Nocturnal Insight
By DragonTeenager
The Slayers Vault- http://www.purple-gizmo.com/zelink14/
Afterword
DT: Congratulations! You've just finished yet another fic!
Zelgadis: ::grumbling::
DT: Glad it's over?
Zelgadis: Well, of course . . .
DT: Eh heh heh . . . Thanks. Anyway, thank you, reader, for taking the time to read my very first fic!
Zelgadis: 'First'?
DT: Yes - but don't worry! After writing this one, I regret to inform everyone that I've decided never to write one ever again! I don't have the time, and . . . Oy . . . this time took over two years, for crying out load! Can you tell? Anyway, I had some things I wanted to mention that I thought you, the reader might be interested in . . .
Zelgadis: Actually, no, not really.
DT: No, not you! Anyway . . . This, as you already know, is me, Lynda Miller, the author of this fic, and, of course, Slayers is not copyrighted by me, yadda yadda yadda . . .
Zelgadis: Thank goodness.
DT: You're telling me! Too much work, thank you! I think the creators have done an excellent job! Hence why I'm talking to an imaginary person.
Zelgadis: Ouch.
DT: Oh - uh . . . No offense, Zelgadis. Umm . . . would you mind leaving me with the reader or sitting quietly?
Zelgadis: I have some things to attend to anyway.
DT: Thanks for your time!
Zelgadis exits.
DT: Ok, now we can get down to business . . .
First I wanted to share some "behind the scenes" stuff . . . You may wonder where this idea came from. (If not, then why on earth are you still reading? ^_~) Anyway, I'd like to introduce you to 'our' cat Goofy, whom I based 'Zel Neko' after. I say 'our' because we received Goof from my aunt, because, unfortunately, she grew allergic. We took him in since we're already experienced with cats. Goof is ours, but my cousin (daughter of my aunt, obviously) informed us that whenever she moves out of her dangerous neighborhood (for cats, anyway) she'd like to take him back. Goofy is a male gray tabby with a pansy voice, but I love him anyhow. ^^ But anyway, that's Goofy. But how did this story idea come about, you ask?
Goofy is basically 'assigned' to sleep on my bed when we let him in at night, but he goes through times when he sleeps elsewhere, or decides not to come in. This was one of those times, and one night (or rather morning, I guess) after a month of being kitty-less, I woke up to find a warm clump of fur at my feet. That's when it hit me. BOOM. (No, not a Flare Arrow.) What would happen if Zelgadis was changed into a cat? Now, I understand that this idea has been used before, and in itself it's kind of silly, but the more I got to thinking about it the more I wanted to write it. You see, when I first got the idea I was trying to write another fanfic, which bombed, let me tell you. By chapter five it hadn't gone much of anywhere. Anyway, the time came when I gave up on the original one and eagerly began with Nocturnal Insight.
Something I remember about the 'planning' of my fic, which usually happens at night when I wait for sleep to come, was one night when I was thinking about what was to happen. All of a sudden my vision faded (I'm assuming my eyes were closed, but I wasn't asleep) and it was as if I was watching an episode rolling through my mind. What I saw was most of which is in chapter four(when Zelgadis discovers his state and has many tribulations), up until when Zelgadis arrives at the inn. From then after it's just whatever made sense.
Originally, if I remember correctly, the deal with the wizard was going to be different. At first I considered to allow the possessed man to still be alive, after all, and survive the incident, but for some reason his dying before the story actually sounded much better. I was never sure how to change Zelgadis back into a chimera, but I guess what I did end up having happen works, right?
Some of you may notice some . . . references to other sources. If you're wondering, yes, I play Diablo, or rather did at the time, it seems, since I adapted the idea of stones from that. I know it was kind of dark nearing the end there, but I guess that's just what was bound to happen since I was slightly in a 'Diablo phase'. (it also just seemed to work) I think of the Soul Stones as looking close to that of the jewel in Diablo's forehead. (Yeah, see, there you go! I shamelessly used the forehead scheme. That's copyrighted, too, I guess.)
