[Guilty Gear fic] Fifty Sol/Ky sentences

[rallamajoop]

Challenge-fic, written for theme set Epsilon from the 1sentenceorder. Fifty sentences, each based on a one-word theme - some silly, some serious, a few quite distinctly smutty; spread all over the GG timeline, generally unconnected and as likely as not to contradict each other. As long as it fits the theme, pretty much anything goes here. aphelion_orion gets credit for (accidentally) putting me on to the challenge and egging me on, thanks also to velithya for betaing.

Pairing: Sol/Ky
Rating:: R
Word Count: 3600
Warnings: As noted above, a fair few are of the mildly-to-seriously smutty persuasion. Those of you who've been around a while may notice this makes this about the first time I've seriously attempted to write anything which needed an R rating for that reason, so uh, yeah. Be warned for that too.
Also be warned for semi-colon abuse, excessive hyphenation and other cheap tactics to compress what should really be several sentences down into one. Part of the reason I tried out this challenge was that I thought it would be a good way to practice getting something across in one sentence without getting overly wordy or trying to cram too much in. The irony is not lost on me.

Other Notes:
I'm hoping it'll be fairly obvious whereabouts most of them came from, but for the record, here's a quick list of which was meant to be set when:
Set in the present era: #8, #13, #20, #24, #26, #27, #30 (specifically the first GG game), #35, #38, #45
War era: #1, #2, #3, #5, #9, #12, #14, #17, #18, #19, #21, #23, #29, #31, #32, #33, #34, #36, #39, #41, #44 (whoo boy, clearly I am not over my fixation on that era yet)
GGX Drama CDs: #8, #24 (loosely inspired by)
Side Black AU: #7
And for those that might not catch it, #10 contains reference to their shared battle stage.

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#01 – Walking
A casual stroll around the grounds of the Order headquarters is one of the simpler luxuries Ky affords himself when off duty, though Sol is generally more inclined to find some obscure corner where he’s not likely to be found to lounge in; and when they do encounter one another (more often than probability should really allow for) both invariably blame the other for getting in their way.

#02 - Waltz
The Holy Order ball was enough of a joke to begin with, what with half the guests constantly looking over their shoulders half-expecting the whole affair to be interrupted by a surprise Gear attack any second, but what made it for Sol was the discovery that even if Ky might fight like a trained dancer, the endless string of trodden-on toes and hasty apologies to that equally long string of hopeful girls that the pretty young captain was always too polite to turn down proved beyond a shadow of doubt that Ky couldn’t actually dance to save his life.

#03 – Wishes
The closest thing to an honest answer about what he wanted most during the war years that anyone could ever have gotten out of Sol would have been, “Justice’s body at my feet”; from Ky, “Peace” would have done, though neither of them would have had any more idea than the other what they would have done next after they got it.

#04 – Wonder
After so many engagements ended with the battlefield enveloped in flame, so many half-glimpsed moments of inhuman power that took his breath away and made him question his own memory, so many lost matches between them, even the headband he knew was more than a simple accessory, Ky had to wonder how he hadn’t realised sooner that Sol was more than human.

#05 – Worry
The trouble with the question, “Were you worried about me?” is that all possible answers were equally bad – “Yes” admitted far too much, “No” would have proven he’d known all along that the kid was nowhere near out of his depth, and the problem with “Why would I have been worried?” was that the odds were Ky already had too much idea about the answer.

#06 – Whimsy
There was one time when he’d been half-asleep that Sol caught Ky playing with his hair, which got him a bright red, flustered bed-mate, a burst of awkward stuttering that sounded something like an admission about liking Sol’s hair, and the more private admission in the safety of his own head that maybe he didn’t mind having his hair played with a bit if the rest of this scene was what came with it.

#07 - Waste/Wasteland
Ten years commanding that godforsaken army – ten years watching what was left of the world crumble into ruin faster than ever before, but Sol didn’t even realise just how much he’d given up on the inside until the day he saw Justice torn apart by his own hands and it dawned on him that even if this was the end it wasn’t his victory, and the person he’d been fighting for these last years wouldn’t even be around to see them win.

