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My Monday? Not so fantastic. I love migraines. I really do. I promise. I'm over it now, have been for a few hours. But really, I swear I just had one just a few days ago. Spent the evening with momma talking and watching Bones and House. It's kind of becoming our thing, I think. Which is really quite awesome. lol House.

Also. Guh. Fanfiction. I haven't written anything lately, to be honest. I haven't written anything on the original front either, aside from a handful of pages that I got excited over only to have them DIE on me. Freakin life, anyway. So... today I picked up Reign again. I began it forever ago as a novel idea and decided it would be fun to try and tell the story visually. And have since awoken in the idea of... who the hell was I fooling!? Aside from myself of course. BUT I've picked it back up because its the only story that isn't dead to me. If I get nothing more out of working on it than just getting the creative juices flowing again, then that's fine by me.

I will say though that no matter what medium is being used to tell the story, the first chapter is a BITCH. Cool, yes. But strangely challenging.

Where was I going with this though? Ah yes. Fanfiction. Lately a good number of reviews have been coming in off ff.net which just get me all warm and fuzzy inside. And I feel really bad because I haven't been contributing anything at all lately. Like FrictionSquared? Hahha anyone remember that? I've got ONE page written for the next chapter. That's how much I fail at life.

SO! We're going to play this little meme that's been going around. Because I really need some inspiration! D=

Rules:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.


I'm not going to follow the rules exactly. I'm just writing for whoever comes to mind for whatever song that comes on. It'll probably be mostly Tsubasa, but you never know. Some songs don't remind me of Tsubasa at all.

Edit: Fandoms written for this meme include Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Heroes, Lost and Star Trek Enterprise. (lol, since I totally write for only one of those fandoms usually, but whatever! xD)


1. Hamburg Song - Keane (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Fai ~ Oto Country)

The streets were quiet and the lights of sunset were beginning to turn the sky purple, filtering through the blinds of the cafe windows and illuminating the large black piano in the corner. It seemed to almost call his name at times like these.

No one else was there. He'd sent Sakura and Syaoran off to the market for more flour and sugar, and Mokona had insisted to go along. Kurogane was off, upstairs taking a nap after having been up half the night pacing around the shop on his usual Oni watch.

The light here never seemed quite real to him. Always a bit to clean and perfect. Tonight was no exception. A bit too much red this time, he though to himself, running a single slim finger over the glossy black surface. But it was beautiful. This world. This light. This very moment. It was almost calming, and to this he could not help but frown.

He could frown when no one else was around. And for a few brief moments he stood there, his fingers resting on the ivory keys. To play them would be a lovely thing indeed. But he didn't so much as dare. He did not want to get caught up in perfect moments that we not real. He'd already had far too much of that as of late.


2. Into The Stars - OLIVIA (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: C!Sakura & C!Syaoran ~ post Acid!Tokyo)

Another one shot above her head through the perfectly black sky, and she held her breath, wide-eyed, and made her wish, and she could not help but wonder if by some chance he had seen it as well. She wondered if he even so much as looked anymore. And yet, the simple thought of knowing that in this vast and cold universe, it was still possible to share a moment with someone, no matter how distant they might be, made her smile.

Surely, some part of him still thought this too. She'd seen the look in those wide, wonderful eyes of his, filled with awe and a thousand questions when they were younger.

He was a good boy. Still. He had to be. She believed that with every ounce of her being. And while it might be true that she no longer quite understood what that mean, she did not care. She still knew exactly what it was to love someone.


3 I'll Be - Edwin McCain. (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane & Fai ~ Nihon Country)

It was warm in Nihon. A fine summer was on its way, which had been Kurogane's favourite season as a child. He'd gotten to climb all the trees that he could see and splash in the streams until his fingers turned into prunes. He liked the summers now for other reasons, such as getting to sleep with the shoji screens open and let the night air pass over his skin while he slept, or watching the stars by firelight and drinking cold sake while listening to songs and stories.

This particular summer evening was not as comfortable as he would sometimes dream about, but he was well aware that it could have been much worse. In fact, he'd been willing to never see another Nihon summer, if that was what it took.

The look in that single golden eye across the room suggested that his intentions were now quite clear. And for the first time of many times to come, the smiled at one another in silence, letting the warm night air carry some silent, unspoken message between them: all was forgiven and things now would be forever changed, for the better. Because no matter what came at them, the would always have each other.

**I was expecting way more sap to come out of that, lol



→ 4. Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane & Fai ~ Horitsuba Verse)

You could still hear the beat of the music from up in the locker room. The school at night always had such a mysterious, practically taboo feeling to it, especially knowing that the majority of the students were on the ground, laughing and chatting and dancing away in their trendy street clothes just like it were any other party they'd been to.

