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raisedbymoogles (raisedbymoogles) wrote in ffvii_100,
@ 2009-03-22 22:46:00

Current mood:	calm
Current music:	What Do You Do With a B.A. in English - Avenue Q soundtrack
Entry tags:	author: raisedbymoogles, prompt: worst case scenario

Good Intentions / From the Ashes
Title: Good Intentions
Pairing/Characters: Marlene, Denzel, Tifa
Team: Avalanche
Rating: G
Word Count: 100

No matter what Tifa said, it was still Cloud's birthday, and that meant there needed to be a cake. And Marlene and Denzel were exceptionally smart for their ages, everyone said so. How hard could it be?

"I think cake batter's supposed to be runny," Marlene offered as Denzel prodded at the mix dubiously with a spoon.

"I don't think it's supposed to be that color," Denzel returned, making a face. "Maybe there's too much chocolate sprinkles in-"

"Kids!" Tifa called. "I'm home!"

Both kids froze, staring at the unholy mess they'd made of the kitchen. "Uh oh," Marlene whispered.

Title: From the Ashes
Pairing/Characters: Jenova
Team: Avalanche
Rating: G
Word Count: 100

It was intolerable. Jenova watched as her offspring was immolated on the sword of a broken doll, and knew rage.

With Sephiroth's death, Jenova was sent hurtling into the core of the planet she hated, into the endless green flow of life. It was anathema to her, poison, and this time it pressed against her with power she had not felt since the days of the Cetra. Sometimes it smiled at her sweetly, and she knew the beginnings of fear.

But in the Lifestream, Jenova came upon the shattered soul of her son, and clutched it tight.

She would rebuild.

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	deepbluesquee 2009-03-23 09:25 am UTC (link)
	The road to food poisoning is filled with good intentions. XD ...And aaaack, Seph! D: No can has! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	Marlene and Denzel: Cloud! We made you a cake! :D :D Cake: drips ominously Cloud: ...it's a good thing I have a strong stomach. and, nodnods and clings! We need a D, stat! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-23 01:29 pm UTC (link)
	...So long as they didn't use eggs, it's maybe okay to eat? Maybe? ^_^;;; D: ...>( cuts Jenova away from Seph with the methodical care of a surgeon (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: Well, at least I know it won't kill me. pokes testingly Jenova: nooooo! Roddy: yaaay! D is awesome! Seph: wispy sort of wibble (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deepbluesquee
2009-03-23 03:07 pm UTC (link)

It's cake batter; it'l just sort of gloop at you. So long as there's not anything too bizarre in there, it should be fine... *checks empty packets for a clue as to what's in said batter*

D: *watches as Jenova disintegrates back into the stuff of the universe, about as harmful as ash and dust* *...turns to the scraps of Seph-soul drifting in the Lifestream, his scythe vanishing back into nowhen*

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	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: Yeah, but I've had to fight things that glooped at me before. No sense in taking chances. Sephsoul: is barely holding onto what's left of himself, battered by the rush of the Lifestream (...why did I almost type Starscream for Lifestream? o_O) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deepbluesquee
2009-03-23 03:30 pm UTC (link)

*...dips fingertip into gloopy bit, lick?* *hmm...*

D: *cape ripples out and catches him up, deepest darkness enfolding him into something so quiet and calm by comparison, the depths of D's cape seemingly extending on forever past where the material would seem to end...*

(...Because the Lifestream is a little more suited to his sense of drama than a revolving door, and it's Pretty?)

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	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	Cake: blorps Cloud: faintly alarmed Sephsoul: curls up so tiny in comparison, grateful and relieved so much it makes him tremble... (...That will do. ...Though I dread to think what would happen when he meets Aeris. XD) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deepbluesquee
2009-03-23 03:45 pm UTC (link)

*has faced down the notorious Crimea Pudding and lived to tell the tale! No mere cake can defeat me!* ...'S actually not bad. Wouldn't have set in a million years, but it tastes good. ^_^

D: *...and there's another presence there, glowing warm and welcoming but blessedly not so brightloudoverwhelming as the Lifestream - it bobs alongside him, making comforting-worried noises that might be speech, he can't tell...*

("Cower before me, human-!"
*firmly* "Oh, pish."
"...Whaaa?")

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raisedbymoogles
2009-03-23 04:01 pm UTC (link)

Cloud: *respects the mighty slayer of desserts!* ...Well, I suppose that's all you can really ask for. *nomspoonful!*

Sephsoul: *but it's not pulling or demanding, so he peeks up just a little, fully expecting it to hurt...*

("Now, if you're going to stay here, you'll need to follow some ground rules."
"Starscream does not follow-!"
*thwap* "That's rule one. No screeching, it upsets the poor souls.")

