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Entry tags:
- author: inarticulate,
- challenge: drabble meme,
- fandom: amatsuki,
- fandom: kuroshitsuji,
- fandom: lux-pain,
- fandom: psychic business corporation,
- fandom: sekirei,
- fandom: shadow of destiny,
- fandom: shounen onmyouji,
- fandom: suikoden iii,
- fandom: suikoden tierkreis,
- fandom: tales of destiny,
- fandom: tales of innocence,
- fandom: tales of legendia,
- fandom: tales of rebirth,
- fandom: tales of vesperia,
- fandom: the heroic legend of arslan
Alphabet Drabble Meme
Major spoilers are noted to the best of my ability.
Autumn [Tales of Innocence]
Autumn, Ange has always thought, is for good drinks and good food, for watching the leaves turn and for celebrating the fact that you're alive. This time, she's not sure what to celebrate. Perhaps the fact that Albert is alive, that there's no need for her to feel guilt. Perhaps that she has someone to share her food with, whose scent she knows, who gives her something else to live for.
"You're thinking again," Albert says from where he's curled up in a rumpled mess.
"You do a bit of that yourself." She sighs and snuggles back down against him.
Bell [Shounen Onmyouji] - forsarashina
She's seen Masahiro rub Touda's belly when he's in mononoke form, but she can't quite make herself try. As soft as he is inside, even she's used to the hard, uncaring mask he presents. Instead, she tugs at one long ear until he opens an eye to glare at her.
"Not up for sparring, hmm?" She keeps her smile bland.
"Ah, did it get that late?" He sits up and scratches, and in an instant there he is again, in all his glory.
She draws her sai, feeling the blood sing through her at the clash of metal on metal.
Colors [Suikoden III] - forxinnie
"You should come with me," Hugo says. "I'm sure every herbivore within a mile will want to eat your hair."
Caesar actually opens an eye at that to glare at Hugo. "Just because your horse does is no reason to use me as bait. What happened to your hunting skills? Is the great general too high and mighty for a little solo trip?"
Hugo sighs. "No. But I'll miss you."
"I won't miss you waking me up at ungodly hours to insult my hair." Caesar closes his eyes again. "Go. I'll be here when you get back. That's a promise."
Debt [Tales of Vesperia] - forsophisted - spoilers
Dahngrest is a city full of smell and noise. Raven learned long ago to listen through those distractions and focus on one person by watching their lips move. He could watch Harry, down below, but he turns away and looks instead at the spot where Don Whitehorse died.
There's still a stain there. It's impossible to distinguish in the mess of stains that form the base of Dahngrest's walkways-- monster blood, human blood, animal blood-- but Raven still pretends he can see it, sometimes.
He could still jump down, but he doesn't; he climbs. "Hey, Harry," he says. "I'm back."
Eat [Lux-Pain] - spoilers
The best thing about eating someone's mind is the slow satisfaction that spreads its dark tendrils out afterwards. It's like sex only better. He's wondered what Atsuki's mind would be like, sometimes, late at night. Atsuki is powerful, like Hibiki; he'd be a drug, he'd be electric, and he'd be rich. He'd be a challenge to overpower.
In reality, he wouldn't dream of it. Hibiki took him out; Atsuki is more powerful and knows all of Liu's weak spots. But the fantasy of being inside Atsuki's mind is still there, delicious and addictive, and Liu keeps coming back for more.
Family [Tales of Legendia] - formommy - spoilers
It occurs to him late one night, but he has to wait until the next morning to carefully study Jay. He borrows a piece of paper and a pen from Shirley ("Are you writing something?" she asks. "I'd like to read it when you're done.") and tries drawing. The ink smears all over, and it doesn't look like anything, so Moses goes back to staring at Jay.
Jay can't ignore him for long. "Do you have a problem?" he asks. "Would you like me to cut it out?"
"Just imaginin' you with fur," Moses says. "Since you'n Giet're my family."
Greed [Psychic Business Corporation]
"We want the eel." Fehmut jabs his finger at the menu. "Get us the eel, Tokiwa."
Tokiwa grimaces, and Fehmut braces himself for another round of very stupid excuses. "Fehmut, look at the price. No, look at it. We can't afford that!"
