FFVII: Standalone: Where Seduction Serves

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Where Seduction Serves

What if Sephiroth had been a little quicker on the uptake during the first encounter at the Northern Crater, and kept Cloud? Drama with Mindfuck, I-4, Divergent Future, in-game

This copy was definitely not like all the others.

Comments

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

...that is just chilling. Aiya. o_o

[branchandroot]

*pleased smile* Good. Game-time Seph/Cloud should be chilling.

Though it was a little brain-breaking, writing this at the same time as the fluffy Seph/Zack...

[firedraygon97.livejournal.com]

Oooh, lovely idea. I always like seeing the dark side of their relationship during the game. ♥ Awesome work with this.

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

I love that last fight of theirs, and Sephiroth's expression. It gnawed on my ankle until I did something with it. Seph is so wonderfully alarming. *grins*

[chocomimi.livejournal.com]

Mmm, creepy and wonderful and OH GOD I WANT MORE. ♥

[branchandroot]

Thank you! This one was fun to write, since I can't do successful dark very often. ^_^

[ardwynna-m.livejournal.com]

Oh, so creepily good. I love Bastard!Seph. Well, I like any kind of Seph, but still, this was so underhandedly vicious and manipulative.

[branchandroot]

*beams* Thank you! *pets Seph* He makes such a good bastard; I could just so see him doing it with a smile.

[icedark-elf.livejournal.com]

Oooh. That was....

Wow. I felt my stomach go all tight and tense as I read, wondering just what Seph was going to do.

And he gave Cloud a number. A special number. *purrs*

Was this a oneshot, or could I possibly beg for more and have the faint hope it might come true. Because I want to see more, to see how this will change everything else.

[branchandroot]

*pleased* Thank you! It's great to know this one worked out like it was supposed to.

Seph is so great at being evil.

*considering pause* Well, I wrote it as a one-shot, and don't expect to get any more in this storyline. But the last two times I said that I wound up writing huge story arcs. So I may actually be doomed to write this for the next year or so, who knows. *wry grin*

[icedark-elf.livejournal.com]

Hmm. *looks over slyly* What would it take to bribe you into maybe writing at least a little more of this? Because I really, really like this, and would love to see where it went.

I like saneSeph myself, but that's only so I can have him with Zack and Cloud. Though I do have an idea on how to get EvilSeph with Zack and Cloud and I'll have to play with it more.

But, seriously, do you take bribes? Because I would so attempt it to get more of this.

[branchandroot]

*laughing* I'm always open to virtual truffles. *thinks* And real ones, of course, but those are much rarer.

Let me poke at this. There was another chunk that was floating around, about the Lifestream, and what would happen if it was Sephiroth guiding Cloud through his memories. I just couldn't decide whether he'd tell Cloud the truth or not. Now I think he would, so maybe this will go somewhere. And I was planning to watch the second disk of the play-through tomorrow, so inspiration may put in an appearance. *sprinkles out muse-bait*

Zack: *waving arms* I'm right here.

... that wasn't exactly what I had in mind. Go get Seph and I'll see about your scene with Tifa, how's that?

Zack: Works for me. *strolls off*

*shakes head* Yeah, I'm doomed, I think.

[icedark-elf.livejournal.com]

*starts hand over virtual truffles* If I had real ones, I'd share them as well. *sighs and looks at the bunnies* Damnit, I think you woke them up again. So not good.

Muse-bait? *edges away* I bet that stuff is potent. And thus it frightens me to get near it. But I hope it works, because this really does interest me.

Joined the rest of us doomed ones. I'm thinking about building a nice little tree house, because I get the feeling we're going to stay doomed for a long time.

[ahvia.livejournal.com]

ahah hey i think you've been spying on my dreams

that was awesome-- favorite scene elaborated. :'C

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

*grins* Well, come to think of it, I /did/ plot a good chunk of this one morning while I was waking up...

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

Mrrrr. This one made shivers run down my spine, because it's so perfectly twisted. Poor Cloud, though. *pets him*

Awesome writing. Hope to see more of this. ^^

[branchandroot]

Thank you! I'm so happy this one worked out so well. ^_^

Though, yeah, it was a bit cruel to Cloud. I'm not sure the next one will be better for him or not...

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's Cloud's primary role: to provide a handy angst victim for us all. XD

Btw, do you mind if I friend you to keep up with your entries? Your writing is great.

[branchandroot]

Please do, and thanks! ^_^

[aphelion-orion.livejournal.com]

Yay, sankyuu! ^^

LOVE IT

[kagetsu-san.livejournal.com]

LOVE IT!!! i hope that you will continue with it. so angsty i just love it. *pushes money over table* even if its only digital i can still bribe you right???

Re: LOVE IT

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

*wry* Right now Sainukoku is devouring my soul, but the follow-on bunny for this is still rustling around the mental underbrush. I hope to catch it again sometime.

[kagetsu-san.livejournal.com]

take your time even tho i really want to see the next one of this. *pets Seph* he'll keep me entertained. ^.^