I am insane! Indulge me!

[cleflink]

So, despite the fact that school's back in and my teachers are already quite keen on burying me in homework (why did I take the Lucian course, for the love of god!), I am feeling all jittery and not concentrating. So! I has meme, sort of.

Quote me a sentence from your favourite story that I've written. I'll write you a ficbit in the same continuum/verse/whatever. Please do not quote me from Blood Brothers since the rest of it is still coming (honest!). Oh, and if I can't identify what story the line comes from... erm, we'll figure something else out?

For now only one each and we'll see how long I can keep this up.

Go! Prompt! *waves hands*

EDIT: And since I'm running this on both mirrors of my journal, here is the link to the IJ version, in case anyone wants to read what's going on there. ^__^

EDIT THE SECOND: *yawns* So apparently my body says it's time for bed. *shakes fist at Monday morning classes* I will get to the few I've missed sometime this week, and people are free to keep playing for the next couple hours if they like. *waves* G'night all!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

haha, seriously. I promise I am not a creepy old man, and I think your insanity helps to keep me sane!
okay well now I'm going to go back and choose carefully, because honestly I love them all (and I forget you can't read this in real time, so insert jeopardy music here)

I'm not sure if this one is off limits, if it is that's totally fine and i can easily snag another quote from something else :)
(and I'm a total sucker for these scenes, where you mix fighting and shipping seamlessly)

"...shocked and shaking as he pointed over the wall at the dark mass bleeding over the grass a goodly distance away from the gate. With a single swipe even, and not a scratch on his own person. The other had not fought, the Guardsmaster continued, words tumbling rapidly across his murmuring audience, but neither had he fled, hand steady on his sword hilt and bright eyes intent on his companion."

[b-borealis.livejournal.com]

oh shit that was me being stupid, sorry!

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

First of all, no worries! ^__^ Second of all, I'm still generally planning to do more with this fic *shoots self* so you're not getting a sequel. This bit comes many, many years beforehand, and hopefully won't be too strange given how little backstory I've given so far. Um.

Anyway!

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To say it had been a shock, that first time, would have been an understatement.

Cloud was used to watching Zack fight. It was what the Katako did, after all, and Zack was better at it than most. There’d been far too many times when Cloud had just stood and stared as Zack took down a sparring partner or a frost wolf with a grin and a sweeping keen of well-honed metal, the deadly grace of his movements leaving Cloud completely overwhelmed by the sheer beauty that was Zack nar Fair in action.

It had become even more common of an occurrence afterwards, slumped against a tree or huddled weakly in the dirt as Zack tangled with monsters and men who had once been his friends, his smile going grim around the edges and the whirl of his sword no longer so joyful as it had once been. Which was Cloud’s fault, mostly, for making Zack worry, and he struggled to hide the agony that wracked his body in the wake of Hojo’s magic, the changes that were turning the once-familiar world into a strange, twisting place where whole days passed in which Zack was the only thing that made sense anymore.

In his more lucid moments, Cloud figured that Zack making sense was probably a worrying indication of just how weird his life had become.

They’d been on the run for the better part of a season when the naga Zack’s sword was buried in turned out to have backup, a sharp curse tumbling past Zack’s lips as he whirled towards the second snaky shape streaking towards him through the grass, too fast to dodge.

Cloud’s hand was around the creature’s tail before he’d even realized he’d moved, his other hand driving up to seize the naga’s throat as it wheeled, his fingers glowing through the thick weave of his gloves.

A sharp flex of his wrist and the naga’s head exploded in a shower of blood and tissue, the thing’s body jerking spasmodically in his grip and splattering gore all over his face. Cloud let it drop to the floor and breathed a shaky breath, head swirling.

“Nice job,” Zack complimented and Cloud jerked up, horrified, only to find Zack smiling at him with a strangely proud gleam in his grey eyes. “Poor beastie didn’t stand a chance.”

“I… that wasn’t… I don’t…” Cloud stammered and Zack was there to catch him when his knees buckled under him.

“Easy,” Zack soothed, looping one of Cloud’s arms around his shoulders as he started their feet back along the path. “It’ll take you a while to get used to using your powers like that.”

Cloud blinked wearily. “Huh?”

Zack grinned. “You’re a katako now, remember? We’re gonna have to buy you a sword,” he continued, free hand coming up to swipe a smear of blood off Cloud’s cheek. “It’s a lot less messy.” His eyes sparkled. “And then I get to watch you fight.”

[b-borealis.livejournal.com]

akfjskdf i loved it!
i felt sort of bad asking for something from Wild Ones because i know you have a lot on your plate and it's one of them, so thank you so much for writing something :D

i just-keyboard mashing doesn't do justice to how much i love the fighting sequences you write, and you make me want to smoosh zack and cloud together, regardless of blood and guts and dead monster bits on them

[cleflink.livejournal.com]

Ack! Missed replying to this! >_<

The thin with Wild Ones is that pretty much the whole excessively large backstory is written in my head (even though I'm not sure it'd ever get attention in the actual, y'know story), so it's kind of fun to do these earlier bits while still being TERRIBLY VAGUE AND UNHELPFUL.

And I kind of hate fight scenes (I feel like I suck lots at them), so I'm flattered to hear you disagree with me.

*hearts*

[b-borealis.livejournal.com]

hahah no worries on the vague and unhelpful-i have faith in your abilities
plus i really liked it :D

and your fighting scenes are fantastic! i will continue to disagree with you on this point, so there
<3