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Rather than being equally disturbed, Rai was looking unnervingly triumphant again, a smirk curling his lips as he inspected the dead man's inner cavity. His hand reached out to caress the stilled heart, fingers trembling ever so slightly, and a short laugh bubbled from his lips, as if he couldn't help himself. Lloyd was unable to hold it in any longer.
"What - are you - doing?!" he burst out in a trembling voice, and finally Rai turned to look at him, his hand leaving the man. Specks of blood dotted his face, probably from killing some of the other bandits, but his eyes shone.
Or: A somewhat messed up, calculating guy navigates the world of Symphonia, realizing that he has memories of the future from another life, and starts to realize maybe he can fix the world better than the original game. He doesn’t expect to actually start caring about anyone, much less Lloyd.
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Act 1 is now complete as of chapter 47!
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Yuan realizes Botta is loyal to a fault. And when that loyalty is displayed, when Botta refuses to flinch, Yuan find himself descending further than he'd like.
Heavily psychological. Mind the tags.
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- 3,398
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Lloyd and Zelos always bunk together at inns. And the last several nights, Lloyd has been doing something very distracting...
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- Part 10 of Falling Again
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Sebastian's young master isn't as discreet as he thinks he is. But Sebastian can live with that.
Or: Sebastian's view of Zelos and Lloyd's obviously deepening bond.
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- Part 2 of A Butler's Care
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Zelos was insatiable, until Lloyd. 100-word drabble.
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- Part 14 of Abbreviated Feelings
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Fics exploring Sebastian's role as a butler as he observes his young master, Zelos, and his growth and relationships.
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Lloyd can't stay away from Zelos any more than Zelos can stay away from him.
Or: A collection of my shortfics where the two cross that line from friendship to something more.
Standalone stories, in no particular order!- Words:
- 31,130
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Abbreviated Feelings by raiaki
Fandom: Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
05 Jun 2025
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A collection of drabbles of exactly 100 words.
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- 1,400
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In a world where Regal never went to prison after killing Alicia, but punished himself anyway, and where meeting Zelos was more destabilizing - and surprisingly, healing - than might have been expected.
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Regal lives by a strict code, his bound hands shackling him to his past. Zelos seeks to push him beyond the limit of his chains.
Bookmarked by raiaki
11 Jun 2025
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LOVE this. Such a character-driven and sizzling interpretation of a very rare pair <3
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Kratos falls.
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- Part 1 of Down
Bookmarked by raiaki
19 May 2025
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Hauntingly beautiful and terribly bittersweet rendition of Kratos, and his fall from Cruxis...and how even that means nothing, in the end.
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Zelos hadn't regretted jumping in to save Lloyd from Mithos' clutches. Until he found himself looming over Lloyd's body, choking the life out of him.
Bookmarked by raiaki
02 May 2025
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This was beautifully written and so exquisitely in-character -- which is quite characteristic of these authors at this point, this ship is absolutely brilliant in their hands. Angst and confession and comfort on the backdrop of Mithos' possession of Zelos. I loved everything about it.
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Rubble Lit with Fairy Lights by jessitiz for Duskglass
Fandoms: Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Series
06 May 2022
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Yuri coughs as the dust from the cave-in settles. He can hear someone yelling, muffled, through the rocks, but his head is spinning and they’ll hear him anyway. He looks up at the ceiling of the Weasand of Cados, taking stock. Something hit his head, probably, but not too hard. He landed on his hip weird. His foot hurts. He tries to pull it towards him-
Oh it hurts hurts.
Shit.
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Or, Brave Vesperia causes a cave-in on the way to check out an Aer Krene, and Yuri thinks he's gonna have to wait a while before anyone helps him out.
He's wrong though.
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- English
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- 3,567
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- 48
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- 14
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Bookmarked by raiaki
27 Apr 2025
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This piece was so tightly written and so in-character for both Yuri and Duke. It really opened my eyes to the potential for this pairing. Highly recommend.
Favorite passage - [As Duke looks around, his hair catches the light, turning the white into a glowing palest yellow-green. Like a spirit. Or an arte. When Yuri catches the profile of Duke’s face, his eyes catch the light too, setting his eyes into shadow.
Duke looks otherworldly. He looks dangerous.
He looks fucking hot.] -
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Schwann turns out to have been something a little more complicated to Alexei than just a tool to be used and discarded. Raven hadn't wanted to remember at all and reacts badly, but Yuri's not about to let him get away from the rest of them so easily as that, in the name of the brightest star in the night sky.
Bookmarked by raiaki
22 Apr 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Absolute masterpiece. I was entranced by the prose, the surgical structure of the piece. Exceedingly evocative and psychologically realistic. Not for the faint of heart. But if you want your entire view of Raven to be flipped on its head and turned inside out in a way that's both excruciating and so, so good, definitely give this a read.
Sample of how beautiful the prose is - [Angled in his chair, the light from the window gilding the edges of hair and armor, Flynn could not have presented a prettier picture had a master painter posed him for one, in that unconscious way of his. A profile sharp as his blade, eyes the same true blue as his uniform but shaded more intense by the preoccupied mind behind them. Portrait of a Young Soldier in Meditation, thought Yuri, affection strumming across his ribs. Then Flynn heaved a tired sigh, tableau broken. His mouth set in an unhappy line.]