In December of 2006, I took on a writing project. I am a literary role-player online, and at that time I was going through a move that kept me from internet service for about two months. So, to keep myself active and practiced, I began writing stories based off of the character I played—Aerith of FF7, post-game, from a silly prompt-based writing challenge on LiveJournal. They mostly focused around a relationship with Reno of the Turks that evolved from strictly sexual, to mutually abusive and resentful at the feelings that had developed inadvertently, to utterly warm and accepting of their inseparability.
To be honest, I didn't expect her to become what she did—the idea was almost absurd. I took the character, and brought her back to life from death after the events of the game, and completely changed her morally and philosophically. Call it an experiment. She had been dead, had given up her life in sacrifice, saved the world, only to find that she'd done so in vain—the world didn't care much about her sacrifice, nor how she'd spared mankind. She'd saved their lives and was rewarded with indifference. She saw things—people, and the line between good and evil—differently from then on.
Somehow, this idea took off—the character evolved, took over a big part of my life for a period of time, and became fairly well-known among some communities. Her story began to write itself, and what was once meant to tide me over until I could get myself back online with my friends became something of an obsession. To get this damn thing finished. The prompts, as follows below, don't really follow any linear chronology, are sometimes just based off a random idea that I don't consider to be her 'canonical' history, until about the 74th chapter (barring 76 Weight, which was written long before several others), when it starts to taper off into what I consider the meat of her story, and the beginning of the end—closure, for lack of a better word.
It's taken a lot of personal investment, to an unhealthy level at times, and a whole lot of time, as of yet unfinished, but getting there. Keep an open mind, and enjoy.
001. Phobia
002. Addict
003. Dance
004. Sing
005. Cruise
006. Careen
007. Psychic
008. Insomniac
009. Bath
010. Homo
011. Coma
012. Suicide
013. Traitor
014. Loyal
015. Miracle
016. Divorce
017. Function
018. Lonesome
019. Belch
020. Stink
021. Labor
022. Dropout
023. Quit
024. Aghast
025. Station
026. Nervous
027. Eliminate
028. Birth
029. Medicated
030. Poor
031. Rob
032. Confess
033. Forgive
034. Cranky
035. Breakdown
036. Still
037. Lover
038. Flame
039. Run
040. Wake
041. Speech
042. Last Wish
043. Angel
044. Elope
045. Blind
046. Dream
047. Journey
048. Drown
049. Alive
050. Stomach
051. Raw
052. Force
053. Power
054. Drive
055. Sore
056. Beg
057. Repeat
058. Rise
059. Mercy
060. War
061. Race
062. Blur
063. Coercion
064. Duty
065. Rivalry
066. Match
067. First
068. Skin
069. Overdose
070. Band
071. Alcoholic
072. Spiteful
073. Need
074. Pain
075. Bubble
076. Weight
077. Instrument
078. Dependant
079. Guide
080. Track
081. Lacking
082. Curse
083. Haircut
084. The Morning After
085. Sink
086. Cool
087. Crybaby
088. Admit
089. Defeat
090. Fickle
091. Haze
092. Speed
093. Ticket
094. Vomit
095. Bleeding
096. Wicked
097. The End
098. Rain
099. Funeral
100. Sunlight