Enjoy the Silence~

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-11T11:55:00

2009-11-11T16:56:06Z

Lol.

I AM BAD AT THIS WRITING THING

/still behind....
i have all today so COME ON SELF, HONESTLY

lol im so lazy

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-09T07:33:00

2009-11-09T12:37:15Z

ONE
EMERGENCYYYY
TWO
DEKARANGEEEER
THREE ACTION
FOUR PERFECT
FIVE
GET OOOON

you know ive had this song on my computer for like eight hundred years
but only know am i finally watching the series BECAUSE IM KIND OF INTERESTED LAWL and the episodes aren't like a bajillion minutes long. but its still like 50 episodes ];

eta: holy shit dekayellow is hot
i mean shes aki's voice actress so its like DUH but still its nice to see her talking with that voice <3
I love seeing voice actors talk loooll. because then you can like be like oh thats what their normal voice is like!1 and stuff.

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-09T07:01:00

2009-11-09T12:02:49Z

WHY IS MY JIN SO GAY
hell its not even Jin narrating right now

lol am still so behind
i need to sketch out what the hell is going on in aok so i can just go and write that shit

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-08T13:40:00

2009-11-08T18:44:18Z

LOL AM WATCHING AKEELAH AND THE BEE

Dylan/Akeelah forever
yay for shipping middleschoolers together woohoo.

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-08T12:02:00

2009-11-08T17:03:08Z

POSTING SOON NO REALLY. lol I need to write 3k today like FOR REELZ

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-07T19:51:00

2009-11-08T00:53:40Z

SO AISHITERU BY YOKO FUJITANI

is like my favoritest BL manga ever.

I'm sure I've mentioned it before
BUT I LOVE IT AHFKDJFd
CAN I GET AN ANIME SERIOUSLY JUST LIKE A TWO EPISODE OVA WOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER EVERYTHING

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-07T17:49:00

2009-11-07T22:53:38Z

LOL AM SO BEHIND ON MY NANO (well I didn't write anything yesterday and I don't see myself writing today) so in order to give myself the illusion of productivity, I'll whip my first chapter into some sort of readable shape.

Other than that, I'm just going to play Lucky Dog 1 and call it a day.
I'll get up super early tomorrow and get my word count up ];

FACT #2:

2009-11-06T13:45:46Z

It's easy to tell when I should be doing something because I'll post like eighteen things within a frame of three hours.

THAT SAID
You know, I'm probably missing out on a bunch of great vocaloid music because I avoid Miku songs like the plague ];
Just make Kaito versions of all of them, guyz. Then I will have no problem at all alright.

FACT:

2009-11-06T12:52:47Z

Doing your homework while listening to BL dramas

is impossible.

Sakurai Takahiro's uke voice is very distracting ]]]];

Why are there so many awesome voices in the seiyuu world
I CANT EVEN HAVE A LIST I LOVE EVERYONE/lots of people

LOL IS IT WEIRD THAT I OCCASIONALLY SHIP LIKE SEIYUUS AND SINGERS
Not like crazily because I don't really know enough about them to be serious
But if they do enough roles/songs together (OR IF I JUST LOVE BOTH OF THEM) I'll just be like OMG. OTP.

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-05T13:46:00

2009-11-05T18:48:40Z

TO BE HONEST
Sugita Tomokazu like
DOESNT SEEM LIKE HE SHOULD FIT WITH ANY CHARACTER EVER
so its like at first youre like
WAIT WHAT
and then HE DOES

/seriously soldier blue from terra e was like a 'wtf how did that happen' kind of a role for him but it worked somehow. he's got that magic.
I WANT TO REWATCH THAT SERIES SO BAD
come on guiz its awesome and okay its kinda gay at first and Jomy is annoying n the beginning, and then he's naive BUT THEN HE GETS AWESOME and okay so the end is kind of stupid BUT ITS A GREAT ANIME WATCH IT WITH ME ANYONE ];
/my brothers both quit halfways. jerks.

You know what screw school. I'm going to go watch some Terra E.
Unfortunately I only have the first two discs... depressing!!

Nanorelated

2009-11-05T17:14:37Z

I'll probably be posting stuff once a week BUT AS THIS IS A CRAZY/LONG FIC its entirety will most likely be in progress until I'm done.
Expect every post of a new chapter to have something like EDITED CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO FOR CONSISTENCY/FORESHADOWING.
Also don't even try to ask me about conventions. the phrase WAIT BUT HOW DID should never cross your keyboard. I'm going to do my best to pretend like things make sense in the text, and in return you are going to pretend also that it makes perfect sense.
Give and take, guyz. Give and take.

Anyway...
Finished up the first chapter yesterday and I'll be editing it into readability this weekend most likely.

