Colored Ripples

by Twilight PhoenixFyre

We see parts of the Ripples Trilogy through the eyes of others, but most of it is told by Kairi. Sometimes, however, there are thoughts that wish to be heard. A series of one-shots/deleted scenes told by various people from Ripples. 'T' because Ripples is.

1. Purpose and Colors

The Purpose and the Colors

Hi there! It's Kairi. (The author, not the character.) Anyway, I was about two-thirds of the way through Chapter 30, which is told from Sync's POV, when I stopped and realized something. Many of the thoughts of the characters around Kairi are never heard, leaving us oftentimes to question their motives. And, in some cases, that's intentional. In others, however, it is resulting in some unwanted inquiries. So, I sat down and wondered how I could fix this without inserting short bits and pieces of other POVs into the chapters. That would have made the whole thing very choppy, which was not something I wanted to do at all.

Then, the plot bunny that was responsible for the avalanche mini-arc came to me and put this idea into my head.

Why not make a one-shot, told from Sync's POV, about coming down from Mt. Roneal, getting caught in the avalanche, and that last moment before passing out, when he realized that he had been dug out?

Which lead to me wondering, why not make a story for a number of these one-shots, giving insight into the characters around Kairi?

So, this was born. I've pegged down eleven characters as being central to the story, and it is from these eleven that these 'chapters' will come from. Each one has been assigned a color, and most of them are pretty easy to figure out. But, just in case, here's the lineup:

Red-Asch
Pink-Nephry
Orange-Seth
Gold-Luke
Green-Sync
Blue-Jade
Purple-Flick
Brown-Cantabile
Black-Dark
Silver-Reighn
White-Kairi

And yes, Kairi is on this list, more for the chapters where I either skipped a number of days, or it's told from someone else's POV and I don't go through at least part of the chapter from her POV.

Also, these one-shots will cover both Re:ARitA and Re:AST (Re:A Spatial Tear). Really, Seth, Luke, Reighn, and Flick don't start playing major roles in the story until Re:AST, and there's also no reason why I shouldn't just put all of these together.

Well, enough of my babbling. I'm already posting the first one. It's from Nephry's POV. Enjoy!

Edit: I've removed Star and added Flick in her place. Kairi is now White (the absence of color, which is fitting enough, I suppose) while Flick is purple.