Nooj: If you’re done playing, let’s go.

Gippal: Chill out.

Nooj: Lost your nerve?

Gippal: Hey, we’re talking about Vegnagun. How the heck do you fight that thing? We can’t even walk up to it without freakin’ it out.

Nooj: Or making it mad. But I’ve got a plan.

Gippal: If it doesn’t work?

Nooj: Death will be my apology.

Gippal: Whatever, ( Read more... )

Blue Chapter Four is up in its usual place!

This one was fun to write, though it took a while.

     My bar isn’t anything special. It sits in a decent location, near the sphere pool, and gets a lot of traffic after Blitzball games. I keep the inside clean and the tables wiped down, and mostly my walls feature signed posters of past tournament winning teams. There are some losers on the walls too, but I don’t mind.

Remarkably, the ( Read more... )

After fifty years - a remarkable lifespan for the people of Spira - Gippal was finally dying of the same ailment that struck many Al Bhed. They called it aqbucina, or “exposure”. There were a number of reasons that they used to explain the sickness - too much sun, too long in the desert in their childhood, toxins left over in the desert from ( Read more... )

Blue Chapter Three is up in the usual place!

Author’s Note: I always asked myself why, in Crimson Record 1, did Baralai not introduce himself to Gippal - yet they already seem friendly. This may be why.

IX.

A large group of recruits had arrived the night before training was to begin, and they were now camping out alongside Mushroom Rock Road. Several of them had gotten the briefing ( Read more... )

Research has slowed down my progress on the drabbles, but I have several hand-written ones just waiting to be uploaded.

In other news, Chapter Two of Blue is up here. Go read it and watch Yuna go through mood swings like never before!

Title: VIII. Before We Die
Series: Variations on The First Kiss
Characters: Baralai, Gippal
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Notes: Part of a series of drabbles/ficlets about the various ways that Gippal and Baralai might have shared their first kiss.

VIII.
The Crimson Squad candidates had been talking. They called this cave the “den of woe”. They said that this ( Read more... )

I am currently working on a co-authored fic with the lovely hellbait. It is being posted at ryandleedospira, and it is entitled Blue.

You can read the first chapter here. We will be attempting to post one chapter per week on Saturday.

Summary: While dealing with strange creatures pouring out of the Farplane, Baralai discovers the story of Gippal's eye.

“I can’t believe Nooj sent us here,” Gippal whispered, peeking down through the grate that led to the small gathering room in the Djose temple. “I know he wants to find out what the Maesters want with the whole Crimson Squad thing, but sneaking around in a Temple? What if we get caught? What if we miss our orders? What if--?”

“ ( Read more... )