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Title: Where Peace Should Dwell
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, The Legend of Zelda
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG
Words: 3271
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: Grune watches over her friends, their lives, and their endings. When she discovers one who has not found peaceful rest, she deems it necessary to intervene.
Author's Notes: This was a joint idea that Naomi and I had, which we worked out in the comments to one of my fics. It's something of a spinoff of "White Is For Remembrance" and "Green Is For The Goddess" and was written in a similar vein. Whether this is going to turn into a series is anyone's guess, but signs point to yes. Just like everything else I write.

This one required extensive editing, and while I think it could be even tighter, I'm still pleased with how it turned out. So, well, happy reading!

( She looks into the face of a dead man then, and though the eye sockets of a skull cannot widen, a spirit may still gasp. )

Title: The Wish of a Weaver
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tales of Phantasia, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Words: 423
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: Grune makes two wishes on Tanabata: One large and one small.
Author's Notes: This is a repost from all the way back in July; I wrote it shortly after Tanabata, during Dhaos' month-long mallynap. Except for a few changes to reflect how threads turned out, all I did was clean it up to post. I'm on the editing stage for my next new fic, but it'll be a while before it turns up in that it got fairly complex. So I guess this will have to do in the meantime. :|b

( Now that she had a little time to think, her mind was turning back to one friend who wasn't there with her. )

Title: Braid Raid
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Words: 1234
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: When she catches Dhaos asleep on their couch, Norma decides to be "helpful" and gets Grune in on the bargain.
Author's Notes: Yeah, idk about the title--it's just fun to say. XD

Anyway! This particular AU comes from me wondering: What would it be like if Dhaos moved into House 34 once he started dating Grune? It's an AU because I'm pretty sure Prince Dhaos here is too mannerful to ever consider living under the same roof as his girlfriend before marriage...but the idea is too much fun not to write, so voilà!

Probably first in a series, but with me, who knows?

( 'I think Little D needs to do something with that mess of hair, don't you?' )

Title: 31_days October: 01. Remembering is the pain that breathes
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Angst/romance
Rating: G
Words: 353
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: Dhaos thinks about the always transforming nature of memory.
Author's Notes: First in a series of thirty-one themes (rather obviously). As a whole, these are briefer and more unpolished than what I usually write; I tend to use them as a rest for my brain between larger pieces. I'm gonna start posting them fairly often, as I've built up a fair few over the past while (I'm just about to head off and finish one now, for example). They tend to skew to angst, but that's more because of how October's themes worked out than any intent of mine. Next one's fluffy, though.

( She listened to his sparse comments and nothing changed. )

Title: Green Is For the Goddess
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tales of Phantasia, original works
Genre: Angst/Gen
Rating: PG
Words: 1178
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: A second funeral and a second farewell. There will not be a third.
Author's Notes: This one was written in I believe early November--I can't exactly remember. It took quite a bit of editing, but I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I certainly can't say this is how things are going to end, but...it's a possibility.

This is the sequel to "White Is For Remembrance" and makes far more sense if you read it second, so anyone who hasn't read that one yet probably will want to first.

( It's rare to attend the same man's funeral twice, even when you are the companion of the Weaver of Time. )

Title: Second Men
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Black Butler
Genre: Gen (romance if you squint)
Rating: PG
Words: 1742
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: Neither Dhaos nor Giles understands what Grune sees in the other--but they understand the danger in each other all too well.
Author's Notes: So I, um, wrote this in...late September. Or possibly early October. Pretty much the same time as "The Importance of Honest, Direct Communication," back when the whole "Dhaos mind controls Giles" plot first came up. I thought I'd write a possible way things could have come to a head; too bad I didn't post it in anything remotely like a timely manner. Oh well.

( The second man who observes from behind the eyes of the one that Grune sees—he unsettles Dhaos. He wonders what it would take to bring that man to the fore, to display his heart's weakness. )

Title: The Importance of Honest, Direct Communication
Fandoms: (This part) luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Symphonia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, original, Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, The Legend of Zelda, Eternal Sonata
Genre: Humour/romance
Rating: PG
Words: 4049 this part, 7093 overall
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: The early days of Grune and Dhaos' relationship, as seen through the eyes of Fenimore, Norma, and Dhaos. Part 3: Dhaos discovers the perils of embarking on a relationship with one of the most innocent (and most social) members of Luceti.
Author's Notes: This is the part of the fic that's most showing its age. Some characters' situations and relationships have changed significantly since I wrote this in early fall; rather than reworking the fic extensively, I chose to change only superficial details and leave the overall structure of the fic intact.

There are also a number of characters who have become close to Grune in the time since I wrote the fic and its posting (Pao-lin and Seto come immediately to mind--and Robert, but I kind of doubt he'd be giving a talk to Dhaos) who would have gotten their own special scenes. I suppose that's what drabbles are for....

Special thanks to hickumu for helping me with Giles' section! ♥

Anyway, this is the final part, so enjoy!

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

( He supposed it was only to be expected. Grune had the love of more people than Dhaos could keep track of—much to his discomfort. It was only natural for them to be protective of someone so innocent. )

Title: The Importance of Honest, Direct Communication
Fandoms: (This part) luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre: Humour/romance
Rating: PG
Words: 2063 this part, ?? overall
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: The early days of Grune and Dhaos' relationship, as seen through the eyes of Fenimore, Norma, and Dhaos. Part 2: After worming some shocking news out of Fen-Fen, Norma has a big important talk with G-Girl.
Author's Notes: So my voice recognition software doesn't like Norma's nicknames. Sob.

Also, I made some assumptions while writing this, chiefly that Dhaos would eventually get sick of Norma's assumptions about his relationship with Grune and informed her they weren't actually sweeties. Whether that's going to actually happen in canon remains to be seen.

Chapter 1

( All right. Time to get down to business. 'I'm really happy for you, G-Girl, but we gotta talk about some stuff. IMPORTANT stuff,' she made sure to emphasize. )

Title: 1sentence: Beta
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, vague references to Tales of Phantasia and Tales of the Abyss
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Words: appr. 1085
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: The always odd and never boring daily lives of luceti's Legendia crew as they relate to Grune.
Author's Notes: Damn these were fun. But, then again, considering how Legendia's cast is just one oddball after another, it was to be expected. All of these are Grune-centric--either from her point of view or how the characters in the cast relate to her--but I was going for writing what I know.

Everybody gets multiple references, even Sophie (though hers are pretty sparse). Yup.

( 31. Smirk: Moses trips over one of Sophie's toys and crashes into the wall; like Grune, Jay smiles when he sees his friend is all right. )

Title: 1sentence: Alpha
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG
Words: appr. 1095
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: And so why now? Oh, please not now / I just stopped believing in happy endings, harbours of my own
Author's Notes: This was a lot of fun to write. Once again, I found a lot easier to work from Dhaos' point of view for purposes of keeping succinct and keeping to the theme. Here's hoping I actually managed to keep him in character!

But you had to come along didn't you
Break down the doors, throw open windows
Oh, if you knew just what a fool you have made me

"Stray Italian Greyhound," Vienna Teng

( 31. Home: It takes years, but one day, when she smiles and says, 'Welcome home!' to him, it finally feels right. )