Birds can Fly

For kinkfest, due the 11th.

Title: In the Moonlight
Fandom: FFXII
Pairing: Balthier/Fran
Wordcount: 100 (drabble!)
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Final Fantasy XII - Fran/Balthier - skin - Under the moonlight, it almost seems unreal.

( There is something about the moonlight that makes all places seem private. )

You know, speaking of old fics...

This is something I was cowriting with logistika_nyx for the_sandsea on LJ. It has been my turn to write a chapter for, oh, a good six months now? I don't think I would have ever gotten back to it except I was scrolling back through the sandsea stuff trying to see if I had missed any of my fics while updating fanfiction.net, and found the older chapters and thought, "Hey, I should write that."

Links!
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4

Written in alternating parts with logistika_nyx.

Title: Those We Know and Those We Don’t – Part 5
Claim: Basch
Rating: PG
Themes: 10. Flying, 17. Gamble, 31. Duty, 32. Laughter, 79. Black sheep
Summary: Ashe has been rescued, and Basch wonders about other people wondering about him.

Looking back on his recent reunion with Ashelia, Basch realized that he should have expected the slap on the face. ( Read more... )

So, having been brought back to my attention by various recent conversations, I've decided to pick up Running again as a writing project. I've spent the past couple days editing the parts I had already written, and will probably post them up on ffxii_fic pretty soon, so I wouldn't suggest reading much from the link I just posted. It's almost the same, but the new one has a few more paragraphs and a few less typos.

It amazes me how much my writing style has changed since I wrote that (largely due to heavy influence from logistika_nyx and sarasa_cat, wheras my style in this particular fic probably shows the most influence from Terry Prachett). Going back through it, I discovered that it was not nearly as bad as my mind had made it seem after I had dropped it the first time. I think it was more that it was getting into a semi-pointless area of amusing fluff and I was having trouble working up a conflict, therefore it really felt like characterization was getting lost. The last chapter I wrote will need some serious reworking, but up until then, I was surprised by how much of my revisions ended up just being adding a comma or picking a different word. Though I have to say that when I reread it, Balthier's hi-I'm-a-17-year-old-boy-ness in that last chapter amuses me to no end. And the travesty that is Chapter 16 is still a travesty, but far too amusing to trash.

But things really need to get darker in this, and quickly. Amusingly enough, this leads me to the conclusion that a new Balthier breakdown is in order. I'm not obsessed. Really. (I am a horrible person). But I've given Balthier over a year worth of mostly happy and carefree, and I know that's not how his life goes. In the next five years of his life, he needs to get to the point where he can calmly deliver the line, "Relax, it's only a corpse." I have yet to decide whether Ba'Gamnan comes into the picture in the scope of this story or not.

I've also been oddly tempted to write a story from Ba'Gamnan's point of view, just for the hell of it.

Alright, let's see what I can do with this...

This came to me in a dream last night. I kid you not.

Title: In Memory of Dr. Cidolfus Demen Bunansa
Note: For the_sandsea on LJ with these themes: #5 The Past, #8 What can I say?, #33 Tears, #58 Story, #59 Truth
Word of the day challenge: Supernumerary- Exceeding what is necessary or desired; superfluous.
Characters/Pairings included: Balthier, Fran, Dr. Cid
Rating: K+
Wordcount: 1270
Warnings: Spoilers through the Pharos.
Summary: Balthier finds a newspaper article about the esteemed Dr. Cid. [I don't know if Ivalice has newspapers. It does now.]

( It was only on rare occasion that Balthier found himself in the city he once called home. )

Annnd speaking of Balthier being off his rocker.

Title: The Things Fran Doesn't Know
Characters: Balthier, Fran
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 315
Note: For 30_darkfics on IJ. Prompt 25: Broken. In all honesty, I have no idea if this fic makes sense. It was sort of experimental.

( Fran doesn't know that he's awake )

This set is for isentence. Again, claim hasn't even been approved yet, but oh well.

( ”50 )

Done for het_challenge. I'll post it over there once I'm actually listed as having claimed it. It just started writing itself as soon as I saw the prompt.

Title: Humming
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Characters/Pairing: Balthier/Penelo, a little bit of Fran
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 805
Prompt: Balthier/Penelo, 73. Music in the night.

( Balthier awoke to a strange noise. )

#01 - Slow #02 - Steady #03 - Breathe #04 - Relax #05 - Friends
#06 - Candle #07 - Light #08 - Stars #09 - Sunrise #10 - Daylight
#11 - Stroll #12 - Food #13 - Rain #14 - Emotions #15 - Dance
#16 - Lost #17 - Letter #18 - Colors #19 - Soul #20 - Binds
#21 - Links #22 - Music #23 - Drinks #24 - Hot #25 - Cold
#26 - Conversation #27 - Blanket #28 - Jewelry #29 - Pride #30 - Lace
#31 - Curious #32 - Windy #33 - Parents #34 - Duty #35 - Crying
#36 - Share #37 - Keep #38 - Close #39 - Simplicity #40 - Grave
#41 - Tomorrow #42 - Run #43 - Flying #44 - Whisper #45 - Window
#46 - Apologies #47 - Bugs #48 - Sleep #49 - End #50 - Doors

Claim = Balthier x Penelo, because something has possessed me

001.	Lust	002.	Mine	003.	Kiss	004.	Envy	005.	Fire
006.	Torture	007.	Evil	008.	Innocence	009.	Fixation	010.	Forced
011.	Non-con	012.	Lick	013.	Need	014.	Unholy	015.	Power
016.	Destiny.	017.	Fear.	018.	Conquer.	019.	Slave.	020.	Master.
021.	Branded	022.	Dirty	023.	Candle	024.	Hunger	025.	Broken
026.	Writer's Choice	027.	Writer's Choice	028.	Writer's Choice	029.	Writer's Choice	030.	Writer's Choice

Claim = Balthier