#taaaaaaaaaaaags later. the usual

[ofdusk]

shadows cast by the mighty  ─ team 3 gold round

The spider is gone and the arena with it, erasing the horrific world around them in one brilliant flash of light. Crimson eyes reopen, blinking slowly as that harsh white fades, taking in the dream’s final form.

They stand upon a platform of stone surrounded by fluffy white masses of what are unmistakably clouds. It’s beautiful, the sky around them -- painted shades of flaming orange and glittering pink like a sunrise.

And at the center of it all hovers their foe -- the same golden bird that they had faced so many battles ago. Only this time it shines even brighter, feathers impossibly more vibrant than they had been before. It beats two mighty wings and darts across the arena’s sky, far faster than she could ever dream of chasing.

[ ROLLS: 27, 10, 7, 21, 33 = 98. ] Twin Soul’s Divine Speed activates! Gains +8AVO and +6SPD for one round, and battle starts in Enemy Phase. Twin Soul misses Corrin with Sharp Beak [Roll: 6-14 = -8, 10-14 = -4]. 0 DMG; Corrin 8.5/10

It dives for her in a flash of brilliant colors, but she moves out of the way in a flourish of skirts, feet lighter than she had ever known them to be herself. A cry from the bird as it resumes its position in the clouds, preparing to dive for her a second time.

Only as she ducks away from the second attack does Corrin recognize the blue ribbons that adorn her new dress. They are a pale blue that flow with her movements like water, held to the white of her skirts with the same Vallite flowers that Azura had always worn.

Her mother’s, she realizes, eyes following the fabric of her sleeve to rest finally on the blade in her hand. 

Corrin counters with Sword of Zoltan. It misses really bad I just forgot the numbers.

It arcs through the air, not even scraping the feathers of the creature as it dives right past her and pushes back into the air with another cry. Corrin lets her sword hand come to rest at her side as she falls back to center.

@unsungblade @aegisshieded @princepsumbra @cursedbluebird

[kittlesandbugs]

Fanfic Writer Questions

Tagged by @sidestepping & @askweisswolf, ty for thinking of me!!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 62, but if you unstack the one shot compilations... 138ish? if I can math right.

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 119,010, and the bulk is FHR lol

3. What fandoms do you write for? Currently Baldur's Gate 3 and Fallen Hero, previously TWC, Dragon Age, Mass Effect/Andromeda, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? Gonna cheat a little and do one per fandom because this is heavily slated towards Mass Effect Andromeda just from age lol

Sleep it off - Mass Effect, Shepard/Aria T'Loak, Shep gets drunk at Purgatory and Aria babysits her

Little steps to the side - FHR, Chargestep/Argentstep/Chargentstep, currently 55? little one-shot fics, usually prompts, sometimes tiny ideas I get in my own head

Space snippets - Mass Effect Andromeda, Jaal/Ryder, a few prompt one-shots that picked up big steam when it finally went Explicit lol.

Bottles of Thedas - Dragon Age Inquisition, Solavellan, 20 short one-shots inspired by the collection of booze you can pick up off the ground throughout the game (minus the Warden mixes)

Business and Pleasure - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2, Exile/Luxa, a re-write/better ending for Luxa gift fic for an exchange

5. Do you respond to comments? I am absolutely terrible at responding to comments because I see them in my inbox and I'm like oh yeah I'll reply to that later when I have time and then.... six months go by... the shame happens... I love every comment I get and I am so sorry alkdsfjoajsdfl

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Ehhhhhhhhhh most of my fics are in-between things, not really stand-alones on their own. Probably the one I milked the hardest for the ending of it specifically is Words not spoken (FHR, Chargestep, Ortega visits Riley's apartment post-Heartbreak)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Again.... in-between things... the Mass Effect Andromeda and TWC fics are largely feel good fluff, so most of them?

8. Do you get hate on fics? Not that I'm aware of, lol

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Typically fluffy and/or hurt/comfort character exploration, although sometimes I feel a need to go for a whump

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? I haven't written a crossover since I was 13. I'm 37 now. I don't remember. It was pre-AO3 time for sure. XD

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I'm aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Not that I'm aware of.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, but I've written fanfics to fanfics by @ellstersmash and @sidestepping because they're both so talented and I Felt The Compulsion

14. What's your all time favorite ship? Whatever I'm currently writing for, in this case... any combo of Chargentstep aaaaaaaaaaand Durgetash lol

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Me, staring at my endless folder of WIPs, some of which having not been touched in five years

16. What are your writing strengths? Character explorations, snappy dialogue, short and sweet and punchy

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Writing long-haul, we're here for a good time, not a long time

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? Love it when other people do it! Very rarely do it myself!

19. First fandom you wrote for? Megaman X back in.................. 2000-ish? Very bad self-insert script fic lol

20. Favorite fic you've written? I think Time doesn't heal (FHR, Chargestep, all the Rangers and Riley experiencing the 3rd Heartbreak anniversary) is one of my biggest brain moments for writing fic, but Bottles of Thedas (mentioned above) has a special place in my heart for being the first and perhaps only large project I've finished.

Gonna taaaaaaaaaaaag... @astarien, @the-rebel-archivist, @gingerbreton, @rab-bitly, @catastrofriend