The Red Book

Just somewhere to post fiction, my own, and other people's that I find on Tumblr.

My current fixation is Arcane. Wonderful show.

I an Unwilling_Blue on AO3.

I have a few things in the drafts folder, I'm thinking about starting up the queue tonight.

... An alleyway behind a bar. It's late, everyone has gone home for the night.

Vi strolls out, she has a guitar in her hand. She finds a place to sit and begins to play.

'So, so you think you can tell' She sings.

'Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain?'

'Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?'

'A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?'

'… Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?'

'Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?'

'Cold comfort for change? Did you exchang a walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?'

And somehow, another voice seems to joins her. Ans together they sing.

'How I wish, how I wish you were here'

'We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year.'

'Runnin' over the same old ground, what have we found?'

'The same old fears, wish you were here.'

Vi finishes the song and looks up. She's alone. The voice she thought she heard must have been her imagination.

But out of nowhere, her mobile phone rings. A number she should have deleted long ago. But never could. She answers.

'Hi.' She says.

'Hi,' the voice on the other end says.

'I was, um, I was just thinking about you.' Replies Vi.

'Oh. Did I have my clothes on?' Replies Caitlyn.

Vi laughs. It's an abrupt, unexpected sound, but full of humour. And somehow she knows Caitlyn is smiling.

'Um, well, I suppose?' Replies a slightly embarrassed Vi.

'How are you?' Asks Caitlyn.

'I'm good. And you?'

'I'm okay.'

And so the conversation continues. And the future unfolds.

A beginning, new and bright.

How?

Due to a mis-adventure, Lara gets put into a very early form of cryo. But due to it's primitive nature, she can only be thawed much later.

She is now the acknowledged expert on 21st century earth.

She meets Liara T'Soni at an archeology conference. The two hit it off. They are friends, but nothing more.

Later, Lara recieves a mystery message, from the shadow broker! A prothean dig site has gone quiet, Lara has been tasked with finding out why.

'Why do you think I'd accept such an offer?' Asked Lara.

'Besides the credits? Because you miss the chase, lady Croft. The thrill of adventure!' Replied the voice on the communicator.

Lara is of course sceptical. Why would the shadow broker contact her? And that particular phrase, "miss the chase", it sounds like something she once said to a friend.

Of course nothing goes quite to plan.

After a shoot out with some Batarians, she has to call for an emergency extraction.

Conveniently, the nearest ship is the Normandy SR2. Almost like it was waiting for her.

And that's when she meets commander Shepard.