Ficlet - In the Shadows
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cornerofmadnessTitle --In the Shadows
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Disclaimer -- Arakawa owns all
Rating -- teen
Characters/Pairing -- Kimblee
Timeline/Spoilers -- end of the manga more or less
Word Count -- 212
Summary -- He lived in the shadows
Author’s Note -- Happy Birthdayseta_suzume
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For as long as he could remember, Kimblee had lived his life in the shadows. His alchemy master had been a very paranoid woman and she made sure no one ever saw anything they did. They worked in secret. In a deeper well of secrecy, he’d taken his alchemy further. She had no fear of discovery now, nothing but the peace of the grave. She had looked almost grateful to him.
The one time he had stepped out of the shadows was in the war. Granted, flickering shades of him reflecting from his explosions might have been the last thing many people saw. In retrospect, his master might have been on to something. Showing himself so fully had landed him in prison for years, long painful and humiliating years.
His only regrets now were that he hadn’t spent nearly enough time being free. Kimblee had planned to do so many things. He should have realized he could trust neither homunculus nor chimaera. Still, how ironic and fitting that he’d be consumed by a creature made up of almost entirely shadows. It wasn’t the end he had seen for himself. Now, to get the choir of the damned inside Selim Bradley to sing to Kimblee’s own song; he felt up to the task.
Author--
cornerofmadnessDisclaimer -- Arakawa owns all
Rating -- teen
Characters/Pairing -- Kimblee
Timeline/Spoilers -- end of the manga more or less
Word Count -- 212
Summary -- He lived in the shadows
Author’s Note -- Happy Birthday
seta_suzumeXXX
For as long as he could remember, Kimblee had lived his life in the shadows. His alchemy master had been a very paranoid woman and she made sure no one ever saw anything they did. They worked in secret. In a deeper well of secrecy, he’d taken his alchemy further. She had no fear of discovery now, nothing but the peace of the grave. She had looked almost grateful to him.
The one time he had stepped out of the shadows was in the war. Granted, flickering shades of him reflecting from his explosions might have been the last thing many people saw. In retrospect, his master might have been on to something. Showing himself so fully had landed him in prison for years, long painful and humiliating years.
His only regrets now were that he hadn’t spent nearly enough time being free. Kimblee had planned to do so many things. He should have realized he could trust neither homunculus nor chimaera. Still, how ironic and fitting that he’d be consumed by a creature made up of almost entirely shadows. It wasn’t the end he had seen for himself. Now, to get the choir of the damned inside Selim Bradley to sing to Kimblee’s own song; he felt up to the task.
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Date: 2013-02-20 10:07 pm (UTC)At "that he hadn’t spent nearly enough time being free" I had to feel for him. Ouch.
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Date: 2013-02-21 02:23 am (UTC)Yes, Kimbley needed to run free more
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