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lightofeilia
Class: Monk
Title: Untitled, fittingly.
Summary: They couldn't have seen the consequences. No war ends without knowing its beginnings. Beta-ed bycowturtle.
Characters/Pairings: Squall/Selphie, but it's not the main focus. Ultimecia, briefly.
Word count: 1240
Rating/warnings: Two instances of swearing. Unintelligible unless you've beaten FFVIII. Not really any spoilers, however. I could have fleshed it out a bit, but I honestly dislike writing a lot of descriptive... Also, it may be really unclear, I guess.
Previously: 1. 2. 3.
_______
She hides in her room, shivering, under the blankets. It's a beautiful day outside, but it's far from ordinary.
Carbuncle presses closer to her, the ruby on its forehead twinkling ever so slightly, nudging her knee with its head. She lifts her fingers to briefly pat the GF, but it brings little comfort.
She wishes, not for the last time, that Squall was here with her.
But Squall's outside, dealing with the problems she's caused.
SeeDs don't have elaborate funerals, she thinks bitterly, feeling the tears pool up again. SeeDs cause them. In the event of death...
... in the event of death, we mourn. We move on. We fight.
The only reason this is happening is because of me.
________
It wasn't long before Selphie started summoning Carbuncle more often than usual.
Once Carbuncle became more familiar with her, it rarely left. The hole it used to pop out from, fondly referred to as "Carbuncle's nest", never showed up again. Carbuncle was with Selphie night and day, or at least in close proximity. Even the little GF knew that its master needed some privacy.
Squall didn't think of it as a problem. She was the only one who did crazy stuff like that. Carbuncle was one of a kind, and harmless to boot, so really, who would have dreamed that it would be the cause of an international incident?
________
"We're live here at Balamb Garden, currently located on the outskirts of Trabia Garden. Only a day has passed since SeeD Graz Hanshim was reportedly attacked by his own GF. Hanshim, who passed the SeeD exam two months ago, was mauled to death by a GF known as Fenrir. The whereabouts of this GF are currently unknown. Commander of Balamb Garden, Squall Leonheart, has no comments about this matter. Meanwhile, protestors march on in other countries, calling for SeeDs to put a stop to using GFs. We turn to a couple of protestors for their opinions...
"Not only does it endanger the lives of innocent bystanders, it causes a great deal of damage to infrastructure as well."
"SeeD has served well; we are not against the workings of SeeD. GFs, however, shouldn't be in the hands of mere mortals such as us. I like to think of it as slavery. Eventually, they'll, well, they'll want to be free."
"First it was the memory loss thing reported, and now even SeeDs aren't safe from their own GFs? If you can't even stop a GF from attacking you, how can you control it to attack your enemies? I say it's too unpredictable, and unreliable."
"What happens if a sorceress gets a hold of a GF? I don't think anyone should be allowed to use them. I think it's for the best if SeeDs stick to their weapons. Sure, weapons can kill just as well as GFs do, but think about it. A SeeD isn't indestructable. A GF ... well, it almost is. A GF and a sorceress? You do the math."
Sorceress Rinoa Heartilly refused to comment, disappearing back into Balamb Garden after the funeral. Sources reveal that the sorceress does indeed possess several GFs, including a GF called Diablos, capable of leveling an entire city...
_______
"Squall, can't you do something?"
"I'm sorry, Selphie."
"We must be able to! Can you imagine... sending all of those SeeDs out there with no GF enhancements?!"
"It's not for me to decide."
"We can't ... no... Carbuncle..."
"I don't want this to happen any more than you do. We can't rely on GFs forever, but..."
"Where will they go?"
"We don't know yet. The council hasn't decided."
"...."
"I spoke to Shiva last night."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I summoned her. And spoke to her. I asked her if she thought of herself as a slave. If she wanted to be free."
"And?"
"She says that as long as she has purpose, she is free."
"...I don't understand."
"I think... I think she meant to say that if I release her, she'll come back to me. One way or another."
He cupped her face with one calloused hand, stroking it gently.
"And.. I think that applies for Carbuncle too."
_______
Day FUCKING hell of this pointless war, 3967
Noran van Gersholz is dead.
Flinn Mabres is dead.
