Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: Blue and Red

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Blue and Red

Shou searches out more helpers for his newest imperial acquisition. Drama, I-3

When Shou Yousei stopped in to see how his newest Emperor was doing, he expected to find Seien in a bad temper.

Comments

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Almost I feel for the calculating old bastard.

*chooses instead to dote on Kouyuu*

[branchandroot]

*wry* I still think he totally deserved to catch a loaded Eiki full on, but yeah.

*judicious* I do kind of feel for Shuuei, since he's now going to be caught in an office with /two/ workaholics. *snerks*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Kouyuu: *totally feels that this will be good for Shuuei. Character-building, even*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

Also, did I mention that I really loved the description of Reishin's fan flicking like a cat's tail? He is completely feline. *hearts it muchly*

[branchandroot]

*giggling* Isn't he? He /uses/ the thing like tail-and-ears!

Plus, can't you see him spying on Shuurei and falling out of the tree or such, and doing the "I meant to do that" thing?

[majochan.livejournal.com]

*hearts and squees incoherently*

Too many things that are my favorites here..@_@ It's like, how did you hit all my Saiunkoku fic buttons!? (all the nice ones, anyway) *squees*

As always, my eternal devotion to Seien, but I gotta admit Shou gave my fangirly heart a bit of a doubt here. Ah, gotta love those sly old foxes...

Majo

[branchandroot]

*heartsback*

This was a fun one to play with; the stories where the characters go politicing are usually the most amusing ones. ^_^ Shou is a wicked old guy, and I do like him quite a lot. I have this image of him and Eiki sitting on a porch somewhere, snarking at each other happily. *grins*

[grey-damaskena.livejournal.com]

Huzzah I win! ::boogies:: I win every time you post more of this, it fills me with glee. And this one especially, because I'm an absolute sucker for brotherly cuteness and there are lovely tantalizing hints of it here.

Shou also amuses me very much-- I enjoy the way you write him, all manipulative and calculating and inhuman-but-not-inhuman. Seien is more open and emotional than I might have expected, but I'm having fun seeing his perfectionist nature come through. And already working poor Shuuei harder than he's ever had to work in his life, I'd imagine (well, maybe).

And a very nice lead-in to some of the in-series events at the end. I look forward to seeing what you do with it; addressing that particular turn of events is something that has given myself and majochan no end of difficulty in Omnia. ;-)

[branchandroot]

*laughing* Glad to provide more win for your day!

I really do have to get around to one of the stories that shows Ryuuki at his own desk in Seien's office. The two of them together are a gaurantee of instant cavities.

I have to admit, it's hard to find a good balance for Seien; his decision to take the throne, in and of itself, indicates that he's more of the world, in this world, than in canon. But he's still himself, and probably slow to open up. *grins* I do think he trusts Shou more than he realizes himself.

*bounces and looks forward to more Omnia*

[grey-damaskena.livejournal.com]

::much amused:: Ryuuki with a desk in Seien's office? I'd be amazed if they managed to get any work done. What with all the cute that would go on . . . I'm sure it would make them happy, though.

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

I love it when you're on a posting phase--I just hate it when I'm not home to enjoy these bits of platnium. So much love for this piece. I like Shou. I think I'm starting to get a better understanding of him through your writing. Yeah, he's a calculating-bastard, but that's his job, and he's good at it.

And Reishin--I swear, I would probably just love on about any fic that included him, in-character, as his wonderful self. Great imagery between the fan and a cat's tail. Definitely spot on with that.

[stiffles giggle] Shuurei... lock in between Kouyuu and Seien.... will he ever survive? It should be interesting to see Kouyuu and Seien interact, though. There's always been a bit of resentment on Kouyuu's part in the anime because of the circumstances of his adoption and all. It should be interesting to see how, if at all, that will play out in this story line.

Co-emperors...? Was that ever done?

So, Enjun's still on a self-distructive path then, eh?
Oh, well. To each his or her own, I guess.

Hope to see more soon!

[branchandroot]

Thank you! Yeah, these have been on a real roll; now pausing as I try to coax bunnies out from under the bushes, of course. ^_^;

I do rather like Shou. He's got a pretty rough deal; I'd be snarky too, if I was him, especially with his dearest friend set on self-descruction. Reishin, on the other hand, seems to come by it as a natural talent. *snerks*

Shuuei will probably find a way to twit both his office-mates, in revenge for being worked so hard. I mean... it's /Shuuei/.

To the best of my knowledge, the closest they ever got to co-emperors in real life was emperor and regent. Hence the old geezers having a chuckle over the idea. *wry*

[visenya.livejournal.com]

Perfectionist Seien...how could Shou not have anticipated that? *laughs* Nice to see someone who can make Shuuei work. Also, any Reishin appearance wins points XD

[branchandroot]

Glad you liked it! *grins* Reishin makes such a wonderful accent to any story; he's great fun.

[koyuki-san.livejournal.com]

Hey, I read the few parts for this arc at the Saiunkoku Monogatari community and liked it so much I checked to see if you've written more. I hope you don't mind? I'm adding you as well. ^^;

[branchandroot]

I don't mind at all, welcome! *wry* This whole arc is currently on hold while I wait for more canon to tickle my bunnies out of the underbrush, but I do hope to continue it. Glad to hear you liked it!