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-05T07:53:00

2009-11-05T12:58:39Z

Chem tests are really kicking my ass ];

Its sucks because its like I GET IT I REALLY GET IT
but I just can't correctly answer the questions that they give on the test ];

/brb crying softly in the corner

Well, I should get an A in the lab section, which should balance out my imminent C ];
Then I just need to focus on B+s and I should be good.
Hopefully I'll just have to hold out for Organic and then I'll be able to kick some chem ass.

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-04T06:15:00

2009-11-04T12:52:24Z

I'm totally counting this towards my NaNo lol BECAUSE ITS IN UNIVERSE KIND OF and you can cheat like that.

Title: Infatuation
Series: Blazblue
Pairing: Jin/Ragna
Rating: PG-13
Forewarnings: Based off my crazy fantasy AU; vague mentions of things yet to be revealed.
Comments: This is kind of an AU of my AU lol. My NaNo won't be explicitly Jin/Ragna, so this fic is more like IF IT WAS, THEN IT'D BE LIKE THIS. eta: Actually the first part probably does happen in the actual AU (don't worry about Saya. nothing terrible happens after this)

i.
Saya discovers it first, realizes it beyond a doubt from the first day that Jin pulls her to the side and asks her about love only days after laughing himself silly when she declared that she had finally found her Prince Charming. Jin has a frown on his face when he asks her to describe it to him-- how she felt when she saw him and how she could possibly know that he was right for her. She instantly forgives him for shutting her down last time, taking and enjoying the opportunity to finally tell him about it.

"He was really beautiful, you know. It was like my heart just stopped when I saw him," Saya says with a light in her eyes, flushing as she pictures the man's slender face. "He opened his eyes and they were bright yellow just like amber, and it was almost like he was looking through me. I think he knew that I liked him right there. Of course, I was embarrassed to trip right in front of him, so I stuttered at first when I said hello. He smiled back and I told him that his eyes were really pretty, and he laughed. I felt really happy when he laughed, which didn't make any sense because I've never seen him before in my life."

Jin has a curious expression as he nods along, enraptured with Saya's story. "He knelt on a knee and he took my hand-- when he touched my hand it felt like goosebumps were going right up my arm. He said, 'I'm glad that you think so, Princess,' and then he told me his name. Hazama." She holds her hand over her heart and sighs happily, remembering the timbre in his voice as he did so. "Doesn't it just sound wonderful? Everytime I see him I think of that moment, and I get really nervous, and my heart pounds."

Saya looks at Jin to see his reaction; his eyes were far away, something that makes Saya immediately excited. "Did something like that happen to you, Jin? I told you about mine! You have to tell me who you're in love with!" Jin never makes nice with anyone, let alone actually admits feeling something other than annoyance towards other people, so it's something that Saya can hold over him or against him, depending on what he says. Saya knows that her attendant Makoto really likes him, and that he had recently been introduced to their cousin Tsubaki, who is far more proper than she is, but strong in a way that Saya admires, so she can't help but hope it's one of them.

"I don't know," is all Jin says after a tense moment. At once, Saya explodes.

"You don't know!? I told you all that and you don't know whether you're in love or not? It should be really obvious!"

Jin still holds the confused frown on his face, "Well," he begins, and his face starts to tint pink, "I feel really nervous around this person like you do, and the heart pounding and the butterflies are all there."

"Do you get all goosebumpy when they touch you?" Saya asks him finally, because that was the most blinding indicator of true love in her books. "It's supposed to feel really special, and when they hold your hand, you don't want to let go."

Jin blushes hard at that, nods, "Yeah."

"Then what's the problem!?" Saya asks; geez, her brother's older than her by a year, but he's so naive sometimes! Aren't people supposed to get smarter with age?

Jin bites his lip lightly and looks up at her, "But all of that stuff didn't happen when I first saw him. I mean, he's been around all this time, but only, yesterday, after you mentioned this true love crap did I really start to notice it," Jin looks really embarrassed, he fidgets and wrings his hands constantly as he mumbles it out.

"It's not crap!" Saya protests loudly, before frowning. "That is really weird, but I guess it could happen. It's not like that with any other people, right?"

Jin goes deep in thought for a near minute and shakes his head, "I don't think so. I don't really feel anything like that with anyone else."

Saya rolls her eyes at him, "Well, then, it's obvious!! Of course he's your true love!" When Jin looks at her as though surprised, she begins to giggle hysterically. "You always were really stupid, Nii-chan! No wonder you didn't notice it until now!" Jin flushes, this time from indignity, and chases Saya out of the room.