#08 - Whiskey and rum
If Sol had cared enough to set that bothersome woman from the bar straight, he would have had to tell her the truth was his sexual preferences were only the beginning of why he wasn’t interested, because she also wasn’t blond with a weird fixation on white and blue clothing, wasn’t French, wasn’t in the police and hadn’t ever lead an army, wasn’t a religious nutjob, couldn’t kill a dozen Gears in under three minutes, had no overblown hero complex he was aware of, had never tracked him halfway across the world to challenge him to one unwinnable duel and would need to know him at least another five years to become nearly as annoying - so in reality it was a good thing Sol was a long way short of being drunk enough to say anything on the subject at all.

#09 – War
It was like some kind of fucking joke – when no-one in this kid’s generation or even two or three before him had known anything but war, and yet he was still so determined he’d been born just to end it; but the punchline – the really good bit – was that he just might have been right.

#10 – Weddings
There are only the two of them in the setting of the ornate old church on this day – no minister, no guests nor anything else to mark the occasion, yet Ky knows beyond words or meaning that what lies between him and his opponent is something deeper and more sacred than anything else ever celebrated in this place before.

#11 – Birthday
It was all so sudden – Sol showing up at his home out of the blue and uttering only the briefest of explanations before shoving him up against the nearest wall and demonstrating very effectively over the rest of the evening just how much of their antagonism over the years had always been no more than poorly repressed sexual tension, simmered to truly dangerous levels after so long – that Ky never did quite get around to asking Sol why now of all days; was someone's eighteenth birthday supposed to mean something?

#12 – Blessing
In an ideal world where black and white were as clearly defined as the scriptures had always taught him, it would have been easy to write off the disciplinary nightmare known as Sol as the curse on the Order’s ranks he had always clearly been, but in an ideal world, he wouldn’t have just had to save Ky’s life for the second time that year, either.

#13 – Bias
The officers at the IPF have come to understand that if a case comes up involving a Badguy-comma-Sol (wanted in connection with the exchange of money over several distinctly non-state sanctioned bounties, for theft, arson, aggravated property damage, aggravated assault and more arson, extremely dangerous, do not approach without backup and full air support) then Captain Ky is to be notified before anyone else, allowed to take charge of the case and even order everyone else off it if it comes to that – but that’s perfectly fine and sensible, because no-one else knows nearly as much about Sol as he does, and he’d know how to handle things sensibly with a cool, objective head, wouldn’t he?

#14 – Burning
Ky is the only one who was present at the sealing of Justice who came away with an image burned into the back of his retinas of a man wreathed in flame, but for all that no-one else recalls seeing anything of the sort, he’s never doubted that was exactly what he saw.

#15 – Breathing
Whereas Sol can drive him crazy with little more than one lingering touch, it’s frustratingly difficult for Ky to evoke any so obvious reaction with anything he does to Sol – but that’s not all bad, it also means that the rare moment when he does find a way to get so much as a telltale hitch in his breathing, it’s all the more satisfying.

#16 – Breaking
Only once - when the final showdown against the Gearmaker was coming to its close - has Ky seen anything come close to breaking Sol, and it seems horribly selfish to admit even to himself that he'd felt his whole world had nearly shattered too in response to that moment.

#17 – Belief
"You're late again, Sol," was all the kid said when he shoved the carcass off him and yanked him to his feet, which was sheer nonsense because it wasn’t like Sol had even been planning on coming to bail him out until two minutes ago so there was no way in hell the boy could’ve had any idea he was on his way at all.

#18 – Balloon
There are worse ways to go than Gear-gas – the child he finds with one hand still tangled in the string of the gently bobbing balloon looks almost peaceful; but they’re here to look for survivors, not bodies, so Sol never has to justify his failure to mention to his Commander what he found down that alleyway.

#19 – Balcony (set after ‘Waltz’)
Ky is so stressed and frazzled by the time he stumbles out on to the balcony that it takes him nearly a minute to realise he’s not alone, but the colour his face turns when he realises that Sol is not only there but has been watching his failed antics for most of the evening is well worth the interruption to the quiet smoke he was enjoying.

#20 – Bane
A lot of people would laugh if they heard that the person Sol lately considers the bane of his existence is no longer Justice or even That Man, but the thing was, he'd never had either of them on his back every single day, had he?

#21 - Quiet
With so many people crammed in between too few walls, privacy is a luxury not even the highest ranked Holy Order officers enjoy; but in deference to what little there is to be salvaged, the following morning, no-one asks why Ky’s bottom lip looks like it’s been bitten long and hard to keep any sound from escaping.

