adding to the list of never-to-be-finished khr fics:
Allerta Meteo
( Extreme Weather Warning )
byakuran & uni AU. not romantic or nsfw, but also not platonic.
basically i was just messing around with uni's dedication to her duty and only her duty.
they both understand what it's like to be revered, never being treated as a person - byakuran is a pseudo-god and uni is a pseudo-religious leader.
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so, luce was the last sky arcobaleno that needed to use the lighthouse. aria never needed to and passed away before the need came up… so uni doesn't know how. but she still needs to harmonize the sky with the earth so that they won't clash for a long time.
that's why she, at a loss, has to find a way to light it without knowing what she's doing.
but she doesn't know where to find it - her grandmother luce did not show her daughter (uni's mother) for a reason: she wanted to be the last one to do it. however, that means now, they don't even know where the tower even is.
she looks all over old documents and legends to try and find it, then runs into that the first arcobaleno was not sepira, her ancestor. his name was byakuran. he was cast away for unknown reasons, and there was no mention of him anywhere else. as the rest of the first arcobaleno still exist in some form… does this mean the first sky arcobaleno does too?
uni searches for the tower and him both. she doesn't know where to find the tower or how to light it when she finds it.
she starts to pray in the hopes her words will reach the first sky arcobaleno in the same way the guardians pray to their own alignment's.
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and eventually, he responds.
(it was split up into 3 convos but we'll see if i end up talking much about them)
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now for some Actual Context because things were never actually written anyway:
this is in a fantasy au. there is a country with absolutely horrific extreme weather. the people who settled there made a system with the Sky - a vague entity, not a deity - to provide energy to use for flames. unlike the rest of the world's Earth Flames, the Sky Flames are a different system that they use to get the extreme weather phenomena under control.
giotto & guardians were there as the country's founders of course. each type had one of the other initial settlers become an arcobaleno, becoming a pseudo-deity for each one. but the only two people 'attuned' with the Sky enough to do it were giotto and a whimsical weird teenage kid named byakuran. and given that giotto was kinda busy founding the country, byakuran got himself put in the role.
but sometime into the country's development, sepira showed up and was able to 'attune' with the Sky just as much as byakuran did. and as sepira was capable of being a part of the country's governing body (and actually mature and an adult) the country picked her up as the new sky arcobaleno. she was a mortal tho, so even though she did the same things byakuran did, she would end up passing away early as a result.
and meanwhile, weird kid byakuran just kinda Left after being demoted. the Sky never took his pseudo-deity power away from him, so… he's still a weird kid. something like 15-16 and looks like it.
so he went and wandered the world as a whimsical weird kid doing miracles and Sky Flame things, but no one had heard or seen the Sky Flame system and most people just assumed he was a Really weird kid with some combo of earth flames no one he met managed to understand.
and he was like. teenager angst. 'I'm so tired of humanity. literally no one has ever really understood me or taken me seriously except the Sky and I'd rather just go be a hermit with it and nothing else.'
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(anyway back to the starting bit! these are my notes. also uni is == and byakuran is ++ in the convo part.)
i don't think he likes the fact that uni is prepared to die for her country (or something) and he doesn't like her borderline-religion for the Sky. he tells her that the Sky is not something to be worshipped. it is neutral, it is no deity. he knows it better than anyone, he says. if it cared, it would not have let go of him when the country (?) eventually turned against him. it does not care whether uni lives or dies.
and he has no intention of helping a country that doomed him to being a myth and nothing more. "I have no desire to rescue your country from ruin, descendent of Sepira. This is the task of the Sky Arcobaleno, and that is your role."
until she manages to communicate that she understands what he's feeling. being unable to fulfill the entire point of his existence.
++ … Let me ask you a question. Why do you fulfill this role?
== It's my duty - I was born to do this. It's the role of my family. If we can't, there will be no hope for the country… it will fall to ruins. This beautiful country will fall if the lighthouse can't be lit…
++ Is your love of this country greater than the love of your own life?
== … That is why I am here at all. You may think differently after all this time, but you felt this way as well if you chose this role… right?
++ That is a viewpoint I do not share. I chose to become the Sky Arcobaleno for the sake of power, not the role.
Uni… falls silent. She could have been wrong. Maybe Byakuran was ousted for a reason. Maybe the country will still fall no matter what she does.
++ If help was your only request, I decline.
== Wait-- You said you chose to become the Sky Arcobaleno. Were you human before this?
++ All the Arcobaleno were once human.
== Were you ever able to use the role in the way my family was?
++ A few times, but your ancestor was much better. It was never a question.
== Don't you regret it, then? If you had a life before, but sacrificed it for a role that my ancestor eventually replaced you. Even if you had different reasons, you were still thrown away, weren't you?