"I was going to tell you who it was, but now I won't!" he declares loudly. Saya only keeps laughing and never tells him that she would have to be an idiot not to have figured it out.

ii.
It's Litchi's third year of actually being on the royal payroll when she sees it. Generally her trips up and down the west tower are the only time she really spends in the castle before rushing back to her clinic, so it isn't much of a stretch to say that Saya is her main contact with the royal family. Besides the princess, she had met the King on occasion and the eldest prince on many (he was constantly worried about his little sister's status), enough to know him by voice alone. Perhaps this is why, when she hears that deep tone murmuring in the hallways, she stops in her tracks to listen in. Paired with it is a voice she doesn't recognize at all, and it's pure curiosity to know whether it's really Ragna that draws her closer to one of the many halls.

Litchi leans over, spots someone she soon recognizes to be Jin Kisaragi, the crown prince himself, with his arms draped over Ragna's neck and shoulders, positioned at the perfect distance to be whispering into his ear. She immediately leans back, presses herself against the wall and tries not to think that she had been spying on them just now. They're siblings, she tells herself, and that had merely been a brotherly embrace seen at the wrong moment. Perhaps it's to prove herself wrong or right, but she allows herself another glance, just to be sure.

This time, their lips are pressed together; there's no mistaking that kiss for anything sibling related at all, not from the way that Jin tilts his head, urging for Ragna to push down against his mouth; not when she sees that hint of tongue and clenched fingers-- Jin releases the softest moan that reverberates against the walls and right at her, like a pinpointed missile. She slides back to her place beside the hallway, everything suddenly running through her mind; the comments that Saya had made about them always sounded a little odd; the day when she declined Saya's invitation to a dinner party, Litchi had suggested she take Ragna instead, and Saya had laughed, said, "Are you kidding? Jin would be furious if he knew Ragna was out mingling," and then refused to tell her why.

Litchi swallows, even the thought of them knowing the truth does nothing to deter her repugnance-- there's something still so inherently wrong about them, about the way that Ragna doesn't move against him, the way he lets Jin control and hardly reciprocates and how Jin doesn't seem to mind it at all. She stands straight and glides right on by, unwilling to spare another thought on this now, when she had things to do; but her eyes irrevocably slide back to the pair before she makes it to the other side, just long enough to discern that Jin is staring directly at her, smirking as though completely victorious.

iii.
Ragna is the one who knows it the best, who, at 19, is pulled by the arm into Jin's room. Nothing quite has happened like this before and he's honestly a bit worried about his brother when he sees the expression on his face; his green eyes were wide with something he can't put a name to yet, something that Jin has always looked at him with but never so clearly, never this undiluted.

"Hey, Nii-san," Jin says, lowly, doesn't let go of his wrist even as he sits on his enormous canopy bed, so Ragna is forced to hover over him. "Father says you'll do everything I ask." Ragna swallows, can't help but think that his brother is in trouble and he needs a sacrifice, a killer, an agent; his father had told him sternly not to let his younger brother out of his sight as a child, that it was and is still his job to take care of the crown prince, and he should do anything in his power to make his wishes come true. Ragna doesn't speak, only nods, every single worst-case scenario running through his mind. "Then do it," Jin murmurs as he leans forward, grip tightening on Ragna's shirt.

Ragna doesn't understand it at all, not until he asks, "Do what?" and, in reply, Jin kisses him on the lips, slow and soft, looks at him from below his lashes, cheeks flushing red-- after being the center of so many girls' attention, he should have known that what had been in Jin's eyes all along was desire.

"Everything," he says softly, and pulls Ragna down over him.

He had expected the worst, and had gotten something even more horrifying.

iv.
Jin is sure that he can't live without it; Ragna enters his bedroom after the halls have become silent, and Jin catches him right at the door, immediately pushing a deep kiss to his mouth. Ragna is always concerned about people seeing them, but he can't care less; he doesn't care at all about the public opinion and taboo, all he wants is for everyone to know that Ragna is his. He wants to turn those adoring stares from beautiful noble women and peasant girls alike into glares of disgust, because he hates the idea of Ragna being loved by someone other than himself. Ragna can't have a way out, can't ever escape from him-- it would be so wrong, ironic in the worst way, to be denied and stripped of the only thing he needs when he has everything.

So he monopolizes him, drags him everywhere he can and into his bed. "Ragna," he purrs softly, the way Ragna had requested the first time, years ago, he still loves the way it feels on his tongue as he climbs over Ragna's prone body. He knows he doesn't have Ragna's heart, that Ragna only obeys him because he has to, because Ragna is a man of his promises; still, it delights Jin to force him to the edge of pleasure and watch his body react, hear those soft grunts as Ragna's hips finally start to consciously move, and Jin can pretend that it's all for him. He can't hold on for very long when it's Ragna inside him, when every harsh breath he expels heightens Jin's excitement.