#22 – Quirks
The trouble with expressing your disbelief over someone else’s fixation on music by a band close to two centuries deceased was that your own well-known hobby of collecting decorative pieces of drinking china didn’t give you much ground to stand on.

#23 – Question
A lot of people might have questioned the wisdom of Kliff’s decision to put a disrespectful ex-bounty hunter under the command of a teenaged religious fanatic, but that only went to show that there were some things anyone without fifty long years of hard experience could never hope to see.

#24 - Quarrel
“Ahahaha, oh the Chief and me we go way back, and between you and me,” said Axl, swinging a conspiratal arm around the latest annoying woman’s neck while Sol quietly wished a painful death on both of them, “him and his sweetheart, they have these awful little domestics to-dos, if-you-get-what-I-mean, and he’s never fit company for anyone until they make up, so why don’t we just leave him to sulk into his beer for a bit, huh?”

#25 - Quitting
It’s well known that love makes you stupid, and a smoking habit doesn’t even count as stupid when you’ve got Gear-physiology to guarantee your health, so it wasn’t until he'd been turning down his own cigarettes for two weeks solid after no more than a couple of coughs from Ky that Sol realised quite how far gone he was.

#26 – Jump
It was going to be a clever ambush –Ky didn't do these things without planning them - but somehow this thing happened involving Sol moving right instead of left while Ky landed just a little too far forward, and by the time they were finished with the ensuing burst rolling and tumbling and a lot of very emphatic swearing, someone had wound up straddling someone else, several belts of uncertain ownership were loose, no-one had a grip on either weapon anymore, and suddenly Ky was finding that remembering what the plan had been originally was a lot harder than it had any right to be.

#27 – Jester
Ky had known Axl Low casually ever since the tournament of 2180, and had for the most part believed and sympathised with the man’s stories of his timeslipping plight, but always found it easier to assume mentions of The Photograph must be some sort of joke – it saved Ky having to wonder about an awful lot of things he wasn't sure he wanted the answers to.

#28 – Jousting
Every battle he’s ever fought against Ky has been a farce, the only real challenge in judging precisely how much to hold back - but Sol still has to make sure to keep on reminding himself how tedious it is just to be sure he doesn’t find himself enjoying it by accident one of these days.

#29 – Jewel
It takes far more than the ability to recognise raw material, forged to the finest structure under unearthly pressures; it has to be refined with professional care and placed in a setting that will display its true potential - potential only the most experienced of craftsmen (whether retiring commander or faceless immortal scientist) would ever have seen there at all.

#30 – Just(ice)
She was saying something to the boy when Sol threw the crushed remains of his headband aside and staggered back to his feet, something that had halted his offensive and left him frozen to the spot, but Sol didn’t hear what and sure as hell didn’t stop to ask.

#31 – Smirk
“Only the ones on the left? Why, that’s much less than half – I’ll be done with them before you’re halfway through your own claim,” Ky declares, surprised at how close he is to smiling at the sight of the solid wall of medium-class Gears massing in front of them; and when Sol replies, “Wanna bet?” with none of his usual mockery and every inch the grin of a connoisseur anticipating a really good fight, Ky takes him up on it without the slightest moment wasted on the worthless notion that battles like this aren’t meant to be treated like a game.

#32 – Sorrow
It’s part of war, there to see in the ruins of any town where they’re lucky enough to pull a few survivors out of the wreckage, and naturally Ky’s always there to offer the wounded and grieving as much comfort as they’re able; but the way he hardens the moment he turns away from them, already every inch prepared for the next chance they’ll get to make the enemy pay for what they leave in their wake – that’s always something to see.

#33 – Stupidity
He knows it’s stupid, no more than situational attraction – a teenaged crush brought on for the most perverse of reasons (and Lord knows he’s spent long enough convincing himself there’s no other possible reason why his taste could be this bad) but none of that objectivity is any use against the way his mouth goes dry at the sight of Sol striding out of battle, uniform artistically torn where it hasn’t been burned off, sweaty and as smug and satisfied after a good fight as he’s ever been.

#34 – Serenade
Even from the other side of the courtyard and with the melodious strains of Sheer Heart Attack to compete with, every word was clearly audible when Ky slammed his window open and hollered, “Sol, it is the middle of the night – TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN!"

