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2009-12-27 12:05 am

This Is Leaving

Fandom: FF8
Characters/Pairings: Rinoa (discussed Squall/Rinoa, Seifer/Rinoa)
Rating: PG
Summary: How Rinoa decided to let go had a little to do with something stupid and mundane.
Notes: [personal profile] novel_machinist/[livejournal.com profile] drakonlily wanted a story about how Rinoa decided to break up with Squall. So I wrote it. I don't normally break them up simply because well, everyone does, and I'm contrary (even if I don't see them as being quite so epically perfect either) so I tried to do it in a way that didn't turn anyone into a villain. Sometimes it just fades (I know that from experience).

She'd decided to do the laundry on her own again. )
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2009-02-13 09:25 pm

Walk With You Through The Pathless Roads

Fandom: FF8
Characters/Pairings: Quistis/Laguna, implied Squall/Rinoa
Rating: PG-13
Summary: What do you do when you're a pawn to the rise of an empire? If you're Laguna, you look for the happy part. Part of the Empire arc.

Notes: I know, I like May/December, so shoot me, they're probably closer in maturity than most I like. This was actually a joy to write, because it was some crazyfuck governmental stuff from the perspective of a good guy. This is not something I get to do often. But since I've been RPing him, I think I've got a decent voice, even if due to circumstance he's a bit more subdued than usual. And I finally get to explain the start of the Empire! Yay! The title is more of the 'hey guess the song lyric' that all the other titles in this arc have, so why break tradition? And I love this song a lot.

it's simple if you take out the assassinations and intrigue and empires )
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2008-12-26 04:37 pm

They Were Four - Part 3

Fandom: FFVIII
Characters/Pairings: Edea, Quistis, Squall, Seifer, Ellone, Rinoa implied Squall/Rinoa, Cid/Edea
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The beginning of the end
Notes: Behold! I've worked on this. God, Edea POV is so trippy sometimes. And there is only one more part! Yes, seriously. I know, this is sparse and weird. But I like sparse and weird. That was the whole point of this. I am so proud to have gotten another part written. God, it's been MONTHS. And now you know who was talking in the random dialog bits!

not with a bang )
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2008-07-16 04:22 pm

They Were Four - Part 2

Fandom: FFVIII
Characters/Pairings: Edea, Quistis, implied Squall/Rinoa, Cid/Edea
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "There could be many of them in existence--minor magic users were in their way just fragments of a Sorceress--but there were few of a certain type. The kind that are written about in books."
Notes: In which I meta and more set up the next part, because it's where the "action" happens. Can I mention that middle aged Quistis is hot?

and I heard from the hills a band was made )