Life is a Cabaret

KH2 drabble inspired by my icon and this gorgeous picture of Demyx by ponderosa121.

Title: Spoony Bard
Author: Rynne
Rating: PG
Summary: Donald tries to goad Demyx into fighting without those blasted water forms.
Notes: ...I'm sorry. Except I'm not. *g* But Demyx would have made such a good Edward... FFIV knowledge is not required, but it is helpful in order to get the joke. Also, KH2 spoilers.

( 'YOU SPOONY BARD!' )

Five Kingdom Hearts drabbles (by which I mean exactly 100 words), all gen, rated G, centered around Demyx.

Title: Play It With Heart
Characters: Demyx, Atlanticans

( Play It With Heart )

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Title: Dissimilarities
Characters: Demyx, Sora, Roxas

( Dissimilarities )

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Title: A Game
Characters: Demyx, Luxord

( A Game )

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Title: Water the Flowers
Characters: Demyx, Marluxia

( Water the Flowers )

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Title: Hurt
Characters: Demyx, Sora, Roxas

( Hurt )

To blow $100 on a personalized autographed picture of Luke Skywalker, or not to blow $100? That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to satisfy my fangirlishness and encourage frivolity, or to be a responsible adult, and do not waste money on things I do not need?

I do undoubtedly have the money, and don't think I'll need this particular $100 at least until I go to Lumos, but that's at the end of July, and I'll have a job by then. But still I tend to be reluctant to use money on things I don't really need, and I don't need Mark Hamill's autograph on a picture of Luke. And if I wasn't going to blow $150 on a permanent account on that sale back in June, when I've been using this LJ for over two years now, then why should I get an autograph when I'm not going to do anything with it other than look at it and squee over it?

I have until tomorrow to decide, and I want it. But it is $100 out of the bank account of a poor college student currently without a job, even if a $100 that I'm not likely to need until either Lumos or when I graduate from college three years from now and have to do something with myself...

Gah. Will think on it more, even though I'll probably end up buying it.

I want to submit a proposal for Lumos, but I have no idea what. That's also something I'll have to think about. But it would be such fun to have a discussion on say, AUs. Wonder if there's one already...

Last night I posted Narnia fic. It's gotten a nice response already (*hugs everyone who commented*), and I'll reply to comments probably tomorrow, but I figured I might as well remind you in case you missed it. :)

But now for the main point of this entry, if you took a look at the subject line.

250 people have friended me, which totally amazes me. But since it's happened, and since it's been awhile since I've done one of these, I'm going to hold a drabble request party.

The first 25 people who comment on this entry with a prompt (fandom and character/pairing, plus a scenario, or inspiring song lyrics/poetry/quotes, whatever) will get drabbles (or ficlets/fics, since things tend to grow on me) written for them. If you're not sure if I know a fandom that you want, ask. I'll try to get them done in a timely manner, but no guarantees on that, just that I will get them done. Limited to only people who have friended me, please.

May the requests begin! *g*

Somehow it was the little things that were the worst reminders.

The absence of water rings on the hardwood tables, because Remus always used coasters. Towels hung up to dry rather than just thrown casually into the sink. The absence of black dog hair on the duvet.

That last was the worst. Sirius loved--had loved--it when he was a dog and Remus would dig in and scratch his ruff. When he was human, he'd said it was somewhat like a massage. Remus had found it comforting, the pile of big black dog in his lap, though he never mentioned it to Sirius. He thought Sirius had known, at any rate, and just hadn't said anything because he liked being the comforting one for once.

About an hour ago, Remus was walking around the house, and tripped over a bundled up sock. It had been Sirius's, he knew--there was the slight tang of Sirius's smell on it, and a few coarse black dog hairs. He stood there for a moment, holding it in his hand, and when he blinked five minutes later, he was surprised to find that he wasn't crying. It wasn't supposed to happen that way, Remus thought, because in all the books, someone would stand there holding a reminder of his dead lover and then blink and find himself crying. But Remus wasn't crying. Hadn't cried. Wasn't going to cry.

I want to go home, he thought, carefully tucking the sock into a pocket and walking upstairs. Grimmauld Place wasn't home and that old rented flat in Shropshire wasn't home. If home was where the heart was, then Remus's was behind the veil with Sirius.

