Word August 2000

by garnet eyes

Using Dictionary .com's August 2000 Word of the Day as basis for freehand thoughts and interactions of the Baron trio. Length and perspective both vary. Not intended to follow a single timeline. Kain, Rosa, and Cecil in various combinations.

25. Consanguineous C

Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 30 May 2011
Summary: 26 August 2000 edition.
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Golbez
Author Notes: consanguineous, adjective;
1. Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.

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Being told that he'd been facing his own brother this entire struggle had struck him dumb. Always, Cecil had known that he was an orphan, that he had been born to parents that either did not want him or could not afford to keep him and had left him under a tree in the wilds, left an infant to either die or be discovered. Since he had been found so close to Baron, the paladin had dreamed as a child that his parents were citizens of the kingdom, perhaps even residents of Baron City. Yet he had never seen any who he thought he might resemble, never any who were pale enough, or had light enough hair, or bore even the most remote tinge of blue to their lips. The hope had died out early in his youth, the longing to know even one blood relation, to know one thing about the family that he hailed from. There was no one else like him; he'd come from nowhere and even his name was not truly his own; His Majesty had generously bestowed upon him the name of an extinct Baron clan, but Cecil knew that he was not a highborn.

And now in quick succession he had uncovered an uncle and a brother, and that he wasn't even human, and that was simply too much. He'd honestly intended to kill Golbez before now, to stop the blight that the cruel warlock brought to the world. Cecil would have slaughtered his own flesh and blood, and he would have done so without mercy. His entire being recoiled at such a thought, because Golbez had done horrible things but Cecil couldn't murder his own brother in cold blood. He simply couldn't.