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rainbowfic2016-08-08 06:22 pm
shadowsong26) wrote in rainbowfic2016-08-08 06:22 pm
Plant Party #24, Fluorite #11, Olympic Gold #12
Name: shadowsong26
Story: Kindness
'Verse: Lux
Colors: Plant Party #24. Slippery Elm, Fluorite #11. Honest/Kind, Olympic Gold #12. torch
Supplies and Materials: graffiti (Sprinting), photography, charcoal, novelty beads (a bad translation), yarn, glitter, glue (Nevertheless, you can still take the high road and shine your light as brightly as possible. Instead of waiting for others to meet you halfway, express the magic of your heart without any expectations. As Nathanial Hawthorne wrote, "Generosity is the flower of justice.")
Word Count: 286
Rating: R
Characters: Michaela
Warnings: References to war and memory erasure. Also, the sprinting prompt picture is kind of creepy, as a head's up.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.
The others think Michaela uncaring, even cruel (though they at least will qualify that with ‘unintentionally’), and it hurts more than the Archangel cares to admit. The others think that Michaela is unaware of their nephew’s pain, each time he wakes as himself again. The others think that Michaela is mulishly stubborn, afraid or unwilling to change if a chosen tactic seems to fail.
But this is not so. How could it be? Michaela has spent centuries watching and safeguarding Gabriel’s child, the living key; wiping the pain from his mind so he can have peace, if only for a little while. Michaela was even asked for this, when contact was first made. It seems the others have forgotten that.
And, yes, Michaela will admit, in the darkest hours of night, that it is troubling that the downward spirals when he wakes seem as devastating as they ever were, even after all this time. Things should be improving, and they aren’t. This is a problem, one Michaela has not managed to solve. But, on the other hand, Michaela has always known this solution was imperfect. Michaela is not perfect, and knows this. If Michaela were perfect, Lux would not have been lost. If Michaela were perfect, none of this would have been necessary.
But Michaela is good, and Michaela is righteous, and Michaela knows that the wipes are the least bad of a series of terrible options. No, it is not perfect, and yes, it causes him some pain when he wakes, but the alternative--the alternative is worse.
Michaela thinks the others have forgotten how lost he was, before the first wipe. But Michaela never will.
So, Michaela knows that what is done is kind.
Story: Kindness
'Verse: Lux
Colors: Plant Party #24. Slippery Elm, Fluorite #11. Honest/Kind, Olympic Gold #12. torch
Supplies and Materials: graffiti (Sprinting), photography, charcoal, novelty beads (a bad translation), yarn, glitter, glue (Nevertheless, you can still take the high road and shine your light as brightly as possible. Instead of waiting for others to meet you halfway, express the magic of your heart without any expectations. As Nathanial Hawthorne wrote, "Generosity is the flower of justice.")
Word Count: 286
Rating: R
Characters: Michaela
Warnings: References to war and memory erasure. Also, the sprinting prompt picture is kind of creepy, as a head's up.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.
The others think Michaela uncaring, even cruel (though they at least will qualify that with ‘unintentionally’), and it hurts more than the Archangel cares to admit. The others think that Michaela is unaware of their nephew’s pain, each time he wakes as himself again. The others think that Michaela is mulishly stubborn, afraid or unwilling to change if a chosen tactic seems to fail.
But this is not so. How could it be? Michaela has spent centuries watching and safeguarding Gabriel’s child, the living key; wiping the pain from his mind so he can have peace, if only for a little while. Michaela was even asked for this, when contact was first made. It seems the others have forgotten that.
And, yes, Michaela will admit, in the darkest hours of night, that it is troubling that the downward spirals when he wakes seem as devastating as they ever were, even after all this time. Things should be improving, and they aren’t. This is a problem, one Michaela has not managed to solve. But, on the other hand, Michaela has always known this solution was imperfect. Michaela is not perfect, and knows this. If Michaela were perfect, Lux would not have been lost. If Michaela were perfect, none of this would have been necessary.
But Michaela is good, and Michaela is righteous, and Michaela knows that the wipes are the least bad of a series of terrible options. No, it is not perfect, and yes, it causes him some pain when he wakes, but the alternative--the alternative is worse.
Michaela thinks the others have forgotten how lost he was, before the first wipe. But Michaela never will.
So, Michaela knows that what is done is kind.
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Pretty much, yeah. Michaela's head is an...interesting place. And definitely yikes.