Wow! You're done! Congratulations on finishing the challenge! I'M SO PROUD.

Franz and Amelia are so cute together. And Forde is amazing. Ahahaha, maybe I just like knights way too much.

Strawberries are my favorite fruits. Among pears and guavas, too.

So, in short... Really nice work, and thanks again for competing! Honestly, when I set the challenge, I didn't expect such enthusiasm from the participants. So thanks for that.

And never stop writing!

[Xirysa]

I concur.

I never did say that the couples had to be happy. And I like to read about dysfunctional relationships (although there seems to be a great paucity of these...).

So kudos.

And I apologize for not reviewing this sooner. All I can say in my [lame] defense is that school's kept me very busy.

Brendan and Sonia... Ohh, now I'm so inspired... [shakes a fist at you] You write Sonia so well.

Now how am I going to judge these? [wails]

Nice job once again!

[Xirys]

You captured Lyon well there. It's easy to feel his helplessness and the futility of his wishes, as well as how sorry he is and how much he wants to connect to Eirika. It's a moving little piece. I liked the phrases 'ashes of yesterday' and 'howling silence'-- the last one really brought the turmoil in his heart across.

You did miss a couple of the tense things, like 'sorry for started'. Some of his perceptions of Eirika's actions are in the present tense as well. 'That had grew the envelop' I think is meant to be 'That had grown to envelop.'

Other than that it's quite good.

you may not be used to it, but whatever you did, it produced a fine story.

Wow, tense trouble? I never would have guessed! And I'm glad that changing the deadline helped--it seems that it did for a lot of people. Anway...

Uhm... I've never playe all of FE8, but... Ack. Poor Lyon... And the last bit just about broke my heart... Well done! Keep it up!

[Xirysa]

Oh my god! No FxA! Couldn't help it... sorry. I really don't mean to be a jerk. Sight chapter I can't help much in: I've not played PoR. Or RD. Sorry. So I know nothing about the characters (come on. He can't be that much of a wuss-**. ...Uh, can he?) It didn't really stick to the sense in question very much, but it was a good romance overall, from what I could tell.

This chapter is nice. It kept to the sense in question really well. The tense change feels natural and the repetition of the 'He remembered's in the fourth paragraph grounds the past part in the past. It's a great touch. Erk and Priscilla seem in character. In fact, the only mistake I can find is this:

[for whatever reasons healing staves didn't work on the person using it] Noun and pronoun don't agree. That's the only one.

Overall, well done. I'll keep an eye out for this. And all the other entries... gotta keep an eye on the competition. [evil grin] I swear, there's no way I'm winning. xD

I've extended the deadline, actually. It's on my profile...

And no! You're doing really well! I like it a lot. Even if I'm not a Priscilla fan (she just bugs me).

I always loved the smell of roses...

[Xirysa]

I LOVED it!

Mia/Rhys is such a cute, but sadly underloved, pairing. Anyways, I really liked the way you portrayed Mia, not as someone crazy, hyper and random all the time but as an actual person. Also, this fic was incredibly funny. I had never read any of your works before but I wasn't expecting to be laughing as hard as I did. The cracks about Ilyana's weird metabolism, all of the mercs telling Rhys to take it easy ("...similar promises had already previously been extracted by Titania. And Mist. And Oscar. And Boyd. And the Boss. Hell, even Soren...") the 'cheating bastards' and the bit about Mia and the red-hot knife. THAT was hilarious.

I really liked how her thoughts were kinda all over the place with a lot of side notes and brackets. And the bit at the beginning with her 'kinda, sorta' thinking he was like a hero of old was adorable.

And don't worry about straying too far from the theme, it seemed to be pretty relevant

all-in-all, wonderful, adorable, funny fic. I hope your next ones are as good

*adds to favorites/watch*

Well, now... This contest is more popular than I thought... Hmm. Maybe I'll extend the deadline...

Anyway, I'm honored you decided to participate! It's nice to see a senses 'fic outside the FE7/6 fandom (but I love all of you who did do it--heck, I did!).

Rhys. Gosh, I love Rhys. He's such a sweetie. And Mia... XD I really like how you wrote her. And relating the sense to his robes? I could see where you were going. So kudos--you did a very good job of that.

I'm sorry for the crappy review, but something just happened and I'm a bit in shock. But before I go, thanks again for participating!

[Xirysa]