"Yes, we can," Fehmut sulks, even though he hasn't looked at the price.
"No, we can't." Tokiwa sighs. "Look, how about you get something else with eel in it? Something less expensive. Fehmut, come on, just look."
"We want what we want!" Fehmut crosses his arms and glowers. "You never let us eat what we want."
Homecoming [Lux-Pain] - spoilers
Aya breathes deep, smells briny sand, and knows this is where she wants to be. Here, unburdened by work, the promise of adventure and romance in the air.
"Chief?" Yui's voice comes from behind her, and Aya turned. "I thought you transferred."
There's a kind of hurt in her voice that Aya never deals well with. "I'm... sorry," she says. "It wasn't my decision."
"Things aren't the same without you."
Aya fidgets for a moment before reaching out and patting Yui on the shoulder. "I'm here now."
Yui's smile is small but beautiful, and Aya can't help but smile back.
Ink [Tales of Destiny] - forkarayan
Johnny ran away from home when he was seventeen. He could have gone by boat to Moreau, as he usually did, but instead he trekked across the island and into the caves. There he discovered that the beasts kept their distance so long as he played his music.
He composed a love ballad, to her, to him, lit by the glow of a wary monster. The squid's ink smelled horrible and bled into the paper in odd patterns, but Johnny didn't care. He came out the next day with new songs and the jangle of fresh lens in his wallet.
Jackdaw [Psychic Business Corporation]
Fehmut tries to call Tokiwa, Tokiwa only says, "I can't come to the phone right now, but leave a message." Which is a lie, and Fehmut tells him so, but Tokiwa says nothing back, and finally Fehmut throws the phone away in a huff. It's bad enough that Tokiwa doesn't trust him with the can opener, but now this, too?
Tokiwa finally comes to his senses and calls back. "I was in class," he says, as if that explains anything. "What's wrong?"
"We cannot reach our ball," Fehmut explains. "The sparkly one. Come home and get it."
Tokiwa hangs up.
Knowledge [Tales of Vesperia] - forsophisted
Estelle touches the blades of Rita's flying machine, then the straps. They're still warm, and she doesn't pull her fingers back. "This looks like so much fun. I always wished I could fly out of this window, to see what it was like outside..." She sighs.
Rita crosses her arms, glaring. "Not until I finish safety-testing the prototype. Just because it handles my weight well doesn't mean you'll be able to fly, and I don't want you hurt because of it."
Estelle doesn't bother hiding her smile. "I know," she says, and she leans forward. Rita's lips are even warmer.
Lunch [Amatsuki] - forexistence
Kosen doesn't see the princess that often, but when he does, it's usually in the kitchen. She doesn't take up very much space, and she's very quiet; most of the monks prefer to ignore her. He tries, but after the first few times, he finds himself looking over at the practiced motion of her hands, caught by the dough and the glint of her scales.
"Shouldn't you, uh." He fumbles. "Don't you have other duties?"
"Ah, Kosen-san." She smiles at him, her eyes crinkling. "Would you like to try one of my dumplings?" There's no way Kosen can say no.
Menagerie [Psychic Business Corporation]
Fehmut greets Tokiwa at the door, though he's careful to keep Count D between them. "We are tired," he announces. "You should carry us." He shifts into the cat and waits.
Count D is still smiling at Tokiwa, the traitor. "I trust your trip has been productive."
"Ah, yeah. The spirit was reluctant to go, but she did, eventually." Tokiwa leans down and picks up Fehmut. His grip is getting better; Fehmut purrs his appreciation before snuggling into Tokiwa's coat. "I'm so sorry to impose upon your hospitality like this..."
"It's no trouble," Count D says. Fehmut's purr grows louder.
Nettles [Black Butler]
"They say that nettles are good for fertility, don't they, Madam?"
Madam Red looks up to see Lau lounging in the doorway to her clinic, his hands hidden and his smile as enigmatic as ever. She tries to ignore the twinge under her ribs as she returns to writing. "Why do you ask? Do you have need of such an aide?"
"Oh, I'm just curious." When she looks up again, he's dropped noiselessly into a chair across the desk. "You should know, after all. Nettles also make you happy."
"Children do that sometimes." When she looks up again, he's gone.
