Zexion

[OOC] Hiatus

2009-10-17T03:55:46Z

Hiatus until the end of October!

[IC] I dreamed a dream in times gone by~

2009-07-30T05:04:34Z

A heart unfettered of its trappings draws the darkness to itself, creating a form fit to carry out the one true will of all the worlds.

[Between them, the hand still holding firm to Prussia's fist begins to glow, black and green.]

Shall I educate you on the methods by which hearts achieve that freedom?

((From the dream post))

New . . . canon?

2009-07-11T17:48:17Z

W-what.

Hiatus

2009-06-30T16:14:13Z

I'm off to L.A. with the AX crowd from early tomorrow morning until early Monday. See you all when I'm back!

On Zexion and being axe crazy

2009-06-23T01:08:16Z

cloakanddaikon: Man I kind of wonder what would have happened if Zexion had run into crazy Ikki

asthecrow_flies: ... h-hahaha

cloakanddaikon: because I honestly have no idea

asthecrow_flies: Something very, very similar, probably involving jealousy of some sorts towards other people Zexion's close with.

cloakanddaikon: Huuuuh

cloakanddaikon: the funny thing is, if it'd affected Zexion, his eactions would have been very close to Ikki's in that regard

asthecrow_flies: Ohh?

cloakanddaikon: and it
probably would have involved pulling the people he was attached to into the darkness

asthecrow_flies: ... oh man.

cloakanddaikon: because if you're broken completely, you won't go anywhere else
you won't think about anyone else
and I can keep you with me, no matter what

asthecrow_flies: ;;;

cloakanddaikon: (I'll take care of your Nobody too, don't worry. I think you're strong enough for that.)

asthecrow_flies: asdjklf;a

cloakanddaikon: And you can stop worring about insignificant events on insignificant worlds
none of that really matters, don't you see?

asthecrow_flies: sobbb

cloakanddaikon: People are born, and live, and die all in their tiny little cages, never knowing what it is to be free

asthecrow_flies: akdlf;

cloakanddaikon: It... would have been very deeply honest and very scary for those involved
until the replica showed up to pimpslap him in a fit of jealousy >.>

asthecrow_flies: HEE

cloakanddaikon: Even axe crazy, Zexion would listen to the replica. Because dying? Really sucks.

asthecrow_flies: Y-Yes.

cloakanddaikon @ 2009-05-19T20:19:00

2009-05-20T00:13:28Z

Is that so.

((from here))

[IC continuation] Crossdressing ball

2009-03-22T04:11:27Z

If only this one was sure to end when the clock strikes midnight.

Threads began here.

Colour Correction Poll

2009-03-11T04:16:55Z

Thanks to Crisp, a wonderful person from the khvids.net forums, there are some absolutely beautiful rips of the Kingdom Hearts Re:CoM cutscenes that are pretty much the best quality possible and don't have have subtitles blocking out half the images.

This means I've started on the wonderful journey of redoing Zexion's icons.

However!

Nearly all of the scenes Zexion is in take place in the Castle Oblivion basement, which, for reasons unknown (though I like to think it's because Marluxia cut our lightbulb budget), doesn't really have any light. This leads to very dark screencaps that need a lot of love before they're actually visible.

But now I can't decide.

Image A is from the game's promotional website; it's my best base for how the designers intended those scenes to look. Image B is the actual screenshot. It is daaaaark. And image C is another website shot, this one of Zexion in normal light.

View Poll: Help me CFUD, you're my only hope

Question meme

2009-03-04T02:03:38Z

It's been a while since I've done anything like this for Ine or Zexion, so ask me questions! Anything's fair game -- relationships, motivations, where they're at right now, how many pets they've got, who they'd mafia for. And hey, feel free to tag me too! If you've ever been curious about my play styles, apping patterns, how I view camp as a setting, keywords, icons or anything else, go for it ♥

And before CERTAIN PEOPLE ask, yes, AU questions are also valid.

