Plotbunnies' Paradise

Title: Vows (4/?)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina/Gourry
Rating: T
Beta: earthstar_chan
Summary: In the middle of the night, Gourry gets an unlikely visitor ... and it changes everything.

Note: Lina and Gourry's outfits are based off this lovely piece of fanart by Japanese artist FMK. Lina's encounter with the Deme ambassador was inspired by "A Conspiracy of Kings" by Megan Whalen Turner, who has master the art of subtly in writing.

( You can't know. Just please, don't let Lina Inverse be killed. She's your only hope to save this kingdom. )

Title: Vows (2/?)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina/Gourry
Rating: M
Summary: In the middle of the night, Gourry gets an unlikely visitor ... and it changes everything.

Note: If you look very closely at the new cover of novel 15, you can see that Gourry's actually wearing a robe, not a shirt. I modeled his outfit after Japanese fanartist FMK's interpretation of the 15th novel cover. What's more interesting is after I wrote this chapter, I went to get the links and noticed the comic where Lina and Gourry go through similar movements as in the chapter. Unintentional, I swear! Great minds just think alike.

( They're yours. They've been waiting for you. Fifty silver, please. )

Title: The Very Long Night of Gourry Gabriev (4/6)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Cast of Slayers Revolution, OCs
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After visiting Taforashia, Gourry falls into a strange magical coma and must face the demons of his past during the very long night that follows for him, Lina, and the rest of their group.
Spoiler alert: This story takes place between episodes 6 and 7 of Slayers Revolution. Many thanks go to earthstar_chan for betaing this story.

Disclaimer: Recognizable dialogue from the middle of the chapter comes from the short story, "The Things He Sees Beyond the Point of His Sword," from Slayers Special vol. 24. The original translation was done by QP-Diana, supplied with a secondary translation from my own copy and cleaned up the English.

“You turned left. But what if you’d turned right? What then?”
- Fortune Teller to Donna Noble: “Turn Left,” Doctor Who

( Chapter 4: Turn Left )

You can find the first three chapters here: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three

I do apologize for this chapter being nearly 15 months past its original due date. Originally, the story was scheduled to be completed within a two-month time period. However, three days after posting chapter 3, I lost my job. The first worry was to salvage what I had of chapter 4, and thankfully had e-mailed it to myself from the office. Next was just life itself. The good news is that the story is well on its way to being complete.

Title: Here Comes the Sun (3/?)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina/Gourry, Amelia/Zelgadiss
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Every story must have an ending. After the final battle in Taforashia, Lina, Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadiss and Pokota do what's necessary to go on with their lives.

Spoiler Alert: This part takes place just prior to the final scene of Evolution-R 13 before the epilogue montage begins and alludes to certain scenes we see in the epilogue. It should make Amelia/Zel fans very happy.

( Part 2 )

Title: Here Comes the Sun (2/?)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina/Gourry, Amelia/Zelgadiss
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Every story must have an ending. After the final battle in Taforashia, Lina, Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadiss and Pokota do what's necessary to go on with their lives.

Spoiler Alert: This part takes place just prior to the final scene of Evolution-R 13 before the epilogue montage begins. This chapter is dedicated to parareality for her fanart of Lina and Gourry from right after the battle, of which a scene of this is based on and to catgabriev for her translations of certain L/G scenes from novels 13-15 that also inspired conversation. Please note that the dialogue at the end of this part is loosely based on the script for Evolution-R 13.

( Part 1 )

Title: A Time for Comfort
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina/Gourry, Amelia/Zelgadiss, Ozel
Rating: G
Genre: Fluff, Angst

Summary: As the gang begins to chase after Pokota, Lina realizes that someone got left behind ... but the forced interlude gives everyone a chance to come to grips with what happened. ** MAJOR SLAYERS EVOLUTION-R SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN EPISODE 10 **

( It took them 15 minutes to realize that Gourry was missing ... )

Title: The Very Long Night of Gourry Gabriev (3/6)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina, Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadiss, Pokota, Wizer, OCs
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After visiting Taforashia, Gourry falls into a strange magical coma and must face the demons of his past during the very long night that follows for him, Lina, and the rest of their group.
Spoiler alert: This story takes place after episode 6 of Slayers Revolution and goes off on its own tangent from there. Many thanks go to ray_wing and earthstar_chan for betaing this story. NOTE: This chapter also includes material mentioned in an interview given by Hajime Kazaka that was recently translated into English. The details of that are in the author's notes at the end.

"Then what kind of head of security would I be if I let people like me know things that I'm not supposed to know? I know what I know because I have to know it. And if I don't have to know it, I don't tell me, and I don't let anyone else tell me either. Now look, we have tried most of the other ambassadors, why don't you speak to G'Kar, maybe he knows something about this ship."

"Under the terms of our recent treaty, I am not authorized to have any official conversation with the Narn without Centauri approval."

"So you'll ask unofficially. And I can give you reasonable assurances that the head of security will not report you for doing so."

"Because you won't tell yourself about it?"

"That's right. I never get involved with my own life. It's too much trouble."

- Michael Garibaldi and EarthForce Special Intelligence Investigator David Endowi: “Matters of Honor,” Babylon 5

( Chapter 3: Matters of Honor )

Title: The Very Long Night of Gourry Gabriev (2/6)
Series: Slayers
Characters/Pairings: Lina, Gourry, Pokota, and a certain one-shot novel character
Rating: PG-13
Summary: After visiting Taforashia, Gourry falls into a strange magical coma and must face the demons of his past during the very long night that follows for him, Lina, and the rest of their group.
Spoiler alert: This story takes place after episode 6 of Slayers Revolution and goes off on its own tangent from there. Many thanks go to ray_wing and earthstar_chan for betaing this story.

“What's this, then? It's never easy being the only child left out in the cold, you know.”
“I suppose you'd know.”
“I do, actually, yes.”
- The Ninth Doctor and Nancy: “The Empty Child,” Doctor Who

( Chapter 2: The Empty Child )