"Nii-san," he whispers, doesn't move from his place curled at Ragna's side, lacing their fingers together in a wordless sign that he doesn't want Ragna to leave just yet-- he doesn't want him to leave ever, but Ragna always says that someone will worry if he isn't in his room in the morning and Jin knows he's lying. Ragna looks at him, and there's the guilt that makes absolutely no sense because Jin is taking advantage of him. "Tell me when you're in love with me," he says suddenly, and even Ragna seems to be taken by surprise.

He brushes his fingers against Ragna's jaw, smiles, promises, "I'll give you anything."

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-03T11:38:00

2009-11-03T16:43:32Z

Hmmmm perhaps because all my Blazblue writings, I am having a much easier time writing than last year (well, and my schedule is much nicer I suppose, since I'm more apt to write in the morning)

GUIZ
SO I NAMED JINS NATION IS KAGUTSUCHI
BUT WHAT ABOUT NU'S I HAVE NO IDEA

also I'm a bit hmmm on how Jin/Ragna this is going to be.
Well I'll figure it out by next monday

THAT SAID IM LIKE 1/10 THROUGH AND IM STILL ON INTRODUCTION. ILL BE AT LIKE 10K BEFORE ANYTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

Lol my biggest worry isn't finishing NaNoWriMo cause I'm pretty confident that I can manage it. It's more like WILL I EVER FINISH THIS PERIOD. I know what I'm doing for the main storyline but I do want to include all the characters which includes a buttload of subplots that I dont want just hanging out there like BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO SOANDSO after its over ];

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-03T06:26:00

2009-11-03T11:29:16Z

SO

Since I've not read Twilight and I only know things from hearsay and wikis and now fanfiction
I SHOULD REALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH READING ANY PAIRING EVER AND NOT CARING

but no I ship Seth and Edward. Which is already a small corner of the fandom
AND THEN TO MAKE IT WORSE 60% OF THE FICS FOR THEM ARE IN SPANISH.
SPANIISHHH WHYYYYY

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-02T16:31:00

2009-11-02T21:40:50Z

So I wasn't planning to have anything to do with Twilight ever.

But Seth's actor is pretty frickin hot, so I'll probably fast forward through a movie or two nngh

My dad's here and making it impossible to write so I'm just going to read some Twilight fanfiction. ];

iori_sempai @ 2009-11-02T08:03:00

2009-11-02T13:08:58Z

Awww just watched episode 2 of Letter Bee.
I want to go hug some seven year olds now

OH SHIT
OH SHIT
OH SHIT.
5 year time skip.
This means Gauche/Lag is totally ~~alright~~ plausible now.

nanowrimo post

2009-11-01T23:58:19Z

WHY
ARE THERE SO MANY WOOORDS

schedule of this week:
MONDAY:
Go to class.
Do your math homework (you have two hours!)
Go to class.
Register for classes (3:50!! Lol am taking ballroom dancing)
Do your nano.

TUESDAY:
Do your nano
Go to class.
Write your midterm.
Go to class.
STUDY FOR YOUR TEST

WEDNESDAY:
Go to class.
Math prelab, chem worksheets.
Go to class.
Finish your reaction paper+midterm.
Do your Chem homework.
Read delicious Chem textbook.
Nano, if time remains.
Chem test.
Cry softly.

THURSDAY:
Nanowrimo.
Do your lab report.
Go to class.
Finish lab report.
Go to class.
Nano? If I'm awake.

FRIDAY:
Glance over math test stuff.
Go to class.
Study for math test.
Take math test.
No lab! Go home early.
Nanowrimo.

...lol

2009-11-01T02:25:57Z

As I obviously have nothing better to do on Halloween:

Dress up is always awesome guiz. Not even Ragna can disagree!!
Jin is just a general bellboy/servant in a vest WITH A POCKET WATCH. It's vital to his costume.

iori_sempai @ 2009-10-30T22:19:00

2009-10-31T02:21:50Z

Ever since mentioning it, I can't help but think how appealing Ragna would look in a maid outfit.

W-Well... it is Halloween tomorrow...

iori_sempai @ 2009-10-29T12:23:00

2009-10-29T17:05:36Z

HAHAHA
just started watching Letter Bee. Gauche is cute, and Jun Fukuyama's Lulu voice works for him rather nicely

Anyway the point is
I'm trying SO HARD not to ship it.
I mean eleven year age gap, okay, been there done that
BUT STILL HES LIKE SEVEN

As long as I'm not uber sexy shota hentai shipping it IT SHOULD BE JUST FINE OKAY

SAY AAAHN

2009-10-29T07:20:22Z

So I said that I would do things that weren't writing.
AND THEN I WROTE.

