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 I use this journal so rarely that it's more honest to just say I don't use it, and no one really knows it exists, but considering all the bull fuckery that's going on over at tumblr, I figure I can start to put some stuff here, too. I can at least start to move a lot of my fanfic over here. And maybe some of my art and some of articles I'm more proud of from my other blog.

Besides, it might be nice to have a place to just shout into the void occasionally.

for real, tho, the tumblr stuff is too funny and i'm too high off of the possibility of having a real job to be TOO annoyed so i'm mostly scratching my head and laughing

FFXV fanfic: You're Lucky You Made It (Chapter One)

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Prompto Argentum. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Pryna. A couple OCs.
Chapter Rating:  G, for the moment. 
Warnings: Prompto has some self-esteem issues.
Word count so far: 2489
Notes:  So, I really like writing about dogs?
Chapter title yoinked from Cable Car by The Fray.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.

Previously: Prologue.

 

CHAPTER ONE: Soften a bit until we all just get along

Prompto was pretty sure she was a pure breed, and she looked far too pampered to be a stray, though her pale coat was grimy and she looked nervous, so Prompto could only assume she didn’t live in the area. Feeling sorry for her, he lured her back to his house with half a bag of potato chips. He didn’t let her eat the potato chips, but he did give her a leftover pork chop from last night’s dinner, and he figured she liked that more than she would have liked the chips anyway.

After that, she was more than happy to let him pick her up, and she nuzzled her chin contently against his shoulder. At least until he carried her into the bathroom. Her eyes locked onto the bathtub, and immediately she started whining, squirming in his hold like she was worried he was going to skin her and turn her into a fur coat.

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FFXV fanfic: You're Lucky You Made It (Chapter Two)

 

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Prompto Argentum. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Pryna. A couple OCs.
Chapter Rating:  G, for the moment. 
Warnings: Very brief mention of vomit. Prompto still has self-esteem issues.
Word count so far: 6262
Notes:  there’s no Ravus yet. next chapter, I promise.

anyway, I apologize if the transition at the end seems really abrupt, but it was already way longer than I expected, and I didn’t wanna go into ‘third verse, same as the first.’
Chapter title from Go The Distance from Disney's Hercules
Shilling: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.

Previously: Prologue. Chapter One.

 

CHAPTER TWO: Though the road may wander

Prompto woke up to the sound of barking outside his window. He rolled out of bed and stared out his window, and Pryna stared back at him from the lawn, dancing on her front paws and barking. If nothing else, his dad was at work already and his mom could probably sleep through an air raid siren, so he wasn’t worried about that.

Groaning, Prompto dragged himself to the front door and opened it. Happy as could be, Pryna trotted inside and started bouncing in circles around the family room.

“D'you want some breakfast?” he sighed, even as he was already pulling out a bowl and dragging out the bag of dog food. He filled the bowl and set it down in front of her before he set about getting his own breakfast.

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FFXV fanfic: You're Lucky You Made It (Chapter Three)

 

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Prompto Argentum. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Ravus Nox Fleuret. Pryna. Umbra. A couple OCs.
Chapter Rating:  PG, for the moment. 
Warnings: Pretty hardcore bullying of a fifteen-year-old child. Brief allusions to a bombing and an attack on the city.
Word count so far: 9469
Notes:  If you have issues with bullying, maybe skip this chapter, or at least jump all the way down to the last section.
Chapter title from Defying Gravity from the Wicked soundtrack
Shilling: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.

Previously: Prologue. Chapter One. Chapter Two.

 

CHAPTER THREE: Something has changed within me

Prompto woke up to the sound of the emergency bells ringing. He hurled himself out of bed, still half-asleep and stumbling into jeans and sneakers and a sweatshirt with the lights off and his eyes half-closed before he stumbled into his parents’ room. His cell phone rang and he yanked it from his pocket, answering it with a muddled, “H'lo?”

“Oh, thank gods,” his dad sighed on the other line. “You and your mom are alright?”

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FFXV fanfic: You're Lucky You Made It (Chapter Four)

 

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Prompto Argentum. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Ravus Nox Fleuret. Pryna. Umbra. A couple OCs.
Chapter Rating:  PG, for the moment. 
Warnings: Brief mentions of invasion
Word count so far: 12,313
Notes:  Chapter title from Sing Me to Sleep by Alan Walker and Iselin Solheim
Shilling: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.

Previously: Prologue. Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three.