Overture [Sekirei]
"Aaah, Shiina, don't cry!" Yukari hesitates for a moment before reaching out to wipe Shiina's tears away. "If it's going to upset you that much, you shouldn't look."
Shiina smiles tremulously, not quite meeting Yukari's eyes. He's shy and beautiful and sweet, and Yukari fidgets for a moment before stroking his hair. He makes a small sound and leans into the touch, and she thinks, I could really do anything.
But this isn't the right time and the mood is all wrong, so she just says. "We just have to keep winning!"
Shiina's smile is wider this time.
Pain [The Heroic Legend of Arslan]
It pains Dariun to admit it, and he would never say it aloud to Narcus or anyone else, but Arslan is royalty in a way that Andragoras never was. "Does it hurt, Dariun?" he asks, his voice soft as he ties the bandage.
"No, Your Highness," he lies. His face will not betray him. "Leave tending the injured to others; you have a strategy to form, do you not?"
"Dariun..." Arslan's face is a mask of worry and concern. This will be the long-awaited king who cares for all his subjects.
Dariun smiles. "Go, my prince," is all he says.
Quarantine [Amatsuki] - forkarayan
She has to be tied up again the second time she puts the mask on, as well; she knows this because she wakes up with her hands tied, blindfolded, and the low whisper of her brother's voice in her ears.
"Better luck next time," is all Suzume says.
Beni can't stand quite yet with her legs all wobbly, so she leans on Kurotobi. He's warm and smells of smoke, and they're alone afterwards. She wants to stay like this forever, and from the way he holds her, she thinks maybe he does, too.
"Next time," she says, "I'll do better."
Revision [Amatsuki] - spoilers
Tsuruume doesn't cry; that would be pointless and weak and stupid, now. But she sits there, her muscles tense, not looking around her and just thinking. It's not something she does a lot-- she tries not to think, most of the time, because the alternative is too painful.
She thinks about what Ginshu told her, about Shinshu, about the Onmyouryou. She thinks about Ginshu, still young and beautiful without the pain the curse etched into her skin.
There's no chance they're telling the truth, that she's imagining all of this. Tsuruume won't let the princess down again. This she knows.
Silence [Suikoden Tierkreis] - forcypher
Leadership, Chrodechild discovered early on, was as much about knowing what battles to fight as how to swing her sword. She tried to sidestep Danash's attentions with a determined ignorance, tried to sidestep his wives' ire the same way.
She isn't sure with Asad, though. He's a good comrade, but the way he acts around her can verge on distracting. She would like to take him aside and explain, but she worries it would end in emotional entanglement.
She has her sister now, after all, and Fredegund's love is more fragile and in need of cultivation than a sexual liason.
Tomorrows [Amatsuki] - fortsubame
Even sensation seems duller now, the warm skin under her fingertips number somehow next to the constantly tightening coil of pain. But like this, he will touch her, desperate and wild.
She doesn't ask who it is he wishes she were. It wouldn't make any difference anyway.
"I'm tired," she says instead, resting her head against his shoulder. Lifetimes ago, this would have been sweet. She would have wanted it, craved it. Now, it's hollow and lonely.
"If you're so tired, why not just give up?" There's an edge to his voice. She closes her eyes and wishes she could.
Understated [Tales of Vesperia] - forkiwikiwi
Flynn sees Yuri and Hatchette sneaking off to goof around instead of fulfilling their duties, but he bites his tongue. It stings, a little, because Flynn knows just how much Yuri is capable of, how he talks about justice and freedom. But all Yuri seems to do these days is slack.
There's nothing he can do right now to fix things. All he can do is work as hard as he can. He's soaring ahead of Yuri now by leaps and bounds. But Yuri doesn't listen to lectures, and all Flynn can do is wait for Yuri to catch up.
Verisimilitude [Shadow of Destiny]
The joy of this whole thing is how limited the human concept of reality is. There can only be one; there's only one chain of events, if things are fixed, they'll go on like this forever. Homunculus has changed countless tiny things just to watch the futures split off like tiny roots, burrowing further and further until they find somewhere to converge, to end, to split into little roots of their own.
This is his universe, his element. There are plenty who would try to master him, but Homunculus can outlast them all. Eike would do well to remember that.