I've got promises to keep, Remus thought, and carefully put the sock in the back of the sock drawer in the room he'd shared with Sirius. And I'll keep them.

Only wrote one today (but I'm really tired and I have a sore throat and cramps), but I like this one. Theme today was opposites.

Prompt: Forgotten and remembered
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Rating: G

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"Did you hear?"

"--that's right, that's what I--"

"--believe it, it's so incredible. How--"

"--yes, Sirius Black, that's right--"

Remus walked through the crowd of people in Diagon Alley calmly, as if Sirius had not just escaped from Azkaban, as if wanted posters were not showing up everywhere, as if he wasn't going to be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher so that he could protect Harry from Sirius.

Someone smashed into him from behind, and knocked him against a wall. "Sorry," the person mumbled, and walked on. Remus stared after him for a moment before continuing on to Flourish and Blotts.

"--Black, and did you hear what he did to Pettigrew? Bloody brutal--"

Stop talking about Sirius! Remus wanted to yell. He wanted to Silence them all so that he wouldn't have to hear the words "Sirius Black" echoing around his head and making him remember what he wanted to forget, everything he wanted to forget, like the sound of Sirius's laugh, the way his mouth crinkled at the corners when he smiled, the way he kissed Remus like Remus meant something to him--

I'll probably never forget, he thought, threading his way through the crowd. These people, and Dumbledore, and my own mind...they won't let me.

Remus pasted a pleasant expression on his face, and walked on.

Because I got to do both early and late round of queerditch_pub, here's some drabbles. Theme tonight was consequences, and general rating of G. At least half of them are platonic.

( Remus/Sirius - consequences of falling in love )

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( Remus/Harry - Rage contained: a lesson in self-control )

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( Remus/Bill - Consequences of Cruciatus Curse )

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( Remus/Sirius - Imprisonment )

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( Arthur/Molly - consequences of unprotected sex )

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( Remus/Sirius/Tonks - Time out )

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( Sirius/Remus - Overdue )

I've now got a bokken, and it's pretty. I've also learned a few dagger moves, which exacerbates how awkward it is sometimes being the only left-hander in a class full of right-handers. But Kaiden says that being left-handed is an advantage so I am fine.

Er. For newbies to my journal--I'm learning how to sword fight. With a katana. This makes me happy. :D

Today was queerditch_pub day, but I only managed one drabble before my head made me go back to bed. Tonight's theme was fears.

( Sirius/Remus - The Dark - G )

First of all:

Last week, the temperate was in the eighties and nineties. Or if not last week, at least the week before.

Today? Forty-five degrees fahrenheit.

Why isn't this year over so I can move away?

Anyway, the queerditch_pub drabbles! A blanket G rating, aside from the third, which I would count a PG-13/R. Theme today was song lyrics.

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( Remus/Sirius - You were always the mysterious one/with dark eyes and careless hair )

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( Sirius/Remus - Being free is just a state of mind. )

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( Bellatrix/Ginny - Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and they make you king. )

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( Harry/Tom - Hello Darkness, my old friend... )

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( Sirius/Remus - Holding on to this sinking ship / When nothing else remains )

More queerditch_pub today. I did three out of the five rounds, and there was SO MUCH REMUS. In the last round there were two Remus/Sirius prompts o_O. So is it surprising that all the drabbles I did were R/S? :p Theme was close quarters, and again, collective G/PG. I seem to have a problem with high-rated drabbles...

( R/S - Two on one broomstick )

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( R/S - Closet )

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( R/S - Under the bed )

Today was the first round of queerditch_pub, and was much fun. For three of the rounds, I managed to write two of the prompts :D. Theme today was Changes, and again, all are a collective G/PG. I sat out one of the rounds, but that was because all the prompts were bestiality o_O.

( Remus/Sirius - Aftermath of Azkaban )

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( Luna/Ginny - Butterfly )

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( Remus/Harry - Pygmalion )

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( Remus/Sirius - Transfiguration )

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( Percy/Oliver - Two Galleons, a Knut, and Three Sickles )

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( Remus/Sirius - James and Lily's Wedding )

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( Harry/Neville - Misinterpreting Prophecies )