Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: The Road Not Taken

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

The Road Not Taken

The point of divergence from canon, when Seien chooses blood over peace. Drama, I-3

It was good, if a little strange, still, to sit in the sun, warm and safe with nothing to worry about.

Comments

[thierrys.livejournal.com]

hmm, somehow i have a feeling things are going to get pretty scary, especially considering the events of "may we be truly thankful." somehow i'd never considered the link with seiran going from having a little brother ryuuki to a little sister shuurei.

loyal fangirl devotion makes me ask: are shuuei and kouyuu going to show up? i can't think of anything right off that might lead to them being much different, unless the lack of the plague/starvation/war "8 years ago" led to kouyuu not separating from his parents, or shuuei decides not to be a shogun or something. but if you're planning to include them i bet you've already come up with something.

AUs are really fun =D

[branchandroot]

*grins* Scary in places, yeah. Since Seiran now has /two/ little siblings to look out for. *evilly pleased*

And yes, they will be coming! In pretty much the same places, yeah. *laughs* Shuuei is alternating between fascinated and freaked out, and Kouyuu is laughing at him. They both agree they gotta get Ensei into the Inner Circle, though, so he can haul on Seiran's reins when it's called for.

I really /wasn't/ going to plan any big, huge arcs... ^_^;

[grey-damaskena.livejournal.com]

Seien was born to be a big brother, totally. He should be constantly surrounded by cute small children to assure his complete happiness.

[thierrys.livejournal.com]

Haha, yes. Your words make me picture him surrounded by 10 kids running him going crazy and just looking completely overwhelmed. =D Maybe in the future...