Snippet - Manipulation
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
For: Seifer/Squall longfic
Quality: Barely checked
Characeters: Seifer, Squall, Quistis, Xu
He half expected Squall to finally snap out of it and say something. But he didn't. Quistis cleared her throat. "We've been doing a lot of research into the sorceress-knight bond. It's what SeeD was created for, you know -- to protect the world from, well, Ultimecia and her kind. What we found is that only people who've been knights before can resist that kind of magic. Particularly the... manipulation."
"You pulled me out of my cell to tell me to go face a sorceress, the reason I'm in there? What the fuck makes you think I'm going to play nice?"
Xu's face darkened a little. "Don't forget who -- "
"Rinoa," Squall said, getting up. Xu shut up immediately. He looked at Seifer. "Will you do it for Rinoa?"
"You bastard," Seifer said, softly. And then, slowly, he nodded. "Yeah. Okay."
For: Seifer/Squall longfic
Quality: Barely checked
Characeters: Seifer, Squall, Quistis, Xu
He half expected Squall to finally snap out of it and say something. But he didn't. Quistis cleared her throat. "We've been doing a lot of research into the sorceress-knight bond. It's what SeeD was created for, you know -- to protect the world from, well, Ultimecia and her kind. What we found is that only people who've been knights before can resist that kind of magic. Particularly the... manipulation."
"You pulled me out of my cell to tell me to go face a sorceress, the reason I'm in there? What the fuck makes you think I'm going to play nice?"
Xu's face darkened a little. "Don't forget who -- "
"Rinoa," Squall said, getting up. Xu shut up immediately. He looked at Seifer. "Will you do it for Rinoa?"
"You bastard," Seifer said, softly. And then, slowly, he nodded. "Yeah. Okay."