Worthwhile [Tales of Destiny 2]
Harold builds her first robot at the age of nine, but it's nothing special. She dismantles it immediately, to the dismay of Karell, who doesn't have the sense to realize that it's easily duplicated.
She builds her first battle robot at thirteen, after months of research, because her brother needs a close range sparring partner, and she's bored by combat that doesn't require more active use of her brain.
When they're recruited to the army, Karell is ecstatic, but Harold accepts it as her due and begins to work. She will win them this war; she's been building towards this.
Xenophobia [Tales of Rebirth]
Perhaps the remarkable thing is how often they escaped notice before. Eugene's hands curl into fists; he feels his claws dig into his own skin and resists the urge to curl his lips in a snarl.
"Did he do anything to you?" they ask Mao.
"Eeeeh, of course not!" Mao says. He's struggling, but there are too many of them surrounding him. "He's my servant!"
One of the women gives Eugene a cold look. "So you thought you could lure him out here and kill him just like that? Listen," she says, to Mao. "You can never trust a Gajuma."
Yarrow [Black Butler]
Madam Red offers to see Ranmao alone, but the girl blinks and turns to Lau and they both end up in the room. "There's nothing wrong with you," she says finally. "You're just having your monthlies."
"Of course." Lau leans forward. "Yaa, this is such an interesting place you have. Don't you think so, Ranmao?"
She says nothing, as usual, as Lau continues to examine Madam Red's supplies.
"Lau..." Madam Red plucks a jar from his hands. "If you would be so kind, I have real patients who need me."
"So you do," says Lau. "We'll wait in your office."
Zygotic [Tales of Destiny 2]
Judas keeps quiet, but he watches Chaltier from under his mask, his heart pounding as he memorizes everything. It's so different from what he imagined, but it's so perfect, as well, and he drinks up every movement.
"Young master," Chaltier, his Chaltier, says. "Are you-- is it--"
He reaches down and strokes Chaltier's hilt reassuringly. He knows each groove by heart. He doesn't know how to say any of the thoughts swirling around in his head, so he doesn't; he just goes back to watching Chaltier's hair and shoulders and smile. He keeps wanting something he'll never have.
Autumn [Tales of Innocence]
Autumn, Ange has always thought, is for good drinks and good food, for watching the leaves turn and for celebrating the fact that you're alive. This time, she's not sure what to celebrate. Perhaps the fact that Albert is alive, that there's no need for her to feel guilt. Perhaps that she has someone to share her food with, whose scent she knows, who gives her something else to live for.
"You're thinking again," Albert says from where he's curled up in a rumpled mess.
"You do a bit of that yourself." She sighs and snuggles back down against him.
Bell [Shounen Onmyouji] - for
sarashinaShe's seen Masahiro rub Touda's belly when he's in mononoke form, but she can't quite make herself try. As soft as he is inside, even she's used to the hard, uncaring mask he presents. Instead, she tugs at one long ear until he opens an eye to glare at her.
"Not up for sparring, hmm?" She keeps her smile bland.
"Ah, did it get that late?" He sits up and scratches, and in an instant there he is again, in all his glory.
She draws her sai, feeling the blood sing through her at the clash of metal on metal.
Colors [Suikoden III] - for
xinnie"You should come with me," Hugo says. "I'm sure every herbivore within a mile will want to eat your hair."
Caesar actually opens an eye at that to glare at Hugo. "Just because your horse does is no reason to use me as bait. What happened to your hunting skills? Is the great general too high and mighty for a little solo trip?"
Hugo sighs. "No. But I'll miss you."
"I won't miss you waking me up at ungodly hours to insult my hair." Caesar closes his eyes again. "Go. I'll be here when you get back. That's a promise."
Debt [Tales of Vesperia] - for
sophisted - spoilersDahngrest is a city full of smell and noise. Raven learned long ago to listen through those distractions and focus on one person by watching their lips move. He could watch Harry, down below, but he turns away and looks instead at the spot where Don Whitehorse died.
There's still a stain there. It's impossible to distinguish in the mess of stains that form the base of Dahngrest's walkways-- monster blood, human blood, animal blood-- but Raven still pretends he can see it, sometimes.
