Tag:bittersweet

📚Nice to meet you

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Oneshots, Tonantzintla, Yukarin

Last night, Yukarin arrived on the surface from Lunaires. This morning, she looks out the balcony at a new world.

Characters: Tonantzintla, Yukarin

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 515

Vibe: hold on this is just fridge horror

something short because i was thinking about pre-dd yukarin (which is to say, this is pre-darkest day.)

i realize theres been .. absolutely no public worldbuilding abt these guys i think so. um. tldr

yukarin (before she sort of became a kaiju) is a member of the last species skymom created before exploding, and was a part of the ‘beta’ population introduced to the surface. before this, they were allowed to develop a culture in the massive self sustaining atrium in the lower half of lunaires. this was a thing that happened before skymom exploded

also yukarin was secretly using this as a chance to try and hijack lunaires bc shes #sogirlypop – all she needed was a power source on the surface, and…

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📚Swim in a cherry blossom-colored sea

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Breakfast, Diana, Hajime, Oneshots

The surface is vastly different than the Lunar Capital – particularly, with seasons.

Characters: Breakfast, Hajime, Diana

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 1,638

Vibe: dude the moon sucks

not sure how i feel about this one, but it may just be because i’ve been in a weird headspace lately in general. but it’s done and that’s what counts… i’ve been thinking of the mad tea party group a lot lately

also i think its very very funny that hajime got a oneshot debut before i actually designed him. sorry hajime

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📚Mushroom Waltz

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Oneshots, Suika, Yuugi

AP TOTAL:

Unconfirmed for Suika

Suika and Yuugi have a debt to pay in Waterfall for a mysterious doctor.

Characters: Suika, Yuugi, Hazel

Warnings: Explicit mentions of drugs (psychoactive mushrooms) and drug use.
Yuugi uses the word ‘junkie’, but in a more ‘familiar’ manner than a derogatory one.

Wordcount: 1,687

Vibe: what if we looked for psychadelic mushrooms together and we hated each other but didnt and we were both girls…. haha…… jk……. unless

i feel like this is kind of messy but i literally went to the er 2 times in the span of 48 hours while working on this. give me a break

takes place a lil bit after yuugi goes to the UDS. also has the fabled hazel + yuugi interaction and it goes just about how one would expect

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📚average dead mall moment (spooksoween spooktacular)

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Bankie, Beatrice, Gerhana, Oneshots
note: this is just a for-fun titlecard render! the actual ‘attack’/entry is the story below

Bea is set out to make a package delivery to an odd location.

For Dainty Halloween Battle 2023; Haunted in the Haunted House

Characters: Beatrice/Gerhana, Bankie

Warnings: One instance of swearing (because Bea and Gerhana are normal people who dont swear every other sentence unlike everyone else)

Wordcount: 2,214

Vibe: hehe spooky silly (but watch out!)

YAYYYY ULTRA DIRGE NEW LOCATION WOOHOO im excited to develop it more!! anyways heres these two

not much 2 say other than i miss the whimsy of spirit halloween and halloween capitalism in general when i was younger. now it all just feels sad. anyways

theres a surpise at the end :3

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📚The maiden’s illusory funeral

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Ginkgo, Hollyhock, Oneshots, Qing'e, Tuesday

Ginkgo is tasked with retrieving a message from a former subordinate, but it doesn’t go quite as she expects.

Characters: Ginkgo, Qing’e, Tuesday, Hollyhock

Warnings: Harsh language

Wordcount: 1,738

Vibe: a meeting between people who never thought they’d see each other again

for poffins weekly challenge – ‘old friend’

i can’t think of an authors note for this one. but at least ginkgo is making an effort to tie up loose ends?

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📚Desire path

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Angie, Lune, Oneshots

Lune has a second chance at an encounter.

Characters: Angie, Lune

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 1,310

Vibe: lune pls seek therapy (it will get better)

loose interp of the forum game prompt of ‘lune encounters angie while in a form angie does not recognize’ – i kind of went off the og prompt but it was fun :}

lune isn’t doin too great (understatement) at this point in time. it’s ok she’ll get better though

not revised bc #yolo #swag or whatever

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📚Color of stars

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Daichi, Hazel, Marilynn, Oneshots

Hazel has something special to show Daichi.

For Coelunes April 2023 prompt: Wish upon a star

Characters: Daichi/Hazel, Marilynn

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 1,623

Vibe: gay people (except friendzoned because daichi is silly) and fridge horror kind of

its not gay if you look at the moon

some hazel backstory teehee….. i’d like to think they’re highschool seniors here given the timing (so pre-incident but pretty close to it)

[daichi voice] surely this won’t have any future implications or anything

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📚History of the moon

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Arael, Oneshots

Arael finds some cookies in a mysterious house.