I'm littering my journal entries with the names of all who have perished in this endless fight against Sorceress Ultimecia.
The fight is far away now, no longer where it first started. No longer here. Junction Machine Ellone has been destroyed safely. However, that doesn't stop the sorceress from existing.
That doesn't stop this war.
Dr. Odine VIII has tasked me with the job of collecting deaths. Names. All SeeDs like me. The list isn't here, but it might as well be. I've kept this journal for a long time now.
It's a boring task.
I half-wish I was out there, fighting alongside the rest.
At the same time, I'm grateful that I'm stuck here, doing research on new magic. How to end this war. A useful weapon. A miracle...
_______
Day 19th, who the fuck cares, it's 3967
I found something yesterday, looking through archives. I didn't show it to Odine. Not yet.
I'm reading it now.
....
It's a list of documented GFs. Written by Odine?
Dated 1999, so probably his ancestor. That's a long time ago...
GFs?
What are they?
_______
Slipped into archives by myself. Odine didn't notice.
Took me awhile to find anything useful, and I don't think even Odine himself has been through these...
______
April 5th 2001, BALAMB: The legislation for the releasing of Guardian Forces has been passed. SeeDs all over the world are to give up their current GFs and to report any sightings of GFs to the EGBU (Esthar-Galbadia-Balamb United) Research Department. Dr Odine, head researcher and in charge of the sealing of all the Guardian Forces, assures us that the sealing technology used is more powerful than the one used to contain Sorceress Adel.
"Ze GFs will come to no harm, and neither will uz humanz."
Dr Odine has been warned by President Laguna Loire of Esthar that the EGBU will conduct frequent checkups on his laboratory, to ensure that no illegal experimentation will occur.
"We have a list of GFs already contained," said Odine. "However, zere has been no documentation of other GFs previously, aside from the ones used in research."
EGBU leaders have warned their nations of the dangers of owning a GF, though President Laguna Loire remains the only leader to have voted against this recently passed legislation.
______
List of documented GFs:
Quezacotl: Contained
Shiva: Contained
Ifrit: Contained
Brothers: Contained
Diablos: Contained
Bahamut: Contained
Carbuncle: Contained
Leviathan: Contained
Pandemo (too faded to read )
(torn page)
______
Day hopeless of endless war. 3967.
... Guardian Forces, huh.
... Maybe this war would be over by now if we had had their power.
_______
They are strong.
With their GF enhancements, Ultimecia knew they were capable of destroying her. How easily they took care of her minions...
Briefly, she recalls breaking the seals containing the Guardian Forces in that wretched laboratory. Junction Machine Ellone... served its purpose. And through it, she discovered the existence of the GFs. And the knowledge of where they were contained.
She gave them to her minions. Carbuncle to Krysta. Leviathan to Trauma. Eden to Tiamat. But the best...
"The most powerful GF... you shall... suffer!"
She kept for herself.
_______
A/N: Well, that was my "longfic" plot. Decided not to make it a longfic, merely a longer shortfic lolol. I fooled around with this idea thinking that, what makes Squall and his party members so capable of killing Ultimecia, but not the rest of the SeeDs? Sure, Squall may be the best of the best, but generations of SeeDs couldn't have stopped her in the future? And it got me thinking that, well, what if the GFs weren't there in the time of Ultimecia?
Since you can draw GFs you've missed in Ultimecia's castle, I figured I'd add that in too. :)
I hope you've enjoyed reading it xD
lightofeilia Class: Monk
Title: Untitled, fittingly.
Summary: They couldn't have seen the consequences. No war ends without knowing its beginnings. Beta-ed by
cowturtle.Characters/Pairings: Squall/Selphie, but it's not the main focus. Ultimecia, briefly.
Word count: 1240
Rating/warnings: Two instances of swearing. Unintelligible unless you've beaten FFVIII. Not really any spoilers, however. I could have fleshed it out a bit, but I honestly dislike writing a lot of descriptive... Also, it may be really unclear, I guess.
Previously: 1. 2. 3.
_______
She hides in her room, shivering, under the blankets. It's a beautiful day outside, but it's far from ordinary.
