soft epilogue

chapter 14 of the banshee and the prophet: cotton candy skies

whehehehe so having time off from work and school made my brain mush and it's that neverending cycle of wanting to write so badly when i don't have time, but then when i do have it, i do everything EXCEPT write. so while tbatp has been on my brain even throughout all of it, i came to my google doc and typed away every so often and took forever to put down at least this. LOL so originally, chapter 14 was going to be what's going to go down in what will now be chapter 15. i decided to split this into two different chapters just because i felt like this (while summative and chill) is more of a relationship building chappie versus the thick plot one that i wanted to come next. so in order to give our plot heavy chapter the attention it deserves, i decided to keep these things separate. they, of course, will still be relatively cohesive just bc the events happen within the same day.

i'm hoping to have chapter 15 out sooner rather than later, but lemme kickstart my brain again. this chapter is just super important, so i wanna make sure i get my thoughts straight before i go past the point of no return. plus i love writing fluff and relationship stuff, but writing plot stuff is SOOOO fun and i've been so excited about finally getting to this place, so now that i'm here maybe i'm having stage fright. but, alas, i will try to write (probably more likely after being hit by divine inspiration versus trying to force it) and get something out soon.

as for this chapter!!! it's a shinso aira relationship building chapter. i love the way they talk to each other and kinda pull each other out of their own personal hiding places because they have this common cause. writing their banter comes so easy to me and i just am enjoying it so much!!! some of the stuff in this chapter was so unplanned but once i got to typing, it just popped out of me and that was that! the clickiness of my keyboard was immensely satisfying while writing this heheheheh <3

anyways, have a fun read for those of you reading it! appreciate it a ton. i'm just enjoying writing this for myself so having anyone reading it at all is just a cherry on top <3

additionally, all image resources came from pinterest.

chapter 13 of the banshee and the prophet: thirteen year old him

chapter 13!!!!!!! i had to name the title that after i realized i was literally writing chapter 13

hahahaha so i know i literally just uploaded chapter 12 after mulling over it endlessly for two weeks, but really the reason i went ahead and posted it was because i was stewing on this little chapter!! so, i totally wasn't going to do this at first, but then it was in my head all day today and i was like ok lemme just pump this shit out and now yk my entire evening was spent writing, editing, and making a fun little gif edit for this LOL. well, the edit was mildly annoying because i was editing every single frame of the gif because the original gif had red eyes and it would just irk me so bad if i didn't change it to green since kai has green eyes. but, very happy with how it turned out!!!

ok as obvious by the edit, this chapter is about kai!!!!!! it's from his perspective which is so fun and i really like writing him LMAO it's feels more fun tbh to write from his perspective than to write him being involved in a scene if that makes sense?? like love writing aira, but idk i enjoyed writing kai more from his own perspective?! it reminds me of when i wrote from his perspective in the cat and mouse vampire au which omg i reread today so that i could remember how i wrote from his perspective before and honestly that's one of my favorite little fics i've ever done. so delicious and tragic!!!!

also tho tbh i feel myself getting into that trap of doing an overload versus the thought that less is more. so this chapter was a quickie, but it really did help me recenter the way that i like to write which is a very less is more, descriptive, active and action type of writing. the introspection drives me up a wall sometimes and i think that's why the last chapter was driving me crazy. because!!!!! i don't want anyone to know what characters are thinking. it's so fun to like see them make mistakes and be assholes and be awful and good and happy and whatever without truly knowing what they're thinking, but having to guess based off the way they look or act. so, yea, basic middle school lesson of writing show don't tell LMAO! but yes, i pumped this shit out and it felt so good <333

to the point tho about the chapter contents. so, this chapter we are FINALLY getting to see a little as to why kai has been acting the way that he has throughout the story or, rather, what fears/anxieties motivate him to essentially be so wishy washy! i played around some with his background based off of vibes i got from @crymsy's content particularly when it comes to his father as well as his own prophecy abilities. i thought it would be fun to have that since he's supposed to be younger here than he is in his canon story, that he is more averse to using his own prophecy abilities/doesn't understand it well and is more scared by what it means or tells than he when he's older and has had more experience with it. who knows! maybe he's experienced because he went through all this shit!

additionally, all image resources came from pinterest.

chapter 12 of the banshee and the prophet: at the bottom of the stairs

so i finished writing this and editing it a while ago but i kept going in circles about whether i was satisfied with how the conversation goes in this chapter or not. seems like every time i try to write like a REAL convo, i get a little stick bc it is Serious and so, therefore, it's harder to suddenly wrap my brain around LOL! but, i pumped through it and i THINK i am satisfied with it. i've come up with the most perfect, tragic ending for this story and i'm so excited to write it, but that will still be a far ways away. though i have been extremely distracted and invested in reading kakasaku fanfiction lately, this story has still been on my mind!!! particularly that very juicy ending hehehehe

in general, this chapter is still playing around with the relationships a bit, BUT we shall be diving into miss banshee's powers and the thick of the plot very soon. looking forward to a little bit of a training arc next hahaha :) as for now, we get some more shinso and we finally get some kai around again too!!!

poll for the readers! who's our fav character so far? alsoooo any preferences between kai and shinso? >:P

additionally, all image resources came from pinterest.