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estirose ([personal profile] estirose) wrote in [community profile] fandomweekly2020-02-22 07:59 am

[#041] To Cast the Field (My Time at Portia)

Theme Prompt: #41 - Resurrection
Title: To Cast the Field
Fandom: My Time at Portia
Rating/Warnings: G/Spoilers for mid and late game storylines.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 357
Summary: Portia has grown, and Fancy has grown with it.



Portia wasn't exactly dying when Fancy came to town, but it hadn't been the most prosperous of the Free Cities, either. Now, tourists streamed through the town, so many that the hotel in South Block had expanded twice and had spawned another hotel on the Western Heights.

As she flew over the city in her Dragonfly, Fancy thought about everything she'd made, everything that people came to see. There was the Haunted Cave; she hadn't built it, but she had built the signs and cleared the Bandirats out. There was the museum. Ack, too, though she had not built the living AI, just befriended him. She'd repaired the hot springs, built the balloon platform and the balloons, put together two bridges in whole or in part, built DeeDees and their stops, and then a boat, a lift, and a few busses. She'd repaired things as needed, both as a builder and as a friend.

She'd married the best engineer from Vega 5, too, by building a relationship with him, but that wasn't really part of turning Portia into a tourist attraction. It had just happened. And even if she had built the Dragonfly, she hadn't done it for her new hometown. Sometimes she'd been so busy trying to finish a million projects with time limits that she'd wished for some relaxation, and she could do it now.

There was a family to start eventually, after all. She and Mint both wanted children. The people of Portia had welcomed her with open arms - well, maybe not Higgins, but everybody else had - helping a young, alone woman become far more than she'd ever dreamed. She wanted her children and her children's children to stay, to be a part of this town and help it grow just like she had.

All and all, everything had turned out well, which made her smile. She gently landed the Dragonfly next to her workshop and hopped out. There were no commissions to do, just time to relax, watch her kids grow and her town grow with them. She'd made her way home, and it was the best thing that ever could have happened.
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[personal profile] badly_knitted 2020-02-25 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know the fandom, but the city's resurrection is effective.
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[personal profile] m_findlow 2020-02-26 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
This is such a great interpretation of the prompt. I'm glad she was able to breathe new life into an old town.
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[personal profile] autobotscoutriella 2020-02-27 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
I love this! Sometimes a resurrection needs a little help--it's a great twist on the prompt.