveting ride on the EXOpress Railway! We have both been writers and readers in previous fests; however, we decided on a whim to host our own!
One day, I was talking to Mod ❄️, and asked "how do you even write historical fantasy?" and she replied, "I'm not entirely sure." From there, we continued to discuss historical!AU fics and how much we loved them. However, we were not sure if a historical!AU fest had ever been done before. Thus, with our mutual love of history, EXO, and writing/reading, we decided one night to start a ficfest, and, well, look at where we are now!

We hope that you will join us and board our magical train and travel through history with many other writers/readers riding along!

Lots of love and luck to you, Passengers! ChooChoo🚂

-Mod ❄️ and Mod 🍋

Tentative Schedule and Guidelines will be posted soon!

Contact Info
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