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I have decided that I have too many plot ideas. And I am a terrible procrastinator, and that I should at least try to do the 7-page ninety-problem review my math teacher gave us.
Anybody want a plot?
Anybody want a plot?
Ok, so it goes like this:
Hayner was born Caprica (ruled by whim) I-can't-find-a-good-last-name. Her father -Sadao- is from a strongly patriarchial family, and with three girls, he's praying for a boy.
He gets Caprica. The mother is weak from her fourth child, and it's determined by the medical profession that keeping the mother here in case of her getting sicker is a Good Idea.
While at home, Sadao and his daughters (Akemi, Nilda and Michi) take care of the baby.
Um, wow, that's some awfully boy-like clothes you're putting on your baby girl.
Yeah. So Daddy's gone a bit mental from the pressure from his family. Not the abusive!Mental, just near 'round the bend.
Mom dies in the hospital. So it falls to Akemi (who's eight, BTW), to make sure her sisters/'brother' are not going around getting themselves kidnapped while their dad takes care of the funeral and the house and his job.
It takes the girls a few years to realize that 'Hayner' is not really that much of a boy. Why? Because a 8, 7 and 5 year-old are not the best things at a hospital. They had a baby-sitter until Daddy came home with a new brother.
Yeah. They don't do much. Akemi's eleven. What're they gonna do? They don't even see that it's a problem.
The years pass. Hayner grows into a well-adjusted teen, and is pretty cool with acting/being a guy. Pills for periods, bandages and constant exercise keep her chest flat.
But still, she wonders sometimes if she's missing out. By the time she's seventeen, her sisters are all in college (they moved to a big city) and the only people who know she's a she are: Pence, Olette, her dad and her sisters. And the family doctor.
People begin wondering. Hayner has never dated. When he went to the beaches, he always wore a t-shirt. He never seemed to like any of the girls that flirted with him. Hell, he was closer to like Seifer than them.
When she hits eighteen (and thus legal status) her sisters whisk her away with them to their new city life. Where Hayner can be Caprica.
Years pass. And Caprica is returning to TT because Olette and Pence are celebrating their five-year anniversary and she would be a terrible friend if she didn't go.
Well, they kept in touch (phone calls, texting, webcams), but it's different face-to-face. When she gets there, no one really recognizes her. Her hair is not gelled, she has BOOBS, and she's, like, in a SKIRT. She acts like a city girl. Many a guy hits on her. She finds it a bit creepy ('I grew up with them. I got into FIGHTS with them. This is weird.')
Hell, even Seifer flirts with her. After the initial shock wears off, she finds that he grew, like, eight inches taller than her. Bastard. It takes almost an hour before she questions Olette as to why they're even there.
Somehow, somewhen, Fuu and Olette became friends. Rai and Pence became friends in the 'we are so totally whipped' mutual suffering.
Ack. Can I finish this tomorrow? So. Much. Plot.
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So, basically, Caprica is really annoyed/freaked by all of this male attention. Seifer's efforts seem to be wasted on the new hot chick.
Caprica tells Olette that she is never doing that (aka: 'Not telling people I used to be Hayner.') again. Olette seems to find the whole thing hilarious. Fuu's been rubbing off of her.
Later, it turns out Seifer has a fangirl problem. Ok, he's hot, he gets it, back off, spawns of Satan. He's not sure if they're a) trying to jump him or b) make him single forever by jumping any poor girl he tries to date.
Fuu suggests that he get a gf-for-hire who will pretend ("Pretend? No girl's gonna wanna pretend when-" "SPEAKING." "Ah, sorry Fuu.") to date him and get the girls off his back.
Mostly he does it because Fuu is death-glaring him. So Fuu tells Olette, who suggests Caprica. Seifer agrees.
No one has told Capi. So, next call from Olette ("Oh, Capi, can you get online? I have something to tell you!" *happy squeal* "Uh, sure? You're not preggos, are you?" "What? No!") I mean webcam chat, they tell her.
Three... Two... One, cue explosion.
Gonna have to leave! Finish ASAP.
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*Will post rest of plot as soon as I reply to a few more things*
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*will wait with bated breath*
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Be warned. It's FFVII and Squall/Seifer. But still brilliant.
So, Capi explodes about this new arrangement. Who wouldn't? She's practically going to date the guy she's been fighting with since she was eight of her own free will? Not a chance in hell. Besides, she has a LIFE in the city. She's a part-time barista down at the café, and she has college and friends and a boyfriend and- WAIT. A BOYFRIEND?!
Yeah, his name's James, she met him in PoliSci and they've been dating for three months.
After Olette gets over this, she asks how willing James would be to her pretending to date a guy she used to know.
Not well. If they're going to be a relationship, he wants fidelity. Fake-dating is included. Besides, she never even told him about 'Hayner'. She moved on. Olette decides, hey, it wasn't meant to be.
Seifer is stalked by the leader of his creepy fangirl club.
Then, tragedy. The girls dad has died. So all the girls pack up and move home for however long it will take to do the funeral and grieve. James needs to stay a few more days due to a large test in one of his classes, but promises to be there.
