beyond the wide world's end

Bottom of the River (34631 words) by bedlamsbard
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Republic (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mon Mothma
Additional Tags: Genderfuck, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Murder Mystery, Original Character(s), Unresolved Romantic Tension
Series: Part 2 of Oxygen and Rust
Summary:

Murder, mayhem, and mistaken identity! When a body turns up in Coruscant's underworld with a very familiar face, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are dispatched to investigate the case. Newly returned from the front lines of the Clone Wars, the two Jedi find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse: but are they the hunters or the hunted?

“What did you say to your friend to get him to agree to come to the Underworld, if it’s so dangerous?” Ina-Rati asked.

“He’s a Jedi,” Griaa said, standing up on tiptoe to try and peer over the crowd around them. It had scattered when the hovercab had landed, but at its departure had immediately filled back in. “Crazy and dangerous is basically their stock in trade, at least the ones I know. We’re just lucky that he’s on Coruscant right now, since he’s been gone most of the past year because of the war.”

“Your friend’s a Jedi?” Ina-Rati said, with a burst of panic in the pit of her stomach. The last thing she wanted to see right now was another blasted Jedi.

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Right now I'm trying to keep one chapter ahead of what's actually posted, which was useful as it meant that this time I could go back and make changes to this chapter as things came up in Rising 5. Even though I usually write WIPs, I don't normally do that, which is one of the reasons why I occasionally take really long breaks between chapters of Dust. (The only exceptions have been Dust 32 and 33, the last two Murder Island chapters, which were written concurrently.) It is pretty good motivation to actually write the next chapter if I'm not going to post the previous one until the next one is written, heh.

Bottom of the River (13394 words) by bedlamsbard
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Republic (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Genderfuck, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Murder Mystery, Original Character(s), Unresolved Romantic Tension
Series: Part 2 of Oxygen and Rust
Summary:

Murder, mayhem, and mistaken identity! When a body turns up in Coruscant's underworld with a very familiar face, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are dispatched to investigate the case. Newly returned from the front lines of the Clone Wars, the two Jedi find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse: but are they the hunters or the hunted?

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This is the longest chapter for any of my Star Wars fic yet (although I have chapters for Narnia/Dust that are almost twice as long), which is a fact that I'm kind of shocked by, though hell if I know why, at this point I ought to be aware of my tendencies as a writer.

(And yes, there are links to Obi-Wan's and Ina-Rati's hair styles at the end.)

Bottom of the River (4300 words) by bedlamsbard
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Republic (Comics)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Genderfuck, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Murder Mystery, Original Character(s), Unresolved Romantic Tension
Series: Part 2 of Oxygen and Rust
Summary:

Murder, mayhem, and mistaken identity! When a body turns up in Coruscant's underworld with a very familiar face, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are dispatched to investigate the case. Newly returned from the front lines of the Clone Wars, the two Jedi find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse: but are they the hunters or the hunted?

(Part of the Oxygen & Rust female!Obi-Wan series.)

(I'm trying a thing where I only post fic in one spot, for now. Might change. Also the document is on my other computer.)

One | Two | Three | Four | AO3

A/N: The Senate Guard characters who appear in this chapter are from the Star Wars: Honor and Duty TPB (Star Wars: Republic #46-48 and #78).

( bad moon rising )

One | Two | AO3

( bad moon rising )

So this is a prequel to Dirt in the Machine, taking place about six years before Dirt and three years before AotC. Genderfuck, lady!Obi-Wan, with Padmé, Anakin, and a few others.

( bad moon rising )

Previous chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Or read it on the AO3.

Content advisory for dubcon in a dream sequence, language, and violence.

( dirt in the machine )

This chapter brings in material from the EU -- specifically from the Clone Wars comics. Hopefully it's fairly self-explanatory without prior knowledge of the EU.

Thanks to Dogstar for the beta! Previous chapters: 1 | 2 | 3

( dirt in the machine )

More lady!Obi-Wan. Light Anakin/Obi-Wan. First part here. It is also up at the AO3 here. In theory; the AO3 seems to exist to screw with me.

Thanks to dogstar for talking this through with me!

( dirt in the machine )