Characters: Edward- and Rydia-centric because I am nothing if not completely predictable. Most of the rest of the cast. Golbez. Archfiends. Eidolons, especially Ifrit. The Dark Elf. Despite my stated shipping preferences I don't think Edward/Rydia actually works for this fic. Canon pairings only so far, but I can't promise that Barbariccia won't get her claws into somebody by the end of the fic.
Vague story idea: SO I HAD THIS IDEA for an FF4 AU where Leviathan swallows both Edward and Rydia when he crashes the party's ship. Edward's presence is very obviously a mistake; while Rydia is training to become a real-deal summoner, Edward deals with being stranded in an alien world that views him as an interloper at best. Rydia walks the line between human and monster, Edward learns the music of the Feymarch, years pass, etc.
MEANWHILE, up on the surface, things progress pretty much as in the game until Cecil's deal with Golbez and the encounter with the Dark Elf. Not having Edward around results in a total failure to recover the Earth Crystal. Catastrophe ensues, and even the return of older and wiser Edward and Rydia might not be enough to stop it.
I am not sure how long this will end up being, so uh.
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Characters: Edward- and Rydia-centric because I am nothing if not completely predictable. Most of the rest of the cast. Golbez. Archfiends. Eidolons, especially Ifrit. The Dark Elf. Despite my stated shipping preferences I don't think Edward/Rydia actually works for this fic. Canon pairings only so far, but I can't promise that Barbariccia won't get her claws into somebody by the end of the fic.
Vague story idea: SO I HAD THIS IDEA for an FF4 AU where Leviathan swallows both Edward and Rydia when he crashes the party's ship. Edward's presence is very obviously a mistake; while Rydia is training to become a real-deal summoner, Edward deals with being stranded in an alien world that views him as an interloper at best. Rydia walks the line between human and monster, Edward learns the music of the Feymarch, years pass, etc.
MEANWHILE, up on the surface, things progress pretty much as in the game until Cecil's deal with Golbez and the encounter with the Dark Elf. Not having Edward around results in a total failure to recover the Earth Crystal. Catastrophe ensues, and even the return of older and wiser Edward and Rydia might not be enough to stop it.
I am not sure how long this will end up being, so uh.