Revelations
Author: Amber Michelle
Gauntlet Theme: 25 - If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Oliver, Hetzel, pegasus knights, others
Rating: T
Words: 7761
Warnings: n/a

Notes: AU, part eighteen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here. Also for this challenge with measuringlife.

So, after considering the issues I was having making this chapter work, I'm going to carry Sanaki's POV a little farther until I a) figure out where a good place to break it is, or b) come to the decision she IS just the best choice for everything, period.

The last lines of chapter 17 have been edited to read: The records on House Kirsch have been released to the public. You must return immediately.


( Well. They knew what had become of the records, now-- the ones she dropped in the basement, and the ones already missing from the registry. )

Matters of Principle
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: May 31 - the 36th alternative
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sigrun, Tanith, Marcia, Lekain, others
Rating: T
Words: 6328
Warnings: n/a

Notes: AU, part seventeen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

In the interest of not grinding to a halt, I did no research on bows whatsoever. One more thing to fix later. :P As planned, this should be the last Sanaki chapter for a while. It may take me a bit to make the shift, not that this chapter didn't take forever anyway...


( Do not let your emotions overwhelm your common sense, my empress. )

Second Thoughts
Author: Amber Michelle
For: searains
Words: 3382
Rating: T
Request: Chronicle-verse Sephiran/Sanaki, Ike/Soren, and closets.
Warnings: crack, no redeeming value, etc. etc.

Notes: this could have happened during chapter twelve, but sadly didn't. If you haven't read that chapter, you'll have no idea what's going on. Started a million years ago, let it sit for weeks, finally finished it today.

I... it's... well, it was a request. >_>


( There's the garden - but the point is not to be seen. A bedroom is too on the nose-- )

The Blink of an Eye
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: April 14 - you were born to be betrayed
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Lekain, Rafiel, others
Rating: T
Words: 8713
Warnings: n/a

Notes: AU, part sixteen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.


( So much might happen in twenty minutes... )

The Prince
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: March 28 - real faith, my dear, is just a dream
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Soren, Sephiran, Rafiel, others
Rating: T
Words: 9029
Warnings: n/a

Notes: AU, part fifteen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

This is apparently a transition chapter.


( Another day passed before Sanaki set aside the endless flow of letters and petitions and decided to see Prince Daein. )

The Argument
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: February 25 - Tinder ablaze
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sephiran, Tanith, Rafiel, others
Rating: T
Words: 8286
Warnings: exposition? I tried not to, I really did...

Notes: AU, part fourteen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

There are changes I'm going to make to the first four chapters - eventually - that are referred to in this chapter as having already happened: the arrangement with Soren, for example. I'm sorry if it causes confusion, but since the beginning will eventually be changed anyway, there's no reason to leave myself with major editing decisions to make for this chapter when I already know what I want to do.


( Sanaki called for an end to the session as soon as she thought her voice would remain steady. )

Midnight Never Come
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: January 28 - casually smashed to pieces
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sephiran, Soren, others
Rating: T
Words: 8562
Warnings: n/a

Notes: AU, part thirteen of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

I'm making up more stuff about spirit charming that has absolutely no basis in canon, but is probably influenced by other stories I've read... somewhere. It's for later, something I may change - but the same applies to the whole story, I guess.


( Stop looking so cranky. Your proposal went to the scribes first thing this morning. )

All Armed Prophets
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: January 13 - a thinking woman sleeps with monsters
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sephiran, Soren, others
Rating: T
Words: 9033
Warnings: so not gen. My conscience will prick me if I don't add that pairing tag just this once.

Notes: AU, part twelve of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

I started this fairly early, and finishing it took me all the way up to the last minute. I apologize for any clumsy or abrupt scene endings, and will try to fix those once the deadline is made.

I, er, also apologize for the length. :D


( By the closing of the trial on the second afternoon, Sanaki had heard enough about Culbert to last two lifetimes. )

Determinacy
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: December 09 - generations of poison, centuries of poison (LATE)
Series: Fire Emblem 10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sephiran, Soren, Ike, Tanith, Valtome, Seliora, others
Rating: K+
Words: 6846
Warnings: butchering of court procedure. Will eventually be remedied.

Notes: AU, part eleven of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

Court proceedings in this chapter are currently a loose, probably bad interpretation of different models, because I don't have the material to research what I really want to use yet. If I ever finish the Chronicle, this will be one of the chapters I edit heavily. So... it'll have to be vague and/or wrong for now. Sorry.

Yet another month-long entry. 11-13 will be much less gen than usual, but then we'll go back the other way with 14, so don't worry~


( This time the senate has nowhere to run. )

Momentum
Author: Amber Michelle
Day/Theme: October 24 - once more, with feeling
Series: Fire Emblem 9/10
Character/Pairing: Sanaki, Sephiran, Rafiel, Naesala, senators
Rating: K
Words: 4245

Notes: AU, part ten of the Summer Chronicle. This is a first and ongoing draft; a list of known issues is being compiled here.

It's time to take a bit of a break from this. I'm starting to hate everything I write for the Chronicle, and that's a sign I've been thinking too much about it. Hopefully it won't be a long break, but it might last through my November deadlines if I manage not to procrastinate. Yeah right.

With that in mind, I cut this chapter short - the rest of it was fluff anyway, you're not missing much - and have not edited. (I've been saying that a lot lately, and I think this is why.) I'll do it later when I start up again, and maybe add the beginning of the trial like I originally wanted to, but right now I just need to get this installment out and think about something else.

The title is ironic and bad. :D


( After eight days of discussion and debate, Hetzel's trial was over. )