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Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 21: "Love Her and Despair"
Final Fantasy X
Characters: Auron, Isaaru, Maroda, Elma, Rikku, Gippal
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3000
Summary: Revelations from Yuna's pilgrimage.
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Our Story So Far: On a rampage to destroy the temples of Yevon, Sin transports Isaaru and companions to Bikanel Island, where Wakka and Rikku are raising a family. Gippal gives Isaaru's party a lift to the new Al Bhed Home.

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The flyer wobbled under the weight of extra passengers, accompanied by Rikku's swearing in two languages. Maroda rode white-knuckled, his brother with serene resignation. Elma, the machina-phobe, clung to her seat with a dour expression, but gave herself away with a whoop when the flier hopped over a sand-worm that unexpectedly rose behind a crumbling ruin. Auron simply played barnacle. Gippal was quiet too, for once, focused on steering a smooth course for the sake of his unsecured passengers.

They were streaking towards a gray hump emerging from the dunes. The shape soon resolved itself into a bulbous, unlovely hulk of an airship with the profile of an oversized bathtub, its hull a crude patchwork of fins, engine pods, exhaust ports and mismatched panels. It was moored on the southern tip of the island with the bulk of its fuselage hanging over open water. An aft loading ramp extended down to the beach.

The flyer slowed to a crawl and slithered up the ramp into the belly of the ship, coming to an abrupt halt against a stack of barrels. The engines screamed in the enclosed space, then faded to silence. Deafened passengers roused themselves and looked around. Floor-to-ceiling stacks of crates and gun racks loomed on all sides, making it a wonder they had not struck anything on the way in.

"Well, here we are," Gippal said, hopping up onto the flyer's windshield to kick a knob on the wall. The ramp and cargo bay doors began to close with a hiss of hydraulics. Dingy amber lights flickered to life in the ceiling as the rectangle of daylight behind them narrowed and vanished.

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...because it's Mintywolf's birthday!

and then I did another thing, because the first thing was coming out awful!

And on the second thing, I used onionskinning and still screwed up an arm, but at least this is kinda sorta what was in my head!


Lulu + Yuna: Sin's Return by ~auronlu on deviantART

I really REALLY really wish I hadn't lost my art skills. I have an image in my head, but it won't come out. And arthritis means I can't do much at a time, which is one reason I got out of the habit. BUT I WANT TO DRAW THIS THING DAMMIT.

(I was initially trying to draw Yuna arriving in Besaid, getting her first glimpse of goth girl standing aloof from everyone else and watching her.)

i keep looking up twelve year old and seven year old girls on image search, trying to find art references, and being paranoid that someone's going to think I'm an awful person. :(

They're 13 and 8 in the picture above. Poor Yuna; it must've upset her more than anyone else in Spira when Sin came back.

Dresspheres in X-2 make me cringe, but I adore this...

(Tummy!)

FFX Fanart
Snow Yuna
Rating: G

Not quite as good as Auron, but still fairly good. The snow for today was crusty on top and powder underneath, which was a bit cranky but still not as bad as the first day.

Yes, that really is the color of Mt. Ogden at sunset.



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I just stumbled across this delightfully ordinary portrait of gawky teenaged Lulu and young teenish Yuna having a quiet afternoon in Besaid.

Safe for work and preschoolers. :D

Also poking at a Lulu icon. I'm still not quite satisfied with it, but I've been trying to make/acquire a smiling-Lulu icon for years, and finally ran across a high-quality screencap of her one and only grin (which was, by happy coincidence, to Auron).

Hm. Somebody on a random website asked if anyone would do a Lulu poem. A bit predictable, but this is the scribble that came out.

Title: Old Moon
FFX
Rating:G
Characters: Yuna, Lulu

They say the moon cradles
The dark moon in her arms
But for now, by Yevon
I'll hold her.

Her heart beats with fervor
Mine with bitter ice.

I know the taste
Of the sea is tears
But she, bright flower
Still walks on water.

Already the first tears kiss her cheeks.

But still, for a little while
Let her dance
Let her believe
Let her dream
Let the Aeons fly for her

And let me guard her, just a little longer
From beatitude
From betrayal.

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Gah, these are like drabbles -- I can churn 'em out in about 15 minutes.

Problem with the current entry: it presents in a rather bald fashion most of the backstory for Lady Ginnem that I've develped for Resurrection which, honest to gosh, I intend to present in a more dramatic way sooner or later. But by then you all will have forgotten what I wrote here anyway.

FFX
Memories of a Guardian (4)
Characters: Lulu, Ginnem, Yuna
Rating: G
867 words


(Day 26, 8th year of Braska's Calm ~ Ginnem's Arrival in Besaid)

Wow. I'm crossposting this one on ff.net, and one of those readers immediately removed me from her fav list when I uploaded the following chapter. What an eloquent example of voting with one's feet! Consider yourself warned.


Title: Till Death Do Us Part (Chapter 5)
Final Fantasy X-2
Characters, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Tidus, Rikku
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The cheesy bit.
Word count: 1459
Link: Chapter 5 - Never Forget Them

Dangit, I have a few short papers I should be writing. Oh well. Best not to begrudge the muse when she stops by, whatever she's wearing.

Title: Till Death Do Us Part (chapter 3)
FFX
Characters: Tidus, Yuna, Rikku, Lulu
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1586
Summary: Swoosh! Cue dramatic music! Rescuers to the rescue! Captive being gloated at! Snarky villains! Angst! Good heavens, it sounds just like a typical Final Fantasy game's plot. ^-^
Link: Chapter 3 ~ Battlestations

Another gap-filling dribble.

Title: Mi'hen Sunset
FFX, evening after the Luca tournament
Characters: Auron, Lulu
Rating: G
Word Count: 830

( A short scene after Tidus and Yuna finish watching the sunset )