Primary Pairing: N/A
Starring: Flash Pyre, Nullsilver Luna
Secondary Pairing Trio: YuuAyuSetsu
Rating: T
Words: 656
Fandom: D&D, Love Live Nijigasaki
Time Frame: D&D, ??? / Niji, sometime during their 1st (?) year of college
Event: Promptober 2023
Event Source: Idol Fanfic Heaven channel on Discord
Prompt: Esoteric
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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 6th
Summary: Flash and Nullsilver shop for some unusual items
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“Eh? Whadaya want, kid?”
Flash inhaled and was about to open his mouth when a hand touched his. A silent reminder not to lose his cool. Thus, he bit down on the retort he had been about to issue.
“Give ya ten platinum fer the forged.” The grizzled shopkeep grumbled.
Flash blinked. He hadn’t expected that.
“Cayos is not for sale.” Nullsilver stated.
Anyone familiar with the elven girl would have been able to detect some irritation under her monotone.
“So again, whadaya kids want?”
“We heard this shop was the best place to find some… how shall we say, esoteric equipment.” Flash explained.
“Oh?” The man seemed to lighten a little.
“Yes, we were told we could find keys to the drop zone here.”
“Aye,” The man nodded, “just got a shipment of ‘em last week.”
“Blinker fluid.”
“By cask or flask.”
“A box of grid squares.”
“Might take a bit a searchin’ in the back room.”
“And winter air for windmills.”
“A popular item this time a year. Inventory’s runnin’ low. Better buy quick.”
“And that’s our list.”
“Right.” The shopkeep stooped behind his counter for a moment. “Here we have a fine selection of keys to all manner of zones.” A sizable ring of keys jangled in his hand.
“Drop zones, specifically.” Flash reminded.
“Right.” He shuffled through the keys. “Ah, yes, here.” He indicated one that appeared to have been intricately inlaid with gold. “Drop Zone Alpha, the finest of them all. Seven gold.”
“Five.” Flash countered.
“Six.”
“Sold.”
Flash reached for his coin pouch but noticed a subtle signal from Nullsilver. Oh, thank the gods, finally.
“On second thought,” he smirked, “I think we should just collect your bounty.”
“What?” The man growled.
“Surely you didn’t think the local nobility was unaware of your fraudulent activities. Cayosin,” He turned to the warforged behind him, “if you would be so kind.”
Cayosin produced a set of manacles and began to step around the counter.
The shopkeep shouted something in a language Flash did not know. A door burst open and several armed figures filed out. Weapons already drawn, they charged.
Flash smirked and sent a fireball past them to take care of further reinforcements.
“What the…” The shopkeep sputtered at the explosion in his backroom. “How?”
“I had Weyog Kornari disable your antimagic device.” Nullsilver explained, naming her spider-like automaton companion.
She dropped a pair of metallic spheres. One shifted into a cat-like automaton that pounced at the closest guard. The other sprouted wings and shot into the air before firing small thunderbolts from its beak at another guard.
For his part, Flash wasted no time in sending a cone of flame into a pair of nearby opponents. All the while, Cayosin subdued and manacled the shopkeeper.
Nearly as quickly as it started, the fight was over. Unprepared to face the magical might of a sorcerer, the mechanical menaces of an artificer and the strength of a warforged, the fraudster and his goons swiftly surrendered.
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“I think I know which character Setsuna-chan is going to play next.” Yuu said as she looked up from the draft she had been given to review.
Setsuna smiled. “Flash Pyre has been fun to write so far. And I think playing a caster might be a nice change of pace. Although I will still miss playing Lacey Rayshun…”
“I’m sure Shizuku-chan would be willing to run a game from the earlier time.” Yuu assured.
“Is Rina-chan is up still playing Luna?” Ayumu inquired.
“She said yes when I asked.” Setsuna replied. “And since Nullsilver Luna is an elf, she would still be alive in this time frame and available for her to play.”
“What characters do you have for me and Ayumu to play?” Yuu asked.
“Well, there’s Keltahk Cayosin, the warforged fighter from this chapter… as well as…” Setsuna reached for her notes and began to explain her roster of prebuilt potential player characters.
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Author's Note Continued: I made a joke in the IFH event channel about how for this prompt I should write references to my old unpublished D&D stories that none of my current readers would understand. Then I spent wa~y too much time rereading said old works to remind myself of a few things, only to get distracted and end up rereading other chapters as well.
But if I learned anything from the venture, it's that I'm glad I haven't published any of it. If I do ever decide to start posting those stories, I will have to either write entirely new stuff, like this event entry, or do some serious revamping of the old stuff. Either way, LL has the lions share of my attention, so I have no intention of redirecting too much of my efforts away from it at this time.
Anyway, if any my current readers remember, the first stories I posted here on tumblr were not Love Live fanfics. Instead, I had tried my hand at participating in a sort of event over on the fansite Sukutomo. The theme was to create "idolsonas" and draw or write about them in the Love Live universe. I translated a handful of my D&D characters into this world, and Flash and Luna were among those chosen. Ryqoshay, my screen namesake, and Yozakura also starred in some of the chapters. So there is some meta esoteric stuff for the prompt.
Edit: Almost forgot, got both prior prompts in again, Thunderbolt from '21 and Seven from '22.
Given Name: Aelic Hogosha
Stage Name: Flash Pyre
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Year: First
Birthday: (TBD)
Height: 159 cm
Eyes: Sapphire
Hair: Crimson
Blood Type: (TBD)
Hobbies: Currently, singing and dancing
Favorite Food: Anything flame grilled, though preferably meat
Least Favorite Food: Most raw vegetables and fruits
Main Color: Red
Main Attribute: Smile
Sub-unit: (Undecided)
Charm Point: His flashy sense of style
Born into one of the oldest and thus, one of the most traditional Japanese families, Aelic always dreamed of moving to the city, becoming famous and living a life of modern luxury. A singer, an actor, a musician, an artist, he didn’t care, so long as it was flashy, garnered him a lot of attention and earned a lot of money. Haughty, proud, determined and goal driven, Aelic is not willing to let much stand in his way and he is always ready and willing to show off his talents.
It was to this end that he taught himself many skills that could help pave the way to one of these careers. He taught himself how to sing and learned to play guitar from books in the local library. He dabbled in water color and oil as well as sketching and calligraphy. He took ballet lessons for about a year and wrote poetry the next. He tackled starring roles in several school plays in both elementary and middle school. He figured at some point, something would catch his fancy and hold his focus long enough to be the driving force on his road to stardom.
It wasn’t until he had to start looking at high school entrance exams that he stumbled across the application to Tomodachi Academy. The concept of being famous as early as high school and not having to wait until after appealed greatly to Aelic, so he applied immediately. While his parents were not exactly supportive of the idea, they realized their child was stubborn enough that he would attend the school with or without their help, so they relented and granted their permission. Thus, Aelic began his journey towards his much desired fame and fortune.