And the girls go back. Sadeo was well-respected, and the funeral's gonna take forever. However, the plot-poi- I mean Seifer, arrives and starts arguing with Caprica over this whole, 'Imma cross-dresser' thing. Apparently, Fuu told him after it became clear that they wouldn't be able to use her, and spilled the beans.
He's less concerned about the fact that he was a she and more about how he thought she was hot.
Hey, I don't blame him, she makes a pretty girl. She's not really curvy, but she's lean and tan and her hair is pretty. So, really, his ego is wounded.
Capi's sisters are just blessing the three days they had before Seifer got here. Two days later, James arrives. And it's really awkward because he manages to get there right as Rai and Fuu break up a fight. The awkward is awkward. James is shocked.
Caprica is forced to reveal her past as Hayner. Then protests how it doesn't change a thing. He retorts how it seemed pretty easy for her to get into that fight. Well, Seifer just always gets on her nerves. James relents and asks to get shown around. So she shows him The Usual Spot, and the Sandlot and the clock tower and the trams and Sunset Hill.
Caprica is promptly tackled by Roxas. Ok, I just want to say this RIGHT NOW, this is an 'AU' (like you couldn't tell), where Roxas is still there, and there's no Nobodies and Heartless and Keyblades. It's easier for me, having not played the games, to do things like this.
Roxas is delighted, jabbers on for a moment, then starts shouting (and cussing) at something over his shoulder. Oh, it's just Axel, a friend he made while at that prissy college he's attending. He hugs Caprica more. James is just sorta looking stunned.
It all goes downhill from there. James is getting more and more jealous of all the time Capi's spending on her old friends and... rivals-who-are-now-friends. She doesn't get it. Wow, you are oblivious. Thankfully, Pence is not and points it out. She has no idea why there are suddenly so many girls all furious at her and why they keep saying she's 'stealing' Seifer. The hell? Did he have a harem or something?
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Hey, when not trying to kill/hurt each other, they get along pretty good! Fuu/Rai/Pence/Olette/not-wanting-to-do-this-Roxas are trying to set them up. James, however, is still there.
So they try to break them up. So, in a strange combination of planning and praying, manage to do so. This leaves the road of Seiner open, does it not?
Hell no. Because Capi's not gonna date Seifer, and Seifer's not gonna date her. Ok, maybe he'd do her, but still. Time to break out the cliché box! Rather desperate (Wait, what do you mean a gambling pool has broken out over this?), they organize a... masked ball.
Wow, that's all you can do? Failure. It does, however, allow them to dress Seifer and Capi up and shoo them into a hot, crowded room together with music-so-loud-I-can't-hear-a-thing without having them recognize each other. Right? Wrong.
They recognize each other soon enough, but pretend to go along with it to get their friends. Look! Bonding! Everyone say hi! *hugs the bonding*. However, being healthy and active 23-year-olds, they decide, I know! Let's pretend to make-out and make them think they won!
... Hours. Later. They wake up in Seifer's apartment... in the sheets... I, um, is that Capi's dress hanging off the bedpost? Uh, uh, hey! They're waking u-
And there's the screaming. Ow, ow, my ears, my ears. *winces* Let's just say that this isn't the start of a beautiful friendship. Or any other ship. Actually, scratch that, they suddenly get along a helluva lot better once they've had sex. Wasn't really expecting that.
So, they part ways. The funeral's done, things were sad, they have a life. Seifer's at a military school or something (Bambi? Balloon? Blamb? Balaamb? Whatever) and Caprica has a job. And everything seems fine. Until, like, a month later, Caprica suddenly can't hold anything down.
... BUM BUM BUM.
Seifer's screwed.
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I've downloaded Grasshopper in its entirety (and who cares what pairing it is?), and can say it, too, is awesome.
Seifer is most definitely screwed. Haha Seifer.
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Yay! Grasshopper is awesome! I had never really thought about Squall/Seifer as a pairing until that story. Or Cloud/Seph until I read A Long Hard Road.
Seifer is so screwed he's gonna die. After she gets over the shock, and tells her sisters (Michi -the youngest- is happy for her sister, Nilda and Akemi are properly angry), then Olette and Pence. Both are Properly Mad.
By the time it gets to Seifer, the rumor's transmuted into that Capi's having his twins, and is so angry she's riled up everyone into hunting him down and killing him. In reality, Caprica's not even sure she's preggo's and is just mad that she allowed herself to have sex with Seifer.
So they go to the doctor (a donation-run clinic nearby), who says 'yep, you're pregnant, about six weeks in, and I'll start writing things up for pre-natal care.' Caprica is not happy. Michi is still inordinately happy about this.
I have no idea what to do next.
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Yes. Yes, it is, as is Hourglass, which Anderling recommended. And The Renegades. I've found so many goodfics based off Heartless_Fic recommendations... A Long Hard Road, you say? *must-read*
Does she want to have the baby?
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Well, that's the killer. I think at first she's unsure. I mean she's 23 (or was it 21? I can't remember my character's ages anymore~) for Christ's sake. She's probably going to get an abortion.
But not before holding the threat of keeping the kid over Seifer's head for a while.
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You've written out most of the plot here. If it doesn't have her age, make up a new one!
Then that's where your plot should go; follow her having an abortion/tormenting Seifer. If you've run out of ideas then, find a way to end it. *shrugs*
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