#sorest

Sorano x Mest + Vicious

  It was easy sometimes – too easy – to forget how dangerous Sorano could be when she got serious. Mest had only seen that side of her a handful of times, and as she seemed to delight in keeping him on his toes and teasing most of the time, even he was caught up her light-hearted act most of the time.

   Still, he was surprised when the next time he got to glimpse that other side of her, the one she seemed so determined to hide from the world, it was because of him.

Keeping an eye on the released Oracion Seis – now CrimeSorciere – was more like glorified babysitting than anything else, Mestfelt.  For all that Jellal’s heavy handcould force people into line, it certainly didn’t keep the former dark magesfrom being unruly little shits.  Theycould get into a horrifying amount of trouble, and cleaning up their messesrapidly devolved into a full-time occupation.

Sorano and Erik, in particular, seemed to have it out forMest.  Specifically for him.  Theynever pulled any of the garbage they threw him headlong into on Jellal. Sorano took special delight in torturing him.  Even Erik would get bored eventually, butSorano didn’t seem to know the meaning of “tire”.  (And when Mest suggested that maybe it wasbecause she was actually fond of him, she threw him into an actual pile ofgarbage.)

Children, the lot of them. Overgrown children.

Lahar was surely laughing at him from his grave.

Mest was mildly surprised when Sorano agreed to become a spyfor him, however.  Erik had bombarded himwith questions he couldn’t really answer (and with Erik’s magic, didn’t reallyneed to – the dragon slayer just liked to watch him squirm).  But Sorano… Sorano had agreed almostimmediately, almost before he’d even explained what it would entail.

It was then that Mest moved from babysitting Crime Sorciere,to babysitting Sorano’s work in Alvarez. As much as he could, anyway, without attracting suspicion himself.  She was a fairly dedicated worker, that muchhe could acknowledge after seeing her in action.  Deception was an art form with her.

It made him wonder, just a little, about how much he really knew about her.  How much of the self she displayed was truth,and how much was artifice?

And then, after everything went to hell and back, Mest foundhimself looking for her.

Had to make sure his charge was alright, of course.

Ajvel

What I love about them: Goddamn this is a funny ship.  I just love the contrasting personalities so much.  Such potential for hilarity.  But also angst, which is also very good.

What I hate about them: I believe you and I were discussing the other day about how it would probably forever be one-sided on Ajeel’s part.  Because while Ajeel has respect for Invel, it’s hard to see Invel holding the same respect for Ajeel.

Stinerva

What I love about them:  I love how, without prompting, and without any indication that it would be of benefit for her later, Minerva saved Lector from her father.  And how Sting was so thoroughly determined to bring her back.  There is a lot of respect between these two, and a lot of protecting on both sides.  Gets me right in the feels man.

What I hate about them:  Oddly this ship isn’t particularly aesthetically pleasing to me.  No clue why, it hits all of the major points I usually go gaga over but for some reason I’m pretty lukewarm to it.

Sorest

What I love about them:  I love how Mest went to her for the spying job, and how readily she agreed to it.  There must be some kind of deep trust and respect there for Sorano to put herself on the line like that.

Mest was about ready to start pulling his hair out in frustration over his current case.  He’d been unable to apprehend the hustler he was chasing, no matter what trick he tried - she always seemed at least three or four steps ahead of his grasping hands, leaving him taunting little notes in her wake so he knew exactly how close he’d almost been to catching her.