#35 – Sarcasm
"Oh, I'm sure you just happened to be in the same town where there just happened to be three very important buildings on fire at once and... Sol, this isn't a laughing matter!"

#36 - Sordid
Later, it's going to be much harder to blame all this on a temporary lapse of judgement brought on while they're both high on adrenaline and victory - a resounding, glorious, insane gamble of a skin-of-your-teeth victory that left their uniforms so bloodied and torn there was nothing to be wasted by ripping away what was left; but right now, buried in the heat of Sol’s body, there’s no room for thought, and ‘later’ seems a very long way away.

#37 – Soliloquy
It was that private, crazy thing he'd always-never bothered seriously wishing for: an impossible scenario where he could have had the sense to see that crazy experiment for the train-wreck it was going to be before he ever made the mistake of volunteering for it, and never became anything more than human; but these days, even more privately, he's got to admit there's one or two things in that scenario he'd have missed not being around for.

#38 – Sojourn
The trail is long gone cold by the time their investigations leads them to the empty room in the cheap hotel; nonetheless, when Captain Ky personally dedicates twenty minutes to examining every corner before declaring, “He was here,” no-one doubts him for a moment.

#39 – Share
After ten minutes, he was so fed up with feeling Ky’s eyes boring into him that he actually proffered the whiskey bottle and said, “What, you want some?” and startled his watcher so much that he actually got a polite refusal out of it rather than a lecture on the evils of drinking.

#40 - Solitary
He was a man admired by millions, all but worshiped by those directly under his command; a hero who had never allowed fame to strip him of his charisma or induce him to forget to treat every member of his fellow men with manners and respect; and yet even with all such qualities it was strange to note how few people could have said they really knew him, or how few would have felt they had the right to call him a friend.

#41 – Nowhere
Ky had already had his men search every corner of the Order’s headquarters three times over by the time news of the theft of the Fuuenken reached his ears, but by then it came as no surprise, no more than confirmation of what part of him had known from the first moment Sol failed to appear that morning – he was gone, and he wasn’t coming back.

#42 – Neutral
Between Justice’s (preliminary) defeat and the day Sol came back to do the job properly and commit to tracking the Gearmaker himself down once and for all, those five years of ‘peace’ were some of the dullest of his life, spent mostly tracking down the odd stray Gear or unexciting bounty and putting off several inevitable reunions he should have known were lurking somewhere in his future – Justice’s only one of them.

#43 – Nuance
The first time it happened, Sol was actually surprisingly tentative with every touch, as if he didn’t quite remember how this was supposed to work and didn’t quite believe it was happening at all; but apparently there was a variant of reverse psychology even for the most intimate of situations, for rather than reinforcing his own doubts, Ky found himself savouring every brush of fingertips all the more for that, modulating every sound he let escape to let Sol know that this was alright, that there was nothing he wouldn’t give for every moment of what passed between them, nothing he could imagine wanting more than this.

#44 – Near
By the time Sol got Ky back after the battle of Rome, the boy was so close to being asleep on his feet that it was easier to carry him than keep propping him up every time he stumbled – and once off his feet he really did fall asleep almost before he’d finished protesting, which could only dump Sol in the uncomfortable surprise conclusion that the brat really had been out of it enough to mean what he’d said back there about feeling safe as long as he knew a certain someone was around.

#45 – Natural
The occasions when Sol shows up voluntarily wanting something more intimate than their meetings out in the world are rare, unpredictable and triggered by nothing Ky can begin to guess at, nor have they done anything to resolve their antagonism during daylight hours, but neither has it ever once seriously occurred to him to turn Sol away.

#46 – Horizon
There was one night when Ky watched the horizon ahead of them for an hour from the airship’s deck, noting absently the way they’d be able to go on travelling towards it forever without ever reaching it, but never quite managing to put his finger on why the thought seemed so familiar.

#47 – Valiant
Ky calls it their duty - to take every risk and make every effort to save even a single human life; Sol calls it pointless heroics; and the other men watch them argue the same old argument for the hundredth time, carefully not voicing aloud the guilty thought that they might have to agree with their beloved Commander’s enemy, even just a little, if only it meant they didn’t have to see the Commander himself risk life and limb so very often.

#48 – Virtuous
The clause about virtue which appeared in one of the more poetic parts of the Order’s code was probably the last piece anyone else would ever have credited Sol with following, but after three seriously frustrated years of not jumping their teenaged commander every other minute, Sol thought he about deserved a fucking medal for it.