I don't think this counts though.

Title: Suspension of Disbelief
Series: Blazblue
Pairing: Ragna/Jin
Rating: Uh, PG-13.
Comments: Should be a 30_kisses entry BUT ITS LIKE SUPER AU AND I HAVENT DECIDED IF I WANT NON-BLAZBLUEWORLD AUs IN THERE.

"Oi, Jin! Are you still trying to cook?" Ragna called from the bathroom. He was toweling his hair dry rather vigorously when he heard the clattering of what he assumed to be pots and pans. After not receiving an answer, Ragna sighed and grabbed another towel to wrap around his waist. He continued to dry his hair as he stepped out into the hallway so his brother could hear him, "Jin, I told you that I woul--"

He froze, the words dying in his throat the moment he turned in his head and met his brother's eyes.

Jin was in Ragna's apron, the one that he had gotten for Christmas last year, that had his name right over the chest. His legs were crossed at the ankles, most of his weight on both hands pressed against the counter behind him.

And if Ragna had to guess by the amount of skin that Jin was displaying, he wasn't wearing a thing under it.

"Surprise," Jin said in a low voice. He inclined his head as though beckoning him, and Ragna was in the kitchen before he even realized he was moving.

"What the hell are you doing?" Ragna managed to squeeze out, his voice far more strangled than he'd like to admit. Jin pushed off the counter to begin to walk towards him, and Ragna couldn't help but feel a little claustrophobic as he did. It was obvious what Jin was going for here, and hell, sure, they'd done things before, but that had either been when they were buzzed, or plain out of their minds. None of the times before had shown a hint of pre-meditation, and Ragna had problems enough with his guilt when Jin brushed it off with, "We had too much to drink, Nii-san. It happens." Except for the day after, they never even mentioned the encounters again.

Now here Jin was, obviously trying to seduce the hell out of him as he provocatively swayed his hips and stared at him far too intensely to be anything but completely competent.

"I wanted to do something special," he murmured, now that they were in arm's reach. Ragna didn't have time to respond before Jin closed the gap and wrapped his arms around him. Ragna's eyes instinctively dropped to Jin's back, gliding over his pale white skin, the slopes of his shoulder blades and down his spine. For a moment, he couldn't tear from the way the sleek knot of the apron pressed right against the small of his back, and the ends of the string cascaded down his smooth, firm ass.

Ragna swallowed and forced himself to raise his eyes, "This is something special? What are you, a pervert?" his voice was lower than usual, although he hardly noticed it; he was currently concentrating on not showing any signs of a physical reaction.

Jin didn't even register his comment, only pressed closer, murmuring, "You really smell good, Nii-san," in the most affected voice. Ragna couldn't help but think that certainly answered his question. After a moment, Jin pulled away to look at Ragna in the face, his cheeks were pink, and his eyes wide with want. "Coming out in just a towel," he said, raking his eyes over the muscles of Ragna's chest and stomach in a way that both excited and scared him, "That's dirty, Nii-san," he whispered. Ragna was still paralyzed in that place between wanting to run away and wanting to run with it when Jin curled his arms around his neck and pulled him down, right against his lips.

This kiss was unlike any they had shared before; it wasn't sloppy or sheerly experimental, but a curious kiss that started soft and shifted into deepness, hunger. Ragna put his arms around Jin's waist and pulling their bodies closer until he could feel the heating press of something against his thigh-- whenever he moved his legs, Jin would gasp softly into the kiss, and press back twice as hard. One of Jin's hands sunk into his bleached, still-damp hair, twisting his head to the side as he sought Ragna's tongue. Ragna's fingers crawled up Jin's side, slipping in underneath the apron to rub at his nipples-- Jin moaned "Nii-san," as best he could with his tongue in someone else's mouth and Ragna groaned back against him, his erection swelling. Maybe, he thought, he was the pervert here.

Even so, it was far too hard to be guilty when all he could feel was pleasure and satisfaction.

Jin's other hand slipped down Ragna's spine to curl right above his tailbone, and then, slipping his fingers into the crevice between hot skin and fluffy white cotton, tugged the towel off of Ragna's body.

Jin broke the contact between their lips-- a single string of saliva spanning the gap for a moment-- to pull back and look over Ragna's exposed skin at once. His eyes on Ragna's straining erection, he licked his lips and looked up at his brother's face. Jin was no longer grinning seductively, in fact, Ragna remembered this look from those drunken nights; it meant that Jin was at his limit, was far too impatient to stand anything else.

