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Jul. 1st, 2014
Title: My Heart was Swimming in Words Gathered by the Wind
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Nino/Becky with side Sho/Kitagawa Keiko and hints of Jun/Ohno because sure why not. Aiba’s here too BTW.
Summary: Even though Kazu is only 10, he’s not stupid. When a Sin Eater faces Tsumi, he dies. That’s the whole point of the pilgrimage. They cross the Nihonbashi and to defeat him, you must give your life. But then he comes back, so what is the point? It’s throwing your life away, plain and simple.
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ninoexchange, 65,000 words. Death of minor characters, some killing and some wounded folks (but not graphically violent), angsty content. Inspired by Final Fantasy X (video game) with considerable tweaks to characters/plot. It's more of an alternate history/fantasy version of Japan. Many place names are inspired by the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, a travel route between Kyoto and Tokyo in the Edo period.
The powers of the 'Sin Eaters' in the story are somewhat inspired by Shinto shrine maidens (miko) and the itako (blind female shamans) who are said to have the power to remove evil spirits and communicate with the dead. Any other Shinto-esque influences in this story are intentional and probably not as well researched as they ought to be ;)
The title of the story comes from an English translation of Suteki da Ne, the theme song to Final Fantasy X.
( Part One )
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Nino/Becky with side Sho/Kitagawa Keiko and hints of Jun/Ohno because sure why not. Aiba’s here too BTW.
Summary: Even though Kazu is only 10, he’s not stupid. When a Sin Eater faces Tsumi, he dies. That’s the whole point of the pilgrimage. They cross the Nihonbashi and to defeat him, you must give your life. But then he comes back, so what is the point? It’s throwing your life away, plain and simple.
Notes/Warnings: For this year's
ninoexchange, 65,000 words. Death of minor characters, some killing and some wounded folks (but not graphically violent), angsty content. Inspired by Final Fantasy X (video game) with considerable tweaks to characters/plot. It's more of an alternate history/fantasy version of Japan. Many place names are inspired by the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, a travel route between Kyoto and Tokyo in the Edo period.The powers of the 'Sin Eaters' in the story are somewhat inspired by Shinto shrine maidens (miko) and the itako (blind female shamans) who are said to have the power to remove evil spirits and communicate with the dead. Any other Shinto-esque influences in this story are intentional and probably not as well researched as they ought to be ;)
The title of the story comes from an English translation of Suteki da Ne, the theme song to Final Fantasy X.
( Part One )