everlastingsoul: (Ramirez)
Athena ([personal profile] everlastingsoul) wrote2005-12-15 04:17 am

And another drabble...

Title: Before Sleep
Fandom: Suikoden III
Characters: Albert, George, Elisa Silverberg
Prompt: He/His/Him
Word Count: 310
Rating: No warnings
Author's Notes: Haven’t finished Suikoden Tactics yet, so if Graska and/or Kooluk somehow doesn’t exist by the end of the game, I don’t know about it yet. ^^;; Another mindless [and short] moment in time, this time during the family's time in the Island Nations. Following the points made in "Those That Were Deserted," George takes his family to the Island Nations and Kooluk and stays there until the Toran Liberation War is over.


Started: December 13, 2005
Finished: December 15, 2005 (3 AM)

“This is Graska, the capital of the Kooluk Empire. Gorgeous, isn’t it?”

Albert blinked sleepily as he rested in his father’s arms, his head pillowed on his father’s shoulder. The world was a mass of whirling gold and marble, large and foreboding and completely unknown to him.

Of course, Albert was only a child -- only a baby of two years. He was more interested in how comfortably he could be carried than how grandiose the architecture of the large city was. Toddling around had proven to be incredibly tiring, and it was no wonder that he was slipping in and out of dreamland.

“It’s certainly different.” His mother had carried him immediately after he had finished toddling, but had surrendered him to his father when her arms began to tire. “The buildings are much larger here than Gregminster.”

“Size doesn’t necessarily equal power.” There was a smile to his father’s voice, and Albert dimly clutched at the soft leather of his father’s coat with his small hands. “Is there anything you would like to see?”

“An inn, perhaps? Albert’s already dozing.” Albert shifted his head to aim his bleary gaze at his mother, who smiled and sweetly kissed his hair. “Almost dozing. Do you want to go to bed, honey?”

He mumbled and rubbed his cheek against his father’s coat, sniffing as something soft and warm fell over his head and shoulders -- his father’s scarf. Finding the cotton scarf more comfortable than what he presently held onto, the child balled up what material he could reach and burrowed his hands into it.

“Hm… We should get him his own; he’s growing too attached to mine,” his father chuckled, stroking his son’s hair through the dark scarf.

“When we go home,” promised his mother. Her amusement was apparent in her joyful lilt even as his awareness dipped into dreamless slumber.

[identity profile] karthur.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
zomg! Baby!Albert is making me melt into fangirl glee.
Well done, as always.

[identity profile] mithrigil.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)

Positively adorable.

[identity profile] yubberducky.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That was adorable. And I don't even like babies that much.

[identity profile] seta-suzume.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww.....

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
All I got to say is:

Muahahaha.

Very cute, Ana. ^^ Makes me remember when you used to RP him as "Alby" with me and Tuts. Gawd, I miss those days.. Remember how Tuta would run around with the signs and stick Albert in his medical bag? XD

[identity profile] mithrigil.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)

Where in the name of all things sacred do you get those icons? Ye gods!

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Doujinshi, fanart, and one heck of a perverted twisted sense of humor. ... I think it's mostly the humor. :D

[identity profile] mithrigil.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Your boy has some DANGEROUS curves. Unless that's actually Lena Sephia's behind.

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, it's Sasarai's. I DID think he was a girl until I played Suikogaiden II, though, so I'm partial to the more femme pics of him. The fact that I sometimes enjoy writing him as one certainly doesn't help.

[identity profile] mithrigil.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)

I tend to think of Sasarai as an ungendered individual, but his association with a female element and tendency to giggle certainly don't make his maleness apparent. I constantly worry that his friendship with Futch is getting too slashy and it's gotten to the point where Yuber is making jokes about Sasarai being the mother of Albert's children. In my head, I mean. And by that I mean fic.

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.. In a bit of a project I share with Athena here, Sasarai IS the mother of Albert's children. All five of them, hee hee.

My views on Sasarai are complicated, right down to gender. I sometimes see him as girly, and other times not. Regardless, I enjoy writing interaction between him and children, and think he'd make a wonderful parent. ^^; It's somewhat easy to put him into a maternal sort of role.

As for slash, I've never found it to be a big deal when I've written him, but that might just be me again. :D; I'm of the opinion that it'd take someone a lot of effort to even get through the invisable walls he's got up around himself, and if they managed to pull that off, gender would probably be the last concern he had about it at that point. So -if- it's done with enough care, I can see him with a male. ... Except Luc. There's just no possible way anyone will ever be capable of justifying Luc/Sasarai to me.

And I'll shush now, because I'm probably rambling off again. Bad habit, you see.

[identity profile] yubberducky.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The mention of "Tuts" makes me think of the good old days. And then I get all misty-eyed and sad, because the good old days are never coming back. I miss the good old days.

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes two of us, Amy. =/ *snughug* Like Gussie, and Yuber's random violence, and Luc's cliff... and the amazing army of Juans. XD

At least we still have the memories, yes? ^^

[identity profile] yubberducky.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
*snughug right back atcha* Amazing army of Juans? Que? I guess I missed some conferences... XD Or I'm senile, whichever.

It's true that we have memories, but memories are never as good as the people I don't talk to anymore. Oh well.

[identity profile] pansiest-bishop.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I refer to when you kept killing him and he kept coming back. =P We have it in quotes somewhere. That's what we should do sometime-- get what's left of the gang together and look through some of those. X3

And trust me, I know what you mean. :/

[identity profile] yubberducky.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes. I remember that quite clearly. I should resume that activity, I'm sure Ryan would enjoy it immensely. Also, I agree about getting the gang together to look through those quotes. They're damn hilarious quotes.

:(

[identity profile] yubberducky.livejournal.com 2005-12-16 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Also, Christi just came online. And I talked to her. Totally ironic, but wonderful at the same time.