Submitted by Charlotte 25 January 2002

Yes, it's that time of year again...no, not the post-Xmas or New Year blues, not even the run up to Valentine's Day...it's the run up to when the tax returns have to be sent to the Inland Revenue on 31st of Jan...oh joy.

So it got me thinking...how would the boys fill out theirs? Would they get Backup to do it? Or would Richards hack into the IR system and thus eradicate the need? What would they put under 'professional expenses'?

Humourous or serious it's up to you...the deadline of course is 31st January.

If anyone thinks the reason I'm posting this is because I've become mentally unhinged filling my own one in you're probably right...

Love 'n' hugs Charlotte xx

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Submitted by Alyse and Jen 16 December 2001

Since these lists have been quite quiet recently with the RL Christmas rush and everything, Al and I though we'd issue a new challenge to see if we can spark people's interest. *g*

So...a New Year Challenge.

What do Sam and Chris do over New Year? Are they on duty? Do they spend the day together, or with their respective families/friends? What New Years Resolutions do they make, if any? Can they keep to them once they're made?

*g*

Lots of questions, and we want to know the answers. <unsubtle hint>

Hope everyone has a great Christmas,

Love Al and Jen xx

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Submitted by Alyse and Jan 23 November 2001

Jan and I were talking again last night, about words and how some of them have wonderful sounds, and roll around the tongue and don't get used enough and...

We came up with another challenge <g>

Below are 20 words we'd like to see used in a story. Again, no rules other than you have to use all of them and only once (not that I think you'll be wanting to use them more than once <g>). Some of them are a little... unusual <g> so you might want to use something like www.dictionary.com if they're a little unfamiliar.

Well, we were bored! <g> And evil, of course. But that goes without saying <g>

1. Verisimilitude
2. Consanguinity
3. Languid
4. Nonchalance
5. Serendipity
6. Desquamation
7. Satiation
8. Approbation
9. Dishabille
10. Esoteric
11. Succulent
12. Culmination
13. Lubricious
14. Loquacious
15. Silkiness
16. Somnolent
17. Harmonious
18. Fervent
19. Irascible
20. Preternatural

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Submitted by Alyse 7June 2001

Some of you may remember that last year, when Lou and I worked out when Sam's birthday was (June) I issued a fic challenge - write a Sam's birthday fic.

Well, it's almost June again. So I'm issuing another challenge <g> However, this time it's Chris' turn. Since we don't know when the poor love's birthday actually is, I don't want him to lose out. So the challenge for the month of June 2001 is:

Write a Chris' birthday fic. It can be happy, sad, sexy, funny, as mad or as angsty as you want. There are only two rules:

i) Chris' birthday must be an integral part of the story

ii) deadline is 30th June

Have fun

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Submitted by Alyse 15 March 2001

Accepted by Operative Dinah - Just Kisses

Accepted by Operative Claire - The Final Kiss

Write a story about kissing. It can be a dribble or a drabble, a little scene, a full blown fic. Gen, Adult, Slash. Silly, funny, sweet, angsty as hell. Doesn't matter. The only rules are:

i) it has to feature at least one CI5 character (and not necessarily Sam, Chris or even Backup)

ii) kissing has to be the main purpose of the fic. It can be a serious kiss, the kiss of death (think Judas), kissing their granny, anything, but that has to be the focus

iii) no sex - kissing only. No kissing just to get to the juicy bits! If you're going down the romance route (and I wouldn't blame you :)) then it's *just* kissing.

With me?

Have fun :)

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Submitted by Alyse 9 January 2001

Accepted by Operative Jan - Die Nasty aka Dynasty

One of the writer's lists I'm on had a challenge recently, about writing a fic in the style of a soap opera and I thought it would be funny if we had something similar.

So the challenge is to write a New Professionals story in the style of an American soap, i.e. not Eastenders (far too depressing :))  It can be as outrageous and as wacky as you like - evil twins, illegitimate children, murder, mayhem, kidnap by aliens, waking up in the shower to find it's all been a dream.  Or it could be as serious as you like.  Just make it soapy.

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Submitted by Matt 14 December 2000

A New Pros assignment with you as a character(as a good guy presumably). Can be a crossover, include self-parody, involve you shagging one of the characters, whatever.

Rating: PG to R

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Submitted by Alyse 13 December 2000

For those of you who don't know this, CI5 Operational Control will be a year old on 1 Feb 2001. In celebration of this, I'm issuing the following challenge:

Write an anniversary story. The guys have been together for a year. If it's slash, they've been in a relationship for a year. If adult or gen, they've been partners for a year. Who knows? Maybe they have to undergo an annual partnership review and that gets them thinking. :)

The only rules are that a first anniversary of some sort needs to feature and the deadline is 1 Feb 2001. So get your writing hats on and pens in hand :)

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Submitted by Louise 13 December 2000

Accepted by Operative Elsa - Scrabble and Anagrams

Accepted by Operative Jan - Jingle Bells

Accepted by Operative Alyse - All I Want for Christmas

What do CI5 agents do at Xmas?  I had some ideas for silly presents (Fluffy bunny slippers - Curtis would look great in those. Alyse had the wicked idea of Keel and a Tigger toy) but what about serious sentimental presents?  And do they sit down to watch the Queen's speech after dinner with a glass of sherry or do they do something a little more risque?  Do they even believe in Xmas at all or are they just too cynical for that kind of thing?

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Submitted by Bettina 26 June 2000