WK drabbles "Seven Sins": Phoenix / Feral / Familiarity

[toscas_kiss]

Three drabbles written for the wk_100 "Seven Sins" challenge

Characters: Schwarz
Rating/Type: PG
Summary: Crawford uses everything he can.


Phoenix

From the observer's room Crawford had watched the Re-education Team break the telepath; make him beg for a non-existent mercy. He also knew the boy's pride would rise again, phoenix-like from the ashes - bright, passionate, flame-hot.

Esset really were inept fools. Why try to erase something you can make use of?

He looked at the figure crumpled on the floor, trembling with pain and fatigue. Crawford hauled the boy onto his feet, steadied him.

"Stand," Crawford ordered, "Or do you enjoy having those bastards see you on your knees?"

The look he received was part-glare, part-gratitude. It was a start.




Feral

"Don't mention God. Or religion," had been the doctor's last words.

Useless advice from a short-sighted mind.

Pure rage shone from the inmate's single eye - animalistic, but definitely not mindless. Nonetheless, Crawford held his gun to the boy's head as he unbuckled the straitjacket.

"You have a choice," he told him, "Death, or the opportunity for revenge."

Against whom, he didn't need to say.

The boy looked at the body slumped in the doorway. He smiled.

Crawford quickly scanned the immediate future. 'Farfarello' wouldn't test Crawford for a couple of hours yet. Good. He turned to lead the way out.




Familiarity


From the sidelines the boy had watched the other children, sullenness masking his envy. They ignored him.

"What did you tell us about bringing strays home, Brad?"

Crawford rested a hand on the boy's tense shoulder.

"This is our new team-mate, Naoe Nagi. Nagi - Farfarello and Schuldig."

Farfarello stared coolly at the boy for several seconds before returning to reading; his equivalent of a warm welcome.

"Ooh! We can keep him then?" Schuldig transformed from smirking to bright-eyed interest, no doubt rifling through Nagi's mind.

"Yes, Schuldig."

"So Kind, do you talk? Want some ice-cream?"

Crawford felt Nagi relax a little.



Translation: Kind - child

Comments

[cosmorific.livejournal.com]

<3333333333333333333333333

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

:-D

oh wow

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

Crawford is so cool!!!! I like these A LOT!

(your Crawford is wonderful - totally IC!)

BTW, kinder means 'children' - Kind, would be child (with a necessary capital K since it's a noun).

Re: oh wow

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Ta! Me being sloppy [runs off to change]

Thank you, I'm glad you like my Crawford. :-)
He and Schuldig are always my favorites/easiest to write.

Re: oh wow

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

Really? I always thought Schuldig might be more difficult.

Re: oh wow

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

No, not really. Though he's easier to write when I'm in a bolshie mood. :-D

Re: oh wow

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Farfarello, Omi and Ken are the ones I find truly difficult.

Re: oh wow

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

Hm. I find all of them difficult! :)

(and, your icon! My god - is he a Tory? Does he know Howard???

Re: oh wow

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Well, you have other strengths! :-) I just wish I could write YnM a fraction as good as you, but I find them all excruciatingly difficult. Even my favorites. [pouts]

?confused? It's from a Robert Frost series I did for Weiss:

Re: oh wow

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

*G* they're all very annoying (in YnM) to tell you the truth :) The Schwarz boys are much better! :)

confused? but why? the phrase just reminded me of Michael Howard and how he is still described as the man who has something of the night about him :) :)

Re: oh wow

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

I find I can't keep sympathy with Tsuzuki long enough to write him and Hisoka just plain irritates me (though he's interesting when he's going powermad). Muraki and Oriya I just can't wrap my head around. Tatsumi and Watari I can, but I love them too much too write anything but fluff! :-P

Oh! I hadn't heard that. (don't all politicians!?) [grin]

Re: oh wow

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

well, MH looks like Dracula! That can't be said of other politicians.

Tsuzuki - annoys me! :) He does! :) I do like Hisoka more. I haven't read the manga, where I think he goes powermad, but I will! I will!

Muraki and Oriya... :) I don't need to get into that! But they're both so messed up! That's why I like them :)

And what's wrong with fluff? Nice, happy fluff!! :) Or simply funny stories! :)

btw,

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

could I steal your phrase there? (I just have this insane urge to have an Oriya icon with: my fandom will pimp your fandom for money - lol)

(I'm just asking - my skills with photoshop are abysmal - I'd never pull that off... :))

Re: btw,

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

LOL! Of course, I don't even have first dibs on it. There's a lot of them going around. Mayatawi made me the original group one.

Re: btw,

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

I might try it someday! :) Thank you!

[hungry-worm.livejournal.com]

Like the phoenix rises from the ashes - that's my life's motto! ^_^

These are lovely, especially Nagi's!

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you liked them.

[balfrog.livejournal.com]

lalalalalala

Schuldig!

yayness!

(sorry- the others are pitch perfect, but I have a selective "Schuldig" reader on, all the time... mmmm)

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

LOL! Glad you liked them nonetheless. :-D

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I liked these. They're oddly sweet. Very nice!

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :-)