#afq

PREMIERE: AFQ – ELEUSINIAN BLADE

Covert art: Robin KG

  written by: AFQ ( @capriccio ) label: @kraftjerkz release date: May 11th, 2020 link: kraftjerkz.bandcamp.com/album/machine…game-volume-4

  AFQ…

This is sooooo NOT a dumb question. It is a question I bet many people had but weren’t quite sure how to ask. So, thank you!

There are two ways to submit work to our AO3 collection…and both require you to have an AO3 account.

1) Post your fic to your AO3 and then add it to our collections page by entering our info in the area where you edit your fic. There are submission instructions on our main page.

OR

2) Log into your AO3 and go directly to our collections page and upload a work to it *without putting it on your own AO3 first*

These two ways of submitting to our archive yield different results.

With Option #1… You can choose to be Anon (this is the default) or Listed as Author by letting us know you want this option by stating in Author’s Notes: “I WANT AN OFFICIAL AUTHOR BYLINE”.

***Even if you are Anon***, the work will appear **on your own AO3 page** as being written by you if you submit it this way. It will show as Anonymous with your pen name in brackets.

With Option #2… Your work **will not** appear on your page if you choose to remain Anon. However, if you request your pen name be officially added to it as an official author byline, it will magically appear on your page. There is the possibility for it to appear with your pen name on it *informally* on our page, but not have the fic appear at all on yours. To do this, you can put your pen name in the author’s notes only. “DE-ANONING IN AUTHOR’S NOTES”, followed by your pen name. This way, we will know not to formally list it as a non-anonymous, official, bylined work.

If you submit it this way, it will not show up on your AO3, you will nit be indexed as the author, and people reading your fic can only see who you are in the Author’s Notes section.

Feel free to contact us with more questions. If you would like to submit a sample work to see exactly how it will appear ( which I recommend you do if you are at all concerned about posting anonymously), please let us know and we will guide you through the process. :)

Remember: **if you do not specifically state you want an OFFICIAL AUTHOR BYLINE, it will be listed as anonymous** ( even if your name is in Author’s Notes, and even if you have told us you were the one claiming the prompt because we list it based on how it is presented to us when we add it to the AO3 archive.

Whether you submit it to us using Option 1, or Option 2 (for even greater privacy) is entirely up to you. We will not be able to determine which method you have chosen.

An ancient evil has erupted and is consuming an unknown (to you) fantasy world. You are sucked in and chosen as a hero, but first, you must recruit a party of adventures to help you defeat the great evil (that has finally returned).

Chose 4 adventurers from any ANIME (series or movie or OVA) to join you (you are the 5th). Rules:

1) You can only chose Fantasy anime characters (so no Gundams or Cowboy Bebop characters, but, hey, One Piece is considered a Fantasy, and you can even cheat and use Final Fantasy VI and Darkstalkers since they were made into anime).

2) You can only chose main characters, or supporting characters. No villains (unless they later become main and/or nerfed supporting characters [see below])

3) Only 1 character per series. 3) You must have a 3/2 or 2/3 ration of males and females (counting yourself)

Rubette (from Gokudo) - Swordfighter/Archer

Rubette is a powerful sword fighter; she defeats nearly all the villains in the first 3 episodes while the main character, Gokudo, only defeats about one or two. She is eventually given a magic bow with unlimited energy arrows, so she can do combines close-combat fighting with long-range attacks. In addition, she is loyal to her companions, even when they lie, cheat, steal, or hit on her; she accepts everyone for who they are, even taking care of her friend when he turns into an old man. On the negative, she loves fighting, and will jump into any fight instantly and might make encounters longer and harder than they need to be. As a bonus, if it's the Rubette from the end of the series, she will also have additional powers from the God she has trapped in her body. It is extremely dangerous to underestimate her and she will help take out most enemies quickly.

Lina Inverse (from Slayers): Magic-User

Lina Inverse is one of the most powerful magic users. Though she is hard to get along with (don't make her mad) she at least tries to do the right thing, even it usually involves blasting whole towns in the process. Her anger and insanity can be used to get under the villain's skin to subtlety allow them to make mistakes. When facing many legions of undead or orcs, and very large enemies like Dragons or Gods, her powerful spells would be an absolute necessity.

Anubis (from Ronin Warriors: Season 2) - Spiritualist, Leader, Summoner

He was once a villainous leader, and would bring some different ideas and plans to the group with his previous leadership experience. In addition, he also has many devastating attacks with his armor, but now has additional magic from following the Ancient One by use of a magic staff. He has a strict code of honor which could help bring the other members of the group in line (though it also has the potential to just lead to arguments with Rubette and Lina). He would also be the most likely of the group to be able to solve the main darkness' weakness, as well as how he came to be, why he's back now, etc; all essential information for defeating the main bad guy in the end.

Etoh (from Record of Lodoss War) - Healer

No matter how powerful you are, you will always be hurt, and you need to be able to be healed quickly. I couldn't think of any healers except Etoh and don't normally see too many in fantasy anime (and the other healer in the Lodoss TV series--but she would always be kidnapped due to people wanting to use her blood to resurrect a god so...). Etoh gets his healing powers from the god Falis, and can use it to heal you very quickly when the party needs it. Plus, he can defend himself, so you won't always have to protect and/or worry if anything is happening to him during battle.

That's it. Hopefully this party could save the world without killing each other in the process.