#49 – Victory
Ky’s sure he should have been more disturbed when his matches against Sol started regularly devolving from honest combat into sweat and torn clothing, matches that became competitions only to see who could make the other come faster – especially given he’s no better at winning this new variant; and yet, somehow, even from second place, the look on Sol’s face when Ky’s efforts finally do bring him over the edge might feel more like victory than anything he’s ever experienced before.

#50 – Defeat
It seems like at least a thousand times over now he’s felt it, the burn of shame hotter than Sol’s fire, those casual words (you’re still a boy, give it up already) dismissing the skill he’s spent so many years refining without his effort ever bearing fruit; and yet, it’s never once weakened his resolve that next time – next time – they’ll settle this the way he’s always known it’s meant to end.

Comments

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

ROFL at #2. Totally believable (kudos) although I do find the idea of an Order Ball a little weird, I suppose it's not completely impossible. Also chuckling at #22.

#5 was also golden. #6, the same.

I want #11 as a whole story.

Only got through the first twenty-five. I'll read the rest on my next break in between classes. Excellent stuff so far Ralla <3

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

#2 was when I realised I was going to have to do this challenge seriously. (It didn't take long, obviously. ^^;) A Holy Order ball is definitely a bit of a stretch, but some of those more obscure themes pretty much required that.

I want #11 as a whole story.

That makes both you and my beta reader then (who is largely at fault for that one getting written, thanks to endless JAILBAIT! jokes about Ky). XD I am of two minds as to whether Ky's 18th birthday should technically have been before or after the end of the war, but there's enough wiggle room in the timeline to make it fit.

Thanks, hope you enjoy the rest of them too. ^_^

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

True, but I'll say it's conceivable. I mean, there's things like the policeman's ball and the marine ball, so why not? Sure the Order's all about fighting Gears, but a break from that to enjoy life, socialize with non-soldiers and whatnot.... the more I think about it, the more I like the idea. It'd work for a one-shot at least.

So, will this be the next story you work on? :3

I did like the remaining twenty-five. #33, 35, 36, 43, 49, are great, and especially #36 #48 was absolutely LOL. They've all been inspirational for me to get back to finishing some of the fics I've left at the wayside...^^;

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can easily picture the Order as the kind of organisation that would throw balls given the chance. The question is more whether they'd have the time and resources to throw one, what with that hundred year war they're fighting and all that. On the other hand, when you've been fighting that long, you've got to take your chances to party wherever you can get them. So maybe they've just had an important victory, and some rich local has thrown a ball in their honour. It's workable.

So, will this be the next story you work on? :3

^^; I could put it on the queue, but considering the current state of my WIP pile... may take a while to get to. A couple of those other WIPs are what you might call similarly themed, if that helps any. >.>

lol, guess my mind's in the gutter X3

Heh, no more than mine, given I wrote all those. And seriously, when you're making your first real attempt at writing smut, it is good to hear the results turned out the way they were meant to.

They've all been inspirational for me to get back to finishing some of the fics I've left at the wayside...^^;

Pleased to hear it! Writing fic myself is all well and good, but damn I wish there were more writers willing to join in in this fandom.

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

But if there's a ball, what would they wear? X3

What exactly does your WIP pile consist of?

A couple of those other WIPs are what you might call similarly themed, if that helps any. >.>

Oh this I am interested in.





Fic writing (among other things) has been so distracting for me lately. I agree, there aren't many writers that stick with this fandom. One of the things I've been heavily working on lately is the remaining parts for UMN. The initial reviews you gave have been very helpful for correcting the earlier parts ) really, thanks a million for those. I'll post a list of what's to come later if you're interested (gotta run off to my night class now).

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

I've always thought the regular uniform is so elaborate and fancy it looks more like a dress uniform than something you'd want to wear in the field (I mean, white and red/blue and trailing coattails for hand-to-hand combat? But it looks so pretty that none of us fans would want to complain.) Picturing something even dressier than that is kinda tricky. ^^;

But the amusing thing about that question for me is that I and a friend are going to a cosplay ball in about a week dressed as Sol and Millia. I'm making a ball dress in Millia's colours to wear, but for her, the answer to 'what would Sol wear to a ball?' has been 'just his usual clothes'. Mostly on the logic that if Sol's showing up to a ball, it's probably only because there's a bounty on someone or a stray Gear about to burst through a wall or something else similarly likely to end in things blowing up. *g*

What exactly does your WIP pile consist of?

