…It’s a wacky AU fanfic for my (still unnamed) Nanonovel!
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[ wacky AU fanfic ]
AU because “canonically”, Henna dies before being coronated, hehe… >_>;;
Flame/Heat
Ice/Chill
Thunder/Lightning
Air/Wind
Earth/??
Wood/??
Metal/??
Water/Moisture
Just looking at this pathetic word count makes me shiver. In dejection. On top of everything else, naturally.
But hey, at least this is twice what I managed last time. If this vein continues, maybe I might be able to win Nanowrimo in two years?
I neglected Nanonovel for too long. I can’t get into it anymore. ;;_;; Well at least I have this not-quite-dream-but-I-was-in-bed-thinking-about-it thing that’s…kinda far off. It plays on the depressing ending actually, and…
I should just write this instead of ranting about it. ~smacks self~ I really think I lost my brain over the weekend. Maybe it’s a side effect from being away from the computer/Intarweb so long. ;;_;;
My fantasy adventure is turning into a fantasy love drama.
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Heliae, Halinne, and Avien, working on their respective parts, turn to each other and snicker.
I’m not stopping until I reach 25k at least, dammit. Now keep giving me interesting scenes, you lazy characters.
I already gave you two, Heliae protests.
Keep ‘em coming! grumbles DestinZfaith, frazzled at the nearing deadline.
Aliadne just snorts, ignoring DestinZfaith’s withering glare in her direction.
Element mages have only a tenuous alignment to either Light or Dark, and for that reason, element mages are rare. A metalmage should not be taken as a subset of element mages; a metalmage is a mage specializing in the element of Metal, as a flamemage is a mage specializing in Fire. But element mages specialize in all the elements.
Yea, I know, confuses me too. I’ll have to work on this one. And yes, I cheated and put these little explanatory things in Nanonovel. >_>;;
Most are aligned to Light, due almost exclusively to the Dark Purge some centuries ago by the fanatical (unnamed) King of Kalarion, back when the current land of Kalarion, Resarai, Ilarisane, and Ko Gae, and certain other minor bordering lands was one empire. After the revolt that led to this (unnamed) King’s death and the end of the Purge, the lands split into what they are now: Ilarisane broke off following the lead of a noble family that later became the monarchy; Ko Gae broke off with the assent of its people, and they elected their local revolutionary leader to become their Emperor, which later became the ruling family. What remained of Kalarion became a republic, and Reserai…er. I’m not sure about Reserai.
Most recently, the monarchy of Ilarisane was taken over by the Council of the Jaris, which instated itself as the ruling class. The last sixteen or so years have been devoted to finding the missing heir (who disappeared before she could be executed), and Aliadne of the Royal Guard, who was rumoured to have carried her off.
Even now, the effects of the Purge can be felt, as there are hardly any of those aligned to the Dark around. And if there are, an uncomfortable lot tend to hide their alignment, either by personal self-shame, or persuaded by their family/elders. The Dark, also, is not as kind toward those aligned to it, perhaps because of its affinity with anti. A good amount of those aligned to the Dark, even before the Purge, tend to go insane, or are swallowed by their power and die. For this reason, the lifespans of those aligned to the Dark are a bit less than the average lifespan of those aligned to the Light.
Just for my reference (and for you to laugh if I get it ridiculously wrong. ;p)
Heliae, at first glance, seems only to be carrying a ninjaken (held deceptively in a katana/overlong sheath); Avien, by contrast, in a glance looks to be empty-handed. Neither of them have named weapons. Avien’s usually carrying more than you suspect. (But really, it’s because I’m lazy and can’t find any more “sneaky” weapons.)
Both Aliadne’s weapons are visible; Heartweeper, her ceremonial sword at her side, and Rampant-flying Cacophony, her polearm on her back. She carries a(n emergency) dagger in a hidden sheath, close-range, or goes bare-handed.
Mavyn and Halinne carry their named weapons, a metal bo and a bow (and arrows) repectively, in sight, but hide their secondary weapons. In Mavyn’s case, the bo is to keep enemies away, and the butterfly knife in her sleeve is if they get too close or if her bo is knocked away. Her primary focus, as a metalmage, is to either strengthen the metal in her weapon(s), or to keep them far enough so that they can’t hit her while she prepares and slings her spells. Halinne carries a far-range weapon primarily to assist and back up Avien. She declines to use her bow in mid- to close-range combat. She carries a pair of sai, mostly for defensive purpose, while she prepares her spells.
oh yea, that was it. I needed a pure mage(s). All of my characters right now are Warriors. D’oh.
I still need wielders for a crossbow, a Quan Dao, and a katana, though. And someone who hasn’t been named yet wields something that can be shot, but I’m leery about using guns. Maybe he’s the crossbow user?
And Tom’s weapon needs to be changed. His current weapon is a greatsword, but that doesn’t fit. Like, at all. =_=;;
I generally try to give all of the characters secondary, (closer-combat) weapons. There are only so many, though, and they can’t all think to carry multiple weapons. (Currently, only Aliadne, Heliae, Avien, and the two mages carry them.) I think I’m going to need to rely on a “staple” secondary weapon: non-specialized weapons used in an emergency. Hrrm.
Okey, so I have this folder on Desktop labelled “Nanonovel 07″ for easy access. Inside the folder are Microsoft Word documents titled with numbers, a Notepad doc labelled “Table of Contents,” and a Word Doc codenamed “S.A.L.L.Y.” (giftfic to those who figure out why!)
The numbered Word Docs were originally so I could keep daily progress of my Word Counts. That fell apart when I stopped counting daily; because I’d skip days, and soon I got used to counting by the “bigger picture” anyway. But I still write in different files to make it easier on me: I tend to write ~1k a segment (because of my fanfic tendencies, heh). The Table of Contents is a summary of each segment, so I can keep track of what went on, and which segment goes where, without opening all of the individual Word docs. S.A.L.L.Y is where I paste all the text from the Word Docs, for a total Word Count.
Oooh! Shiny!! ~smacks self~
Yea, yesterday I had to fall on pr0n for word-boosting. I told myself after the first time I wouldn’t write any more smut. -_-;; No more smut, you damn promiscuous characters! Give me some interesting scenes!
…I can’t help but feel I’m forgetting something. I think it had something to do with Mavyn. And…42? ~scratches head~
And after adding the eighth element, I managed to figure out some element configurations. One’s the standard circle, one’s a figure eight (matches the eight elements, haha), and one looks something like an hourglass. o_O;;
Heliae, please make up your mind about your character/personality. I can’t have you bouncing around all over the place.
I need to hit 30k already!! ;;_;;
And I forgot Thunder/Lightning in my elements. Which makes eight. Fuck.
Fire/Flame
Ice/Chill
Thunder/Lightning
Air/Wind
Water/Moisture
Earth/??
Wood/??
Metal/??
…I just had a thought. A thought that amounts to being a fanfic for my own novel.
…Scary. But I can imagine myself doing that; getting a book out and then writing fanfics for it. xDD;; Getting a book published remains simply a dream, for now… …But I can imagine myself doing it. xD;
Hrmmn. Maybe a sequel?