Jin dug a hand into one of the pockets on the apron as he leaned forward and touched their lips briefly together, pressing a tube of lubricant into Ragna's palm. He pulled away, saying, eyes lowering coyly, "I-- when you were in the bathroom--" Ragna bit his lip, and damned Jin, his tactics, and his self-assuredness but tugged Jin toward the counter anyway.

"Turn around," he said gruffly; Jin did exactly as he was told and leaned over the counter, a little shudder passing through his body from anticipation as Ragna slicked the oil over his erection. Jin looked over his shoulder as Ragna stepped closer, until his chest was right against his naked back and his hand cupped his cheek, bringing his face to that perfect angle. Ragna kissed him hard, pushing inside him in once harsh thrust that made Jin cry out shamelessly.

After a few moments, Jin moved back against him, murmured, "Nii-san," like a plea and his brother obliged-- he thrust into him, again and again, making Jin moan out for more. Jin clutched the edge of the counter furiously as he trembled and, R-Ragna-san slid his hand upwards underneath the apron to tou-... touch, the Vice President's..!!

"M-M-MAKOTO!!" Noel shrieked, slamming the book shut with a red face, "I-I-- how can you read this!" Her eyes dropped from her smug friend's face to the desk, where the cover of the doujinshi-- a provocative picture of Jin eating a popsicle, his apron nearly slipping off of his frame, with the words "Say Ah~!" in a bubbly text across the top-- stared up at her,. Her face flushed even more, and she quickly placed her hand over the image.

"That's what you say but you got through more than half of it. You were so close to the end, Noel. It was just getting good!" Makoto told her, her face held an expression of disappointment, but her tail waved mischievously.

Noel frowned at her words, "But you don't have to see the Vice President every day. Now... I won't even be able to look at him in the face!" she covered her mouth, shielding her unrelenting blush. "I'll just end up thinking about... that."

Makoto laughed and climbed on top of Noel's desk, pushing the thin book out of the way. "You're not going to tell me this was your first time reading something like that, are you?" Noel was silent, and Makoto started to giggle, reaching outwards to grab her around the shoulders and press her face into her bosom. "Really, Noel?! Awww, you're so cute and pure. How did you make it through our middle school like that?"

Her blush grew, this time from sheer embarrassment as Makoto held her embrace for a solid minute, murmuring to her about the wonder of youth and innocence. When Makoto released her, she looked up at her curiously, finally saying what was on her mind, "I don't know how someone can, draw such things about people they know in real life! I mean... it's an invasion of privacy!"

At that, Makoto blinked, started to chuckle lowly before bursting out in laughter. Noel looked at her indignantly, and she shook her head, waving her hand as if trying to pretend that she wasn't laughing directly at her. Once she calmed down, Makoto grabbed the book from the desk and put it under Noel's nose, poking the artist's name with a smirk. "Maybe you should ask her yourself?"

Noel raised her eyebrow, not daring to look at anything but the name that her finger was pointing to, "Camellia? I don't know anyone named Camellia..."

Makoto rolled her eyes, dropping her book, "Noel! You're so dense. Of course you don't, it's one of those-- those pseudoname things. You know it's a flower, right?" Noel looked confused as she nodded, "And that it's english, right?" When she nodded again without gaining any comprehension of what Makoto was talking about, she sighed heavily, "And the japanese name is..?"

Noel frowned for a moment, "Tsubaki?" Then she froze, looking at Makoto in disbelief, her face flushing again, "Y-you mean!! Tsubaki drew this!? She couldn't have. Isn't the Vice President her childhood friend? That's impossible!"

Makoto gave her one of those looks that suggested Noel was beneath her, "Oho. Tsubaki's apparently not that sweet modest girl we've known. Inside her, lies a beast," she tapped the book as though it was exhibit A.

"Just because the author's name is Camellia doesn't mean it's Tsubaki!" Noel defended valiantly.

"You've seen Tsubaki's drawings before, haven't you? Didn't you think the style was a bit too, familiar?" Noel grew rigid, she had thought she had seen similar drawings in Tsubaki's notebooks, but nothing that-- perverse! That surely had to count for something. "Look," Makoto said to Noel's unwavering belief, and pulled out a piece of paper that she quickly unfolded to reveal a picture of Jin. She held it up next to the book, and Noel was able to immediately see some similarities beyond what she thought she remembered. Makoto continued, "If anything, the stuff in the book looks a bit more polished than her sketches, but who knows how long she's had to work on it."

Noel's mouth was still in an obstinate line when the bell signaling the end of lunchtime rang. "Oh well. You'll see." Makoto said, then heaved another little sigh and hopped off the desk; she reached for Noel's hand and placed the book in it, smiling maliciously, "Your homework tonight is to finish that!"