Well, right now (in no particular order) there's about three different ideas that are virtual PWPs, one war-era fic set right after Ky gets the Fuuraiken, one that would be a bunch of scenes set during the first game, an AU idea I just started, another one set in the Side Black AU... it's all a bit daunting. I so need to start writing faster or I'm never going to clear it all.

I'm planning to show my first real smut attempt to a couple of people I can rely on to let me know if it's terrible before it gets released to the greater Internet. Given, a lot of people out there are just all 'yay smut!' whatever the quality of the writing, but I'm hoping I can do better than relying on that level.

Glad to be of help! Don't think I can advise you much there, other than to say just go with whatever option would make you feel better about the result. As for betaing, I'll probably have to see how I'm going for free time when you're done (got a seriously hectic few months ahead of me).

I'll post a list of what's to come later if you're interested

As in for that fic particularly, or general WIPs?

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

I agree, the outfits are peculiar for combat. While they would work for a ball, I can't help but feel it'd just be a little lackluster.

A cosplay ball? What a neat event! As for Sol dressing up for a formal occasion, again, agreeing that he'd probably not, but I do so love Tohru's suit version. (If you haven't seen it, I can upload it later. Don't currently have it in my Photobucket.)

Wow, that's quite a pile of things to write. I can't wait to read your new stuff, but take your time. (I am of the opinion that rushed writing = bad writing.)



No rush on the beta-ing, the next few months are going to be plenty busy for me too. We do still need to go over Xtra stuff too, so let me know when you're free for that (again, I understand if you're busy)

As in for that fic in particularly, or general WIPs?

I meant it in general, but if you're interested in how UMN finishes up, I don't mind sharing via email or a filtered LJ post (whichever works best for you). I'll be making a post for the general stuff later this weekend after things have calmed down a bit.

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

Here are those pics of Tohru's suit (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/raging_tofu/Cosplay/Other%20Cosplayers/Tohru/classy.jpg) Sol (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/raging_tofu/Cosplay/Other%20Cosplayers/Tohru/classy2.jpg).

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

A couple of cons around here hold cosplay balls sometime before (or during) the main con. Generally you can get away with showing up in any costume, but obviously dressier ones are encouraged. They're good fun, and generally a lot more relaxed than the main con/cosplay comp.

Thanks for those pics, that suit actually suits Sol better than I would have thought. *g*

We do still need to go over Xtra stuff too, so let me know when you're free for that (again, I understand if you're busy)

The way the next couple of months are looking, I'm probably going to have to try and squeeze some time for that in even while I'm busy or it's never going to get done at this rate. ^^; Been meaning to make a post about my plans for the next couple of months if I can find a minute, it's going to be pretty hectic.

I think I'd rather stick with waiting to see the finished version on UMN, but I'd certainly be curious about other WIPs.

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

Haven't heard of anything like that here, but I'd give it a go X3

Well, let me know when you've got some time and I'll see what I can do. If we can't chat about it, then there is always emails.

Glad to hear you're looking forward to the end of UMN (it's been eating at my brain for so long, I'm a little sick of it XD The other WIPs I'm focusing on right now include a SolxKy PWP and a Kuro-KyxKy multi-part story (won't be as long as UMN). There's a lot of snippets for more Sol/Ky stuff I've yet to work into full stories sitting around too >_> Maybe I'll put together a collection of one-shots or something....

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Email might be the best plan at this rate. God, tell me about it. ><

I have to admit I've never quite felt the appeal of the Kuro-Kys most of Japanese fandom turns out, but naturally I'm curious about the other one, and a series of one-shots doesn't sound like a bad idea. Often it's the best way to get some use out of ideas that don't look likely to develop into anything longer.

[raging-tofu.livejournal.com]

You're leaving for Melbourne soon right? Maybe we should wait until after you're back before we do anything.

Kuro-Ky/Ky is just something that grew on me, and there are no multi-part fics for it that I've ever come across so why not? It'll also give me the chance to write something really dark >3
The collection of one-shots might be something I just do periodically, like once every two weeks or so? (whenever I have the time to write)
The more I work on the PWP one, the more I convince myself that I should just stick to writing fluff >.

