[ooc] drabble meme
Going with an oldie and a classic.
Give me a prompt and I'll write you a drabble.
The catch is--it has to be for one of my characters or my characters and yours or someone else's you ship them with, whatever. It can be ANYTHING, AU, TYL, first meetings, angst, nice things, etc, as long as it's related to island interactions somehow.
I play bitchcrafts, camefirst, myarmslipped, ( Read more... )
Give me a prompt and I'll write you a drabble.
The catch is--it has to be for one of my characters or my characters and yours or someone else's you ship them with, whatever. It can be ANYTHING, AU, TYL, first meetings, angst, nice things, etc, as long as it's related to island interactions somehow.
I play bitchcrafts, camefirst, myarmslipped, ( Read more... )
... However, that one perfect kakera doesn't exist."
He starts to talk to stop her from going on, to say that it only wouldn't exist if Beato gave up, but she continues, even though tears are streaking down her face, even though she looks like she's bearing a lot more pain than she did when fighting Battler.
"So you must promise me... that you'll never, ever let a single mystery elude you! Don't shame me and the game board of Rokkenjima by letting yourself be defeated...! Not once did you settle for what things seemed to be with me, you didn't let yourself be fooled by my false illusions, so don't disrespect my memory by succumbing to anyone else's! You are... a brat who sticks his nose into everything, a know-it-all, and really, you're so... dense..." Though her voice trembled, she continued.
"But you are also... one of the most brilliant minds I've ever come to meet... a true equal... so never... never ever... let someone best you... when you're older, and you've settled down... make it so that when you tell your grandchildren of the greatest mystery you ever solved, it's how you unraveled the secret of the Golden Witch. From here on out, that's my only wish."
Words aren't needed anymore, he realizes. He holds her, same as the day they left the island. "I'll grant it. With what you call magic, I'll definitely grant that wish. I'll... I'll do more than that. I promise."
Beatrice doesn't question him, she merely buries his face into his jacket, same as the day they left the island. "... then... In the Golden Land, I'll..."
She doesn't get to finish those words. As if her body has suddenly become hollow, and her outer features a mere shell of golden dust, she vanishes from his arms, not leaving anything except a single golden butterfly. In an instant, he's a great deal shorter, he's in the clothes he wore right before Beatrice's arrival, and it happens so fast that he can hardly believe the moment was real in the first place.
It was, though. No matter how unrealistic, how nonsensical, Beatrice had been right there before him, and given him her dying words. He's numb, and he feels like he wants to scream, but nothing comes up. Conan takes notice of the butterfly, slowly floating down with its wings beating at a gradually slower pace. He catches it. It melts into his hand, which then he balls into a fist.
Which he then stuffs into his jacket's pockets, and begins the walk home.
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"In a billion kakera, would you fall for the same person?"
"If I met that girl every time, I have no doubt."
"... What about a billion-and-one?"
"...?"
She never mentions the conversation again.
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Second, rwjoirjwoijewqiojew you did write a lot and it's awesome and sad and they need hugs!
Three, http://17-going-on-8.livejournal.com/3903.html yes I had to write something with it.
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Second! Admittedly I-I wrote an epilogue too, but I cut it in the end because I didn't feel like it fit in with the mood of the rest of the fic. It's here if you want to see it!
Third! /GOES TO READ
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*Goes to read.*
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