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Prompt, write, draw, comment, and most importantly have fun!
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UPDATE 12/30/16: I'm looking for some help! Details here. (I'm always looking for more pinners; this is an open invitation.)
I've added/clarified some rules to make life easier to my pinners. Please refrain from changing the subject lines except when filling or updating a fill. It makes it easier for us to keep track of what we've already looked at. Thank you so much!
UPDATE 1/28/17: We've opened up a Drabble Tree post! Go check it out.
UPDATE 2/21/2017: ROUND ONE IS CLOSED FOR PROMPTS. Please feel free to continue posting fills. Round Two will open for prompts and fills on 3/1/2017.
FILL: bend to your will 7/?
Date: 2017-01-03 01:12 pm (UTC)Ardyn had taken them directly past the border guards, who hadn't spared them a second glance with the company they were in, and left them on their own in front of a map that detailed the different city sectors. He'd given Noct's hand a last squeeze before heading off, fingers trailing over Noct's palm, and Noct wondered how long it'd be this time before he saw Ardyn again.
Gladio's eyes were narrowed at the exchange, but Noct ignored it. He studied the map, considering where they should start looking for Luna in a city as large as Altissia.
"Can't you just," Prompto waved his hands, "summon Gentiana and ask her to show us where Luna is?"
Noct frowned. "It doesn't work like that."
They were still stuck for ideas when a large group of people passed behind them, exclaiming loudly about the Oracle giving a speech in the main square at noon.
"It seems our course is clear," Ignis said, and they followed the group to where a large audience was already gathered.
-
Luna spoke of light, and hope, and standing together against the darkness. Noct felt his heart lift just watching her, that everything would be alright now that they were together. Once they secured the covenant with Leviathan, they could head to the Crystal and banish the darkness like the stories said.
They all looked up at the sound of engines in the air. "Imperial airships," Gladio said. "Ardyn's doing, I'll bet."
"We've got to get Noct to Leviathan," Ignis reasoned.
Prompto was looking at something in the air with great interest. He gave Ignis a thumbs up. "I've got an idea!"
Which was how, fifteen minutes later, Noct was riding shotgun on an...airbike? Whatever it was handled haphazardly, and Noct almost fell off more than once before they'd made it to open water, just as Leviathan rose from the depths.
"Hold on, hold on," Prompto said, circling around as Luna spoke to the god, but whatever conversation they were having didn't seem to be going well, as Leviathan reared up and screamed, waves rising with her. Prompto pulled them higher, looking for a good angle, before—
"Now!" he shouted, gunning the engine, and Noct jumped. It wasn't a perfect landing, but at least he hadn't fallen to his death in the sea.
Leviathan looked at him with her giant eye, and Noct felt like he was being judged for all the things he'd done and would ever do. She was the most intimidating of the gods he'd faced so far, not the least because he was so close.
"I need your power!" Noct yelled, but Leviathan shook her head with another scream, sending Noct flying.
Thankfully, there was a hard concrete platform to stop his fall.
-
Noct got back to his feet with a groan, running back in to join the fray. Leviathan had smashed up a decent amount of the pier, and it was floating around in the air, buffeted by the waves and the whirlwind that was circling her.
That...could work.
Noct experimentally warped to a floating platform, jumping off and warp-striking before landing on another chunk of debris.
He'd thought it was actually going pretty well before she whipped her head around too-fast and caught him hard, knocking him flat on his back.
Noct dazedly looked up to see Luna running towards him, only to fall to her knees, coughing.
There was a dark figure approaching her—Ardyn?—and Noct was too far away to hear what they were saying, but he saw with perfect clarity, as if he were watching it in slow motion, the knife Ardyn drew and stabbed her with.
Why? Noct wanted to scream, but Ardyn was already leaving in his airship again, with only a wayward glance back at Noct, expression inscrutable.