[celadonite.livejournal.com]

This had me grinning from start to finish, because it's everything the theme should be about: snapshots that seem so like them. How Ky breaks Sol's cynicism in #9 and #32 were particularly insightful, while #22, #33, #34, and #49 all had me snickering.

There were some details that probably don't quite match up, such as #41 since, iirc, Ky had tried to stop Sol from running off with the Fuuenken, but nothing that takes away from the enjoyment.

And one very small thing about #31 though: every inchthe grin of a connoisseur

But really, I'm just nitpicking here *coughs* Well-written as usual.

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you liked them so much! =D I was hoping to have these finished and posted weeks ago, but I got so horribly stuck on the last couple of tricky ones that the job wound up dragging out more than I was planning on, so it's a relief to have them finally posted and getting a good response. I picked this set mostly just by accident, but there were some great themes to work with for Sol and Ky (and then there were things like 'balloon' and 'serenade' which, well, I managed to find a way to work with). It was a fun way to get to use a lot of little isolated images I've had floating around in my head but which weren't long enough for whole fic too.

#41 is actually surviving evidence of just how long these have been sitting around unfinished, because it was actually written way back before we found out about that new bit of canon *hangs head in embarrassment*. But I decided I liked it too much as it was to change it. (Which reminds me, I still need to look up some proper info on AC+. I'm just failing so badly at finding time for fannish catching up lately. -_-)

And one very small thing about #31 though: every inchthe grin of a connoisseur

Ah, thanks. Fixed now.

[shinigamixiii.livejournal.com]

As usual, your writings totally make my day. And with how things at school are making me feel dead-er than usual, reading this was a very nice way to relax.

I wasn't expecting Axl to pop up here and there, but hey, I'm not complaining.

Numbers 24 and 34 were my favorites, though I loved all of them to bits. I'm taking these ideas with me to my dreams tonight, haha.

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's always lovely to hear my writing cheers people up. ^_^

I wasn't expecting Axl to pop up here and there, but hey, I'm not complaining.

What can I say, he was very useful in coming up with a way to approach a couple of certain themes. Kliff and That Man get a mention or two as well, though mostly it *had* to be just Sol and Ky. There's only so many characters you can fit in one sentence. ^^;

I am stupidly proud of what I came up with for #34. *g* #24 was almost the opposite - so many possibilities it was hard to pick just one, and it wound up being one of the last ones I wrote, but obviously I found I take on it I was satisfied with eventually~

[yhibiki.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I loved these~ I'm always glad to read more SolKy stuff, and you seem to get their dynamic perfectly.

Favorites were #11, #22, #48,, and... really any with the two of them being all GRAAR! at each other XD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Thanks! These took so ridiculously long to finish, and it's great to see them getting received so well. ^_^

#11 and #22 seem to have gone down well with a lot of people. *g* There were some really great themes in that list to play with for a couple like these too.

[yhibiki.livejournal.com]

They are popular because they are the best! :D And because we hope that with enough prodding, you will find it in the goodness of your heart to expand on #11 XDD

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Heh, pressure's on. XD Only problem is I've already got about five different ideas on the WIP pile already, and I just went and added two more and it just never ends, seriously. >.> But as I said above, a couple of those contain some similar material to #11, if that will make up for anything.

[yhibiki.livejournal.com]

Then I'm definitely looking forward to your other works! ♥

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

Heh, now I'm finally getting the chance to properly tell you how much I love you, without the unrestrained squealing.

I liked very much how the sentences were bouncing around between serious/sad, nostalgic, humorous and just plain hot. XD One thing that makes 50_sentences so fun, imho, is that you can put everything in one piece without having to worry about what fits and doesn't fit. And of course, kudos to you for being creative with the challenges - I didn't expect any less, of course, but it's just refreshing to see these sentences as the creative exercise they were meant to be, instead of the plain old "Ky's eyes are blue. Also, the world is round."

I also admit that I have a special fondness for when somebody manages to write a theme without mentioning the challenge word - though of course that isn't always possible, and has nothing to do with good or bad writing, it's just an extra something that I can't really explain. Well, whatever.

Glee, glee, happy happy, and I love how you manage to look at different aspects of their relationship and still keep them in character. I believe I already told you my favorites. XD

Commencing operation 'shutting up' now.

