dnangel still isn't mine.
(interlude : a world without mirrors 01)
(This then is the past; unchangable and unchanging, frozen and perfect.
Dark walks along the gallery of his memories, brushing gently against the painted faces of Niwa now sleeping dreamlessly. Hello, my friends. Are you well are you happy now? I miss you.
The first of them, frozen in surprise, staring at something. Dark, maybe, or perhaps the Hikari of the time, standing above him as he crouched over his prize.
Someone else, gentle like Daisuke but not as strong, his back against a wall and holding something against his chest, wrapped in silk. Consumption took him, Dark remembers. He coughed and coughed and was always glad to transform because then for a while he could breathe. Dark had liked him.
Little Niwa boys, sometimes raised knowing their fate and sometimes not, as if not knowing what waited for them, watched over them as they learned their trade, would give them a little precious freedom. Daisuke toddling around, serious and earnest, learning the names of every work of art in the house, every lock ever made. Learning bolts and chains and handcuffs, learning the tricks for forcing a knot when someone was tying you up, the way to tell traps and pits and not get caught. Daisuke figuring out a new lock, Daisuke smiling, Daisuke learning to run and jump and dodge.
Niwa wives, Niwa daughters, brooded over and cared for until they left him again; Dark was always a little in love with them, he supposes. Girls coming into the Niwa house, dressed in heavy formal robes. Dark watching from the shadows as Niwa men smiled at them. Little girls running around, in geta and kimono in his earliest memories, then shoes and Western clothing, but always the prettiest girls in the world to Dark.
Emiko, his darling Emiko, his favorite of all the Niwa daughters, pulling the door open and stepping fearlessly into the treasure rooms, calling for him. Pleading, crying, why can't she be a thief too? Dark in the shadows, watching her helplessly. I'm sorry, little one. You can't, I can't, oh my pretty girl, don't cry. Don't cry. You're brave, you're a good girl, so please don't cry.
Hikari faces now, arrogant or tired or sad; Hiwatari's mother staring half-angrily at Emiko (why do you want him? why do you want to be Dark? her eyes say, why can't I stop looking at you?), the first Hikari with his pride and genius. Hiwatari staring at him, steady and intense. I won't let you have him, his face says. I'm tired but I have enough strength for this. Please, let it stop. I'm the last, haven't we paid enough?
Finally, and always, Krad.)
Yes, this is part of the story line. Sort of. It'll make sense. Eventually. I think.
Also, for the person wondering -- most of this is based on the Japanese edition, which is up to vol 10 (which I don't have, for fairly obvious but spoily reasons which boil down to 'I wasn't interested in the story line so I'm waiting for it to pick back up with the Hikari-Niwa plot'). The rest of it was sort of based on the anime - I say 'sort of' because I just took a few ideas from it (in between laughing hysterically at Satoshi's voice actor, I mean). The anime should be coming out fairly soon in the US, btw. It was 26 eps long and I have it hanging around somewhere waiting for me to get round to finish watching it. (They made the usual amazingly huge storyline changes. It's still a pretty good story, although I'm still sore they changed the VAs for Dark and Satoshi. And it's sort of hilarious how they try to NOT make it gay, and fail. Well, they had Ishida Akira for Satoshi, which makes it gay by DEFAULT.)
I have the first volume in English, and then got so mad at the changes (WTF, TP, would it have KILLED you to have Daisuke and Satoshi call each other by their last names? ARRRGH. And there's a REASON for Daisuke calling both the twins Harada-san. Promise) that I haven't bothered buying the rest, although I did flip through 3 the other day (Meg: (&)#!?!!) and may get the later volumes. Possibly. Depending on how much it continues to make me twitch. I have nothing bad against Tokyo-Pop, it's just that I've learned not buy stuff I have heavy emotional attachments to unless I'm sure the translation won't make me sceam at the book in the bookstore. (Unless I'm at my local comics store, where they're used to me doing crap like that.)
Also please note that I have no idea when chapter three will be out. I'm trying, but like I said before, I have to rewrite the heist and do a new part, and after three it's all 'and things happened ...er... um....and they happened' for about four more chapters before I get to where I have actual written material again. -.-
(interlude : a world without mirrors 01)
(This then is the past; unchangable and unchanging, frozen and perfect.
