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The Doppelganger Wars
Prologue
Puppet
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"Isn't there something really scary about people who knowingly, consciously, use other people as stepping stones?"
-NISIOISIN, Zuregeto: The Kubikiri Cycle
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Memory.
Falling down.
Way, way down.
To a place where you couldn't see me.
Where I couldn't see me.
Even now, in the mirror, it's odd, the reflection.
I can't quite make out.
What it is I find.(1)
It's certainly not me.
Not anymore.
Not without you.
"Do you love me?"
I don't know.
Can't tell.
Can't remember what that is.
Love.
A memory from long ago.
"A pawn is a simple, pliable tool."
A puppet.
"A...puppet?"
Is that what I am?
"You won't be needing this."
Is that why I can't remember?
"Think about it. Life without a heart will be so much more..."
Empty—puppets are empty.
They don't know love.
They don't know anything, can't remember.
Can't remember what it's like to be them.
L e o n
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Author's Note: I dunno why the line breakers don't work anymore, but it's really starting to bug me.
So, lol, my third work in progress. Why? Cause I'm so bored, I just want to write. At four in the morning! Per usual, an idea I've been mulling over for some time, and wanted to dish it out to the public. As a warning, this will have numerous yaoi pairings. That means guys having sex with other guys. And the main pairing with be Leon/Cloud centric, but there's a special person I can't wait to throw in to make it all the more intense. Oh, and yes, Cloud's uke.
This time, my intended world won't be post-apocalyptic...that much. I want this to be a grand fantasy involving myths and creatures and magic! And maybe I won't intend for Zexion and Demyx to die in this story! It will include characters from the others Final Fantasies too. I'm not very fond of OCs...except for Ziggy's and Angel's... and that one guy in Green Dreams...