[IC continuation] Personality shifts

2009-02-25T18:55:47Z

((From here]))

[Settles Gokudera's head, comfortably on his lap, fanning Gokudera's hair over his leg.]

It's not as if you've not had other things on your mind.

[IC, labs] Organization XIII, CFUD Branch

2009-02-06T01:25:31Z

[Current membership: two.]

Vexen. Good evening.

Hiatus

2009-01-05T19:48:22Z

Calling a near-full hiatus for Zexion, Deneb and Ine until the end of January. Expect long periods of radio silence as I buckle down to finish my (long-overdue) coursework.

I'll try and finish up any current threads I've got during occasional breaks, but after that,

Zexion was attacked by an unruly ribbon while heading down to the labs, and his unconscious body has been carried away by the love goo creature.

Ine is tied up with phone calls and paperwork.

Deneb has gotten stuck in his gun form, and has been kidnapped for gorilla warfare.

Feel free to tag this post with anything I miss while I'm gone ♥

(Belated) Christmas gifts

2009-01-05T17:15:53Z

Unless otherwise noted, these would have been wrapped in plain white paper, and tagged only with the recipient's name.

Riku Replica: A scarf, mittens, and warm socks, all hand-knit. And a map of camp with three spots marked on it -- places where Zexion's occasionally seen rare heartless.

Lexaeus: Zexion doesn't ask him to do any chores all day.

Marluxia: A tin of homemade Christmas cookies.

Akito and Agito: A treasure box containing a world card for Traverse Town, and a treasure map card. And a pair of magical A-T laces that have something special to do with that particular treasure.

Ikki: New gloves, synthesized using gales and other components that will go unnamed but may or may not involve part of Ikki's laundry. Wind element.

The rest of the treehouse: Gets a good-sized tin of cookies to share, given to That Woman (ps they're better than yours).

Kazu: A small bag of cookies jut for him, since Zexion's reasonably sure he won't get any otherwise.

Rhode: A tin of frosted sugar cookies, shaped like snowflakes, each with different flavouring. Left in a treasure box on her dream's doorstop.

Gokudera: A firaga bangle, to match the firagun bangle last year, and a thundaga trinket.

Yamamoto: A small, solid stone that has been carved into a trapezodial cube, and a note; A keystone may be the most important part of any arch, but it is only given meaning when it supports the weight of the pieces below it.

Haru: A small Christmas celebration cake.

Tsuna: A plain white thank you card, with, "You're a good leader," written inside. It comes with a small bag of cookies.

Fay: A white scarf, gloves and hat set, accented ith royal blue. The gloves have small, well-designed slits at the tips of the fingers that stay closed if pinched, but open with pressure from below.

Kurogane: A set matching Fay's, in black and red, but with leather grips on the palms of the gloves rather than slits at the tips.

Watanuki: A trio of unfinished friendship bracelets, the pattern on all three a dark blue with occasional dots of white. Laid side by side, the white dots form the constellation of Cygnus. There's notes on how to complete the design, and, unsigned, a card reading simply, "The rest is up to you."

Tatsumi: A nice box of various teas.

Watari: A double beam spectrophotometer from one of the lower labs that has been very patently restored to working order though there are still some teeth marks on one corner, and modified slightly to allow it to measure the radiation from base magical elemental influences.

Gifts Received

Akito: cloth-wrapped in a small box - An emblem and stickers - The emblem design is simple, a Lexicon with a familiar three pointed symbol on one cover of the book, and the kanji for wisdom on the other. The stickers and design tweaks were made with Ikki, and the emblem was made with a trade for some mechanical work for Ed... There's a note "While we know you're not a Storm Rider, they are a sign of presense, pride and identity in our world. So, you have one. Ikki-kun is keeping one of the stickers and we'll find a good place to put it when we get home. I'm sure you'll find it."

