Before & After & Inbetween

Fandom: Tokyo Babylon, X/1999
Story Arc: Decagram
Story: Business as Usual
chapter: part.1 - Demons
word count: 14.723
rating: Mature (this chapter less so, I believe)
Story summary: ...in which Seishiro and Subaru learn the hard way that overcoming the differences of two feuding clans is nothing in comparison to a business merger!
Chapter summary: At least, they answered the phone.

Link to part.1 at the Archive of Our Own

My fanfic rating policy can be found here.

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Fandom: The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Title: Soot-free [complete]
Beta: solo, the awesome!
Characters: Sicarius (~5-6 years old), (Hollowcrest, Pike), OCs
Genre: slice of life
Type: short story, one shot, complete
Size: 1282 words
Labels: none
Rating: G
Summary: Even feared assassins are curious little boys in the beginning...

Title: Run! [complete]
Beta: --
Characters: Sicarius, Amaranthe, Akstyr, Books, Basilard, Maldinado, Isabel, (Starcrest)
Genre: Crack
Type: short story, one shot, complete
Size: 653 words
Labels: everything imaginable
Rating: PG-13 (just to be save)
Summary: they have no chance whatsoever!

Title: The Dark Side of Fame, The Light Side of Infamy [complete]
Beta: --
Characters: Sicarius, Amaranthe, Akstyr, Books, Basilard, Maldinado, Lady Dourcrest,(Deret Mancrest)
Genre: slice of life, film noiresque
Type: canon
Size: 2910 words
Labels: libels and cramps
Rating: PG-13
Summary: An upcoming novel release, monthly cramps, and a fallen childhood hero tumbling the group into turmoil.

Title: The Night [complete]
Beta: --
Characters: Sicarius, Amaranthe, Sespian
Genre: ghost story
Type: canon, possibly AU after EE5
Size: 799 words
Labels: none
Rating: PG
Summary: Once a year on The Night, the spirits of Turgonian deceased come to see what their descendants did with the life given to them... [winning story of the Halloween contest 2012 on the Emperor's Edge forum]

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Fandom: Tokyo Babylon - X/1999

( ~~~~~ Decagram Arch ~~~~~ )

( ~~~~~ Standalone Fic ~~~~~ )

( ~~~~~ Short Fic & Drabbles ~~~~~ )

Yesterday's 2000 words bathroom scene survived today's "edit on the train"-session virtually unscratched (which means it's very likely sound text!) and gained another 300 words of transition to the actually memorial service scene, which will be told from Seishiro's pov...

...and yes, I'm so going to enjoy being back in his head for a change! I don't have the details yet, but I consider it highly likely that Seishiro won't dwell on the dear deceased's fate overly long! ;)

So what remains to be done?

Mostly chapter 20 with the memorial service and the Kamui confrontation, and the epilogue, consisting of Omi's report, architect's horror, Kamui's visit & Nokoru's letter, which is mostly written and only requires a bit of polishing and a few fillers.

But I can't promise anything regarding how long it's going to take. It may be fast, it may be excruciatingly slow. There are just too many plot threads to weave as to risk haste now.

Oh, and primera found a video translation of Subaru's character file on Youtube. :)

Livejournal's longlasting TBX fan community x1999 has just been deleted. The community was very quiet these last months, but I still feel like a vital part of TBX fan life just died.

x1999 was one of the first three communities I joined when getting into the fandom. I'm sad to see it gone.

Bento boxes, invented in Edo times, hold many morsels of different tastes in a decorative arrangement. In order to keep these morsels - and therefore their tastes - apart, a variety of separating materials is used. These days, most often green plastic strips cut to look like grass are used for that. However, the traditional use of certain leaves, cut to release the plant's own microbicides, are often better for keeping the food separated and fresh. The type of leaves traditionally used differ from area to area. With Aspidistra elatior (a member of the lily family) being used in Kansai (including Kyoto) and sasanoha (leaves of bamboo grass) being used in Edo (Tokyo).
[Source: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20080115wh.html]