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Space Garden: Part 9: Ad Astra Obumbratio

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[MAJOR SPOILERS FOR S6] [LIKE ALL OF IT NOT KIDDING] And I’M DONE until S7 comes out!! I hope it comes out soon, and I hope I don’t have to rewrite anything! XD And with the end of this chapter maybe an explanation for why Keith just dumped Shiro on the ground at the end of Episode 7 so he could stand up to be part of the Season Finale Group Pose™. Btw do you guys think Shiro’s eyes are actually brown now, or are they the same colour as before just they look brown compared to his new hair colour? EDIT: S7 confirmed they are still grey.

My tacky Shiro boob mousepad came in the mail today, I’m so happy. (It feels great!)

Btw I low-key ship Sheith (at least one-sided, from Keith’s side) (but I also ship Lallura) (but I also also ship Klance) (too many viable ships in this fandom)

Part 8: I’m Not Myself

 

Chapter 9: Ad Astra Obumbratio

“Hey, Elslince.” His voice resonated in her radio, and she smiled to hear it.

“Yes, Shiro?”

“Coran’s going to run a game, sounds like Dungeons and Dragons, and I’m playing – do you want to come join us? Hunk and Pidge are here too.” Continue reading →

Space Garden: Part 8: I’m Not Myself

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[SPOILERS FOR S5] Also known as Mood Whiplash: The Chapter.

The song that I was listening to was Jonathan Young’s cover of Shut Up and Dance, but it’s not specifically a Shelslince song, because first of all Elslince isn’t initiating, and second of all I use it for a whole bunch of my couples (MurShara, Quinnkuliina, HaruSAM, for instance).

The idea of Shiro being an angry boi when he was a kid is based on this tumblr post which makes him look kind of like… Akira? (I haven’t seen Akira lol)

Part 7: Deterioration

 

Part 8: I’m Not Myself

“Yooo, Elslince.” Lance hung by one hand in the doorway of the Garden. “You got a minute?”

“Yes, come in. What is it?”

Lance waited until the door closed behind him, and even then looked around suspiciously before he began to speak. “It’s about Shiro. He’s been… weird, lately, hasn’t he?” Continue reading →

Space Garden: Part 7: Deterioration

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It’s funny, because the first four parts of this fanfic would fit very well into this section of the show, the big time-skip between Shiro returning and the whole Season 4 stuff. I think they said it was like a year? That’s plenty of time for the Black Lion to be damaged in a random combat engagement and Shiro to crash-land on a little green planet and return a few months later to liberate it, that’s what they’re doing in general in S4. But I had already written it with the intention that Shiro met Elslince some time in the first two seasons, so I’m not changing it now. : P

Callback to Part 3 in the first section of this chapter. XD (I haven’t actually seen Thundercats lol.)

Part 6: Haircut

 

Chapter 7: Deterioration

He shut the door to their room behind him and heaved a massive sigh. “That was stupid. It’s all stupid. Why are we actually doing this.”

He felt the door open behind him and took a step forward to allow Elslince to enter, turning to face her. The smile in her starry blue eyes was bright tonight. “Shiro the Hero, hmm?” Continue reading →

Space Garden: Part 6: Haircut

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So yeah Shiro’s terrible haircut S3-onwards is all Elslince’s fault. XD (In the show I’m sure he did it himself, so they’re both bad at haircuts.)

(my friend has completed FFXIV2.0! Congrats, Yllamse!)

Part 5: Bereavement

 

Chapter 6: Haircut

He was unconscious when they pulled him from the fighter, almost unrecognizable when they pulled his helmet off. Elslince gasped when she saw: his hair had grown, flowing in straggling, tangled piles over his shoulders, over his face. Continue reading →

Space Garden: Part 5: Bereavement

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Oh my god, how long has it been since I wrote Voltronfic? November 2016? Holy crap. So I watched Seasons 3-6 over the last couple weeks and OH MY GOD (joins in the fandom’s incoherent screaming). And it gave me ideas for the fic, and I’ve been writing them as fast as I can. Because holy cow Shiro needs all of the love and support. All these precious babies do, really.

Since the show gets a bit more serious and painful starting Season 3, so does the fic. But there will be light sweet fluffy moments scattered around too. Enjoy!

EDIT: Added some Coran luv because he’s underappreciated. The only reason I didn’t have him in the first run was because I had no idea what to do with him…

Shelslince song for final scene is One Way Ticket.

Part 4: Solace

 

Part 5: Bereavement

She’d been tossed about, knocked unconscious briefly, and forced to sit near-useless on the sidelines, only able to help in monitoring power levels – when they existed – and following directions to restoring them when they didn’t. She’d done what she could, remaining calm, though her heart beat wildly for the fate of Voltron, out there, fighting Zarkon, and for Shiro, Zarkon’s personal target. Continue reading →

FFXIV: Once a Hero

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To write this chapter, I took Achiyo (level 52 PLD) and rounded up a party finder of folks willing to fight Coils 1-5 synced to level 50. Twintania took a couple days to beat, and when we did, it felt awesome!! It’s a lot harder than my writing implies… But the chapter was tending to the long anyway, and Twin isn’t really worth the epic writing, not compared to Phoenix and Bahamut will be.

