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: You Aren’t the Only One
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Lu Guang, Ou Yang’s father (“the Master”), others in the background.
Setting: Epilogue to episode 5.5.
Summary: Lu Guang learns the true secret of the “special skill” wielded by Ou Yang’s father.
Disclaimer: They belong to Li Haoling, LAN Studio, and Haoliners Animation League. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: This is my personal headcanon regarding Ou Yang’s father. I’ve had this idea about him ever since I first saw episode 5.5, and it was bolstered by his reappearance in season two. Given the effort such a hard-hearted character was willing to make to protect Lu Guang and his friends, I felt they must have forged even more of a connection than their brief on-screen interaction and the boys’ subsequent training with his son-in-law would suggest.
This story was submitted for the prompt of “Guest” at fan_flashworks.

( I’ve had my own reasons to believe there are more things in this world than we can explain. )

Title: Clothing Damage
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Kuro.
Setting: General.
Summary: Kuro deals with one of the lesser challenges of being an immortal yokai-battler.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kyo Shirodaira, Kodansha, and Brain’s Base. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Secrets” at both fan_flashworks and genprompt_bingo, as well as “Immortal” at smallfandomflsh. The inspiration for this fic was the ill-fated shirt with a bear face on it that Kuro wore in the second-season premiere.
A translation note: the word furugiya literally means “used clothing store”. As the name indicates, they are Japanese thrift stores dedicated to selling secondhand clothes.

( For Kuro Sakuragawa, encountering a new cashier at the local furugiya was always rather awkward. )

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: Higher Education
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Peli Motto, Din Djarin, Grogu.
Setting: During the opening scenes of Chapter Eighteen.
Summary: Peli wonders if Mando might be overdoing it just a little.
Disclaimer: “The Mandalorian” belongs to LucasFilm and Disney. I’m just playing with it.
Notes: Written for the prompts of “Did You Hear That?” at fan_flashworks, and “Tools of the Trade” at genprompt_bingo. As enthusiastic as Mando now seems about diving into Grogu’s education in the ways of a hunter, I thought an outside perspective might be interesting.

( 'You oughta be grateful for this opportunity,' grumbled Peli Motto. )

Title: Courage
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for dark subjects.
Characters: Takumi and Ikoma.
Setting: Pre-canon.
Summary: Takumi’s closest friendship was rather ironic.
Disclaimer: They belong to Kabaneri Committee and other relevant parties. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Preparation” at fan_flashworks—because the fact that Ikoma just happened to have a ready-built self-strangulation machine when Aragane Station fell is worth exploring.

( It was common knowledge among the steamsmiths of Aragane Station that Takumi was a coward. )

Title: Jump
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Din Djarin and Grogu.
Setting: Following “The Book of Boba Fett”.
Summary: Din finds that Grogu really did learn some things while they were apart.
Disclaimer: “The Mandalorian” belongs to LucasFilm and Disney. I’m just playing with it.
Notes: Written for the prompt of “Chase” at fan_flashworks.

( Don’t spoil your appetite. )

Title: Voracious
Author: mordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Alphonse, Edward.
Setting: General.
Summary: The Elric brothers had a system.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Second” at fan_flashworks.

( The Elric brothers had a system. )

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: Sacrifices
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG.
Characters: Shuta, Ran, Koki, Mari.
Setting: Post-canon.
Summary: Being a hero comes at a price.
Disclaimer: They belong to CloverWorks. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: I’m quite sure “Tokyo 24^th Ward” is the smallest fandom I’ve ever written in, but I feel it offered so many intriguing ideas without really exploring them in truly satisfying ways. Here is an attempt to do so, envisioning what I would have liked to see for the future of RGB, while also picking up on some plot threads left frustratingly loose. It was submitted for the prompts of “Knife” at fan_flashworks, and “Renewal” at smallfandomflsh.
[This story is dedicated to the memory of voice actor Billy Kametz, who portrayed Shuta in the first six episodes of the series’ English dub (among many other characters beloved to me) before his life and legacy were tragically cut short by cancer at far too young an age. To those of us who were touched by his talent, he was a true hero himself. Rest in peace, Billy—and thank you for the magic you shared with us in your performances.]

( 'How’s your arm?' Koki asked Shuta, when the two friends met outside the front entrance of Itadaki. )