Huzzah for pulling stuff out of my hat.

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

Holy cow, my fourth fic for this comm and Sanji has only been mentioned once in passing. That's some kind of record for me. O.O

Title: Ghost
Rating: G
Media: Fic
Character: Zoro
Word Count: 160
Prompt: Ephemerality

 

 

His opponent falls to the ground, and there’s this little puff of dust, and it rises into the air and the specks and mites organize themselves and form her feet. And the dust rises up on a wind from nowhere, maybe urged by the slight disturbance in the sheathing of her katana at his hip, to show her legs and her hips and her torso. The dust just barely reaches her head, and what it doesn’t reach is just ever so slightly ringed by the rays of the sun. She taunts him with a smile, glimmering with challenge and sorrow and pride and jealousy. Her eyes are the glint of steel and her voice is the sharp clink of metal on metal.

“Still not the best, Zoro.”

The dust settles back down and the sun is masked by a cloud and she’s gone, just like how she died, just like that.

He turns and leaves. He has training to do.

 

Comments

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

Wow. Great image.
For me, this is about pre-Strawhat Zoro, and once I realized that the whole fic made a lot more sense (because before that it somehow didn´t fit, seemed slightly off.) But for pre-Strawhat Zoro, this is perfect.

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Yeah, I can understand that. I didn't really specify anything, it is open for any interpretation you want.

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Brief and sharp like the lfick of a blade. Great stuff, thanks!

I respectfully disagree with schneefink's interpretation - in my eyes, this could just as well be Strawhat Zoro. But it's very good in either case.

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^^
Who knows? Ambiguity is my middle name (my parents are weird people... XP)! It's open for whatever you want to think about it.

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely ambiguity.

...eheh, only now do I see I spelt "lfick" instead of "flick". What a silly typo. Sorry!