Gokudera: ~~A blank, leatherbound journal. It is best not to ask what kind of leather it is. On the very last page are Gokudera's home address and phone number with a note "Don't fail."~~ That journal is staying neatly tucked away under Gokudera's mattress for the time being. Instead, Zexion gets a very clearly anonymous thank you note that happens to be in Gokudera's handwriting. The reason for the thank you is unexplained. It's left with a hot plate and a copper tea kettle so he can make proper tea in the cave. And there's an assortment of herbal teas inside the kettle. He's also making Yamamoto make Zexion dinner some time.

Ikki: Left on Zexion's desk in a regular box, unwrapped; An inkwell as well as a chocobo feather; along with this is a small package of what /look/ like pickled vegetables, but . . . not so much. However, they taste fairly good. Attached to the box is a note, "Merry Christmas, Mom! Come find me when you get this, I have one more thing for you. -- Ikki"

Lexaeus: No particular "present", but Zexion wakes up to find tea brewed the way he likes it, breakfast prepared, and the cave nicely cleaned. :(

Marluxia: Some super-fresh eggplants and a small relaxing satsuki azalea bonsai tree.

Rhode: A simple fragment, it doesn't seem to be any metal or glass or material of this world. It's pure black and if you look too long into it, you might feel like something staring back. "You can have this, it's yours anyway~"

Riku Replica: A large sampler of loose teas of a wide variety.

Tsuna: Zexion gets a heartfelt thank you note and a box of tea treats.

Yamamoto: Yamamoto's freshly cleaning the cave and the yard thoroughly! He also gets a tea strainer, and a card that says: "Thank you for everything you've done for us. You've really become a part of the family! Even if we part ways for a while, we'll always think of you, you know? Even if you don't think you're suited for the feelings we have for you, or if you think we think too much of you... I think we have plenty members that are just as bad as you, ha ha ha! But anyway, I owe you my life, and I owe you for saving Gokudera's. Let me know if you ever need anything. And Merry Christmas!"

[IC continuation] On mistletoe and the effects thereof; multiple subjects

2008-12-22T00:56:47Z

While your defense of my feminine virtue is not without merit, Ikki is hardly the first to have involved himself with that particular portion of anatomy. And it was far less real this time than most. Don't let it concern you too much.

When you two are done, will you care for snacks as well?

((Data collection began here))

[IC continuation] The crow, post-tridenting, in the labs

2008-12-16T22:35:37Z

To say that there's no practising of magic as I know it is not to discount the influence of such things entirely.

((Tridenting began here))

World that Never Was place names

2008-12-02T20:17:34Z

For my own reference:

00 - Where Nothing Gathers
01 - Alley to Between
02 - Fragment Crossing
03 - Memorys Skyscraper
04 - The Brink of Despair
05 - The Soundless Prison
06 - Nothings Call
07 - Lower Crooked Ascention
08 - Upper Crooked Ascention
09 - Naught's View
0A - Lower Hall of Empty Melodies
0B - Upper Hall of Empty Melodies
0C - Naughts Skyway
0D - Proof of Existence
0E - Havocs Divide
0F - Where Nothing Gathers
10 - Naughts Approach
11 - Ruin and Creations Passage
12 - The Altar of Naught
13 - Memory's Contortion
14 - The World of Nothing

[IC] So if you trap two humans with two Nobodies in a lab...

2008-11-25T03:46:19Z

[Closes the door, taking a beaker from underneath one of the long lab benches and passing it to Vexen as he walks by.]

So you two will be staying for tea?

((From here))

cloakanddaikon @ 2008-11-22T13:39:00

2008-11-22T18:38:24Z

[In the early morning, on an (only slightly) rickety picnic bench near the bulletin board for the 'outer east' section of camp (most notable for the residences of the Vongola mafia family and the majority of the camp's storm riders), there is a pot of tea. And a mug of tea. And a nobody.

And something is wrong.

The teapot, though small, is nearly full; the mug likewise. The temperature of both has had time to settle into 'vaguely lukewarm' -- and still they sit there, without being drunk, Zexion watching the slow settling movement of the few fragments of leaves at the bottom of his cup.]

[IC] In Ikki's heaaaaart continuation

2008-11-10T04:26:41Z

Literally?