He could still jump down, but he doesn't; he climbs. "Hey, Harry," he says. "I'm back."
Eat [Lux-Pain] - spoilers
The best thing about eating someone's mind is the slow satisfaction that spreads its dark tendrils out afterwards. It's like sex only better. He's wondered what Atsuki's mind would be like, sometimes, late at night. Atsuki is powerful, like Hibiki; he'd be a drug, he'd be electric, and he'd be rich. He'd be a challenge to overpower.
In reality, he wouldn't dream of it. Hibiki took him out; Atsuki is more powerful and knows all of Liu's weak spots. But the fantasy of being inside Atsuki's mind is still there, delicious and addictive, and Liu keeps coming back for more.
Family [Tales of Legendia] - for
mommy - spoilersIt occurs to him late one night, but he has to wait until the next morning to carefully study Jay. He borrows a piece of paper and a pen from Shirley ("Are you writing something?" she asks. "I'd like to read it when you're done.") and tries drawing. The ink smears all over, and it doesn't look like anything, so Moses goes back to staring at Jay.
Jay can't ignore him for long. "Do you have a problem?" he asks. "Would you like me to cut it out?"
"Just imaginin' you with fur," Moses says. "Since you'n Giet're my family."
Greed [Psychic Business Corporation]
"We want the eel." Fehmut jabs his finger at the menu. "Get us the eel, Tokiwa."
Tokiwa grimaces, and Fehmut braces himself for another round of very stupid excuses. "Fehmut, look at the price. No, look at it. We can't afford that!"
"Yes, we can," Fehmut sulks, even though he hasn't looked at the price.
"No, we can't." Tokiwa sighs. "Look, how about you get something else with eel in it? Something less expensive. Fehmut, come on, just look."
"We want what we want!" Fehmut crosses his arms and glowers. "You never let us eat what we want."
Homecoming [Lux-Pain] - spoilers
Aya breathes deep, smells briny sand, and knows this is where she wants to be. Here, unburdened by work, the promise of adventure and romance in the air.
"Chief?" Yui's voice comes from behind her, and Aya turned. "I thought you transferred."
There's a kind of hurt in her voice that Aya never deals well with. "I'm... sorry," she says. "It wasn't my decision."
"Things aren't the same without you."
Aya fidgets for a moment before reaching out and patting Yui on the shoulder. "I'm here now."
Yui's smile is small but beautiful, and Aya can't help but smile back.
Ink [Tales of Destiny] - for
karayanJohnny ran away from home when he was seventeen. He could have gone by boat to Moreau, as he usually did, but instead he trekked across the island and into the caves. There he discovered that the beasts kept their distance so long as he played his music.
He composed a love ballad, to her, to him, lit by the glow of a wary monster. The squid's ink smelled horrible and bled into the paper in odd patterns, but Johnny didn't care. He came out the next day with new songs and the jangle of fresh lens in his wallet.
Jackdaw [Psychic Business Corporation]
Fehmut tries to call Tokiwa, Tokiwa only says, "I can't come to the phone right now, but leave a message." Which is a lie, and Fehmut tells him so, but Tokiwa says nothing back, and finally Fehmut throws the phone away in a huff. It's bad enough that Tokiwa doesn't trust him with the can opener, but now this, too?
Tokiwa finally comes to his senses and calls back. "I was in class," he says, as if that explains anything. "What's wrong?"
"We cannot reach our ball," Fehmut explains. "The sparkly one. Come home and get it."
Tokiwa hangs up.
Knowledge [Tales of Vesperia] - for
sophistedEstelle touches the blades of Rita's flying machine, then the straps. They're still warm, and she doesn't pull her fingers back. "This looks like so much fun. I always wished I could fly out of this window, to see what it was like outside..." She sighs.
Rita crosses her arms, glaring. "Not until I finish safety-testing the prototype. Just because it handles my weight well doesn't mean you'll be able to fly, and I don't want you hurt because of it."
Estelle doesn't bother hiding her smile. "I know," she says, and she leans forward. Rita's lips are even warmer.
Lunch [Amatsuki] - for
existenceKosen doesn't see the princess that often, but when he does, it's usually in the kitchen. She doesn't take up very much space, and she's very quiet; most of the monks prefer to ignore her. He tries, but after the first few times, he finds himself looking over at the practiced motion of her hands, caught by the dough and the glint of her scales.
