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Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for MD Again!:

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Hm, I have to echo others' opinions a bit here: this tome deal came rather out of nowhere, and I can't see either why Sette would need it. Interesting look into her thought processes, though; therapy or not, she's still not entirely free of her screwed-up past life.

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

For both of you (Hah! I kid; I can count four! ;) ) waiting for the second half of the Shadowverse two-shot...here it is!

Spoiler for Running Through Shadows--Chapter 2:

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Spoiler for Author's Notes:

Credit for the linear rifle type of small arms that the Night Breakers aren't using, much to Lutecia's happiness, goes to synaesthetic (aka cori.writes.stuff) from her Shadowverse story, False Light. General credit for inspiring me to write the story, though, goes to Fuyu no Sora, for an ongoing discussion on the morality of the NSIS's existence and operations. Fun stuff, these gray areas.

One of the nice things about writing Nanoha fanfiction is that when using child characters, I can err on the side of understanding and maturity, since they all tend to be wise beyond their years. Ward in this story tends to be a bit quick on the uptake for twelve, but given the setting (and other obvious factors) I'm hoping that it didn't jar.


The reason why Lutecia can't teleport away directly is totally fanon; mostly it's an internal justification for me why RF6 doesn't go teleporting people into battle in StrikerS, but instead deploys by helicopter and personal flight (and even Lulu doesn't teleport directly away after the first RF6/Numbers engagement, but has to make her escape later, after the battle).


The Night Breakers are named after motorcycle models, Conall Viper after the Dodge Viper, and Durward Brantley the Fifth after the Aston Martin DBV. Bonus points if you can identify the source of the place names!

Spoiler for Auctorial ramblings:

I considered adding a subsequent fight scene where Lutecia has to protect Ward against a more adequate enemy (something along the level of the guys from "Within Our Own Shadow"), both to show the contrast between her fighting to protect him and the finale and to add to the action, but ultimately decided not to. On the one hand, this story isn't supposed to be about zaptacular action scenes, and on the other, I figure that if enough pyrotechnics start getting flung around, it won't be believable that the Shadows could hide the traces of their presence from Fate's Enforcer team.

For those who missed it, here's Chapter 1.

Ow. Harsh, harsh twist there. With all these piling up on her, no wonder Lutecia's slowly cracking under the weight.

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

It amuses me how thoroughly this little piece contradicts how I'm feeling at the moment. But hey, what can you do.

Spoiler for Scars:

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Spoiler for General ramblings and dedication:

Just Victor and Lutecia, goofing off a little after a mission. Apologies for no backstory on the mission itself, but I felt it didn't fit, and I didn't really think much about it anyway when I actually wrote the short. In terms of timeline.... I'd probably say pre-Vivio, when Lutecia is still sore from losing Miranda, but not starting to crack yet.

As for general things, well... today's the one year anniversary since the death of my friends, Lance and Lexa. So I wanted to write something for them. They liked my humor a lot, so I thought I'd give it a shot and see what I got.

"Carry You Home" is property of James Blunt.

Great interaction between Lutecia and Victor; those two bounce off each other really well. Nice, humorous fluff overall. Although as one of the FF.net reviews also mentioned, reading your notes afterward does put an entirely different, serious spin on the short.

Originally Posted by deathcurse

Since RB's Shadowverse seems to be back lately, I thought I'd drop out of my NaNoWriMo haze to offer an update ^^.

Back to the Shadows! Auris starts to put some pieces of the mystery together...but who's tricking who?

Crime Never Sleeps
Part 12

“The worst things we do are always by our own choice.”

Spoiler for Crime Never Sleeps, part 12:

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Spoiler for Author's Note:

Alright, this part isn't edited to the point that I'm pleased with, but I can't think of what else to do with it :heh:, so here it is! I had difficulty with Auris' lines, they seemed a mite cheesy--but that may be in character, since she finds it awkward to appear caring!

This is the last bit that may have contained parts that appeared before, from here on out it's 100% new material! :D

New Part 1-4A
New Part 4B
New Part 5: Trial Day 1A
New Part 5: Trial Day 1B
New Part 5: Trial Day 1C and New Part 6
New Part 7
Part 8 and Part 9: Trial Day 2
Part 10: Trial Day 2
Part 11

Well, to be honest, you've managed to weave such a thick web of intrigue here, with all those plots and schemes colliding with each other, that I haven't the faintest idea how this is going to end.

Do note that it also means I'm sitting on the edge of my seat and can't wait to read the next part, so I'd say you've got a success here. :P