++ ………..
== … Byakuran?
++ … Hm. Find the lighthouse first. Only then will we speak.
== You'll--
++ We will speak there.
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I love reading all of your concert reports, so I'll have a try myself for Joker Out in Cologne Kantine at 24th of March.
- I had an EE ticket and arrived around 13 o'clock. There was a queue already, but not too wild (got number 59).
- the weather was quite unsteady, with lots of wind and occasional rain. Lots of umbrellas and rain covers.
- the queuing started around 17:30 o'clock, early entry was allowed in around 18:30 o'clock.
- Sound check was lovely. The boys were in a good mood. Bojan explained about what the procedures of soundcheck. And we got a Nace + Jan jamming session. They played two songs - Dopamin and Proti Toku.
- Sector 5 started as an opening band. They played really well and were energetic on stage. Some people started singing along
- JC Stewart was a total contrast to them, being alone on stage with only his acoustic guitar. His songs were really powerful and full of emotions.
- The JO performance was amazing. They were so energetic, cheerful and seemed to have a great time. Kris seemed to take it a bit slower - he might still be sick
- Looots of Jance action, smirks and heart eyes. Jan leaning his head to Nace's chest, them screaming at each other, Nace nearly kissing Jan. That was a 5 star girl (gn) dinner
- Bojan as a fairy with pink wings, taking his job really seriously. Kris wore a tiny crown with a veil, Jan a fluffy tiara
- During Metulji, they both wore butterfly head crowns and Bojan had his fairy wings back on. He cracked up seeing people do the Macarena during the song, but caught himself again.
- Jan's guitar was somehow out of tune. They stopped the song and he tried fixing it by himself. During the second try, he went rushing to Kiki to exchange guitars.
- Umazane Misli "only" had a few people singing. I remember a really well-sung German version, Russian, Dutch (?) and of course Slovene. Bojan was in the crowd with Vita, encouraging the singers. Sector 5 was in the crowd as well, and the singer
- Jan dancing Macarena during UM and taught it to Nace. Bojan parted the sea crowd and made us take turns in singing UM
- Jure was an absolute beast on the drums. It was so intense
- after the concert we waited outside for the boys to come out. Jan eventually came and took pictures. Jure was hanging out with the people from Sector 5
All in all a wonderful concert experience. Can't wait for Munich tomorrow
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Arc-V 10th Anniversary Cafe (April 2024)
Why can i only upload 10 images per post on the app sigh
I went twice, because the menu changed halfway!
Actually it was prohibited to take photos of the projector screen for some reason (I don't get it, because it's the same art on the merch) but ummmm let's just keep it between ourselves okay
My first visit was near the end of the first menu, so seats were readily available! (We don't talk about when I was like oh maybe I'll go today- oh fuck what do you mean there's no more slots oops guess ill go tomorrow)
When I went in at 6.30pm it was pretty empty, and since I was first in the queue I got to choose where I wanted to sit! And of course I made a beeline to...
While waiting for my food, of course I had to hit up the gacha (do not recommend, highly do NOT recommend) They had a bunch (think like 50-100 of those blind packs all stuffed into a basket and you do choose it yourself, but.....
You can only buy a maximum of 10 per type, and I was mainly looking for just the pawnies, though I was also looking for some of the others for friends...............
... I love Running Reiji because he's a reference to the manga, which I love dearly, but holy hell after his 3rd appearance I was feeling. something. The way I spent $[redacted] on these and I got only 1 out of the 4 I wanted (also how cruel is it that I got everyone in Group B except for hayaku yuri, damn
Halfway through the packs the Reiji drink (an iced sweet potato milk drink) i ordered arrived! and it came with a random novelty item like every item on the menu (Why is everything in Japan gacha. Just kidding I know the answer its the goddamn c word) and I got Reira! Very happy because she's one of my faves and she is so mega cute here
Anyway food's here!
The amount of pasta looks little because i only remembered to take a photo midway (was too depressed over my pulls when I started eating)
I was STILL unboxing the blind packs when it arrived and when I say do not gacha it's because the number of repeats was already getting to me and by the time I finally got around to my pasta it was already lukewarm...
It was alright, it was just a cream pasta (I think I was supposed to pour the lemon juice onto it maybe?)
Me when I consume lemons me too yugo so true
At the end you get to choose (yes CHOOSE and not gacha holy shit) a bromide of your own choosing for every 5,000 yen you spent (I guess that's why, because at that point you've already given them so much money the least they could do is to let you choose the little png to take home) took multiple of the yus so I can send them to friends!
Part 2 after I see if the airport gift shop has chiikawas...
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