"This is very unprofessional," Kurogane protested again. But Fai knew well enough that if he really had a problem with it, he wouldn't even be up here in the first place.

In fact, Fai seemed to think it was only more of an incentive to tease him about it. "Scaaared Kuro-sama?" he raised a single blonde brow before tilting back his head and taking another drink from the flask the two of them were now sharing.

"I'm NOT scared."

"Why not?" he giggled, "we could get caught up here. Doesn't that worry you?"

Kurogane just narrowed his eyes and swiped the flask from the blonde in protest. He drank nearly half of it before dangerously grinning, "You didn't really pull me away to share your sake with me, did you?"

Fai didn't even say a word before the answer was given, and within moments, getting caught for drinking in the boy's locker room while on chaperone's duty was the least of his concerns. 

**It was hard not to giggle through this entire song. lol Justin Timberlake.

→ 5. Lying From You - Linkin Park (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: R!Syaoran & C!Syaoran ~ preAcid!Tokyo )

Who are you?

The mirror seemed to talk to him. To move on its own. To watch him.

Stay away from me.


He wanted to scream at it. To break it down into dust and watch it disappear on the wind. And he couldn't tell the others. They would think he was crazy. That his own reflection gave him nightmares. That he would sometimes dream of no one but his own self coming for him and taking him away.

You're going crazy.


He was going crazy. He must be. Because he couldn't remember which side of the mirror he was on anymore.

**Wholly crap that is a SyaoSyao song if I've ever heard one! OMG.


→ 6. I Hate Myself For Losing You - Kelly Clarkson (Heroes: Nathan & Peter Petrelli ~ post Kirby Plaza)...? Just go with it! =p And also: lol

Heidi came by almost every day at first. She was always so good about smiling at him and not making it look forced. Nathan figured it was likely due to all the exposure to his mother. Or perhaps it was his own doing. He knew he wouldn't ever be certain. And although he missed the boys terribly, he was glad she never brought them by. He just wasn't ready to see the faces they would make at the sight of him. The thought of scaring his own children made him nauseous.

But as the weeks stretched by he eventually found himself resenting the sound of that opening hospital door, and that he was growing to dread that gentle hand that would find his own as he lay there with his eyes closed, replaying events she could never understand. He could sit her down and explain it all, but he knew she'd just smile at him with those sky blue eyes of hers and run her fingers through his singed, charcoal hair as gently as possible and simply tell him everything was ok.

He hated hearing those words anymore. Things were not ok, and they very well might not every be ok again. Because every time that door swung open, Nathan knew that it wasn't Peter. And it was all his fault.


→ 7. Broken - Seether feat. Amy Lee (Lost: Sawyer & Kate ~ post Team!Jack leaving the Island) .... ??? Again, just go with it.

There was plenty of paper to be found. The Pearl was practically full of it. Notebooks and notebooks full of blank pages. And after a few, unbearable long weeks Sawyer began to lose count of just how many of those notebooks he'd filled, or just how many bottles of Dharma Filtered Spring Water he'd drained.

He knew it was stupid.

She'd never get a single one.

They'd all either come right back; wash up on the beach or smash against the rocks. Or they just vanish on the edge of nowhere like things tended to do now and again.

But he continued to write them, regardless. He told most people that it was because it gave him something to do. But he wasn't going to fool himself. It was pointless to even try. And even though, after weeks and weeks of writing and the letters all began to sound the same and he knew it, he continued. Because they forced him to think of her. To remember her smile. Because, if it came down to it, he would risk almost anything to never forget her.

**Dawww.=3


→ 8. Kimidori - Maaya Sakamoto (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Kurogane)

He couldn't believe he'd been talked into this. Absolutely nothing about this sounded like anything he'd enjoy. There was nothing fun about thousands of children packed into small areas, running around without their leashes on and then allowed to nibble on what he was coming to find was nothing more than giant pink balls of sugar fluff. There was nothing fun about waiting in lines for what seemed like ages to sit on a strangely designed contraption that seemed to beacon an early death. Nothing fun about having to haul around a meter-tall stuffed yellowish-green panda he'd won for simply throwing a tiny ball at some metal pins.

But he decided not to say anything about it. How could he when they were all smiling and laughing so happily like that. It was hard to remember how long it had been since he'd heard such sounds.

He'd just be sure it was he who picked next weekends activities. And also make sure they rode that ferris wheel again before leaving.