Before Noel could object or even move, the athletic girl was halfway across the room and waving goodbye to her. Noel took another look at the book, still unable to believe that Tsubaki was the one who drew it, when students started to pour into the classroom. She quickly stuffed the thing into her desk lest someone ask about it. The thought still gnawing at her mind, she decided that she would just get it over with and ask Tsubaki about it after school. Whatever answer she gave, Noel would accept it as the truth. After all, Tsubaki wouldn't lie to her!

Once the final bell of the day had rung, Noel trudged towards the student government room, where Tsubaki usually spent the hour following school to plan events and go over improvements. However, no one was in at the time. Sometimes she spoke to the faculty or others for a few minutes, so Noel decided to wait for her. Now that the "Say Ah~!" was stewing on her mind (it was like she could see straight through her school bag and only see the book), Noel started wonder if Tsubaki was really doing official business in her after hours. The comic club was an after school one...

Noel shook her head, refusing to take a side before she heard what Tsubaki had to say. To take her mind off of it, she reached down and grabbed a stray Sector Seven tabloid. Two pages into it was an apparent article concerning the very same subject she had been trying to get away from.

After a half a page article discussing the success of the self-published work, there was an apparent section on the two who 'starred' in it, that read the following:

Below, VP Jin Kisaragi comments on his unexpected surge in female fans due to the publishing of "Say Ah~!"

Carl Clover: Nee-san wants to know if you ever thought you would wind up in a BL doujinshi with your own rival, Ragna the Bloodedge?

Jin Kisaragi: (laughs) Well, I can certainly see the appeal. Two attractive men sharing a mysterious past that neither of them want to talk about? It would start up alot of rumors. It was just a matter of time, I suppose. Women do have a thing for these kinds of relationships, don't they?

CC: Do you know who the mysterious author Camellia is?

JK: Don't you guys have a whole editorial about that already?

CC: Nee-san says that that's confidential.

JK: Very well. Some people have suggested that it's someone very close to me. It's probably friend or fan I guess.

CC: What are your final thoughts and opinion on the subject. Are you offended or maybe even interested in the material?

JK: I have to say I'm flattered more than anything. Someone put so much time and effort into the comic and so many people actually paid for it and read it. I can't be offended at art, no matter how questionable it is.

CC: Thank you very much for your cooperation, Vice President.

JK: No problem. If you do end up finding out who the author is, I want the first reaction interview, alright? (laughs)

Ragna the Bloodedge's first reaction to the quickly widespread BL doujinshi.

CC: Ragna-san, how did you feel when you heard about "Say Ah~!" for the first time? Were you shocked?

Ragna the Bloodedge: What's that, some sort of cooking show on television? What kind of articles are you running nowadays, anyway...

CC: Um. You haven't heard anything about it?

RTB: No?

(CC hands RTB the book, RTB nearly drops it after seeing the cover)

RTB: (flipping through the book) What the hell is this!!

CC: "Say Ah~!" is the current monthly publication of our school's comic club. While the club has previously delved into BL, this is the first time that anyone from the school has been actively featured. Some say it's a great honor, Ragna-san. Do you agree?

RTB: What the hell... Why would I feel honored that someone drew me and... Jin like... Aw, (expletive). (hands book back) I think feel a little queasy.

CC: So I take it you disapprove of it?

RTB: I just don't see what the deal is. I obviously avoid him and beat him up whenever I see him, but whatever. At least it explains all those weird looks I've gotten.

CC: Do you have anything you'd like to tell the author directly?

RTB: Ugh. I mean, thanks, I guess, for. Holding an interest in me. I don't mean to be completely offensive when I say, what the hell were you thinking?! I happen to be a little creeped out by this whole situation, and I don't really appreciate everyone having this image of me screwing Jin in their heads.

CC: Anything else you'd like to add?

RTB: Do you guys sell get-out-of-interview free cards? This is like my fifth one this month. There must be more interesting people out there.

CC: (laughs) You'll have to ask Kokonoe-sensei about that!

Noel checked her watch. Fifteen minutes had already passed. Maybe Tsubaki had decided to call it early for the day? She'd have to ask about it tomorrow, she supposed. Her parents would get worried again if she stayed too long past her normal time. Once she opened the door to the hallway, she thought she heard a few voices. Noel curiously traveled toward them, if only to see if there was something the matter that she could help with when she recognized one of the voices.

"I don't know what you guys are talking about, honestly." It was Tsubaki. Noel ran to the direction of her voice; she was in the student lobby with Carl Clover, his sister Ada and few other journalists that she hadn't noticed before.

"Nee-san says that we've received numerous tips that suggest you are the author. There are also several hints, I mean, there's the similarity between the author's pseudonym and your name," Carl explained to her, but Tsubaki didn't budge a bit.