 

CHAPTER FOUR: Wait a second let me catch my breath

“Assistant to the king,” Prompto repeated, stuck somewhere between dubious and wildly incredulous.

“Yes,” Luna confirmed, nodding once, her hands linked together behind her back. In the kitchen, Ravus had tea with Prompto’s parents as he explained much the same thing to them. “He has more duties now than he’s ever had before, and he had no time to prepare for them. On top of that, many of the personal staff he would have inherited from our mother did not survive the attack.” Her expression dimmed slightly, before she cleared her throat and carried on. “He needs someone who can make it so he doesn’t need to worry about the minutiae. You’ll have your own room at the palace as well as the attention of my old tutors.”

"But what if I’m bad at it?” Prompto asked, tone approaching something plaintive. “I’ve never done anything like this before!”

Finally, Luna smiled gently. “Then your job will be to keep me company. I’m sure we can think of an official title. The Oracle’s Confidante, perhaps?”

“I don’t understand why, though?” Prompto replied, slightly distraught at the special treatment.

Luna’s hands settled on his shoulders. “Because making sure you’re safe is important.”

Prompto’s mouth opened, but no words came out, and he closed his mouth once again with a click. He blinked at her dumbly, and she covered her mouth with one hand to ineffectually hide a laugh.

“Will you try, at least?” she asked quietly.

Slowly, Prompto nodded. “Okay,” he agreed faintly.

His parents, once it was explained that Prompto would be safe from the public in the palace, were quick to agree as well.

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FFXV fanfic: You're Lucky You Made It (Chapter Five)

 

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Prompto Argentum. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. Ravus Nox Fleuret. Pryna. Umbra. A couple OCs.
Chapter Rating:  PG, for the moment. 
Warnings: Brief mentions of invasion
Word count so far: 17,207
Notes:  Welp, I’m all caught up on this one now. Now the only issue is that I haven’t actually updated this fic in like a year? Yeeeaaaaah. I mean, I don’t wanna call it dead, since I still poke at it every now and then. It’s just…taking a while. *cough*
Chapter title from Song of the Sea, from...Song of the Sea.
Shilling: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.

Previously: Prologue. Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. Chapter Four.

 

CHAPTER FIVE: The Wind Is On the Rise

During an average day, Prompto’s job brought him in contact with numerous other staff members. Whether it was for work, as was the case with guards and other aids and assistants, or simply saying hello to the cleaning and cooking staff in passing. None of that was out of the ordinary.

What was out of the ordinary was when other staff members actively sought him out.

Prompto had paused in the hall, turning scarlet up to his hairline as a guard wondered if he was old enough for any mischief before sighing lamentably when Prompto pointed out that he was only seventeen. As Prompto turned to go, though, he ground to a halt again when he nearly walked right into Amity. She was one of Luna’s ladies maids, and rarely seen on her own. She was fretful and fidgeting, and she already had a grip on Prompto’s wrist.

“Mr. Argentum—one of His Majesty’s couriers. A few of us noticed we didn’t recognize him, but we lost track of him and none of us are allowed in His Majesty’s office.”

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FFXV fanfic: Backed In Silver

 

Fandom:  Final Fantasy XV
Characters:  Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Ignis Scientia, Gladio Amicitia. Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, Ardyn Izunia, Nyx Ulric, Crowe Altius, Libertus Ostium. Regis Lucis Caelum, Carbuncle, various astrals. A few other cameos.
Pairings: Noctis/Ignis/Prompto/Gladio, Noctis/Luna, Noct/Luna/Ignis/Prompto/Gladio, Noct/Luna/Nyx, a giant clusterfuck of an implied polyship, and implied Ardyn/Prompto
Chapter Rating:  PG-13 
Warnings: Anxiety, panic attacks, possession, dimension-hopping, mild suicidal ideation, blindness, canon disabled character, implied kidnapping, polyshipping if you couldn’t tell.
Word count: 21,734
Notes:  …So I wrote a sequel to If the Ring Fits. It took… a while. And it’s over twice as long. I got a little carried away. But I’m actually pretty proud of it.
Once again, basically every AU presented has had way too much thought put into it and some of them might be expanded upon later.
Some of the AUs here also showed up in ItRF, but I’m not gonna explain that here. Either you figure that out or come ask and I can explain things in way too much detail.

previously: If the Ring Fits

 

Noctis stared at the ceiling of the hotel room, the room dark enough that he couldn’t make out any of the details. To his left, Ignis was all but wrapped around him, their legs tangled, one of Ignis’s hands fisted loosely in the fabric of Noctis’s shirt. To his right, Prompto curled up against his side, one arm tossed over both him and Ignis, as if to hold them close and keep them safe at the same time, the fingers of his other hand threaded through Noctis’s hair. Gladio slept on the other side of the bed, his back to the three of them.

