Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 11 Mar 2011
Summary: 08 February 2000 edition.
Rating: K+
Characters/Pairings: Kain, Rosa
Author Notes: gimcrack, noun;
1. A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw.
adjective;
1. Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy.
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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"What is that?"
Rosa giggled at Kain's expression, because she'd never seen him so confused and aghast before. She couldn't blame him. She'd been confused at first as well.
"It's a bow."
The older blonde sputtered before pointing an accusing finger at the object in question.
"You can't use that in a battle!"
Of course that would be his first thought. If it was in any way shaped like a weapon, it had to be useful in combat. Then again, if it was in any way shaped like a weapon, Rosa thought it really should be possible to use it as one. And she couldn't hope to use this. At all. Who had ever heard of a gilded gold bow with crystal ornaments dangling all over it? Honestly, it was a bit gaudy for her tastes, too. But it was still funny and kind of cute.
"No, I think I'm supposed to hang it on a wall."
Kain stared at it for a minute longer, and the twelve year old heiress wondered if he was going into shock over the whole thing.
"Where did you even get that?"
"Fergus Putinhand."
Blinking, the older blonde narrowed his eyes and turned to Rosa with a perturbed scowl.
"He's giving you gifts now?"
Laughing lightly, the smaller blonde brought both hands to her hips.
"Really, Kain? What else could this possibly be?"
The knight-to-be relaxed due to the tone of her voice and Rosa shook her head. Kain was always so overprotective.
"Honestly, I'm not sure where to put this."
"May I suggest a ditch?"
The apprentice white mage couldn't help but giggle some over that, swatting the larger blonde on the arm.
"Could you possibly be any more wasteful?"
Kain suddenly got a rather fiendish expression and leaned closer to her, his voice dropping – to keep the birds from overhearing, she supposed.
"We could try using it."
Azure eyes blinked once before her brows quirked; she knew he knew a good amount about archery because of how much he liked to hunt, so his words made no sense to her.
"Kain, it doesn't have the proper strength and the string isn't even taut enough."
Shifting back to rock on his heels, the larger blonde looked heavenward with such a mock innocent expression on his face.
"How can we know if we don't try?"
Grinning, Rosa punched him in the shoulder and turned toward the archery fields.
"You can't feign innocence for anything, you know."
He took to her side with a matching grin, and the shorter blonde couldn't help some amusement at the thought of how completely mangled this thing was going to be once Kain was done with it. She didn't really mind, because she wasn't even an archer yet and she really didn't need something this tacky hanging over the mantle in her house by her father's sword. That would just be painfully hideous.