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	deepbluesquee 2009-03-23 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	giggles It's kind of like cake soup, really... :D and the strange person-glow shifts and smiles at him as D furls his cloak around himself, swathing the glows in darkness as he takes them into a pocket of nowhen away from the hubbub of the Lifestream... ("...PRIIIIIIME! All is forgiven!" goes diving for the Matrix~~bearer~~) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: gamely swallows ...It's not bad. If you like cake soup. ...not hurting. Smiling at him like he deserves it at all, like he's not going to hurt... nestles into the darkness, s' warm and calm... ("Hmm. I don't know if I should take you back. It looks like you're well out of trouble where you are." "...Priiiiiime!" whimper) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-23 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	Better than rock soup. grins Maybe it'll turn into a giant biscuit if you spread it out a bit... D: safe here. No-one can reach you, no-one can hurt you. We're here to put you back together. cradles him quietly between his palms, looking him over... ("......DREADMOON! MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND!" flailailail) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-23 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: dryly Or maybe it'll explode. I don't feel like tempting the fates. Sephsoul: tiny, shattered little thing in his hands, just a ruined little shred of a soul needing to be protected... ("...You know, Prime, it may be cruel to that planet's goddess to inflict him on her for any prolonged length of time." "...HEY!") (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-24 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Ah, you're no fun. grins D: several shreds, technically, but they can fix that.. cool, pale thumbs stroke over his surface, carefully nudging the cracks and tears in him together... (innocently "You asked me to change his mind for him, my prince.") (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-24 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: You don't survive as long as I have without learning how to pick your battles. Sephsoul: ...can fix? quivers gently under his thumbs, so hopeful it hurts (Roddy: hoists Starscream over his shoulder Sorry about the trouble, miss. Aeris: beams at him, heartbreakingly sweet It's no trouble. Come back anytime.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deepbluesquee
2009-03-24 02:09 pm UTC (link)

You might want to back up a bit, then. *advances on the puddle-o-cake with Utensils in hand*

D: *nods quietly - can fix. Is his job to fix, fix and find where souls go to at the end of their lifetimes. Might take a while, but can.* *slowly, gently melding the broken bits together, smoothing the cracks out under patient hands...*

(Starscream: *flops over his shoulder, arms folded and resting his elbows against Roddy's back, and Sulks.*)

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	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-24 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: ...calmly gets out of the line of fire. Or cake. Whichever. Sephsoul: can be patient, then. Is cool and quiet and this one doesn't scream or hurt... lays trustingly still as D does his work, almost childlike (Roddy: splorfs nobody sulks like Starscream sulks.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deepbluesquee
2009-03-25 10:29 am UTC (link)

*no fire, plzkthanx!* *caaarefully tips puddle of cake out onto a tray, thick and gloopy like woah, and spreads out evenly with palette knife...*

D: *doesn't need to scream to be intimidating, but for now he's sitting tailor-fashion in nothingness and taking such patient care to make sure Sephsoul is as whole as he can be with the snips of him they have...*

(Starscream: *sulk sulk SULK, dammit!*)

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	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-25 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: ...quietly unequips his Fire materia peeks over your shoulder...? Sephsoul: he's too big for Seph to really be intimidated. A little scrap of soul only has a limited understanding of what's around him, after all - all he knows is kind cool hands and Not a Hurting Voice... (Roddy: ...gives to Dreadmoon?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-25 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	save your magic meter for when we're doing the washing up. puddle of cake pools out onto the tray, thick and sticky and gradually setting... D: well then. Can give him that, and as they go along can give him back pieces of himself he thought he'd lost forever... (Dreadmoon: fusses over and flatters and soothes his ruffled feathers...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-25 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: yes ma'am. warms the oven the traditional way Sephsoul: ...and gradually, his memories and senses will come back, and his broken soul can heal... (Roddy: hides a grin damn, Dreadmoon's good.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-25 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	^_^ this works. slides tray into oven, let's see what happens... D: ...and they can find where his place is going to be. (Dreadmoon: but of course. murmurs praises)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-25 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	Cake: bakebakebake - ding! Sephsoul: ...has a Place? Wibble. (Starscream: sulksulksulkoooh, praise...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-25 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	...eee! :D Oven gloves, oven gloves, let's see what happened... D: everyone has a place. quiet but absolute there is no soul that does not have a final place to go. (Dreadmoon: smiles to himself compliments and shameless, adoring flattery and soft phrases, quiet words...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-25 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	...psshhhhhew, random battle! Sephsoul: .....nestles close (Starscream: soaks it all up shamelessly, optics shining and wings perking up...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inoru_no_hoshi 2009-03-26 06:30 am UTC (link)
	Loved the drabbles, but I just really wanted to say that I'd TOTALLY read a Transformers/FFVII crossover. That could get really hilarious. xD ~Mara~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-26 01:48 pm UTC (link)
	...does this happen every time you come into the kitchen? D: strokes quietly, smoothing away the cracks... (Typist: ...is so very much reminded of falconer!Dreadmoon) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-26 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: no, but still more often than I'd like. sword! Sephsoul: is a more coherent Sephsoul now, more fluid and resilient with less cracks... (...snrk what with the flattery and wingstroking?) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepbluesquee 2009-03-26 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	you have a point. Still, this one I think we can beat if we slice it into nommable bits. D: good. looks him over, quiet and self-contained... (*yup. ^_^ And Roddy sitting off to one side going '...?') (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-03-26 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	Cloud: duly slices! ...dadadada, da-da dadadada! You gain 3000 Gil, 200 EXP, 5 AP and Cookies! Sephsoul: small little thing, nuzzling close and resting in his palms... (giggles And slightly jealous.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sekiharatae 2009-05-22 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	LOL. Kids would think birthdays were synonymous with cake. =D (Reply to this)