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branchandrootFic post from my archive.
The Color of the Phoenix's Tail: Part Three
Shuurei likes her life but wants it to be something more.
"Shuurei?" Seiran came to stand beside her, leaving his own scrolls. "Is anything wrong?"
She mustered a smile for him; Seiran always worried so much when she was upset. "No, it's all right. I was just..." her voice wavered a little, despite everything she could do, "wishing I could be an official and do something good with all this."
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Date: 2007-03-07 08:17 pm (UTC)I need a cute Shuurei icon. *decides*
I love Ryuuki's logic in this, and how Shuurei's hitting him gently because she takes good care of her BOOKS. <3
Majo
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Date: 2007-03-07 08:22 pm (UTC)Really, she and Ryuuki will be good for each other. She can teach him to be serious, and he can teach her not to be. ^_^
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Date: 2007-03-07 08:43 pm (UTC)Look forward to more,
Majo
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:21 am (UTC)::hugs her OTP:: It's so shiny . . . and so bizarrely rare . . .
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-07 08:48 pm (UTC)*pets her*
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Date: 2007-03-07 08:51 pm (UTC)*trips over a bunny and falls flat*
... fuck! Where's my flamethrower when I need it?
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Date: 2007-03-07 08:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-08 02:27 am (UTC)That's all I have to say about that. ::tosses the flamethrower down a well::
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-08 02:44 am (UTC)::hides:: No, I'm not the person who's working on an Assassin Ryuuki AU. Don't know what you're talking about.
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:46 am (UTC)If you keep working on assassin!Ryuuki, I'll think about it.
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Date: 2007-03-08 05:16 am (UTC)I'm working on it! Kinda. Well, I'm kinda working on four different Saiunkoku projects at once, but that's one of them, so.
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:58 am (UTC)Assassin Shuurei would be awesome too....
Majo
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:01 am (UTC)In any case I really like how you depicted Shuurei's restlessness and frustration. Certainly it makes sense to me that she wouldn't wait for the boys to come up with some way to help her out-- of course she'd go forward and try to better her situation on her own! It's Shuurei to a T.
It's going to be interesting to see her balancing her connection to the palace with her soon to be Real Job. I imagine Shouka's going to stop by once she's started and make the same request he did in-series? Is Seiran going to do the same? ::hides under the table and waves her crack-pairing flag::
Just out of curiosity, how old are the various members of the main cast at this point (Seien, Ryuuki, Shuurei)?
It's so nice having something to read every day, I thank you like woah. :-D
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:17 am (UTC)*grins* Shouka will certainly stop by. I think Seiran will as well, which I will have to write at some point, because that will be his first meeting with Kouchou. Incognito, of course.
*thinks* Umm, I think Shuurei is just twelve, so Ryuuki is about fifteen and Seien would be twenty two.
My pleasure! *wry* In another week or so I'll have to slow down. I'm catching up with canon-start, and that makes things harder to integrate. I hope to at least get through Shuurei's appointment as an official before I have to wait for more canon, though. And, hey, maybe I'll be able to go back and catch all the little fill-in-the-blank bunnies, then.
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:35 am (UTC)grrrrrrrr . . . .
Um, sorry. Getting carried away. ::sheepish::
I hope you don't slow down too much, in any case, because I want to read more. And filling-in-the-blanks is always good, there are loads of things I'd adore seeing from this AU. I shall wait, as patiently as I'm able.
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Date: 2007-03-08 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-08 05:31 am (UTC)And as Shuurei herself notes, Sakujun pushes. Ryuuki's always willing to give her a way out or back off when she's really uncomfortable, but Sakujun seems to delight in embarassing her and making her uncomfortable.
Shuurei says that the two are quite similar: I would agree, but rather say that they're opposite sides of the same thing.
. . . I'm rambling again, forgive me. ::sheepish:: As much as I dislike Sakujun and bristle like a cat every time he makes one of his smug appearances, I still find him very interesting. The thought of what it would be like if he and Ryuuki met is something I often think about (well, it kinda happens in the sidestory, but not exactly) . . .
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Date: 2007-03-08 10:13 am (UTC)You make me so very happy every time you post a new part ^___^
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Date: 2007-03-08 06:35 pm (UTC)He's so darn cute, especially around Shuurei. *pets him*
Distracted from Revision
Date: 2007-03-08 01:03 pm (UTC)Seiran doesn't have to worry about future heirs running the country. All he has to do is wait for Ryuuki and Shuurei to grow up, marry them over, and let them take care of the empire while he settles into early retirement. Better yet if his kawaaii siblings have children. Uncle Seiran only needs to gloat in happiness.
I absolutely adore how you portray Shuurei. So far, it's the most accurate in fics. Keep up the good work.
Re: Distracted from Revision
Date: 2007-03-08 06:42 pm (UTC)Uncle Seiran would think that was a fantastic idea, but Shuurei might scold him for it. *grins*
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Date: 2007-03-09 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-09 02:12 am (UTC)