"Letters from War" Notice: I'm currently working on the next chapter of "Letters from War" as we speak, or uh...read, for those who read this story as well as my other story ^^. Anyway, the next chapter will be titled "The Smile of the Devil". Stay tuned and read you soon! ;)
ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:
Guest: Aww, thank you so, so much! :) I feel honored being praised so! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Jadasimone16: Hmmm...true, true. Maybe Automail Alchemist? Something like, using alchemy to transmute base metals into automail parts or something like that lol or maybe manipulating metals? (shrugs)
Lily: haha cool! ^^ I gotta confess, while I was writing this I was remembering that not even two weeks ago, I had suffered from a persistent cold and when I remembered how absolutely shitty I felt, I felt sorry for Winry in that chapter :P
NOTE: Alright, so here "Truth" will be in the role of the author (or me in some way lol) and Satan will be...well he will be himself ^^. Parody fic! :D
Of Authors and Devils
Do authors cry when they kill the best characters or...?
They smile and laugh then have tea with Satan.
"So, how did your latest chapter go?" Satan asked conversationally, already smirking behind the rim of his tea cup.
Truth groaned in exasperation, "Well...not too good, my friend. You see, at the climax of the story, you know my story, right?" Truth stared him in the eye and the devil rolled his eyes.
"Which one? You've got too bloody many!" he leaned back in his chair, sipping tea again as he crossed his legs.
Truth rolled her eyes too, "Typical. I can't imagine being a man and the devil is good for your health," Satan spluttered, before Truth continued speaking, "Anyway, it's the story about the military. You know, where a mechanic and a soldier fall in love and all that?" (A/N: Yes, I just made a reference to "Letters from War")
Satan rose an eyebrow, "What did you do? Make them die in the front lines?" he examined his nails nonchalantly before fixing his friend with a look.
Truth sighed, mood depressed, "No, no, no...I killed off a very, very lovable character..." she sniffed, rubbing at her eyes, "Such a shame too...he was like...the father I never had..."
Satan deadpanned, "...We are two immortal, godly beings-"
"Alright, alright, shut up, I get it." She threw her hands in the air, gulping down her tea, "You know I have a flair for dramatics, dear Satan!"
The handsome demon grinned, "And how did your readers react?" he rested his chin on his hand, intrigued.
Truth grinned sheepishly, "Well..."
Images conjured before the two sitting deities and Satan's eyes widened when he saw them.
One picture depicted a crowd, one of the people in the crowd held up a poster that said, 'MILK YOU AUTHOR-SAN! I HOPE YOU'RE HIT BY A BUS!'
Truth rolled her eyes at Satan's glance, "Yeah, yeah...that ain't the worst of it,"
He read the next one, it was a forum.
Catgirl92 posted: "OMG! OMFG! Did you guys just read the latest chapter?! Did you SEE what happened?! He was killed! He got killed! The most lovable man got killed! Why does it always have to be the cute ones?! WHY AUTHOR-SAN!?"
FullmetalPrincess posted: (starts hyperventilating) I don't know how to take this, I've read it just now and...and...WHY SENPAI?! WHY!? WHAT DID THAT POOR MAN DO TO YOU?! Why do authors kill off precious characters?! He was just a pure, precious cinnamon roll at the wrong place at the wrong time! T_T"
ChatNoir66 reacted to FullmetalPrincess' post "T_T": "So true. Couldn't have said it better myself. I thought the war was supposed to continue with HIM fighting with everyone else?! Why did he have to die just when they-! Just...ugh...no...I...I need to be alone.
Catgirl92 reacted to ChatNoir66's post ":(": I know how you feel bro, right in the kokoro. T_T I sense a tragedy coming up after this, I can't begin to imagine how the other characters will react to his death. It's just...so unfair, it's horrible...I HATE YOU AUTHOR-SAN! I WANT TO SEE BLOOD!"
Satan whistled lowly, clapping slowly, "Well, well, well, you sure have dedicated readers. Enough to threaten you when you killed off a character. I'd say congratulations on gaining so much popularity, but that would ruin the fun, now wouldn't it?" he grinned, a flash of sharp teeth and mischievous grins.
"Oh shut up! Now I made my precious readers cry!" Truth sighed heavily, "Well, I suppose it can't be helped, after all the death of a fellow comrade or family member helps characters grow emotionally..."
Satan deadpanned bluntly, "You're just using that as an excuse..."
"Anyway, I think a new death may be beneficial-"
"For whom?" Satan interrupted, his friend ignored him.
"-Now, I don't want to kill off my main characters yet, or maybe not at all. Killing minor characters doesn't impact the readers as much...hmm...I guess it will have to be someone from the main cast but who?" Truth rubbed her chin thoughtfully.
Satan shook his head, "Don't tell me you spend your merry days sitting here and thinking of what characters to kill, God?" Satan's use of her title made her grimace.
"Very funny, but no. I have my duties to fulfill too," she paused, giving him a look, "Now, will you finally listen to me and tell me about how I killed them? I think my readers' reactions are adorable!" she gushed, giggling almost maniacally.
Now Satan was by no means a saint, but even he couldn't help but feel worried for his friend's sanity.
And killing off loveable characters?
Now that's just rude.
Something random, something short :3 BTW: Anyone here interested in Greek Mythology? I've been meaning to write a story with Poseidon (maybe an OC) :)