Carbuncle presses closer to her, the ruby on its forehead twinkling ever so slightly, nudging her knee with its head. She lifts her fingers to briefly pat the GF, but it brings little comfort.
She wishes, not for the last time, that Squall was here with her.
But Squall's outside, dealing with the problems she's caused.
SeeDs don't have elaborate funerals, she thinks bitterly, feeling the tears pool up again. SeeDs cause them. In the event of death...
... in the event of death, we mourn. We move on. We fight.
The only reason this is happening is because of me.
________
It wasn't long before Selphie started summoning Carbuncle more often than usual.
Once Carbuncle became more familiar with her, it rarely left. The hole it used to pop out from, fondly referred to as "Carbuncle's nest", never showed up again. Carbuncle was with Selphie night and day, or at least in close proximity. Even the little GF knew that its master needed some privacy.
Squall didn't think of it as a problem. She was the only one who did crazy stuff like that. Carbuncle was one of a kind, and harmless to boot, so really, who would have dreamed that it would be the cause of an international incident?
________
"We're live here at Balamb Garden, currently located on the outskirts of Trabia Garden. Only a day has passed since SeeD Graz Hanshim was reportedly attacked by his own GF. Hanshim, who passed the SeeD exam two months ago, was mauled to death by a GF known as Fenrir. The whereabouts of this GF are currently unknown. Commander of Balamb Garden, Squall Leonheart, has no comments about this matter. Meanwhile, protestors march on in other countries, calling for SeeDs to put a stop to using GFs. We turn to a couple of protestors for their opinions...
"Not only does it endanger the lives of innocent bystanders, it causes a great deal of damage to infrastructure as well."
"SeeD has served well; we are not against the workings of SeeD. GFs, however, shouldn't be in the hands of mere mortals such as us. I like to think of it as slavery. Eventually, they'll, well, they'll want to be free."
"First it was the memory loss thing reported, and now even SeeDs aren't safe from their own GFs? If you can't even stop a GF from attacking you, how can you control it to attack your enemies? I say it's too unpredictable, and unreliable."
"What happens if a sorceress gets a hold of a GF? I don't think anyone should be allowed to use them. I think it's for the best if SeeDs stick to their weapons. Sure, weapons can kill just as well as GFs do, but think about it. A SeeD isn't indestructable. A GF ... well, it almost is. A GF and a sorceress? You do the math."
Sorceress Rinoa Heartilly refused to comment, disappearing back into Balamb Garden after the funeral. Sources reveal that the sorceress does indeed possess several GFs, including a GF called Diablos, capable of leveling an entire city...
_______
"Squall, can't you do something?"
"I'm sorry, Selphie."
"We must be able to! Can you imagine... sending all of those SeeDs out there with no GF enhancements?!"
"It's not for me to decide."
"We can't ... no... Carbuncle..."
"I don't want this to happen any more than you do. We can't rely on GFs forever, but..."
"Where will they go?"
"We don't know yet. The council hasn't decided."
"...."
"I spoke to Shiva last night."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I summoned her. And spoke to her. I asked her if she thought of herself as a slave. If she wanted to be free."
"And?"
"She says that as long as she has purpose, she is free."
"...I don't understand."
"I think... I think she meant to say that if I release her, she'll come back to me. One way or another."
He cupped her face with one calloused hand, stroking it gently.
"And.. I think that applies for Carbuncle too."
_______
Day FUCKING hell of this pointless war, 3967
Noran van Gersholz is dead.
Flinn Mabres is dead.
I'm littering my journal entries with the names of all who have perished in this endless fight against Sorceress Ultimecia.
The fight is far away now, no longer where it first started. No longer here. Junction Machine Ellone has been destroyed safely. However, that doesn't stop the sorceress from existing.
That doesn't stop this war.
Dr. Odine VIII has tasked me with the job of collecting deaths. Names. All SeeDs like me. The list isn't here, but it might as well be. I've kept this journal for a long time now.
It's a boring task.
I half-wish I was out there, fighting alongside the rest.
At the same time, I'm grateful that I'm stuck here, doing research on new magic. How to end this war. A useful weapon. A miracle...
_______
Day 19th, who the fuck cares, it's 3967
I found something yesterday, looking through archives. I didn't show it to Odine. Not yet.
