FFVIII 100 Word Challenge

Title: Weirdest Place Ever
Characters/Pairings: The Galbadian Solider Squall Fights for the Flying Pack.
Team: Balamb G
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: I've always wondered about that poor bastard. Did he chalk that whole day up as a "should have gone to the med lab with fake illness?" or something.

He knew that, as infantry, he would have to fight on the ground or on boats, on sandy beaches or rocky shores. Or be launched off of a Garden via motorbikes.

Once they added the odd helo-packs, he even knew that he'd possibly have to have a battle with one of those strapped to his back.

What he didn't expect, was some teenaged brat with more belts wrapped around his waist, to be punching and kicking him for said helo-pack. It was certainly a first in his books as one of the weirdest places for a battle to take place.

The promptathon was a great event! Thank you to everyone who participated, either by prompting or by writing! I know I got to get some longer drabbles out! I found myself adding words instead of having to edit like a mad bastard!
This brings up a question: Do you think, on occasion, the drabbles should be longer lengths (200 or more words)? It was something I was toying with but only randomly and occasionally. What do you think? Please let me know, I do value your opinions!

This week's word prompt: #106 - Battlefield

A battlefield is where you make it, be it fields, sandy shores of Dollet, outer space or even the confines of one's personal space. Personal space of course is always subject to the reader's interpretation - bedroom or mind space. These are the places for battlefields, places of memories, wars and loves.

Wherever you cast your battlefield, give us a glimpse in 100 words.

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Nothing was submitted, so no points were given! Balamb G gets to keep the shiny trophy for another week. If this keeps up they might think they own it!

This week, we're going to do a Promptathon!

So how does it work?

1. You leave a comment to this post, either anonymously or signed in (totally up to you), a pairing, and a prompt (refer to the rules for more info on this). So it should look like this -

Seifer, fear

2. Wait for someone to write your request.

3. Write other people's requests while you wait!

It's that easy! Seriously! 0.0
Best part? Everyone's welcome to participate! Whether they're a member or not! :D


Rules

* Normally for this comm, we ask that drabbles be 100 words, but for this promptathon THAT RULE IS TOTALLY SUSPENDED! We only ask for your drabbles not to go over 500 words and to be a minimum of 100 words! Go crazy!

*If a particular prompt really inspires you and you go over the 500 maximum, post it to your own journal (preferably not in a F-locked entry, plz and ty) and leave a link in a reply to the original prompt.

* Let's keep 'I second that prompt!' to one a prompt. x.x Don't make Brat annoyed. Multiple 'I second that!' for a particular prompt will be deleted.

* Prompt as many times as you want! Just try to keep prompting to three times in a row, then go read a magazine, and then feel free to come back and prompt some more. And please do try to write at least drabble for someone else.

* You can leave prompt/requests in any of these styles:

FFVIII, Quistis/Fujin, fear
FFVIII, author's choice, fear
Any, any, fear

* Your prompt can be a lyric, a quote, a word, or even a situation (ie, Quistis is learning to cast Blue magic and someone helps her).

And the most important rule!
* Have fun and pimp this out far and wide! :D


This promptathon will run for the next week, then we'll go back to our regularly scheduled show! Members can still post drabbles in the community that relate to past prompt challenges while this runs (if they want). ^_^

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No entries this round so no points were awarded. Balamb G gets to keep the trophy for now.

This week's word prompt: #105 - Sublimated

When this word was first presented to me, I had to look at the definition just to make sure I understood it properly. My mind was not faulty and I thought of all the ways it could be used! I almost cackled with glee.

So, I will put the definition up and hopefully you creative people can let the muses hum and haw and run wild with it. Without further ado:

sublimate

–verb (used with object)
1. Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
2. Chemistry.
a. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
b. to refine or purify (a substance).
3. to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.

–verb (used without object)
4. to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.

–noun
5. Chemistry. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.

–adjective
6. purified or exalted; sublimated.

