Five times five times five times...five?

[midnightdiddle]

Ask me for five things about a particular character, and I will respond with a list or ficlet. (You know the drill: "Five times Arthur was rubbish at talking to girls," or "Five parking tickets Christina de Souza got")

Fandoms: Naruto, KKM, FFVII, FFXII, Abyss, Symphonia, KH, Ocean's, PW, HP, Hetalia, KHR, Loveless, Shakespeare, anything else I've written in/talked about extensively. And I'm always open to new fandoms.

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[midnightdiddle.livejournal.com]

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“Wow,” Vaan says in a breathless way, and Balthier wants to hit him. He settles for-- slithering as far away as he can, so he can try to withstand the temptation. “That’s-- wow.”

“What you just gave me,” Balthier says, with much more patience than he feels, “was not a potion, was it, Vaan?”

“Huh? No, it was, I think, but it was pretty old, the label was all faded-- Hey, Balthier, how do you walk? I mean, with all the tentacles and stuff.”

“Vaan,” Balthier snaps, “focus,” but even as he says it, he’s wondering, too, and like that, the hundreds of tentacles that have taken the place of his legs instantly knot up and send him into a worm-like sprawl on the ground.

Balthier’s still trying to extract himself from his own-- tentacles-- when Vaan edges closer, hunkers down close to the ground, and stares at Balthier’s newer, slimier lower parts with an intensity that puts Balthier instantly on the edge.

“What?” Balthier asks suspiciously, tentacles slowly spreading to the side to get him ready to run-- slither-- slink away as fast as a few hundred tentacles can take him.

“Nothing,” Vaan says, voice puzzled, “just... how do you pee?”

fall

“--and his Imperial Majesty offers his sincerest apologies for this terrible misunderstanding,” Zargabaath said as a half-dozen judges carried in coffers, bent under the weight.

“I see,” the king says, and everyone in the room knows that it’s Larsa’s embarrassment that sent Zargabaath with a peace offering, because Archadia has more than enough power to wipe out the entirety of Galbrina. “If I had known that these men were the Emperor's companions...”

When the cuffs are taken off the wrists of Vaan and Balthier, Zargabaath makes a insultingly shallow bow and turns, reaching the doorway to the courtroom before either Vaan or Balthier has begun to move. When it’s clear Zargabaath is more than happy to leave without them, Vaan begins to run, and Balthier trots after him, keeping an eye on the Galbrinian soldiers as he follows.

“We didn’t know she was the king’s daughter,” Vaan says as he catches up to Zargabaath, and Balthier says, “not helping, Vaan,” as Zargabaath wearily says, “really, I don’t want to know.”

[hiza-chan.livejournal.com]

OH. MY. GOD.

This was so awesome! *flails* Vaan would get them into constant trouble. Damn, I can't pick a favorite!

[midnightdiddle.livejournal.com]

:D Haha, thank you! I shudder to think what actually living with Vaan would be like. He's, like, constant obliviousness and naivety and optimism, especially all together, would just be a walking disaster, I think.