I've finally finished my first FF7 detective fic! It will hopefully be the first of many, and it was definitely a blast to write. It's done in first-person, from Zack's POV, in a classic detective narrative style, complete with all those ridiculous metaphors. LOL. I'm already starting on my second fic, even though I should really get back to working on the Star Wars crossover fic. XD;
Anyway, for those who are interested, here's the link:
Meet Zack Fair, First Class SOLDIER world-class detective. In other news, I am insane and have decided to participate in a Japanese sword competition in three weeks! Even though I barely know what I'm doing at this point! Go me! XD
It's supposed to be part of this really big seminar over a few days, where they bring in the heads of all these different sword forms all the way from Japan. I'd be interested in going even if I wasn't competing, just to see the demonstrations. But my Japanese sword teacher said that three weeks should be plenty of time to practice and be ready for it. We'd just be doing the kata in any case, and only three of them. So all I need to do is learn those movements, which hopefully won't be that hard. He said that one of the big things they grade on is projecting a Sephiroth-like presence and determination, so it really looks as if you're committed to wiping out your imaginary enemy. XD
Anyway, I agreed to do it, so here I go! We've been shown the first two kata already, and now I just need to practice. We'll get the third one next week. The competition is over Labor Day weekend. The rest of the students in the dojo are going to be competing in various things too, so I'm looking forward to see how everyone does! This is gonna be exciting. >3