Imaginal Casements

Title: Letter: someone's getting coal in his Christmas stocking
Requester: lady_ganesh
Series: Kuroshitsuji / Saiyuki
Requested Characters: Ciel, Hakkai
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/1022754.html


My good sir,

I am somewhat surprised by the tone of your letter. You accuse me of a number of acts which I would certainly never commit, and in fact had to ask my butler for definitions of the same. Were it not for the dignity of my rank, surely my young age would make it unlikely (if not impossible) that I should be engaged in opium-running, theft of religious objects, and kidnapping of dragons.

I reiterate that I have absolutely no knowledge of the whereabouts of your pet, and can only suggest that someone of your own class is more likely to be guilty of such a crime.

I wish you the best of luck in your future journey, but must close now, as a local religious dignitary (called Genjou Sanzou or something similar) has just arrived, presumably to ask for Christmas donations.

Yours faithfully,

Ciel, Lord Phantomhive

Title: entertainment value
Requester: archangelbeth
Series: Saiyuki / Avatar
Requested Topic: Ummm... You know me and crossovers. Amber and/or Avatar and/or Saiyuki? (Jeepu and Momo might be adorable...) Prompt: Strangers/strange guests meeting on a holiday.
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/925482.html


Their new guests had all fallen asleep. Even the monk, who’d spent ages sitting around in front of the fire and smoking. Momo was curled up on top of their little dragon in front of the fire.

Then a woman appeared out of nowhere.

“Who are you?” Aang demanded. She was tall and wearing silk clothing, and so obviously Spirit World that it made him want to blink.

“I’m his aunt,” the woman said, nodding at the monk’s tent.

“And why are you here?”

She pointed a little box at Momo and Jiipu, and made it go click. “Blackmail photos.”

Title: confusing the issue
Requester: nadat
Series: Avatar / Saiyuki
Requested Topic: How about a Saiyuki and Avatar crossover, Prompt: Saving the world.
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/724310.html


"He won't turn into a jeep," Katara said, "however much you ask him to."

"But their one did," Aang protested, squeezing Momo hopefully.

"Yes, well. Their one was a dragon. A white dragon. Dragons are different."

"Don't ask me," Toph said unhelpfully. "Couldn't see him."

"Also," Sokka said, "I've been checking the records, and I am almost absolutely certain that our current problem is not due to the Fire Empire performing evil forbidden heretical science experiments with sorcery -- does anyone actually know what sorcery is? -- and everyone there going mad."

"Not even Zuko?" Katara asked.

"Okay," Sokka said. "Maybe Zuko."

Title: strawberry-scented shampoo
Requester: liralen
Series: Bleach / Saiyuki
Requested Topic: Gojyo (Saiyuki) and Renji (Bleach)-- "Bloody hair care".
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/685692.html


Having settled the fight via negotiation, discussion, and rational common sense, Hakkai and Kuchiki Byakuya were hunting for their respective colleagues. No doubt, Hakkai mused gloomily, Gojou would be in the middle of some extravagant brawl with this Renji person.

He hadn't expected to find them washing each others' hair in the river and complaining about the problems with split ends.

However, Kuchiki Byakuya's reaction to the situation (involving something called a bankai and a lot of swords) suggested that his feelings were not entirely dissimilar to Hakkai's when it came to colleagues bathing naked with strangers and discussing hairstyling.

Title: priorities
Requester: krecik
Requested Topic: Hakkai x Jeep.
Series: Saiyuki
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/452681.html

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Title: And On Day Seven Garrison Gossip Took A Rapid Vacation
Requester: picayochan
Requested Topic: Saiyuki Gaiden
Series: Saiyuki
Due to http://incandescens.livejournal.com/398869.html

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Trying to remember a quotation from something unrelated that I may end up incorporating in my writing anyhow because I do stuff like that. Yes, here it is. From an old ballad, The Bitter Withy.

Ah bitter withy, ah bitter withy,
You have caused me to smart,
And the willow shall be the very first tree
To perish at the heart.

I have come to the conclusion that this is a convenient place to make notes of ideas and quotations, if only because I am so narcissistic that I am bound to read it again and see them.

"Living on human flesh in the mountains since childhood as you have," said Monkey, "can you recognize two kinds of tree?"
"I don't know," Pig said. "Which two trees?"
"The willow and the sandalwood," Monkey replied. "The willow has a very soft nature, so that craftsmen can carve it into holy images or make statues of the Tathagata out of it. It's gilded, painted, set with jewels, decorated with flowers, and many worshippers burn incense to it. It receives unbounded blessings. But the sandalwood is so hard that it's used as the pressing-beam in the oil-press with iron hoops round its head, and it's hit with iron hammers too. The only reason it suffers like this is because it's so hard."
(_Journey to the West_, volume 4 in my edition)

Other than that -- Father's Day. My father liked the card and little book about text messages that I got him. My brother and sister also remembered to phone, which is good.

I put off my ironing till tomorrow. I just know that I'm going to regret this. Ah well.