I'm reading it now.
....
It's a list of documented GFs. Written by Odine?
Dated 1999, so probably his ancestor. That's a long time ago...
GFs?
What are they?
_______
Slipped into archives by myself. Odine didn't notice.
Took me awhile to find anything useful, and I don't think even Odine himself has been through these...
______
April 5th 2001, BALAMB: The legislation for the releasing of Guardian Forces has been passed. SeeDs all over the world are to give up their current GFs and to report any sightings of GFs to the EGBU (Esthar-Galbadia-Balamb United) Research Department. Dr Odine, head researcher and in charge of the sealing of all the Guardian Forces, assures us that the sealing technology used is more powerful than the one used to contain Sorceress Adel.
"Ze GFs will come to no harm, and neither will uz humanz."
Dr Odine has been warned by President Laguna Loire of Esthar that the EGBU will conduct frequent checkups on his laboratory, to ensure that no illegal experimentation will occur.
"We have a list of GFs already contained," said Odine. "However, zere has been no documentation of other GFs previously, aside from the ones used in research."
EGBU leaders have warned their nations of the dangers of owning a GF, though President Laguna Loire remains the only leader to have voted against this recently passed legislation.
______
List of documented GFs:
Quezacotl: Contained
Shiva: Contained
Ifrit: Contained
Brothers: Contained
Diablos: Contained
Bahamut: Contained
Carbuncle: Contained
Leviathan: Contained
Pandemo (too faded to read )
(torn page)
______
Day hopeless of endless war. 3967.
... Guardian Forces, huh.
... Maybe this war would be over by now if we had had their power.
_______
They are strong.
With their GF enhancements, Ultimecia knew they were capable of destroying her. How easily they took care of her minions...
Briefly, she recalls breaking the seals containing the Guardian Forces in that wretched laboratory. Junction Machine Ellone... served its purpose. And through it, she discovered the existence of the GFs. And the knowledge of where they were contained.
She gave them to her minions. Carbuncle to Krysta. Leviathan to Trauma. Eden to Tiamat. But the best...
"The most powerful GF... you shall... suffer!"
She kept for herself.
_______
A/N: Well, that was my "longfic" plot. Decided not to make it a longfic, merely a longer shortfic lolol. I fooled around with this idea thinking that, what makes Squall and his party members so capable of killing Ultimecia, but not the rest of the SeeDs? Sure, Squall may be the best of the best, but generations of SeeDs couldn't have stopped her in the future? And it got me thinking that, well, what if the GFs weren't there in the time of Ultimecia?
Since you can draw GFs you've missed in Ultimecia's castle, I figured I'd add that in too. :)
I hope you've enjoyed reading it xD
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It's very unclear though, and hastily written. I hate having plotbunnies stuck in my head. Lol. So I got it out. xD
POINTS
49 points to Team Monk
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You can draw Eden from Tiamat? *sigh* I should know this, having used a guide the whole way through, but nooo, instead I went and fought that super annoying weapon in the Underground Labs...It's also interesting about your take on Griever, that he is merely a GF you never found. WAIT. If Squall had the ring, and Rinoa took it for a bit, then Rinoa accepted Ultimecia's powers and then eventually hundreds of years later Ultimecia got them back maybe, with Sorceress Rinoa unable to part with her beloved knight, maybe....GRIEVER IS FUTURE!SQUALL?
I'm sure thats in a fic out there somewhere, but it sounded original in my head, lol.
I think the time skipping format really worked here. The snippets were just short enough to understand what was going on, and I was never too lost at what exactly was happening. I also really like your style, how you dole out only a few simple but really strong images, such as He cupped her face with one calloused hand, stroking it gently. You felt the tenderness without having to describe the expression of his eyes or the crumpled look on her face--just enough words to let the readers fill in the blanks.
This was fun! I'm glad you've been enjoying writing in the FF8 fandom. Maybe with summer on the way, I can finally try my own hand at Squall/Selphie, lol...
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I like the GRIEVERFUTURESQUALL IDEA O.O Don't think I've read many fics that make him that way lol.
Lol do try! /tired of being the only one writing Squalphies