And that reminds me . . . the Soul Stones were named such because of a slight personal misunderstanding. We'd bought the Slayers Playstation games way back when I was mustering up ideas for this fic, and in 'Slayers Wonderful' (or 'Wandahoo', if you so desire) there are stones you collect throughout the game to strengthen your magic power (most of which has been 'sealed', I guess). They're actually called "Seal Stones", but for some reason I messed up the S word and assumed they were called "Soul Stones' instead. I decided to use 'Soul Stone' for my fic, but was disappointed that I was using a name of a stone already used in Slayers; of course, later I discovered that it was actually 'Seal Stone' and not 'Soul Stone', so it was all good. Besides, 'Soul Stone' fit perfectly with what I was going for, so it was all good, despite the fact that I'd come across it on accident.
Unfortunately, I can't think of much else to mention about the fic . . . It seemed like there was more, but I guess not. Of course, some of you may be familiar with the fact that I rewrote some parts in this fic because of improper characterization and such, so it's much better now. But, like I just said, that's about it concerning the fic.
Lastly, I'd like to include my thanks. I'd like to thank, most of all, my punk Goofy, whom is so much like Zelgadis it's not even funny, and my sister, who lent some info about cats when I had writer's block. I'd also like to thank my friend Krelian Necros, author of Slayers Resurrection. (which I highly recommend) He might not think he did much, but throughout the process of posting his fic it got me to work on mine. And, I'd like to thank my local buds, SkyeWolf, Jussie (of the Neko Adoptions, for drawing with me ^_^), Nigi-chan (of the Anti-Anti Sasami Shrine), Heather, Miko and Ash (of the Slayers Warren), and probably several more, for their support. SkyeWolf in particular helped by conversing with me about my fic when I had writer's block. Thank you, all! I love you! And, lastly, thank you for taking the time to read my fic! I sincerely hope you enjoyed it, and, if you'd be so kind, leave me some comments! Thank you, and take care!
-Lynda Miller, the obsessive author
By DragonTeenager
The Slayers Vault- http://www.purple-gizmo.com/zelink14/
Afterword
DT: Congratulations! You've just finished yet another fic!
Zelgadis: ::grumbling::
DT: Glad it's over?
Zelgadis: Well, of course . . .
DT: Eh heh heh . . . Thanks. Anyway, thank you, reader, for taking the time to read my very first fic!
Zelgadis: 'First'?
DT: Yes - but don't worry! After writing this one, I regret to inform everyone that I've decided never to write one ever again! I don't have the time, and . . . Oy . . . this time took over two years, for crying out load! Can you tell? Anyway, I had some things I wanted to mention that I thought you, the reader might be interested in . . .
Zelgadis: Actually, no, not really.
DT: No, not you! Anyway . . . This, as you already know, is me, Lynda Miller, the author of this fic, and, of course, Slayers is not copyrighted by me, yadda yadda yadda . . .
Zelgadis: Thank goodness.
DT: You're telling me! Too much work, thank you! I think the creators have done an excellent job! Hence why I'm talking to an imaginary person.
Zelgadis: Ouch.
DT: Oh - uh . . . No offense, Zelgadis. Umm . . . would you mind leaving me with the reader or sitting quietly?
Zelgadis: I have some things to attend to anyway.
DT: Thanks for your time!
Zelgadis exits.
DT: Ok, now we can get down to business . . .
First I wanted to share some "behind the scenes" stuff . . . You may wonder where this idea came from. (If not, then why on earth are you still reading? ^_~) Anyway, I'd like to introduce you to 'our' cat Goofy, whom I based 'Zel Neko' after. I say 'our' because we received Goof from my aunt, because, unfortunately, she grew allergic. We took him in since we're already experienced with cats. Goof is ours, but my cousin (daughter of my aunt, obviously) informed us that whenever she moves out of her dangerous neighborhood (for cats, anyway) she'd like to take him back. Goofy is a male gray tabby with a pansy voice, but I love him anyhow. ^^ But anyway, that's Goofy. But how did this story idea come about, you ask?
