Final Fantasy VII, Cloud / Zack / Sephiroth: Mistletiptoe, #4, #10, #26; #2 coming soon

[chibirisuchan]

(sweatdrop) I keep failing miserably in the attempts to write short. Originally this was going to be a three-parter and now it's gone and turned itself into a four-parter. Getting the first three posted, at least. (And yes, I do know there's a smoking gun out there; it's for part 4, which, believe it or not, was the section that started the whole

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[edenfalling]

Yeah, that's a smoking gun all right... and I would stake ten bucks that it has to do with the title as well. :-)

I like Devious!Zack, especially the way he knows how to push Sephiroth's buttons -- he seems not to have quite so fine an estimate of Cloud's reactions, but then, he hasn't known Cloud as long. I am ridiculously proud of Cloud for actually finding the nerve to go after Zack, and to succeed in landing a kick (though I suspect Zack probably let him land it).

Is General 'Sparkles' going to make a reappearance? It seems like a suitably holiday-themed nickname... *tempts you*

[chibirisuchan]

yep! The mental image of the height difference was what actually got this started rolling in my head, except (headdesk) I SO CANNOT WRITE SHORT...

and Zack just keeps DOING things; honestly, when I started writing, I thought his box was going to have the etched rocks glasses and something like a good bottle of whiskey in it, and then he GRINNED at me, and there was the form, and up 'til about 3/4 through I thought it was going to be an actual horrific lava lamp except he nudged me and went 'hey look at that again,' and auugh.

He kind of did - there's not really a direct visual translation for 'sparkles' into something two-dimensional that can get etched in glass after all, but the frost pattern thing was trying to lean that direction... And now Zack's after me to let him braid the twinkle lights into Sephiroth's hair, and Cloud is hiding under Sephiroth's desk hoping the ceiling beams are structurally reinforced enough to deal with Sephiroth's reaction to Zack braiding twinkle lights into his hair...

[edenfalling]

If it won't work as a serious fic, there's always chibi!vision... *hands Zack some tinsel*

[chibirisuchan]

ChibiSephiroth (stuffed in a tree suit with his own hair tangled through everything to make its own tinsel and with a lopsided star perched on top of his head, and tied in place with the twinkle lights, and fuming): ...you just HAD TO GO AND GIVE HIM IDEAS, DIDN'T YOU.

ChibiCloud (stuffed in a Rudolph the Red Nosed Chocobo suit, blinking nose and all): It could be worse.

ChibiTreeSephiroth: HOW? HOW COULD IT BE WORSE?

ChibiZack (hauling in one of the Mako tubes with an evil gleam in the eyes): Hey guys! I figured out how to turn you two into walking snowglobes! It's gonna be awesome - you're totally going to win the Shinra holiday costume ball for me...

ChibiTreeSephiroth: ...

ChibiChocoCloud: I told you so.

ChibiTreeSephiroth: ...shut up.

[edenfalling]

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I love you.

[chibirisuchan]

I love you too! ^__^ And Gabriel_chaos too, who just went and illustrated it too. ^____^ happyhappyjoyjoysquee!