"Shouldn't you, uh." He fumbles. "Don't you have other duties?"
"Ah, Kosen-san." She smiles at him, her eyes crinkling. "Would you like to try one of my dumplings?" There's no way Kosen can say no.
Menagerie [Psychic Business Corporation]
Fehmut greets Tokiwa at the door, though he's careful to keep Count D between them. "We are tired," he announces. "You should carry us." He shifts into the cat and waits.
Count D is still smiling at Tokiwa, the traitor. "I trust your trip has been productive."
"Ah, yeah. The spirit was reluctant to go, but she did, eventually." Tokiwa leans down and picks up Fehmut. His grip is getting better; Fehmut purrs his appreciation before snuggling into Tokiwa's coat. "I'm so sorry to impose upon your hospitality like this..."
"It's no trouble," Count D says. Fehmut's purr grows louder.
Nettles [Black Butler]
"They say that nettles are good for fertility, don't they, Madam?"
Madam Red looks up to see Lau lounging in the doorway to her clinic, his hands hidden and his smile as enigmatic as ever. She tries to ignore the twinge under her ribs as she returns to writing. "Why do you ask? Do you have need of such an aide?"
"Oh, I'm just curious." When she looks up again, he's dropped noiselessly into a chair across the desk. "You should know, after all. Nettles also make you happy."
"Children do that sometimes." When she looks up again, he's gone.
Overture [Sekirei]
"Aaah, Shiina, don't cry!" Yukari hesitates for a moment before reaching out to wipe Shiina's tears away. "If it's going to upset you that much, you shouldn't look."
Shiina smiles tremulously, not quite meeting Yukari's eyes. He's shy and beautiful and sweet, and Yukari fidgets for a moment before stroking his hair. He makes a small sound and leans into the touch, and she thinks, I could really do anything.
But this isn't the right time and the mood is all wrong, so she just says. "We just have to keep winning!"
Shiina's smile is wider this time.
Pain [The Heroic Legend of Arslan]
It pains Dariun to admit it, and he would never say it aloud to Narcus or anyone else, but Arslan is royalty in a way that Andragoras never was. "Does it hurt, Dariun?" he asks, his voice soft as he ties the bandage.
"No, Your Highness," he lies. His face will not betray him. "Leave tending the injured to others; you have a strategy to form, do you not?"
"Dariun..." Arslan's face is a mask of worry and concern. This will be the long-awaited king who cares for all his subjects.
Dariun smiles. "Go, my prince," is all he says.
Quarantine [Amatsuki] - for
karayanShe has to be tied up again the second time she puts the mask on, as well; she knows this because she wakes up with her hands tied, blindfolded, and the low whisper of her brother's voice in her ears.
"Better luck next time," is all Suzume says.
Beni can't stand quite yet with her legs all wobbly, so she leans on Kurotobi. He's warm and smells of smoke, and they're alone afterwards. She wants to stay like this forever, and from the way he holds her, she thinks maybe he does, too.
"Next time," she says, "I'll do better."
Revision [Amatsuki] - spoilers
Tsuruume doesn't cry; that would be pointless and weak and stupid, now. But she sits there, her muscles tense, not looking around her and just thinking. It's not something she does a lot-- she tries not to think, most of the time, because the alternative is too painful.
She thinks about what Ginshu told her, about Shinshu, about the Onmyouryou. She thinks about Ginshu, still young and beautiful without the pain the curse etched into her skin.
There's no chance they're telling the truth, that she's imagining all of this. Tsuruume won't let the princess down again. This she knows.
Silence [Suikoden Tierkreis] - for
cypherLeadership, Chrodechild discovered early on, was as much about knowing what battles to fight as how to swing her sword. She tried to sidestep Danash's attentions with a determined ignorance, tried to sidestep his wives' ire the same way.
She isn't sure with Asad, though. He's a good comrade, but the way he acts around her can verge on distracting. She would like to take him aside and explain, but she worries it would end in emotional entanglement.
She has her sister now, after all, and Fredegund's love is more fragile and in need of cultivation than a sexual liason.
