Drabbles, and lots of them.

[kfttjdb]

I really like that one, Innle. Very sad and sincere. I can picture him doing that. Great Job. *thumbs up*

[Innle]

::blushes:: Thank you! Here's more of the Nothingfic, crossover crack that it is. This is a fight scene I had fun writing, it's longer than it should be for this thread, but... I liked writing it. Something about angry Katara....

“This world is dying. Aang is tied to the world–it doesn’t matter what world he’s in. He’s dying, Karakael,” Katara spat. “Thank you so much for bringing us here. For bringing him here, to die slowly. But that’s your vaunted Inquestral compassion, isn’t it?” She was shaking, furious tears running down her face.

Behind the mask, Karakael’s face contorted into an expression of fury. “You don’t know what you’re talking about, little girl. I’ve lived nearly twenty thousand years as an Inquestor, in the service of ‘compassion.’ When I brought you here, I had mercy in mind, not compassion.”

“Don’t talk to me about mercy!” she screamed, making a throwing motion. A shower of razor-sharp ice crystals fell towards Karakael, he swiftly blocked them– opened a tiny tachyon hole for each. “I know what mercy is, I’m a damned healer! Bringing Aang here to die slowly and painfully wasn’t mercy!”

“Do you honestly think that the nothingness grants its victims a quick and painless death?” Karakael asked, walking slowly towards her. “It doesn’t, little girl. It picks apart your very soul, digesting every memory and thought until there is nothing left of you. Would you wish that death on your best friend?” Katara screamed, and there was a shriek of metal as the nearby water pipes burst as one. If he hadn’t teleported, he would have been encased in ice! “You’re being a fool.”

“Shut up! Just shut up!” The ice melted– dear gods! –he was swept over. “You’re a murderer, all of you are!” At that, what few bystanders remained drew back in fright. Karakael let her freeze him in place: after all, what the girl meant to do would no doubt be interesting. “Aang is dying, and he knows he’s dying. He told me not to worry about him. Not to worry, that we’d get out of here soon enough. How in flaming hell can I not worry about him? How?” Karakael winced as a splinter of ice came a bit too close to his head for comfort. “Congratulations, everyone! You’re killing your world and one of the few people I care about with it!” Water and ice flew outwards from where she stood, narrowly missing the lobby’s other occupants.

“Katara, stop it!” Oh, now this would be interesting, her brother had arrived!

“Shut up, Sokka. You don’t have any right to tell me what to do now....” She was attacking him now? Yes, the girl was distraught beyond reason, that was certain. And she had no idea whatsoever that Headphones was sneaking up behind her, about to grab her arms. He did, and Katara struggled. Strange that she wasn’t able to break free... but then again, Headphones did have a swordsman’s upper-body strength. “Let me go!” It was then that she realized just what she’d done. The ice around Karakael’s body dissolved as she dissolved into disconsolate sobbing.

Headphones winced.
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[Innle]

Erk. Sorry about the double post. But I want to bump this back up, and apologize for introducing y'all to a character most people will never hear of. Karakael's from a REALLY obscure scifi series a friend of mine loves to bits, and she taped him to my head and he wouldn't go away until I wrote that.

One of these days I will get a writing journal... but until then you'll have to put up with me.

"Summer rain"

It was on days like these, Yoh reflected, that Goldva might have been wrong. He was training, and then a rainstorm came up. It was a warm rain

...tears, otouto, my tears...

and it felt good. It washed away the sweat—Hao's body seemed to sweat more, it was strange—and so Yoh didn't wait it out.

Don't you even remember me? It's my body you have now. I might not be able to say that to you, but it was mine for almost sixteen years....

It was on days like these that he could forget that his body was dead, that he lived in his twin's. It was on days like these that Yoh could forget that everything had happened....

[Ssteiny]

I like days like those, except my body isn't dead and I know you'd be very upset if it was.
Its sounds like perfect harmony.

In response to the earlier post:
I'm glad that you enjoyed writing it. I look forward to being your combat consultant in future fics! I have an Idea for you. How about a fight scene in a room that is half the size of my dorm, and is half filled with furnature? That would be fun or an emotion laden fight in a toolshed.

[Setsumi-san]

"Role Reversal" and "New Year" are my favorites so far. The first was wonderfully creepy and the second...well...honestly...I liked the second just because it had Chocolica. (blushes sheepishly)

By the way, I thought drabbles were only supposed to be a hundred words long. Am I incorrect?

[Innle]

They can be a hundred words... but when I first heard the term, it referred to fanfiction too short to be called a one-shot and too long to be a vignette. It's apparently not widely used in that context, I later learned... but it's how I use the term. This is basically a dumping ground for short fics until I get off my arse and get a writing LJ... but I'm very very glad that you liked some of them!

[Ssteiny]

Keep writing. Don't apologize for not having a writing lj. This is where your readers are or at least a good deal of them. gah I don't really know what else to say. I want to see you update end of an era soon!