Prose Alchemist

Title: Cleanup
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Very mild PG for mentions of blood.
Characters: Ikoma, Kajika, Takumi.
Setting: General.
Summary: Killing Kabane is not the only job Ikoma is best suited for.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Deck” at fan_flashworks.

( Kabane on the tracks ahead! )

Title: Seventy-Two Hours
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG.
Characters: Ikoma and Takumi.
Setting: Pre-canon.
Summary: Some small part of him wondered if he was even going to survive the next three days.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Cut” at fan_flashworks.

( It was only a tiny cut. )

Title: Defiance
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for bullying violence.
Characters: Kajika, Ikoma, and Takumi.
Setting: Pre-canon.
Summary: Kajika finds a surprise in the quiet loner among the steamsmiths.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Bold” at fan_flashworks. Kajika once said she admired Ikoma for standing up to the bushi, so I thought it would be interesting if that was the basis for their first encounter with each other.

( A month into her job at Aragane Station’s train depot, Kajika was enjoying it overall. )

Title: Miracles
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ikoma, Mumei, Takumi, others looking on.
Setting: At the end of the series, as the Kotetsujo is escaping from Kongokaku.
Summary: After Kongokaku, Ikoma wakes to more than one welcome surprise.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: This fic was written (quite hurriedly) for the prompt of “Healing” at fan_flashworks—although I’ve wanted to write some version of this altered scene for a long time before now. It’s basically just a “how it should have ended” for the KotIF series, correcting the incredibly hurtful and needless narrative decisions that were inflicted upon Ikoma. As will probably be obvious if you’ve read my other KotIF stories, this has always been the preferred conclusion in my own headcanon. *g*

( Honestly, it was all rather ridiculous. )

Title: Finery
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Kajika, Takumi, Ikoma.
Setting: Early in episode seven, at Shitori Station.
Summary: Kajika’s plans for some leftover clothing are memorably diverted.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Washing” at fan_flashworks. Just a small, trivial humor piece I wrote while groggy from a headcold.

( What about this one? )

Title: A Taste of Something Sweet
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ikoma and Kajika.
Setting: General.
Summary: Ikoma opens up to Kajika about one of the quirks of the Kabaneri.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Pants” at fan_flashworks. The concept in this fic is one I planned to introduce in a larger story, but I don’t think anything about that one will be spoiled by exploring the idea here.
(Please note that absolutely nothing shippy is to be read into Ikoma and Kajika’s interaction here. I see them purely as extremely good friends.)

( You really don’t have to do that. )

Title: Lanterns
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ensemble.
Setting: General.
Summary: The passengers of the Kotetsujo observe the Obon holiday.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Considering how much loss they’ve experienced due to the Kabane, a holiday honoring the spirits of departed loved ones has to be especially poignant to the people of Hinomoto. I wanted to examine that, as well as how its customs might be altered out of necessity for those who cannot return to their homes.
This fic was submitted for the prompt of “Family, Community, and Culture” at genprompt_bingo.

( The bamboo forest was beautiful, a maze of tranquil green stalks whose very appearance made the thick summer heat seem cooler. )

Title: Omen
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ikoma.
Setting: During the first episode.
Summary: On Aragane Station’s last morning, Ikoma has a forbidding dream.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompts of “Nightmare” at fan_flashworks and “Dreams and Nightmares” at genprompt_bingo. This takes place between Ikoma’s opening test of his piercing gun, and his running to the depot the following morning.

( The night was lit with blazing flames that reflected on splashes of red. )

Title: Strength
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ikoma and Mumei.
Setting: Episode three, immediately after Ikoma tells Mumei about his sister.
Summary: While in confinement, Ikoma and Mumei have a small debate.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompts of “Yesterday” at fan_flashworks, “Grief” at smallfandomflsh, and “would love to save everything” at shortfics. This is a bridge for the scene in which Ikoma told Mumei about his sister, filling in the time between that story and when Miss Ayame walked in on them.

( Ikoma’s first day as a Kabaneri was the second most lonely time in his life. )

Title: Alive
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ikoma, Kajika, and the orphans.
Setting: Sometime after episode four.
Summary: Kajika reflects on the changes she sees in Ikoma.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Just a little something sweet to mark my second anniversary as a KotIF fan. Submitted for the prompts of “Renewal” at smallfandomflsh, and “Slice of Life” at genprompt_bingo.

( Kajika watched the ruckus with a full heart and a beaming smile. )