Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: The Color of the Phoenix's Tail - Part Two

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

The Color of the Phoenix's Tail: Part Two

Shuuei and Kouyuu pass the Exams and meet the princes. Drama, I-3

"Why would you want to get rid of your best friend, the one who's always ready to help you out?" Shuuei asked, innocently. "Or help you back to where you were trying to go, anyway..."

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[branchandroot]

Glad to hear you're liking it!

*grins* Shuuei has Kouyuu-radar, I swear. He hasn't formally met the princes yet, himself, though I think he watches them more closely than Kouyuu does yet.

The only thing I can really think, in canon, you know, is that Seiran was seriously emotionally wounded by his exile and that year, and that's why he responds only to the Kou family, who saved him, and lets everything else go hang.

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

It make me seriously wonder what happened during that year. It was quite possibly the first time he'd ever killed a person, I suspect, even though he had the training. And didn't Shuurei's mom say something about Seiran's outburst over Shuurei's overly-sweet medicine being the first time he spoke around them? He and bambo-guy--uh, Ensei? They supposedly killed off most all of that one gang in Sa-Country, too, right?

And... huh. [head tilt] Just what is the attitude towards sex? 'Cause second episode in, Seiran's teasing Shuurei about being disappointed that Ryuuki isn't sharing her bed, and she seems pretty whatever about the idea of having to bear an heir---well, she says they'll just have to handle those details later. But, she total flips when Ryuuki kisses her. Is it because there are witnesses and it's essentially 'in public'? Or is it maidenly virtures being attacked? The others looked surprised, but fairly amused by the display, so I was thinking it was really more of a social faux--oh, can't remember the spelling. >.< dang--mis-step. And Shuuei doesn't hesitate to mention his forrays into the redlight district in front of Shuurei. Heck, Shuurei part-times it in the red light district, even though that's a bit of extenuating circumstances, but.... It leaves me curiously confused.

[branchandroot]

Sex itself seems quite aboveboard. I'd guess that Shuurei freaked out because 1) she tries to not get involved in romance, personally, at all, ever and 2) it was in public.