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Author has written 26 stories for Final Fantasy XII, and X-Men. For anyone interested I am a twenty something (lets not get into those annoying details!) female who lives in, and does very little work in an office nine to five Monday to Friday, in a small and profoundly uninteresting town in the east of England. Hobbies include writing (such a shocker!) reading, playing video games, the X-men when its written for something more than profit and cheap thrills (grrr!), some anime and manga such as Deathnote, and I also enjoy coming up with unnecessarily complicated story plots that need half a dozen re-edits before they make any sense. My favourite Xmen character is Gambit and I write Gambit stories with the rest of the Xmen circa the comics of the 1990's - as that is my favourite 'era'. My other obsession is FFxii which I think is the best Final Fantasy yet for plot and development; speculation is always better than fact after all. Favourite characters are Balthier, Fran, Dr Cid and Ashe though through extensive use I have developed soft-spots for the whole cast to a degree. Progress report: 13th November 2009: New! The Lord of Lies and Laughter: sequel to "The Devil's Own" - Gambit and X-men story started 13th November 2009. New! Lente's Burden: sequel to 'The Landis Phoenix' - Balthier/Fran story started 20th October 2009. Updating regularly Black Guard Rising: Brand new multi-chapter Balthier/Ashe story. Updating reasonably regularly. | |||||||
1. The Lord of Lies and Laughter » reviewsSequel to Devil's Own: As Destiny wrote the Twelve shall fall and the Apocalypse shall rise. On the brink of a dark fate a thief makes a faustian bargain with his personal devil and a painful future looms large. Gambit and the X-men/Sebastian Shaw.X-Men - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 10,110 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 11-13-09 - Remy L./Gambit2. Lente's Burden » reviewsOnce there was a Viera, queen and mother. Then she fell and was forgotten. Now, as the Viera face the end of their days, she rises anew. Lente yearns, her burden to a new bearer she will give. Her power passes to one who walks with the humes. BalthierfranFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 5 - Words: 22,716 - Reviews: 51 - Updated: 11-10-09 - Published: 10-20-09 - Balthier & Fran3. Black Guard Rising » reviewsAshe has always paid her dues. She owes the pirate a debt of gratitude. One she thought he'd never collect on. Now the pirate turns up bullet ridden and bleeding in her bedchamber, and this time he needs her help. Is this one debt Ashe can't afford to payFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Adventure - Chapters: 10 - Words: 55,934 - Reviews: 34 - Updated: 10-20-09 - Published: 8-25-09 - Balthier & Ashe4. The Devil's Own » reviewsAn AU tale of bad boys and bad girls, rebellion and secrets. A tale of Marauders and Xmen, damnation and redemption and the thin line betwixt and between. Post Onslaught, a story of Gambit, Polaris, Creed, Sinister and the Xmen. This time it's war.X-Men - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 44 - Words: 304,476 - Reviews: 336 - Updated: 10-13-09 - Published: 3-10-09 - Remy L./Gambit - Complete5. The Landis Phoenix » reviewsThere is a perfectly good reason I ended up in your bed last night Fran. Balthier told her, and when I find said reason I shall be sure to tell you what it is. A story of misdeeds, ancient relics, sky pirates and calamities of the heart. Balthier&Fran.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 37 - Words: 203,724 - Reviews: 201 - Updated: 10-12-09 - Published: 10-13-08 - Balthier & Fran - Complete6. Anatomy of Guilt reviewsPost Antarctica Story circa Mid-nineties. A Physician comes face to face with his own failings when called to perform a duty most distressing. All men are fallable. Sometimes there is no forgiveness. Beast learns he should never kill the mockingbird.X-Men - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,739 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-19-09 - Dr. H. McCoy/Beast/Hank & Remy L./Gambit - Complete7. The Third Son reviewsThe curse of a third son: ever grasping for treasures beyond his reach. A story of ambition and family. A story of twisted Doctor Cid.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,824 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-19-09 - Cidolfus & Balthier - Complete8. Conversations and Reckonings » reviewsA continuation of the 'Conversations Arc': four years since the twins birth and old demons and past allegiances come back to haunt Balthier but this time they threaten not just his life but that of his and Ashe's young dynasty. Is this the end of the lineFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 43 - Words: 172,226 - Reviews: 149 - Updated: 8-25-09 - Published: 5-28-08 - Balthier & Ashe - Complete9. Salt reviewsAlong the glooming coast of Phon a knight fallen stands with back to surf and eye cast to darkness. Beyond the pall of distant yonder patient serpents and angry couerls do roam. The knight tastes salt upon his lips and weeps from wounds untended.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,156 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-6-09 - Basch & Balthier - Complete10. King of Secrets: A Thief's Odyssey » reviewsDamned if you do, damned if you don't. The early years of Remy Lebeau from his exile from Guild and family through his servitude with Sinister and his accidental joining of the X-Men circa X-Men 1. Reposting of previous story, some new material.X-Men - Rated: M - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 31 - Words: 113,419 - Reviews: 45 - Updated: 2-25-09 - Published: 12-14-08 - Remy L./Gambit - Complete11. The Picture Perfect Heist » reviewsYou need someone to be your conscience, she said, you were obviously born without one. He raised one eyebrow. Do you mind? I'm trying to commit a crime here. With that exchange Penelo knew it was all happening again. Another picture perfect seduction. P&BFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 22 - Words: 100,820 - Reviews: 132 - Updated: 2-11-09 - Published: 8-18-08 - Penelo & Balthier - Complete12. Even the Sky has a Limit reviewsThe inevitable end of a partnership beyond all boundaries. What happens when the laws of fate and destiny go astray and the wrong half of a perfect whole is left to mourn and die alone?Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,094 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-31-08 - Balthier & Fran - Complete13. The Picture Perfect Theft » reviewsHave no fear of me, my dear, I harbour no designs on your virtue; your chastity is a coin I have no wish to spend. I simply want to look my fill before your innocence is lost and you interest me no more. He spoke and she knew this was no simple seduction.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 11 - Words: 49,461 - Reviews: 92 - Updated: 8-13-08 - Published: 7-16-08 - Balthier & Penelo - Complete14. Shatterheart reviewsBecause Viera are hollow and do not break and Humes break all too readily; he will shatter soon and she will bathe in the flood of his pain. FranxBalthier neither sweet, nor kind, but a need that cannot be ignored. Fran POV.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,854 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-18-08 - Fran & Balthier - Complete15. Navigation and Leadership reviewsI can't navigate and you aren't leading but it's alright because we don't have anywhere to go anyway. We never have, and you know, I hope that we never will. That way it's just us as it's always been. PeneloVaan Penelo POVFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 943 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-18-08 - Penelo & Vaan - Complete16. Scar Tissue reviewsScar Tissue; we all have it somwhere, either engraved on our flesh or seared into our souls. For good or bad it is our scars that define us; each one telling its own story. A tale of a Princess and her Knight and a bond that endures through thick and thinFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,397 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-16-08 - Ashe & Basch - Complete17. Persephone » reviewsBahamut has fallen and friend and foe alike believe Balthier and Fran are dead, but the truth behind their disappearance is stranger and more sinister; Death stalks the moonlight and ancient deities claim Ivalice for themselves. co-author Zaz9-Zaa0.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Suspense - Chapters: 5 - Words: 15,000 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 4-14-08 - Fran & Balthier18. The War Privateer » reviewsFran I can think of no better way for the leading man to leave his mark on history. Think on it, we shall be heroes, the pirates who fought an evil empire to save the common folk'. A tale of war, escape, and self discovery. Ffamran and Balthier POVFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 39 - Words: 126,906 - Reviews: 120 - Updated: 5-8-08 - Published: 11-22-07 - Balthier & Fran - Complete19. Conversations and Provocations » reviewsCriminal trials, assassinations, famines, sheep and a wedding, The Queen and the Pirate have survived them all, but can they survive each other, love sick Emperors and a Rozzarian civil war? Part three of the Conversations arc. BalthierAshe, LarsaPenelo.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 29 - Words: 156,843 - Reviews: 120 - Updated: 3-27-08 - Published: 1-10-08 - Ashe & Balthier - Complete20. Conversations and Interrogations » reviewsSequel to Conversations and Negotiations. Welcome to the assassination game. Love is a many splendoured thing, but this game of politics, diplomacy and attempted murder will push the Queen and the Pirate to their limit and beyond! BalthierAshe FranBaschFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 70,654 - Reviews: 84 - Updated: 1-7-08 - Published: 12-6-07 - Ashe & Balthier - Complete21. Conversations and Negotiations » reviewsConversations and delicate negotiations between a Pirate and a Princess. If games of high stakes and a good bluff are all that make true love then they have nothing to worry about, except a public execution and a forced abdication, that is. BalthierAsheFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 13 - Words: 40,072 - Reviews: 49 - Updated: 12-3-07 - Published: 11-1-07 - Ashe & Balthier - Complete22. The Stuff Legends Are Made Of » reviewsAllow me to extend an invitation to you, dear Fran, and offer you the chance to share in mine own ambitions. You could be, perhaps, the first ever Viera sky pirate.' BalthierFran. Fran POVFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 23 - Words: 33,277 - Reviews: 96 - Updated: 11-19-07 - Published: 10-17-07 - Fran & Balthier - Complete23. The Fox and the Scorpion reviewsHave you ever heard the tale of the fox and the scorpion? Think you know how it ends, think again. A tale of poisonous thoughts and their antidote. A fable about the pirate and the knight.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,008 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-17-07 - Balthier & Basch - Complete24. Questionable Status reviewsDespite some obvious and undesirable sideaffects, he could not deny there were some highly compelling reasons why the occasional uncontrollable Berserker rage could do wonders for the constitution of any selfrespecting sky pirate. BalthierFranFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,740 - Reviews: 27 - Published: 11-3-07 - Balthier & Fran - Complete25. A Sky Pirate odyssey » reviewsThe story of the game told from the point of view of two of its charismatic leads. What did Fran really think of the Princess? Did Balthier really know what he was doing? What were they thinking on Bahamut? The truth or close enough. FranxBalthierxAsheFinal Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 38 - Words: 71,063 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 11-2-07 - Published: 9-18-07 - Balthier & Fran - Complete26. Butterflies » reviewsButterflies are beautiful, fragile and made only for fair weather. She has always liked them. In many ways she has found that men are very like butterflies. Easy to become enamoured of and they do not last. A series of short reflections on love and death.Final Fantasy XII - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,111 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-24-07 - Published: 10-23-07 - Complete
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