Snippet - Red and purple
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
For: Seifer/Squall longfic
Quality: Been over twice, may change still
Characters: Seifer, Squall, Xu, Quistis
"Do I get any more details before I weigh in?"
"Xu," Squall said, nodding to the woman who had remained silent up to that point. She got to her feet, moving to a screen at the front of the room and flicking it on.
"Esthar first drew our attention to this, and it's courtesy of their machines that we have this map. It's colour coded. Purple areas mark out normal guardian aided magic use. As you can see, in areas where Balamb Garden has been based for more than a week or so, marked with a circle, there are higher concentrations of magic, marked in red. The magic of a sorceress, to be exact. It's safe to assume that magic was the magic of Sorceress Rinoa."
"But there are red patches on the map where Garden hasn't been," Seifer said, his eyes darting over the map on the screen. "Deling City especially."
"Exactly," Xu said, looking a little pleased. She killed the screen. "That's our problem."
"So what do you want me to do?" He raised an eyebrow. "I'm not an expert on sorceresses. Squally-boy here's your expert, isn't he? Being a knight to your own sorceress and all. Come to that, why not ask Rinoa for help?"
Xu pressed her lips together, looking at Quistis. They exchanged a look, and then Quistis nodded. "Rinoa's dead. She was murdered."
Seifer was on his feet in an instant. "Who the fuck did it? You killed them yet?"
For: Seifer/Squall longfic
Quality: Been over twice, may change still
Characters: Seifer, Squall, Xu, Quistis
"Do I get any more details before I weigh in?"
"Xu," Squall said, nodding to the woman who had remained silent up to that point. She got to her feet, moving to a screen at the front of the room and flicking it on.
"Esthar first drew our attention to this, and it's courtesy of their machines that we have this map. It's colour coded. Purple areas mark out normal guardian aided magic use. As you can see, in areas where Balamb Garden has been based for more than a week or so, marked with a circle, there are higher concentrations of magic, marked in red. The magic of a sorceress, to be exact. It's safe to assume that magic was the magic of Sorceress Rinoa."
"But there are red patches on the map where Garden hasn't been," Seifer said, his eyes darting over the map on the screen. "Deling City especially."
"Exactly," Xu said, looking a little pleased. She killed the screen. "That's our problem."
"So what do you want me to do?" He raised an eyebrow. "I'm not an expert on sorceresses. Squally-boy here's your expert, isn't he? Being a knight to your own sorceress and all. Come to that, why not ask Rinoa for help?"
Xu pressed her lips together, looking at Quistis. They exchanged a look, and then Quistis nodded. "Rinoa's dead. She was murdered."
Seifer was on his feet in an instant. "Who the fuck did it? You killed them yet?"