**Kimidori means "yellow-green" btw :D



→ 9. Time After Time - Quietdrive (Star Trek Enterprise: Trip & T'Pol ~ during Trip's time on the Columbia NX-02) Don't judge me for loving Star Trek! =3 lol


He wouldn't take any of it back. Not a moment. Not that he'd ever admit to it. Though, that wasn't entirely true. If he could give anything to save Elizabeth, he'd have done it in a heartbeat. Not a single question asked. But aside from that single event in which he was well aware he'd had no control over to begin with, he had no regrets.

Weeks now he'd worked far too many hours down in the engine room, glad to be pushing himself toward exhaustion amidst the glow of the plasma coils. He could actually get some decent sleep that way; if he wore himself out enough, he'd be asleep by the time his head hit the pillow and he wouldn't have to worry about his mind wandering elsewhere.

But he couldn't help it when it did. After all, there seemed to be no escaping her, no matter how far away she might be. And part of him was bothered by this. He was supposed to be the one who could make anything work, after all. But instead of trying to fix it, he was here, across an entire galaxy trying to fix things he didn't really care about. And she would show up sometimes and remind him of this fact over and over again, though of course she would never come close to saying so.

It was hard to tell if she was ever really there. Exhaustion could make a man delirious sometimes, but he figured that if he was going to have a voice in his head from time to time, he was glad it was hers.

**<3 I cheated. I had to finish that sentence D= Forgive me!


→ 10. Angry Angel - Imogen Heap (Heroes: Sylar) =3

Gabriel's mother and father never brought him to church. They hadn't been overly religious individuals. Believers perhaps. They'd attended the mass on Easter when they had the time, and always said prayers before dinners during all the important meals; Thanksgiving had always been a big one for prayer, which was odd considering the lack of religious connotation the modern world detached from the holiday. And at Christmas, Gabriel was always read the Nativity Story before bedtime, and had been brought up knowing that the holiday was celebrated in honor of Our Lord Jesus birth.

The most impact that religion ever had on Gabriel Gray was his mother's constant doting that he was her "precious little angel." Her special little boy given to her by God himself. Her precious son that could hold the world in his hands if he so chose.

Anymore, Gabriel chose to avoid churches altogether if it were possible. Though it was not out of any sort of fear he had. No, as far as he was concerned, his mother may have very well been right. He just hated the noises that seemed to come from those places: too many broken things.

**lol, this song always reminds me of Sylar. I don't know why. 


ARHG. Drabbles are freakin hard. lol.

Date: 2008-04-29 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celesia.livejournal.com
I was going to do this meme eventually. :D

A-anyway. ;w; S-Sawyer&Kateeeeee. ;o;b good job, man.

They were all lovely. |D Drabbles are hard, though, aren't they? Es[ecially random, timed drabbles. XD

Date: 2008-04-29 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] briteskies.livejournal.com
It's a fun one! DOOO EEEET!

Haha, I think it was a little random that they showed up there. But they poppped in my head and I ran with it. Hahaha. ♥ I luvs Sawyer and Kate!

xD they ARE hard. Most especially random timed ones ^^;

Date: 2008-04-29 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celesia.livejournal.com
I tried but I was all distracted by the song and thinking and then like whoa! I've only got two minutes left! ;A; M-maybe another time when I'm not feeling so ditzy.

|D Sawyer & Kate are my Lost otp. I want to write them but I can't get into the mindframe of writing about Sawyer. He's so complex and whatnot I'm scared it'll be all like 'You're doing it wromg!'. ;o; But I'll try. Someday. I need to catch up first. *powers up*

Date: 2008-04-29 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kinoha.livejournal.com
D: of course I remember FrictionSquared! xD;
I hope you get the creative juices to flow again!! &hearts
Wow, it's been some time since the last TRC!fic I read...(which was your last drabble if I'm correct XD;)
Awesome!!! You make me want to re-read the manga :D now if only I didn't have school tomorrow...*pouts* And maybe read Revolutions again....
Hyu, they're all quite awesome! #5 and 8 get quite a lot of their characters :D #1, too, it also catches that Outo atmosphere~
Also I like #3...and yay for horitsuba XD
&hearts

Date: 2008-04-29 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] briteskies.livejournal.com
haha, that poor story D=
♥ THANK YOU!
Me too. I can't even remember the last one I read =p infact I think we talked about it LAST time I couldn't remember the last one I read! lol! ♥
I've been wanting to reread the manga lately myself, actually. I think it would be a nice thing to do one lazy afternoon! =D

♥!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: 2008-04-30 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kinoha.livejournal.com
Yes! It's all lonely and hurt ;.; lol
XDDD the chances to remember the last one are decreasing more and more, ne?
Yeah! Now where is that lazy afternoon? *searches* meh, no time for me.......maybe a night?
^__________^ &hearts

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