Past-Part Fills Part 7
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Past-Part Fills Part Seven
Fills from past parts can go here!
Fills from the current part (part 22) MUST go in that part's post until it is full.
Link to the original request (and if an ongoing fill, any previous chapters/sections).
Don't forget to link your new fill at the fill ( Read more... )
I started working on this for an event (which I unfortunately missed the deadline for OTL). And now, I’m a little nervous about posting it to the main comm, because it doesn’t seem very romantic/fluffy at all >_>
So I decided to test it out here. I’m not quite done with it yet, so I will post up what I have so far. I do have a pretty good idea of the plot though, so I will try to finish up the other parts as soon as I can. Critique/feedback on plot and characterizations are most welcomed and appreciated.
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Warnings: Crime-AU, language, booze & smokes, slight crack and general WTFkery. I must be smoking the same thing Himaruya-sensei has been lately.
Music that inspired all of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHXZ4Fjqr8
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February 14, 2kXX. 08:10 AMHe couldn’t quite remember how he’d gotten himself into this situation ( ... )
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February 14, 2kXX. 09:32 AM
It was supposed to have been a relatively easy task. Yao’s instructions were straightforward: Stay low and keep watch. If things get messy, go in and take everyone out. Kiku appreciated the simplicity of the plan, especially since his eldest cousin was sometimes prone to much melodrama (which was quite unnecessary, if Kiku was allowed to be truly honest about it). And while he usually meant well, Kiku couldn’t help but feel somewhat exhausted trying to keep up with Yao’s antics at times, and wished that his cousin would go about conducting his businesses with a better sense of calm and propriety ( ... )
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“RAAAAAAHHH!”
Before anyone could so much as blink, he grabbed the lid of the nearest trash can, and swinging it wildly before him like a madman, bulldozed his way through and out of the alley.
Herakles was not as fortunate.
Coward, he thought begrudgingly as he glared after Sadiq’s retreating back, before the sounds of resuming gunfire wrested his attention back to more pressing matters at hand - his survival.
The newcomer moved again as the mob surged forward, sunlight glinting off his blade as he twisted and twirled; a furious whirlwind lashing out at burly men two, no, three times his size. Herakles saw another flash, followed by an explosive bang before he was coughing, choking.
“Move.”
His eyes and nostrils still burning from the smoke and ash, Herakles only realised he was on the ground again when he heard the soft, urgent voice close beside him. He looked up and saw the newcomer to his left (dark ( ... )
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“If it wasn’t for your appearance, I’m sure I would be lying dead in the streets by now.” Herakles continued. He raised his eyes from the tattoo to meet Kiku’s impassive gaze. “Thank you.”
“It was not truly my intent to rescue you,” Kiku admitted, his tone low. “I only noticed you were not part of the group I had been observing. In that sense, I merely reacted out of instinct.”
“Is it instinctive of you to aid strangers from certain death?” Herakles ventured carefully. He could feel Kiku shifting slightly in his seat, but the man held Herakles’ gaze steadily.
“But you’re no stranger, are you Mister Karpusi? Even if you are one but many, you are still an heir to Romulus’ empire. And my cousin is particular about keeping his business associates safe and alive, if possible ( ... )
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February 14, 2kXX. 12:05 PM
The day began, as always, with her favourite tune playing from the old radio nestled in an abandoned corner of a wall-mounted shelf, home now to dust balls and hidden-from-view spiders’ nests. It had been chilly earlier in the morning, the draught creeping in from underneath the door and snaking through a tiny gap in the window - Francis must have forgotten to check they were properly closed before going home last night.
Sunlight filtered through red-and-yellow patchwork drapes now, casting fuzzy fractals on linoleum tiles, as morning gradually eased into noon.
And like always, she hummed (it had always been Mother’s favourite song) as she worked, dusting the cabinet shelves first, before turning to attack those stubborn stains on the counter with her trusty cleaning cloth. The stains blended into the dark wood of the counter too easily, putting up a tough fight against her via camouflage (but not to worry, she also had her other cleaning side-kick at hand, Super Dish Disinfectant Spray - ( ... )
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Shuffle, shuffle, square.
Repeat.
The man watched her, sipping at his drink silently, before he finally said, “I’ve noticed the increase in brawls as well, the most recent one being among the Lafayettes themselves. I have to wonder though, if it was more than say, domestic difficulties among their ranks...”
A pause.
Angeline began laying out the cards across the counter, carefully placing them in a neat row. She let her hand hover over the cards, as if deciding on something, before she reached and turned over a card to reveal a Five of Diamonds.
“It does seem a little suspicious, doesn’t it? But as we both know, Mister Fox, when there are monetary transactions involved-”
She turned the second card over (Five of Clubs“-even simple matters can get out of hand pretty fast ( ... )
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Not when he was in the middle of prying an angry cat off one of the wall-mounted shelves with one hand and trying to keep a picture from falling off the wall with another ( ... )
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“I apologise for the distraction.” Mister Fox said, contrite. “Please do continue.”
The smirk still playing around the corner of her lips, Angeline finished laying out all the cards in the final row.
“Two have already been accounted for,” she began, as she flipped one card over.
Two of Clubs.
“So that leaves us with...” She flipped the second and last card over.
Knave of Spades.A pause ( ... )
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...Have Greece and Japan already slept with each other? Their banter certainly gives the impression of that, or that they're thinking about it a lot at the very least. XD
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As for Greece and Japan having slept with each other? No, they haven't XD Greece certainly might not oppose to it, if given the opportunity; Japan's just a dork and dirty-minded lol.
Maybe it seemed like I was hinting that they have had sex off-screen, because Herakles said "He's been laid before", but ah, I just meant to point out that Kiku wasn't a virgin (by his own admission no less, as hinted from the previous parts)... unlike how everyone Angeline thinks he is in this story. I guess I didn't make that clear enough ^^;
Thanks for the input though, anon! I appreciate it ♥
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