Noctis couldn’t sleep. It was such a strange thought. Part of him wanted to get up—to try to walk off the excess energy buzzing through his veins—but another part of him was wary to move. Ignis had never been a heavy sleeper and Prompto slept so much lighter than he used to, always waking up with a start like he expected to be somewhere else. 

So Noctis stared at the ceiling for another half hour, trying to will himself to fall asleep, until boredom finally won out and he began the careful process of extricating himself from the tangle of arms and legs. 

Ignis made an agitated noise and his hand tightened against Noctis’s chest. He buried his face further against Noctis’s shoulder, only to jerk awake with a pained hiss. 

“Noct?” he murmured, voice rough with sleep. “What’s wrong?" 

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FFXV fanfic: Home Is Behind (Commission)

 Fandom: Final Fantasy XV
Character: Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Ignis Scientia, Gladiolus Amicitia, a few OCs
Pairing: Pre-Promtis
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Canon typical violence
Word Count: 3428
Notes: This is a commission for a friend of mine, based on an AU we used to roleplay in, in which Prompto is the prince of Niflheim and he and Noct (and their retinues) are basically put on house arrest together as a way to maintain the stalemate. And then shit goes sideways.
Frank is an MT. He's also Prompto's bodyguard.

I was basically given free-reign, other than the specification that I had to include Frank and while it shouldn't be full on Promtis there should be an inkling of feeeeeeelings there. I'd say I did okay!
Chapter title yoinked from Pippin's song in the LoTR movies
Shilling: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? If not...well, sorry. But if you are, I have a Ko-fi. I'm broke and appreciate every cup.
 

The rock of the haven was firm, and it was very apparent that they were sitting on rock. They hardly even had anything to soften it. They had raided the safe house for most of the blankets and pillows before leaving, but it hadn’t been particularly well equipped for outings into nature. They didn’t even have a car. Gee, it was almost like none of them were supposed to leave.

Gladio and Ignis were doing their best to make the haven habitable for the night and figure out what sort of food they were supposed to put on the metaphorical table, as Frank patrolled just a few yards off. None of them really seemed to expect either prince to do anything to help at that moment. Which was good, on one hand, since Prompto had never had to set up camp a day in his life. But on the other hand, it left them with no real choice but to talk to each other.

In theory.

It wasn’t going so well.

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Legend of Zelda fanfic: Every Shadow Filled Up With Doubt

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Fallen London fanart: Shaicarus Ilthanuel

 

NOW IT IS TIME TO BEGIN THE SPAM OF FALLEN LONDON FANWORKS

today we'll focus on my handful of pictures of my OC, because they are my precious Mary Sue trash fire and my favorite of my copious numbers of OCs

this is them in their slightly younger years, with a semi-prototype version of the prosthetics they eventually settled on. looking uncharacteristically grumpy about whatever that paper says. and hey, look, it's the first background I've ever drawn! like six months after I drew Shai themself! which is why it's in a different pen color!

Fallen London fanart: Shaicarus Ilthanuel 2

 

more Shaicarus art! for the curious, it was a username before it was a character name. when I picked the username on Fallen London, I was unaware that it would be the character name, and then I just kinda shrugged and ran with it. the last name came later.

from here on out, their arms more or less look like this, though the exact placement of the metal plates varies because I can't manage consistency. and that's their cane tucked into their belt. it is definitely not the right length.

no background in this one, since it was originally part of a larger "timeline" project. I drew another one that did its job better, but I still liked the way this one looked.

Fallen London fanart: Shaicarus Ilthanuel 3: COLLAB

 

"When they find you, they find you by your screams."

baby's very first collab. my best friend challenged me to draw Shai being traumatized. and considering they sometimes have not-good-times while translating the Correspondence, I took to the challenge with gusto! ...and then kind of got in over my head. I have no idea how ANY lighting works. I definitely didn't know how to pull off the sort of DRAMATIC LIGHTING the situation called for. so another friend offered to color it for me.

my uncolored line art is under the cut.

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