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

I liked very much how the sentences were bouncing around between serious/sad, nostalgic, humorous and just plain hot.

*nodnod* Definitely one of my favourite things about this challenge. You get to try so many different moods and takes on the couple all in the one go (have I ever mentioned how getting to see different takes on the same characters is one of my favourite things that you get to see in good fic? As long as it's all IC, the more variety the better!) Naturally, there were some I was more pleased with in the end than others, but that's just the nature of the beast with so many random themes, and some of the random ones even turned out to be the ones other people enjoyed more. *g*

I also admit that I have a special fondness for when somebody manages to write a theme without mentioning the challenge word - though of course that isn't always possible, and has nothing to do with good or bad writing, it's just an extra something that I can't really explain. Well, whatever.

I don't think I thought about that too much when I was writing, but I do know what you mean. Like, using the word directly is an easy way to give the sentence relevance, but just implying it thematically can be a lot more subtle. I did a fair bit of bother, just depending on the word and what worked for it (then there's 'wonder', which uses the word in one meaning and implies it in another, and which I am still pleased with even if I don't know if most people noticed XD).

[velithya]

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[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

\o/ OMG, FINISHED AT LAST!

And then yesterday on the bus I wound up turning out five and a half pages of new fic. I actually put down WEWY for once! Damn, but it's nice to have this done so I can work on new stuff again. =D aaaand, the WIP list gets ever longer *cough*

[velithya]

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NUMBER ELEVEN PRZ (SO HAY MY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP <.<)

Titty is holding a copy of WEWY for me at gametraders carillion, I'm going to pick it up on friday late night shopping. I guess I'll play it on the plane to Melbourne?...

OOOH WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW :3 TELL MEEEEEEE~

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA, have I told you what my WIP list looks like right now? If I put anymore porn in it it's going to achieve some sort of critical mass or undergo gravitational collapse or something.

I am up to the last week at WEWY! The last couple of days even! It's scary, my non-eating/sleeping/working life has practically been reduced to "Sew. Play WEWY. Repeat." And for the record, Beat is the most lovable doofus imaginable, and all the characters - him included - are awesome. I am looking forward to that cosplay project so much more now. ^_^

We-ll, that potentially-epic idea I mentioned to you? May sort of have a prologue now. (No plot or anything yet, but it has a prologue. *hysterical laughter*) And I may have been accidentally started (http://community.livejournal.com/guilty_gear/276722.html?thread=2456306#t2456306) on something else too... and this is so not helping that WIP pile problem

[velithya]

YES YOU HAVE AND I THINK MORE PORN WOULD ONLY MAKE IT SHINIER *big eyes*

hee :3 I'm, uh, going to do him in the week between Melbourne and Japan! AHAHAHAHA *dead* It's, pretty much certain now that I'll be doing normal Sol for this year's game show. Overture!sol is just gonna be too complex to do in a week, and I'd rather focus on the cosplay that everyone is doing, y'know?

:O prologue is the start of a beautiful relationship! *pompoms*

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

IN THE WAY THAT MEANS SO BLINDING I WILL NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO BEAR TO LOOK AT IT?

hee :3 I'm, uh, going to do him in the week between Melbourne and Japan! AHAHAHAHA *dead*

^^; At least he's not too complicated?

Yeah, it'll be a shame not to have Overture!Sol for the TGS, but it's really not the kind of costume you want to have to make in a rush, y'know? On the other hand, the chance to take WEWY costumes to Shibuya! is not something I would want to miss.

:O prologue is the start of a beautiful relationship! *pompoms*

Soo, do you want to hear the details on that idea, or wait and see? Because it's the kind of idea where the central concept is also the biggest plot spoiler (such as there is a plot so far).

[velithya]

N-NO, IN THE FIREFLY KIND OF WAY ;)

Yeah, it looks fairly straightforward tbqh, and I might even be able to buy the pants, if I can find cargo shorts in the right colour.

Given that normal Sol has taken a week and a half so far just counting sewing days, and overture Sol has twice as much clothing and is more complicated, I think it's physically impossible unless I don't go to work and just spend the week sewing, so. Shibuya in WEWY it is!

YES YES I DO PLEASE \o/

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Remind me about it next time you see me on chat then. Or I could just dump a summary into an email (assuming I find the time to write one ARGH STILL SO MUCH SEWING).

[velithya]

That's what work is for ;)