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This week Balamb G pushed through and came out with 70 points and Trabia came in with 10 points! Awesome work, a bunch of great pieces in a week that might have been a bit hellish. ;D

This week's word prompt: #104 - Esthar
One of the main political powers in the world, and also the name of the nation's capital. It's located on the large continent to the east of Galbadia, and is also Galbadia's major rival in terms of world politics. Esthar is a technologically-advanced society governed by a president, which is Laguna.
Esthar has, since the Sorceress War, hidden themselves from the world using a cloaking device and has launched a Sorceress into space!

Hyne that sounded like something you'd find on a brochure for vacation time!
Despite Esthar being all shine and pretty lights, does it have a seedy underbelly? Is Laguna waiting for Odine to try something so he can kick him out of the country? Is Esthar now a hot spot for vacationing people, now that the cloaking device has dropped?

However you see Esthar, write it up in 100 words!

Most of the wording was taken from Esthar on FFWiki


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Title: Borrowed
Characters/Pairings: Seifer, Quistis
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG 13
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Stand alone but is after Warm Beer

It was past 3am and Seifer was finally sleeping albeit his sleep seemed to be restless.

Quistis sighed into the warm air of the room and shifted in the borrowed p-jays that would always be too big on her. Her mind and her eyes kept coming back to the big man on the bed beside her.

Kept coming back to the just that evening when he had sobbed out about pain that he went through under Ultimecia, his own hell.

Once more she let her fingers move through Seifer's hair as he slept. It was the least she could do.

Title: Functions
Characters/Pairings: Laguna, mention of Kiros
Team: Balamb G
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: It's still a small hell.


It didn't matter how good Laguna looked in a suit and tie, he loathed these functions.

Barely a quarter of the way in, he spilled red sauce on his tie. Of course it couldn't be seen on a black tie but he knew it was there and it caused him to pout at the shrimp cocktails.

He danced, when asked, with a nervous smile and a leg that was bordering on cramping. The President willed it to cramp to get out of dancing.

Every chance possible, he asked Kiros to save him from this hell and got a smirked response.


Title: Predator
Characters/Pairings: Zell, Seifer
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG 13
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes:

Zell tried to be still, to be quiet, as the large predator waited for something - anything from the fighter.

It was only time that ticked on.

Both remained still, waiting for the other to crack, to do something, to move, to breathe wrong before they would pounce or run.

Zell watched as lips were licked and neck muscles worked through a swallow and thoughts that he would be next going filled his head.

This moment in time, Zell thought is utter hell; worse than any shitty training exercise.

And then it got worse.

"Come on chickie. I won't bite, hard."

Title: State of Mind
Characters/Pairings: Rinoa/Squall, Seifer/Ultimecia
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: I started this more along the lines of Rinoa and Squall with the thought that after a while, the Sorceress powers will start to warp the mind no matter how good of a Knight they have. In the end, it seemed more Seifer and Edea/Ultimecia, hence the pairing tags
( State of Mind )

Title: Warm Beer
Characters/Pairings: Seifer, Quistis
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG 13
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: ...i think i might be on a seifer run here.
( Warm Beer )

Title: Descent
Characters/Pairings: Quistis
Team: Balamb G
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: ...
( Descent )

Title: Echoes
Characters/Pairings: Rinoa, Seifer
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG 13
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Parallels and echoes...
( Echoes )

Title: Strong Beasties
Characters/Pairings: Squall, Zell, Irvine
Team: Trabia G
Rating: G
Word Count: 100

Squall waited for Zell to finish his last blow. It should have been enough. It wasn't.

"Damn, these little beasties are strong."

Thank you, Irvine, for pointing out the obvious. It was the Island Closest to Hell after all.

He then surged forward, swinging his blade high over his head. As always, the timing had to be perfect. His blade flashed in the bright sunlight, and he clenched his finger at just the right moment, pulling the trigger and firing the fatal shot that sealed the deal.

The monster staggered, and fell.

"Well, that was easy."

Thank you, again, Irvine.

First place goes to Trabia G for showing up with 30 points! Balamb G came in second with 20 points! Nice writing!

