The Magician's Assistant - An AU!Chrome FST
An AU!Chrome FST
{Fin de Siècle}
Chrome drifts through life, unwanted and misunderstood by the people around her until the day she meets Mukuro the Fantastico, swindler-magician extraordinaire. He shows her how to cultivate her unearthly powers in order to help him con the gullible out of their riches, finally giving purpose to her existence.
Unfortunate Few || The Ditty Bops
Oh you unfortunate few
Stuck in your special space.
I'm here on my own though I'm not alone.
It feels like a miserable place.
{No one looks her in the eye, not even her own flesh and blood}
Graveyard Picnic || Voltaire
If you find the living a bore,
There's a place you can go.
Answer the call, go over the wall
Where the crosses are all in a row.
Mind the trees, get down on your knees,
Sneak in just like the breeze.
Look 'round, though you won't be found.
It's just you, Edgar Allan and me.
{The dead are so much easier to get along with than the living}
Circus Apocalypse || Vermillion Lies
Come down and join the circus.
It's the end of your world.
Come down and join the circus
All you dead boys and girls.
If you still have a pulse
We can remedy that.
You can check your life
While you check your hat.
{The circus whirls into town in a blur of color and distractions; her mother isn’t even paying attention when she asks if she can go}
悲劇のマリオネット || 柚楽弥衣
あたしは口も聞けないマリオネット 言葉では伝えられないでしょう
だけどこの胸にたぎる思いは あなたの瞳に焼き付くのでしょう
まわるまわる あざ笑いの中 ただ一点の光を探して
まわるまわる 悦び花開く 世界にあたしを導いてくれた
Higeki no Marionette {Marionette Tragedy} || Kokusyoku Sumire
I am a marionette with a mouth that does not speak.
I cannot convey things with words,
But the emotion that boils inside this chest
It seems to scorch your eyes.
Spin, spin
In the sneering laughter
I search for but a single speck of light.
Spin Spin
The flowering joy
You guided me to it in this world.
{She sits in the last row during his performance, silent and unnoticed by those around her, but none of that matters because he looks her directly in the eye}
The Perfect Fit || The Dresden Dolls
I can shuffle, cut, and deal,
But I can't draw a hand.
I can't draw a lot of things,
I hope you understand .
I'm not exceptionally shy,
But I've never had a man
That I could look straight in the eye
And tell my secret plans.
{She feels she has nothing to offer-she’s been told as much countless times-but there is no hurt in wishing he would take her over the horizon with him}
Hypnotize || The White Stripes
I want to spin my little watch
Right before your eyes.
You're the kind of girl a guy like me
Could hypnotize.
And if this comes as a surprise,
Just think of all those guys
Who would tell you lies.
I want to spin my little watch
Right before your eyes.
{The unthinkable-he wants her}
Gingerbread Coffin || Rasputina
We found an old doll that was out in the grass,
She had special powers, we said a black mass.
We sat in a circle all holding hands,
The doll-bed held together with old rubberbands.
She'll rise,
she'll rise,
she'll rise.
Oh, lay her down in her gingerbread coffin.
She's so pretty all laid out in white.
Lay her down in her gingerbread coffin.
When we need her, she'll rise to the light.
{She has a gift, he tells her, and no one can take that away from her}
In the Devil's Territory || Sufjan Stevens
Be still and know your sign.
The beast will arrive in time.
We stayed a long, long time.
We stayed a long, long time.
To see you, to beat you,
To see you at last.
{They say his powers came from a pact with Beelzebub, which she learns is not far from the truth}
When I was a Little Spy || Gogol Bordello
When I was a little spy,
Supernatural 'n' infantile,
I learned well how to hide.
{Nobody suspects her, so she is the perfect partner in crime}
Jewel Thief || The Kills
Jewel thief, where do you get all those pretty necklaces?
Jewel thief, where do you get all those silver pistols?
Jewel thief, where do you get all those animal heads?
With lovely posture you eat bread,
Carefully chewing when they shot you dead.
You look like a mannequin with your mouth full.
Don't worry baby, I'll take care of you.
{The guilt doesn’t drag on her heart because she’s never cared much for other people; besides, she feels like a princess now}
Black Magic Woman || Carlos Santana
I got a black magic woman.
Got me so blind I can't see
That she's a black magic woman.
She's tryin' to make a devil out of me.
{They call her a witch, and she smiles}
Diamonds & Gold || Tom Waits
What some men will do here for diamonds,
What some men will do here for gold.
They're wounded, but they just keep on climbing
And sleep by the side of the road.
There's a hole in the ladder, a fence we can climb.
Mad as a hatter, you're thin as a dime.
Go out to the meadow, the hills are a-green.
Sing me a rainbow, steal me a dream.
{With each heist they careen a little more out of control, but she doesn’t care, she doesn’t care}
Filistata || Stolen Babies
There's a web inside me, behind my eyes, it pounds and pounds.
There sits Filistata.
It's growing there but makes no sound.
There is no pain,
Just hate and empty tears,
Blind, hollow eyes and webs over the ears,
And in the end will I have wasted years?
{There’s something unholy eroding her heart and mind}
Fever Pitch || The Romanovs
This is the only way I know myself
From here to here
And sometimes from here to here.
This is the only way I see myself
When I'm a good girl from there to there.
Build me a fountain
All in my honour -
A reason to keep on a follow.
{She’s no longer sure where her wants and needs end and his begin}
Hoodoo || Muse
Come to be -
How did it come to be?
Tied to a railroad,
No love to set us free.
Watch our souls fade away.
Let our bodies crumble away.
Don't be afraid.
I will take the blow for you.
{There are no happy endings for thieves and tetherless souls}
Bonus Track
Carnival of Souls {Music Box Instrumental} || Verne Langdon
Download @ Mediafire
Higeki no Marionette lyrics translated by superscripted @ youtube.
Let me know if you have any problems with the link.
Made for singustosleep (which I found through blowmeup_pretty :'D). The theme for March was AU, and the cover art prompt was negative space.
I had a lot of fun making this, so I hope you guys enjoy it!