#jin long

Title: Does the Sun Know We're Alive? Fandom: Bloody Roar Chapters: 8/8 - 35,403 words Category: General | Genfic (no pairings as a major focus) Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Qingming is a festival meant to honor the deceased and rejuvenate the hearts of those still living. This celebration weighs heavily on two men who struggle to reconcile their sordid pasts and ambiguous futures.

Characters: Long, Shenlong, Background & Cameo Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-Series, Character Study, Qingming Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Pure Brightness Festival, Implied/Referenced Death, Implied/Referenced Funeral, Family Loss, Parental Death, Grief/Mourning, Reflections on Mortality, Existentialism, Childhood Trauma, Depression, Loneliness, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Emotional Baggage, Bickering/Arguments, Anxiety Attacks, Guilt, Survivor Guilt, Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Memory Loss, Siblings, Family, Adopted Siblings, Found Family, Reconciliation

A granite grave marker stood at the head. It was modest in presentation, much like the man it memorialized, but noticeably more intact than its neighbors. The inscriptions along its dark face were still legible despite the lichen beginning to creep up along its smooth surface. At its base, a roughly-cut pedestal patiently awaited offerings.

Pressure developed at the base of Long's skull. The exposed skin of his face and hands numbed against the chilly spring breeze. Sounds of distant windchimes and smells of damp earth faded from his consciousness. His mind became thick as cotton.

The zoanthrope found that he could not break his gaze away from the hanzi before him. Though the engravings themselves were simplistic―little more than a name and dates―the craftsmanship was meticulous, almost surgical. Every character printed along the marker’s stone face carried a sort of decisive finality in its exactness. Each stroke was deep, sharp, and precise. Like claw marks against skin. 

Or the portentous stripes of a prowling tiger.

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Collaboratively Written by @five5sixers and @3v4c

Jin Long and Yetao hating the whole humanity and taking the life with an "I give a F" attitude...

I find it awesome that the same six people appear on two consecutive openings. Oh wait… that’s Bloody Roar 2’s Story Mode opening, not its actual game opening. But still…

Yugo and Shina are pretty damn consistent. Long and Alice trade places and so do Kenji and Uriko. :P

Jin Long the Conqueror, aka jl the super snazzy robogirl