Goofy is basically 'assigned' to sleep on my bed when we let him in at night, but he goes through times when he sleeps elsewhere, or decides not to come in. This was one of those times, and one night (or rather morning, I guess) after a month of being kitty-less, I woke up to find a warm clump of fur at my feet. That's when it hit me. BOOM. (No, not a Flare Arrow.) What would happen if Zelgadis was changed into a cat? Now, I understand that this idea has been used before, and in itself it's kind of silly, but the more I got to thinking about it the more I wanted to write it. You see, when I first got the idea I was trying to write another fanfic, which bombed, let me tell you. By chapter five it hadn't gone much of anywhere. Anyway, the time came when I gave up on the original one and eagerly began with Nocturnal Insight.
Something I remember about the 'planning' of my fic, which usually happens at night when I wait for sleep to come, was one night when I was thinking about what was to happen. All of a sudden my vision faded (I'm assuming my eyes were closed, but I wasn't asleep) and it was as if I was watching an episode rolling through my mind. What I saw was most of which is in chapter four(when Zelgadis discovers his state and has many tribulations), up until when Zelgadis arrives at the inn. From then after it's just whatever made sense.
Originally, if I remember correctly, the deal with the wizard was going to be different. At first I considered to allow the possessed man to still be alive, after all, and survive the incident, but for some reason his dying before the story actually sounded much better. I was never sure how to change Zelgadis back into a chimera, but I guess what I did end up having happen works, right?
Some of you may notice some . . . references to other sources. If you're wondering, yes, I play Diablo, or rather did at the time, it seems, since I adapted the idea of stones from that. I know it was kind of dark nearing the end there, but I guess that's just what was bound to happen since I was slightly in a 'Diablo phase'. (it also just seemed to work) I think of the Soul Stones as looking close to that of the jewel in Diablo's forehead. (Yeah, see, there you go! I shamelessly used the forehead scheme. That's copyrighted, too, I guess.)
And that reminds me . . . the Soul Stones were named such because of a slight personal misunderstanding. We'd bought the Slayers Playstation games way back when I was mustering up ideas for this fic, and in 'Slayers Wonderful' (or 'Wandahoo', if you so desire) there are stones you collect throughout the game to strengthen your magic power (most of which has been 'sealed', I guess). They're actually called "Seal Stones", but for some reason I messed up the S word and assumed they were called "Soul Stones' instead. I decided to use 'Soul Stone' for my fic, but was disappointed that I was using a name of a stone already used in Slayers; of course, later I discovered that it was actually 'Seal Stone' and not 'Soul Stone', so it was all good. Besides, 'Soul Stone' fit perfectly with what I was going for, so it was all good, despite the fact that I'd come across it on accident.
Unfortunately, I can't think of much else to mention about the fic . . . It seemed like there was more, but I guess not. Of course, some of you may be familiar with the fact that I rewrote some parts in this fic because of improper characterization and such, so it's much better now. But, like I just said, that's about it concerning the fic.
Lastly, I'd like to include my thanks. I'd like to thank, most of all, my punk Goofy, whom is so much like Zelgadis it's not even funny, and my sister, who lent some info about cats when I had writer's block. I'd also like to thank my friend Krelian Necros, author of Slayers Resurrection. (which I highly recommend) He might not think he did much, but throughout the process of posting his fic it got me to work on mine. And, I'd like to thank my local buds, SkyeWolf, Jussie (of the Neko Adoptions, for drawing with me ^_^), Nigi-chan (of the Anti-Anti Sasami Shrine), Heather, Miko and Ash (of the Slayers Warren), and probably several more, for their support. SkyeWolf in particular helped by conversing with me about my fic when I had writer's block. Thank you, all! I love you! And, lastly, thank you for taking the time to read my fic! I sincerely hope you enjoyed it, and, if you'd be so kind, leave me some comments! Thank you, and take care!
-Lynda Miller, the obsessive author