Starting to feel like writing Voltron fic, stand by. : P

EDIT: I was never happy with Chuchupa’s little bit, or her backstory; I’m still not totally sure what it is, but it’s not what I had here before. I also added a bit for Vivienne, because her brother has thus far not made a single appearance and she seems kind of distant from him, like he’s not necessary to her story. Which means he probably isn’t, which I would like to fix.

Chapter 6: For the Light

 

Chapter 7: Once a Hero

Rinala had passed out from exhaustion not long after they had escaped the Castrum, and she did not hear much else until about eight hours later, when she woke to find herself in a tent with the sun smiling down outside. Someone had dressed her in clean clothes, and someone – probably one of her Scion friends – had even got out her Thancred plush and laid it in her arms while she slept. She squeezed it happily, sleepily, then decided she should probably get up, she was ravenous. Continue reading →

Devil’s Due: Part 3: Alliance

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Oh hei, it’s a chapter of emo-pants-boy. I wasn’t going to go into detail about the first optional dungeon, and then Tharash had the suggestion that it might be the place for Murlesson to win Aristheron’s interest, and then when I actually started getting into it I was like “look at all the potential for character development!” so that’s why I’m actually including a dungeon : O Also I’m trying to give myself permission to do the opposite of what I normally do – normally I try to be as concise as possible, but then I miss out on a lot of internal character stuff, a lot of scene-setting, so hey, this one’s going to be a little more laid-back and rambly than my normal fics. I also went back and edited some things in the first two chapters to be more in line with the new concept. This fic has been branching out like a tree in the last couple weeks, and there’s lots of stuff I’m excited about! It bears less and less resemblance to the Bioware story all the time, but that’s not a bad thing in my eyes. >.>

Jonathan Young’s cover of Unravel is so perfect for Sith Inquisitor (with hints of SI/Ashara) I can’t even. It’s not specifically for this chapter – in fact, I probably won’t officially ‘use’ it until near the end of the story, but since I discovered its applicability I wanna let people know!

Someone’s been champing at the bit to get back to playing with Achiyo, though, so I’m gonna have to keep going with FFXIV after this.

Part 2: First Step

 

Part 3: Alliance Continue reading →

FFXIV: For the Light

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After half a dozen+ fight scenes, this ridiculous thing is over.

…For Season 1. Next up, Bahamut… synced… ilvl120… uh-oh…

And yes, I know Rinala cheated a tiny bit in two of the fights; it’s for character development, okay? XD

Started a new SWTOR Imp Agent, what? (I hear it’s good, though. I wonder if I should keep slogging through the other storylines that I haven’t finished, either? Maybe one at a time?)

Chapter 5: Lies of the Free

 

Chapter 6: For the Light

Cid, as it turned out, did not wait remain behind with the main host after they’d been briefed on Phase Three of Operation Archon, but commandeered a random Reaper – this one in better kept condition than Maggie and Wally had been in when they acquired them – and joined them in their daring, near-suicidal assault on Castrum Meridianum. The good news was that yet again, the Grand Companies were making the distraction – a frontal assault on the main gate of the castrum, while the nine Scions smashed through a different gate and began breaking things in their quest to shut down the magitek field around the inner Praetorium. Continue reading →

FFXIV: Lies of the Free

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I don’t know why the boss battle took me so long to write! But my head’s been swirling with story ideas… for literally every story I have on the go, and even some I haven’t started yet. I’m getting pretty into the idea of continuing the SWTOR Inquisitor story for a bit, but I want to finish FFXIV Season 1 first. Only one more chapter for that, I think!

My mini-raid group has been trying Alex Savage, we’ve gotten through the first two levels with just the four of us unsynced. Cool! We’re going to be running Gordias 4 so that I can get the DRK sword, and then a lot of Creator because our BRD wants the PLD set and the WHM staff. All for glam, of course.

Chapter 4: The Knight and the Harpy

 

Chapter 5: Lies of the Free

 

The Waking Sands was as dark and quiet as they had left it, and Tam lit his little lantern that they might not trip over the debris still scattered about. The bodies were gone, of course, but no one had been in since. Though the floor was oddly clean… had someone been in to scrub away the blood, without tidying up anything else? Continue reading →

FFXIV: The Knight and the Harpy

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Been working hard on both Achiyo and Rinala’s MSQ in-game! Achiyo’s also almost level 50 so she can equip super-shiny PLD artifact gear! This chapter I just finished, so it may be subject to editing.

Alphie, don’t weight-shame the wind goddess >.>

Chapter 3: When Stars Go Out

 

Chapter 4: The Knight and the Harpy

 

The slain Scions had been buried, Noraxia’s body returned to her people. The timid, gentle man at the Church of Saint Adama Landama was revealed, by Alphinaud Leveilleur, to be named Cid Garlond – a Garlean engineer who had allied himself with the Eorzeans before the Calamity, or so Achiyo gathered from Chuchupa. Garlond was still recovering from his Calamity-induced amnesia, and still moved and spoke with uncertainty, almost as if in a dream, unless he discovered some mechanical puzzle to solve. Now they were off to the Northern Black Shroud to discover what had become of Cid’s marvelous lost airship, the Enterprise. Continue reading →