Tomorrows [Amatsuki] - for
tsubameEven sensation seems duller now, the warm skin under her fingertips number somehow next to the constantly tightening coil of pain. But like this, he will touch her, desperate and wild.
She doesn't ask who it is he wishes she were. It wouldn't make any difference anyway.
"I'm tired," she says instead, resting her head against his shoulder. Lifetimes ago, this would have been sweet. She would have wanted it, craved it. Now, it's hollow and lonely.
"If you're so tired, why not just give up?" There's an edge to his voice. She closes her eyes and wishes she could.
Understated [Tales of Vesperia] - for
kiwikiwiFlynn sees Yuri and Hatchette sneaking off to goof around instead of fulfilling their duties, but he bites his tongue. It stings, a little, because Flynn knows just how much Yuri is capable of, how he talks about justice and freedom. But all Yuri seems to do these days is slack.
There's nothing he can do right now to fix things. All he can do is work as hard as he can. He's soaring ahead of Yuri now by leaps and bounds. But Yuri doesn't listen to lectures, and all Flynn can do is wait for Yuri to catch up.
Verisimilitude [Shadow of Destiny]
The joy of this whole thing is how limited the human concept of reality is. There can only be one; there's only one chain of events, if things are fixed, they'll go on like this forever. Homunculus has changed countless tiny things just to watch the futures split off like tiny roots, burrowing further and further until they find somewhere to converge, to end, to split into little roots of their own.
This is his universe, his element. There are plenty who would try to master him, but Homunculus can outlast them all. Eike would do well to remember that.
Worthwhile [Tales of Destiny 2]
Harold builds her first robot at the age of nine, but it's nothing special. She dismantles it immediately, to the dismay of Karell, who doesn't have the sense to realize that it's easily duplicated.
She builds her first battle robot at thirteen, after months of research, because her brother needs a close range sparring partner, and she's bored by combat that doesn't require more active use of her brain.
When they're recruited to the army, Karell is ecstatic, but Harold accepts it as her due and begins to work. She will win them this war; she's been building towards this.
Xenophobia [Tales of Rebirth]
Perhaps the remarkable thing is how often they escaped notice before. Eugene's hands curl into fists; he feels his claws dig into his own skin and resists the urge to curl his lips in a snarl.
"Did he do anything to you?" they ask Mao.
"Eeeeh, of course not!" Mao says. He's struggling, but there are too many of them surrounding him. "He's my servant!"
One of the women gives Eugene a cold look. "So you thought you could lure him out here and kill him just like that? Listen," she says, to Mao. "You can never trust a Gajuma."
Yarrow [Black Butler]
Madam Red offers to see Ranmao alone, but the girl blinks and turns to Lau and they both end up in the room. "There's nothing wrong with you," she says finally. "You're just having your monthlies."
"Of course." Lau leans forward. "Yaa, this is such an interesting place you have. Don't you think so, Ranmao?"
She says nothing, as usual, as Lau continues to examine Madam Red's supplies.
"Lau..." Madam Red plucks a jar from his hands. "If you would be so kind, I have real patients who need me."
"So you do," says Lau. "We'll wait in your office."
Zygotic [Tales of Destiny 2]
Judas keeps quiet, but he watches Chaltier from under his mask, his heart pounding as he memorizes everything. It's so different from what he imagined, but it's so perfect, as well, and he drinks up every movement.
"Young master," Chaltier, his Chaltier, says. "Are you-- is it--"
He reaches down and strokes Chaltier's hilt reassuringly. He knows each groove by heart. He doesn't know how to say any of the thoughts swirling around in his head, so he doesn't; he just goes back to watching Chaltier's hair and shoulders and smile. He keeps wanting something he'll never have.
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And awwn, Flynn. <3 He's so good and patient. <3 <3
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Flynn is the best friend Yuri could ask for, and vice versa. :D I love them so much. ♥ ♥ ♥
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AND THEY ARE AMAZING
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I MIGHT MANAGE SOMETHING MORE COHERENT LATER but not right now. eeeee.
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I AM SO GLAD YOU LIKED THEM THOUGH :D ♥ ♥ ♥ I had a lot of fun writing them.
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My drabble was wonderful and fabulous and made me so happy. ♥ I will read the others later~
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