This week's word prompt: #103 - Hell

Hell. Is it something created to scare the faithful into behaving - like the monster under the bed but far more sinister? Or is it an island that pisses you off because you can't take stop to pee because you run into another battle or it's both. Perhaps there's a Library Girl who is putting a chocobo haired blonde through his own personal hell. Or maybe Squall isn't the one that Rinoa thought he'd be and is putting her through hell? Maybe it's a mission gone wrong, or a broken airlock on the space station.

Whatever hell you dream up, bring it forth in only 100 words!

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Title: Her Hero
Characters/Pairings: Squall/Rinoa
Team: Trabia
Rating: G
Word Count: 100

The battle was over, and the fight had been won. They were free from the Sorceress's tyranny once more. The Garden cheered for them all, but they looked up to Squall. He had become their hero, their saviour.

But he had always been her hero.

They stood together on the balcony. Her nerves were at an all time high, but she tried to appear calm. The last thing she wanted to do now was scare him off!




She pointed to the heavens, her lips tilted in that familiar smile he had learned to love. He leaned in, and they kissed.

Title: Cravings
Characters/Pairings: Zell
Team: Trabia
Rating: G
Word Count: 100

Everyday was always the same. She even expected him to arrive. She had everything ready, surrounded by a covering that hid everything from view, but left nothing to the imagination. She would smile and step forward, and there it was; so beautiful, so delicious, just waiting for his eager hands.

“Oh baby, I’ve been looking forward to this all day,” he’d croon.

She’d giggle, and remind him that it was still morning.

But she knew, they all knew. His cravings were legendary.

Zell sank his teeth into the hotdog, and grinned. “Heavenly,” he told her, just like the morning before.

Title: Heaven and Hell
Characters/Pairings: Squall and Rinoa
Team: Trabia
Rating: G
Word Count: 100


He preferred Hell. There was a different strength to the monsters there, one that helped hone his skills to perfection. He even chose Hell, rather than the Training Centre, to fight enough T-Rexs over and over for the Dragon Fangs needed to create the Lionheart. Call it foolhardy, but he liked the challenge.

She preferred Heaven, for no other reason than the name. It was sweeter, kinder, regardless of what lay in wait for a group such as theirs. The name suggested an innocence that hid the tough interior. Much like her, he mused. Her smiles hid a strong backbone.

Title: Sense Of
Characters/Pairings: Nida, Xu
Team: Balamb G
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Perks of being the pilot

The scenery that they passed was gloriously breathtaking and from his vantage point in the cockpit, he didn't miss much: chocobos running around mountains - disappearing into forests when Garden got closer; cactaurs roaming the deserts and flocks of birds almost eye level.

Nida enjoyed zipping over vast ocean space while Xu would grip the railings and tell him that there was no reason to speed. It was a sense of flight that he'd never experience. To almost touch heavens for one world bound.

Despite Xu's white knuckled grip, he knew she enjoyed it, otherwise she wouldn't be smiling at him.

Title: Better Than
Characters/Pairings: Seifer/Quistis
Team: Balamb G
Rating: R
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: Hmm, apparently Seifer is a bit of a slut. >.> doesn't mean I don't love him less.
( Better Than )

Balamb Garden came in first with 40 points and Trabia (who was so nice to see come and play!) came in second with 10 points. Awesome job!

This week's word prompt: #102 - Heaven

Is it an Island or a state of mind? Is it in a kiss, a look or a lover's scent? Or maybe it's getting a new pair of fight gloves broken in, in some monster's innards. I'm sure there are other mentions of what could be heaven-like but we'll leave that for behind the cut codes! Or maybe our minds are in the gutters and it's really a nice soft fluffy bed to sink into after a hard day - bad us! ^__^

Whatever the characters/muses feel is heaven, or maybe perceive heaven to be, write it up in 100 words.

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Title:Soulful Words and Dock-side Kisses
Characters/Pairings: Fuu, Quistis
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: not sure if there would be another part...
( Soulful Words and Dock-side Kisses )

Title: Girly Love Letters and Whiskey
Characters/Pairings: Fuu/??, Seifer
Team: Balamb G
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: this needs a part two. maybe. >.>
( Girly Love Letters and Whiskey )