If anything, she looked a little uncomfortable, but Noel could understand that. She'd personally be very flustered if it was her being accused, "That's great, but I'm telling the truth. I had nothing to do with that book. The Vice President is not only my childhood friend but a member of the student government, my student government. It would be very unprofessional to draw something like that."

"It was Jin himself that said the author was someone close to him, and who else is close to him besides you?" one of the girls argued against her.

Tsubaki sighed before, seeing Noel in the doorway, she started to walk away, "You all are keeping me from my work."

Before she made it out of the room, Carl spoke again, "The most conclusive, of course, is your drawing style. Some would say its easy to mimic a drawing style, but since your art is more, self-taught, I don't think it's the case of someone simply copying your style." Tsubaki swirled around, and Ada held up a comparison of two pictures before her, one from the comic, and one picture that Tsubaki had drawn for an event.

"I wasn't self-taught," Tsubaki said, her eyes narrowing once she thought about it. She snatched the paper right out of Ada's hand, staring. They were right. It did look very similar to hers, the only difference was subtle things, things you wouldn't ordinarily notice, that made the doujinshi look more official than anything she drew. After all, Tsubaki had learned how to draw when she was in middle school. While she had been a quick study, the difference between her work and the work of this unknown author was, quite clearly to her, just several more years of practice.

Tsubaki wordlessly stomped out of the room, in a clear show of guilt and surrender as far as the Sector Seven reporters were concerned. Noel scampered after her, and followed her into the student government room, where Tsubaki gently excused herself with a smile and went inside of her office.

Tsubaki had, of course, learned how to draw from her then newly befriended neighbor, Jin Kisaragi.

The door was closed, but Noel was pretty sure that the whole school could hear her furious shout of, "NII-SAMAAAAAAA!!"

iori_sempai @ 2009-10-28T07:28:00

2009-10-28T11:48:51Z

I really love the Growlanser series. Growlanser 3 was the like the third game I ever beat in my liiife hahaha.

I just don't think we're really going to get anymore of the Growlanser games unless one comes out that is so kickass and everyone wants it and writes letters ]; I was very happy when they decided to release the fifth over here but I feel it was the last/or they mentioned how doubtful it was to translate another..! I STILL NEED TO BEAT IT but I started over again... (BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH).

Although I will suppose that I'm slightly biased since 3+5 have silent protagonists, and also because I love any game where you can not respond to female advances and possibly hit on men. This time around I want to make friendly with Melvina though since you haaave to give your super special friendship metal to a girl and I don't want to be a loser who gets rejected. I'm actually kind of indifferent to her, but she is voiced by ME McGlynn. I would actually love to date the fairy because she is far more adorable than any other girl in this game ];

Also P3P AHHH did anyone say that we're getting that this time around!1 Why does it seem like Persona is the only series that dares to have a female silent protagonist!! I love silent protagonists more than anything, because they can never say anything to annoy me ~~unless its Suikoden~~.

I kind of want to buy Persona for the PSP but I'm SCARED. SMT games are generally alike in the whole oh wow you're actually right on level for most of the game congrats WAIT A SEC ITS THE LAST DUNGEON-- PREPARE TO GRIND MOTHERFUCKER.

I hate grinding ];

SPEAKING OF DRAWERINZ

2009-10-28T01:54:14Z

not really an art dump because its like tiny lol.

BEGINNINGS OF A JIN SKETCH THAT I LIKE TOO MUCH TO ~~RUIN~~ FINISH. I still haven't pinned down Jin's hair at all, but I rather like it here. It's got such an easy/simple style YET ITS SO HARD TO MAKE LOOK RIGHT. Was working on my silhouettes SO NO CROTCH COMMENTS GUIZ.

Jin actually in full uniform o= for once. Because I need to draw it more and I do like it but then his skirt is not as fun to draw ]; I do love doing the sleevies though. like my favorite part <3

Little Ragna and Jin. Lol I'm terrible at drawing childrun and Jin is like as tall as Ragna because I fail but I still like it xD (I also suck at cloth, which is why they are lying in an invisible bed!1) Ragna's hair makes me want to cry every time I just attempt to tame it with my pencil ];

iori_sempai @ 2009-10-27T20:56:00

2009-10-28T00:59:10Z

FIVE MORE DAYS GUIZ!11

Okay I lied about getting the ideas from me head. I'm just going to draw and watch anime and do things that aren't writing.

RECHARGE AND STUFF
I GUESS

I don't know I just want to be lazyyy.

I should really replay Blazblue like on Saturday.
BUT IM SO GOOD AT PROCRASTINATION THAT I MANAGE TO PUT OFF THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FUN AND ENTERTAINING?
I just can't turn it off.