He didn't—this wasn't—Luna was staggering to her feet again, braced against the trident, and everything glowed golden for a moment, power filling him, the trident slotting into place with the others. It felt like the Armiger supercharged, limitless power at his fingertips, and Noct knew he had to strike while it lasted.
It felt easy now, attacking Leviathan and dodging away before she could return the blow, the easiest thing in the world to rip her apart.
Everything after that went by in a haze, Luna in a white dress, a field of blue flowers.
"All I wanted...was to save you," Noct said, watching her float away into the depths where he couldn't reach her.
-
He was alone when he woke up, but all he could feel was anger. He opened his hand to find the ring clutched tight in his palm, Luna's last gift to him. Was this what Ardyn had been after? That he'd killed her for?
Everyone had been right. Noct didn't know what he was doing, and Luna had paid the price for it.
FILL: bend to your will 8/?
Date: 2017-01-03 01:14 pm (UTC)The train was just pulling out of the station when there was the flash of a familiar coat, and What? Noct thought. It couldn't be. He ran in the direction he'd last seen it in, ignoring the others calling after him. If it really was Ardyn, Noct couldn't let him get away.
There was an eerie stillness in the air when Noct charged into the last carriage, but that wasn't important.
Ardyn looked the same as always, turning to face Noct as if nothing had changed between them. He reached out a hand, but Noct summoned a sword, pointing it at Ardyn's throat.
"You killed Luna!" he shouted.
Noct had trusted him, and then Ardyn had stabbed Luna while Noct had been helpless to stop him. He'd been working for the Empire all along, and whatever sick game he'd been playing with Noct had been just that, a game.
Ardyn raised his hands. "I did it to protect you, Noct."
Noct shook his head. Gladio had been right the whole time, and Noct had been the one taken in by Ardyn's act. He'd been so stupid. He wasn't going to let Ardyn talk his way out of this.
"Did Lunafreya or your father ever tell you about the prophecy, Noct? That the Chosen King would bring light back to the world, but only at the cost of his own life?"
"What—?" Noct looked at Ardyn, confused. That wasn't how the story had gone.
"Your father sacrificed all of Insomnia. Lunafreya sacrificed Altissia and her own life. They're both kind people. As much as they cared for you, do you truly believe that they valued your life over the lives of so many people? People they'd been charged with protecting?"
That was—it had been strange. His father had always taught him that the most important thing was protecting their people. That was why he'd kept the walls up around Insomnia even though it was killing him.
Ardyn reached a hand out, gently pushing Noct's sword down. His tone softened. "They've both known, Noct. For a very long time. It's why your father grew distant. He couldn't bear to look at you and know that you would die before you even took the throne." Ardyn paused then, looking in the direction of the other carriages. "Do you think your friends were told? Are they really your friends, Noct?"
Noct shook his head. No, it wasn't true. He closed his eyes, but that didn't stop Ardyn from speaking.
"Is it you that they're protecting...or is it the king?"
Noct didn't know what to believe. That his father, that Luna had only saved him for a greater sacrifice? That Ardyn had killed her after helping Noct for weeks because this too, was something that would help him?
Ardyn traced a hand down the side of Noct's face, touch light as a feather. "You said you trusted me once, Noct. I swear to you, everything I've done has been for your benefit."
If what Ardyn said was true, then his father and Luna had been lying to him his entire life. That everyone else had known might also be true, and no one Noct called a friend really cared about him.
"Please, Noct." Ardyn's tone was beseeching, and Noct wavered, taking a faltering step forward.
Ardyn had helped him for weeks, and never asked anything in return. He'd soothed Noct's pains, and made him feel less alone, not like a prince but a person, someone who needed comfort as much as anyone else. It was easier than Noct had thought it would be to fall into Ardyn's arms, let Ardyn stroke him gently on the back as he let the sobs out, shaking with it.
Re: FILL: bend to your will 8/?
Date: 2017-01-03 07:05 pm (UTC)Please keep this going.
Re: FILL: bend to your will 8/?
