evolutionary

Title: the unsolvable riddle
Warnings: Murder and gore in all its glory.
Word Count: 4625
Characters: Jaden, Nigel, and various mentionables
Notes: Universe based on

sisyphus's piece. Contains a few smattering of references as well as a section from

sisyphus's Drowning Echoes.

Summary: A mystery is a question.

( muscles and tendons feel out of place. )

psyches

Title: A Train Ride
Warnings: Prescription medication.
Word Count: 1121
Characters: Nigel and Jaden
Notes: Takes place almost a year before the beginning of

enlightenment. Requested by

sisyphus.

Summary: A young man's fascination with a young woman's stories.

( pound for pound. ounce for ounce. )

psyches

Title: Token
Warnings: Breaking hearts everywhere.
Word Count: 736
Characters: Nigel, Sarah, seven girls, and seven red roses
Notes:

aison requested a bit of Nigel and Sarah pre-

enlightenment fun.

Summary: The story of how Mr. Kane acquired his infamous reputation among Sarah's party guests.

( those roses were expensive, you know. )

psyches

Title: "what the eyes can't see..."
Warnings: Death and all its associations.
Word Count: 593
Characters: Nigel
Notes: This was a play on colors. Not sure how well I succeeded.

Summary: From black, shines white. From white, bleeds red.

( colors. )

psyches

originally posted: 2011-04-30

Title: Retrograde Memory
Warnings: Blood. No sense whatsoever.
Word Count: 719
Characters: Nigel and his ghosts.
Notes: This short takes place when Nigel is 20. I don't even know what I wrote.

Summary: Do you remember?

References: Inspiration from Aisle, by Sam Barlow. Also has a quote by John Keats.

( These parts are not easily understood. )

aison

originally posted: 2011-02-25

Title: Gentle Homicide.
Warnings: Violence, death, rape, etc.
Word Count: 9868.
Characters: Alan, Ariadne, and references to canon characters.
Notes: Notes for shifting tenses, and a lot of reading between the lines. Picturesque Madness takes place when Alan is 21, this takes place from 12 to nearly 14.

Summary: Sometimes shadows conceal what should have been hidden. Sometimes they tread on truths already known. --Change is never instant, no matter what the sources say. A shift can never be shown in moments, and behind the scenes, there are causes and effects, and none of them are what is expected.

References: The Likeness, by Tana French, and Dance Dance Dance, by Haruki Murakami. Also this thread.

( You should do something. )

aison

originally posted: 2010-12-15

Title: Progression.
Warnings: Reality.
Word Count: 862.
Characters: Alan. Cameo of Crista.
Notes: Timed challenged. Over five hundred words in a half hour. --Takes places up to the beginning of the main story.

Summary: The basis of madness causes many a thing--it is not odd that caution finds itself among them.

( This is what becomes of those who know nothing. )

aison

originally posted: 2010-03-25

Title: Name and Point.
Warnings: Mental deterioration.
Word Count: 513.
Characters: Albedo; mention of Nigredo, reference to Rubedo.
Notes: This would take place after Rubedo was successfully released. In this, Albedo had an M-U session soon after.

Summary: Your name? It seemed such a simple thing, to forget.

( Too late. )

aison

originally posted: 2009-10-19

Title: Picturesque Madness
Word Count: 6091.
Warnings: R+ for passing mentions of family murder, child abuse, and rape. Also Albedo type insanity, obv.
Characters: Alan, Crista, Erico, cameo of Nigel. Flashback with Rubedo/Junior; mentions of Angel if you squint, Citrine if you read into it, and Sakura.
Notes: For Damned's '09 oktoberfest. I didn't even mean to do this. I wrote it really randomly. >_>; And know nothing about college. =D

Summary: You only hurt what you love, and if you love nothing? Maybe that means you'll end up tied to destruction. --Nearly nine years gone, a simple class assignment leads to a life search and life loss, and nothing is what is seems when there's nothing really there.

References: Cold Colors from Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman; the Epic of Gilgamesh; Borderland by Terri Windling; Unforgiven by Metallica played by Apocalyptica; Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; The Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats; Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Also this thread in particular.

( And then things will be simple once again. )

Entries tagged with setting: canon

The Unsolvable Riddle.

A Train Ride.

Token.

What the Eyes Can't See.

Retrograde Memory.

Gentle Homicide.

Progression.

Name and Point.

Picturesque Madness

Profile

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary