A/N1: Hey sister, I’m sorry it took so long for me to respond and I’m even more sorry that you are unable to be yourself. But I’m glad that you have reached out, that you have that small comfort to revel in your identity, and I hope that someday soon you will be able to do so completely.
Be strong, be safe, and know that we are here for you. I would love to fill this prompt for you; thank you for bringing it to me.
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1) Shadows Also Dream: Or, Eerin Nara* is Not a Jedi
There is no Light side, there is no Dark side, there is only the Force.
Eerin breathes, lets the waves of natural chakra wash over him, meditates and centers himself. The sun is only beginning it’s climb into the sky, cold air damp with dew.
This is nothing compared to his Mum’s morning stretches.
Around him he can feel the other students do the same, can feel them harmonize their chakra to each other, to their teacher’s…
… all except for one.
He opens his eyes and meets someone else’s–Ben Organa, Master Luke’s nephew, though that’s not really how he’s supposed to be considered.
Just another student like everyone else.
The sun is still rising, casting long shadows across the ground. His family would consider it strategically ideal.
Ben’s eyes widen in surprise, before he turns away, red creeping along his cheeks. Embarrassment more than anger, but not without the latter.
Eerin closes his eyes–quick so as to avoid Master Luke’s attention, but long enough for what really matters.
A figure in armor, helmet, and cloak. A lightsaber held high over fallen bodies.
There is no Light side, there is no Dark side, there is only the Force. But even then: Eerin doesn’t need to be a user of Light to save lives.
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2) Counterclockwise (Sundials Don’t Rust): Or, Leanne Peridot Apparently Has More Than One Sister
There are three things about the future Regina knows to be true:
Galileo will never betray her.
Her visions are never wrong.
She will one day kill her father.
That last one has less to do with her abilities and more to do with her determination.
Of course, whose to say how any of that will come to pass.
Perhaps Galileo will never betray her because he will die long before he ever could–their line of work far from safe, and him in the thick of things.
Perhaps her visions are never wrong, but her interpretation of them–lacking context–may very well be.
And perhaps instead of killing her father, he will end up killing her instead. Or perhaps he’ll drink himself to death, or he’ll have a heart attack, or he’ll slip on a wet sidewalk and crack his head open.
She’ll never have that problem, at least. Her eyes are always on the ground, always steps ahead of everyone else just by looking at their shadow.
Until, one day, her father’s shadow changes.
Ah, so she really will kill him one day.
Unless he has another daughter who will beat her to the punch.
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3) Walking Around (Eyes Wide Open): Or, Sakako Uchiha Does Not See Dead People
In a family of shadow manipulators, it’s easy enough to ignore.
At first.
For the Nara, silhouettes are less about physics and more about discipline and creativity. Despite her name, the Nara genes run strong, and there is no harm in that.
By itself.
But she is still the Uchiha heiress, and whether or not curse of her bloodline is fact or superstition, it still flows through her veins.
The Sharingan. Once it sees something, it can never forget.
But maybe, if she doesn’t understand–if she chooses not to–then it doesn’t matter. Just strange shapes upon the ground instead of messages from beyond.
Mum doesn’t often speak about her younger years–it is in the past, she says, to be learned from but not drag us down–but Sakako understands enough:
Knowledge is both power and responsibility.
Once she takes that step, she can never go back.
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A/N2: Three different fills! Just trying to get a feel for this ability, because it seems very cool but I don’t know if I fully understand it as a mechanism yet. I might come back to it in the future! 😀
So “Eerin Nara” is the Stars Also Dream equivalent of Kinokawa Nara. Going with the idea that the closest thing SAD!Yoshino had to family was her Jedi Master Bant Eerin, not the Kinokawas who, while very nice, didn’t really understand her.
I have some ideas for what kanji the name Eerin would use, but I’m not sure which is the best. Not that his kanji is important in a writing sense, given I write in English, but I like having that little tidbit of ~flavoring~. Kanji possibilities under the cut for anyone else interested.
Ask Box Advent Calendar is on!
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慧 (wisdom, enlightenment, insight)
影 (shadow, reflection, image, light, trace)
映 (reflect, harmonize, to project, to cast [a shadow])
栄 (glory, prosperity, to shine/glow)
Rin
倫 (ethics, morals)
臨 (to peek through, to examine, to face)
理 (reason, truth, justice)
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