Dark walks along the gallery of his memories, brushing gently against the painted faces of Niwa now sleeping dreamlessly. Hello, my friends. Are you well are you happy now? I miss you.
The first of them, frozen in surprise, staring at something. Dark, maybe, or perhaps the Hikari of the time, standing above him as he crouched over his prize.
Someone else, gentle like Daisuke but not as strong, his back against a wall and holding something against his chest, wrapped in silk. Consumption took him, Dark remembers. He coughed and coughed and was always glad to transform because then for a while he could breathe. Dark had liked him.
Little Niwa boys, sometimes raised knowing their fate and sometimes not, as if not knowing what waited for them, watched over them as they learned their trade, would give them a little precious freedom. Daisuke toddling around, serious and earnest, learning the names of every work of art in the house, every lock ever made. Learning bolts and chains and handcuffs, learning the tricks for forcing a knot when someone was tying you up, the way to tell traps and pits and not get caught. Daisuke figuring out a new lock, Daisuke smiling, Daisuke learning to run and jump and dodge.
Niwa wives, Niwa daughters, brooded over and cared for until they left him again; Dark was always a little in love with them, he supposes. Girls coming into the Niwa house, dressed in heavy formal robes. Dark watching from the shadows as Niwa men smiled at them. Little girls running around, in geta and kimono in his earliest memories, then shoes and Western clothing, but always the prettiest girls in the world to Dark.
Emiko, his darling Emiko, his favorite of all the Niwa daughters, pulling the door open and stepping fearlessly into the treasure rooms, calling for him. Pleading, crying, why can't she be a thief too? Dark in the shadows, watching her helplessly. I'm sorry, little one. You can't, I can't, oh my pretty girl, don't cry. Don't cry. You're brave, you're a good girl, so please don't cry.
Hikari faces now, arrogant or tired or sad; Hiwatari's mother staring half-angrily at Emiko (why do you want him? why do you want to be Dark? her eyes say, why can't I stop looking at you?), the first Hikari with his pride and genius. Hiwatari staring at him, steady and intense. I won't let you have him, his face says. I'm tired but I have enough strength for this. Please, let it stop. I'm the last, haven't we paid enough?
Finally, and always, Krad.)
Yes, this is part of the story line. Sort of. It'll make sense. Eventually. I think.
Also, for the person wondering -- most of this is based on the Japanese edition, which is up to vol 10 (which I don't have, for fairly obvious but spoily reasons which boil down to 'I wasn't interested in the story line so I'm waiting for it to pick back up with the Hikari-Niwa plot'). The rest of it was sort of based on the anime - I say 'sort of' because I just took a few ideas from it (in between laughing hysterically at Satoshi's voice actor, I mean). The anime should be coming out fairly soon in the US, btw. It was 26 eps long and I have it hanging around somewhere waiting for me to get round to finish watching it. (They made the usual amazingly huge storyline changes. It's still a pretty good story, although I'm still sore they changed the VAs for Dark and Satoshi. And it's sort of hilarious how they try to NOT make it gay, and fail. Well, they had Ishida Akira for Satoshi, which makes it gay by DEFAULT.)
I have the first volume in English, and then got so mad at the changes (WTF, TP, would it have KILLED you to have Daisuke and Satoshi call each other by their last names? ARRRGH. And there's a REASON for Daisuke calling both the twins Harada-san. Promise) that I haven't bothered buying the rest, although I did flip through 3 the other day (Meg: (&)#!?!!) and may get the later volumes. Possibly. Depending on how much it continues to make me twitch. I have nothing bad against Tokyo-Pop, it's just that I've learned not buy stuff I have heavy emotional attachments to unless I'm sure the translation won't make me sceam at the book in the bookstore. (Unless I'm at my local comics store, where they're used to me doing crap like that.)
Also please note that I have no idea when chapter three will be out. I'm trying, but like I said before, I have to rewrite the heist and do a new part, and after three it's all 'and things happened ...er... um....and they happened' for about four more chapters before I get to where I have actual written material again. -.-