((From here))

[IC] Fay and Saku continuations

2008-10-29T19:42:48Z

From Nakatsu's post here.

[IC] Provoking the possessive vampire, the aftermath

2008-10-21T04:23:00Z

[After returning Fay to the café, in a quiet clearing between camp proper and the cave, Zexion crouches by a shallow, mirror-reflective pond. His coat is partially open and pushed back, and he examines the five angry, twisted red gashes on his reflection's shoulder with an almost detached curiosity.]

How strange.

Playing Styles

2008-10-20T19:45:58Z

Characters

Zexion, Ine, Deneb

Contact

IRC: You'll only find me in cast chans, but I'm there a good chunk of the time. I'm usually nicked on Zexion, or rarely Ine or Deneb if I'm threading.

Alternatives: Email at ranith at gmail; google talk at the same.

Style: I am really not adept at smalltalk at all, and tend to flounder at the 'hi how are you' stage. But if you've got a question about a thread, I will ramble about character motivation forever if you let me.

Threading

Playing frequency: I start new threads two to three times a week, and am generally active evenings EST.

Replying speed: Slow, meaning five to ten minute gaps are typical if all I am doing is threading with you. Time increases if I am juggling other threads, characters, or doing anything outside of CFUD.

Thread pickup: I will keep replying to Zexion or Ine threads for days. Sometimes weeks. Deneb is far less so; he's more spontaneous and has a lot less going on under the surface. So far, I don't think he's had any threads that have lasted beyond the day after.

Comfort levels: Angst is okay, romance is okay, and for all that I do them but once in a blue moon, I do love fight threads.

Posting

Frequency: Less than once a month.

Spontaneity: Medium-high. Most of my posts happen the same night or within a few days of getting the idea. I may sit on an idea for months, but the longer between getting the idea and throwing up the post, the less likely it is to happen.

Postrape: I love running posts! But I am not very good at it. I begin losing the battle at about fifteen threads.

Time before a post is abandoned: Zexion and Ine's posts are normally tended for up to three days. Deneb's, so far, are usually done after four to six hours.

Quirks

New canon: I am very very spoiler-shy, especially regarding the upcoming Kingdom Hearts games -- I would prefer to not know anything about them at all until I've got them in hand at which point I will retreat from the outside world for as long as it takes to finish them. Air Gear I'm usually caught up on soon as the raws come out. In all cases, once I've actually seen/read the canon in question, I will gladly flail about it for hours.

AUs: I may have a few here and there, but at this point my favourite to play around with are just general post-camp storylines. Uhuhu post-camp AUs~

Schedule changes

2008-10-02T23:29:29Z

So between switching departments at work, and actually buckling down to finish my coursework which I have really really been slacking on, I'm generally going to be scarce for the next two months or so. Still around! But I'll be on IRC a lot lot less, if at all, and probably... actually playing about the same as I normally do, just a bit slower. I should generally be on Gchat still if you want to get in touch; ranith at gmail'll get you in contact with me there, and of course, email's always good too.

Playing hours will be a bit off too -- a good number of my days are going to start at six am, so in efforts not to die I'm probably going to be heading to bed earlier (read: try to head to bed earlier. I have a bad track record with this).

[IC] Playing Vet to a Sick Crow, pt 2

2008-10-01T02:36:31Z

[And many hours after their meeting, and hours after Zexion finally discovered that a cool cloth draped across Ikki's forehead would keep him from kicking off his blankets and subsequently waking from the cold, morning comes to the labs.

It's a quiet morning, the sounds of camp's early cries no more than the faintest of whispers through the ventilation. Underground, no sunlight marks its arrival. And on the single bed, there are two bodies -- one half-naked crow, tangled in the sheets, and one small Nobody, curled beside him with the hood of his coat doing less a job of hiding his face than normal, one hand under his cheek and the other, outstretched, barely an inch away from the crumpled cloth by Ikki's head.]

[IC] Honesty post continuations

2008-09-28T01:44:57Z

Original threads were here, and here for Riku's.