fic, 12K, "Prelude of Heaven's Pavilion," Youko & Keiki

[canis_m]

A self-imposed challenge: ralph up at least 1000 words on one of the NYR prompts in one day. Basic training for Yuletide, as it were. Mission accomplished, although this is isn't a fic so much as a scene, or an extended ficbit really.

Tenika D. (aka dashre?) requested "something featuring Keiki," with option of "exploring his relationship with Youko (

Comments

[chofi]

"It's a hike, getting over here. Didn't help that I felt like Genji sneaking off to see Fujitsubo."

I lol'd.

Oh, Youko's awesome. Keiki's sort of adorable, in his awkward fumbling to try to keep any sense of dignity.

[canis_m]

XD Not gonna lie, I do find My Little Socially Inept Pony pretty adorable. Glad that came through.

When she accomplishes the impossible task of wooing Keiki it will be the final proof of Youko's invincibility.

[pengiesama]

To be fair, I think Keiki's already pretty wooed -- the task is more "gently teach him to stop bleating like a helpless goat when he has strange horn-feelings."

Regarding the fic, though, inept!Keiki is one of my favorite things in the world, and you did it so well. ♥ Youko, I just -- I wish her the best of luck. She'll need it.

[canis_m]

He is partly wooed! Yes. He will be fully wooed when he trusts her enough to share his horn feelings.

As long as Youko finds his ineptitude as lovable as we do, I believe she will triumph in the end. Shootin' at the walls of heartache, bang bang. She is the warrior.

[skitty_kitty]

So much awesome, I loved every bit of it!

[canis_m]

Thank you!

[spywindow]

She was forever unsettling him. The uncanny thing was that she settled him, too.

Ahh, your stories make me interested in learning about all of these characters. ♥

Has anyone ever written a Keiki-in-heat fic? What would that be like?

[canis_m]

Wait oh my gosh have you not read/watched Twelve Kingdoms? ...Since you commented on ye olde GyouTai pr0n I always just assumed...! ._.

Keiki-in-heat fic? What would that be like?

LOLARITY ahaha there were several kirin-in-heat in the last riboku challenge, but I can't remember whether Keiki was one of them. ...I think it would take some doing to make it happen in a way that wasn't A.) horrible for him, B.) pure lulz at his expense, or both.

[spywindow]

Ahaha, no, everything I learned about this fandom I learned from you. I hope that's not a bad thing! It does seem like a quality canon, worth checking out if I can get my hands on the anime at some point. The j-novels I trust myself with less, since I'm not sure whether I could maintain a steady pace of reading without BL as incentive (not that I like gen narratives any less than romance -- it's just easier to read in Japanese when I've convinced myself there's a kiss waiting for me on the next page).

. . . Horrible for him isn't bad, necessarily. I mean, obviously one would want to avoid anything that skirted dubcon, but there might be certain happy surprises that he can only experience when he's forcibly evicted from his comfort zone.

[canis_m]

Not a bad thing! I meant to say this when you commented on the DSRK fic but it's such a compliment that you read my stuff even without knowing the source material. Obvs I do recommend both the novels and the anime--even the English novel translations on or offline are worth reading, I'd say. Or if you read French, I hear they're out in French. Know what you mean about makeouts as reward for progress, though. XD

[velvetpaws]

Ha ha! So awesome. ^_^

[canis_m]

Thanks! Also: you live!! You have been very absent! Or did you relocate somewhere (DW?) and I somehow missed it?!

[velvetpaws]

I just haven't been feeling very fannish lately. ^_^ I check in every week or so, though, just to make sure I'm not missing anything important. Like 12K fic, for instance.

[mindstalk]

I wonder what a hinman does for dark vision. I suppose the first novel might have told us.

Oh, and I liked the story.

[canis_m]

Can't remember if it ever came up in the books.

Thanks!