Date: 2017-01-03 07:46 pm (UTC)FILL: bend to your will 9/9
Date: 2017-01-04 01:55 am (UTC)He turned to the door, putting Noct behind him and murmuring to himself. "A coldness that can only be hers."
Noct watched Gentiana appear out of icy mists, snowflakes swirling around her that turned to frost any solid surface they touched. Something passed between her and Ardyn, and she reached out a pale fingertip, freezing him in place.
Noct didn't understand. "What—"
Light, pale and shimmering, and in Gentiana's place was the Glacian. There was something almost sorrowful in her expression as she looked at Noct. "Let it now be done...as promised to the Oracle."
Noct felt ice on his hip, flowering into a mark that curled down and over his thigh. He pressed a hand to it, wondering if this one would be the last.
When he looked up again, she was gone.
-
"Noct!" Gladio came charging through the door, sword in hand, and when he saw Ardyn, he swung in a wide arc that passed inches from Noct's face.
"No!" Noct yelled, but it was too late.
He looked at Gladio and Ignis and Prompto, remembering Ardyn's words. Were they really his friends? Would his father have sent them with him into such uncertainty without telling them how important it was that Noct lived through it? The lives of all the people in Lucis, weighed only against his own.
"Get away from me," Noct said, backing up until he was nearly at the other end of the carriage.
They looked at him in confusion, though that expression cleared quickly. Noct felt relief wash through him as Ardyn stepped up behind him, arm around his waist as he tucked Noct close to his side. "That hurt," he said, "my feelings at least. After all, I only have Noct's best interests at heart."
Before anyone could respond, the entire train shuddered violently. Dark shadows converged on the windows, then daemons were pouring in, screaming and ravenous.
Ardyn tugged him along, and Noct didn't look back though he heard his name being called. His friends could take care of themselves, they didn't need to take care of him anymore.
-
Noct stopped once they were safely in Ardyn's room on his airship. He raised a hand to Ardyn's face, touching the skin there, warm and whole, though Noct had seen him frozen and shattered to pieces. "How did you—"
Ardyn smiled, but even Noct could tell there wasn't any humour in it. "Shall I tell you a story?" He pulled Noct close, settling them on the couch so he was wrapped up in Ardyn's arms, Ardyn's chin resting on his shoulder. "There was once a great king, who only desired to save the people from a scourge that twisted men into monsters. The likes of which you've seen. His body would come to host myriad daemons, that countless lives be spared."
Ardyn stopped, as if waiting for something, and Noct pulled back to see his face changing, dark shadows that spread slowly over his skin.
It was—disturbing, but Noct wasn't afraid, not of Ardyn. He carefully touched a hand to Ardyn's cheek, the shadows wet but no more menacing than anything else Noct had come up against, and Ardyn sighed, pressing his face into Noct's palm.
"A jealous king, one not yet chosen by the Crystal, ostracized and demonized this healer of the people. Making a true monster of him."
Noct frowned, settling back against Ardyn's side. "You're not a monster."
"You'll find that many disagree with you on that sentiment, dear Noct." Ardyn chuckled, carding a hand through his hair.
Noct shook his head, then reached into his pocket for the Ring of the Lucii. It'd been calling him, he could hear it, but there was something sinister about it, about how everyone who held it had died for it. "I don't want it," Noct said, though he wasn't sure whether he meant the ring, his destiny, or all the things in between.
Ardyn took the ring in his fingers, letting it sit in his palm for a moment before shadows arose, engulfing it. The ring glowed with white light, but it wasn't enough for the darkness that grew and grew, until it had been devoured completely.
"Don't worry, Noct." Ardyn said, drawing him close. "I'll take care of everything."
not!OP: Re: FILL: bend to your will 9/9
Date: 2017-01-04 04:18 pm (UTC)Re: not!OP: Re: FILL: bend to your will 9/9
Date: 2017-01-04 05:19 pm (UTC)