For Coelune September prompt; Baking

Characters: Arael

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 1,413

Vibe: uh oh environmental storytelling

AN:

hi reddit im still at it. i wrote like 50% of this in a haze that i can’t remember dont worry about it

after all it’s not like there could be environmental storytelling about your parent in a random house you wormholed to…. right????

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📚Cinderella cage

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Aster, Cynthia, Oneshots, Orchid, Zinnia

Tensions are running high. OC-tober day 13/14 mixed prompt: burn/cage (which i am late for lol)

Characters: Zinnia/Aster, Cynthia/Orchid

Warnings: aster literally kills someone

Wordcount: 2,064

Vibe: Dramatic:tm:

Original AN:

idk what this is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa im a bit rusty orz

i took the prompts too literally sorry

tldr aster kills a man everyone freaks out mother daughter bonding

takes place literally the night before joe stone is arrested (so like… 2010)

unrevised bc who cares

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📚Scream out

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Colress, Lune, N

Concerts are exhausting.

Characters: Colress/Lune/N

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 1,429

Vibe: Hurt/comfort

Original AN:

once again with all unova trio oneshots this is cheesy as hell sorry

i wrote this bc i needed to project feelings whoopsies

3am unrevised, u get the drift this is normal around here

yes im co-opting touhou arranges for titles again

also i figured i didnt need a warning for it since it’s so commonplace for me but theres swearing. lune literally says fuck in the second sentence

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📚Haunting my heart

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Cynthia, Oneshots, Orchid

There’s a familiar presence in the Sinnoh League, even after it’s gone.

Characters: Cynthia, Orchid is implied to be there but doesn’t speak

Warnings: Grief, mentions of badly coping, and overall themes of death.

Wordcount: 1,236

Vibe: Angsty / bittersweet

Original AN:

i have no idea where i was goin with this. saw the vague prompt of ‘character a finds out their house is haunted’ and went with it. mostly angsty/bittersweet at the end

this is mostly cynthia-centric with orchid not even being named until the end but watever . her ghost is there the entire time just chillin so it counts

once again. its 3am. havent revised. goodnight

also if this is cheesy near the end sorry idk how to write conclusions <3

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📚Goodnight

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Oneshots, Pearl, Renee, Steven, Zinnia

Renee stays late at work, and gets a visitor.

Characters: Renee, Zinnia, Pearl, Steven

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 1,553

Vibe: Stressed/comfort

Original AN:

theres probably like 6000000000000000000 spelling and grammar errors but i do not. i do not care.

idea i got at work, i wrote like half of it one mnight and then the other half a few days later. idk where i was really going other than ‘zinnia is there’

i wanna say pearl is maybe 4-5 here

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📚Countdown

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Kibi, Oneshots, Ridley

Kibi and Ridley attend a special performance

Characters: Kibi/Ridley, Lune

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 1,341

Vibe: Optimistic

Original AN:

auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu its 2am and i have work tomorrow oh no

anyways ya. happy early new years fic this is a scene i’ve had in my head for a while

song referenced is this . does this make this a songfic oh god oh fuck

unrevised as always sssssssss ok goodnight

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📚Something about family

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Colress, Lune, Oneshots

Lune thinks about her family.

Characters: Lune/Colress

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 1,110

Vibe: Lune emo momence ft cheesy comfort

Original AN:

once again its 2am and i have no idea what this is. based on a prompt from forum game asking me about lune and her family

this probably takes place in 2020 just after lune , colress , and n got together

as always with late night oneshots this isnt revised at all so read atr ur own risk i guess

ALSO ill work on moon after artfight its not dead i pwomise

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📚Lost at sea

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Jess, Kenjiro, Oneshots, Yuuto

Yuuto meets someone familiar that he’s never met.

Characters: Yuuto, Jess, Kenjiro

Warnings: Heavy drinking/alcohol usage, irresponsible drunkeness

Wordcount: 2,466

Vibe: Funky altered reality but heartfelt

Original AN:

character interaction thing between jess and yuuto

i wrote this at like 1 am so if it doesnt make sense dw about it

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📚Odd Keystone

Posted on Updated on by ZinCategories:Cynthia, Oneshots, Orchid

Cynthia brings something home after a hike.

Characters: Orchid/Cynthia

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 1419

Vibe: Semi-bittersweet silliness

Original AN:

its 11pm and i ate a whole bag of kitkats and now i cant sleep so this is a result of my hubris

only lightly revised, probably stuff i missed. idk where i was going with this plot wise so if it doesnt make sense. that is why but like yolo

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