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Joshua can complain about anything under the sun, but some complaints are more serious -- and more meaningful -- than others.
Contains Joshua, a warning in and of itself. Written to the fic_promptly prompt: "of course Joshua has complaints about e-books".


.digitized.
( Is it like giving up canvas to do street art? )

After seven days of hell, Yashiro Uzuki was still dead. She hadn't made peace with herself. She hadn't become a better person. She hadn't learned the value of life - or whatever you were supposed to learn. But all of that was part of why the Reaper who tormented her decided to come get her.
Contains approximately 100% headcanon. I did a lot of thinking about why Uzuki was in the Game, what was holding her back, and what her entry fee would have been. It's not even half covered in here, but I really liked writing in Kariya's POV. Written to the fic_promptly prompt, "they meet again as allies the day after her Game ends".


.unresolved issues.
( It wasn't hard, really, to see when a person was dragging themselves down. )

Flashbang high-life city girl + peaceful autumn temple = culture shock. Kariya is determined to introduce a little bit of variety into Uzuki's life, whether she likes it or not.
Contains slight shippiness, but mostly snark and complaining. You should ship them anyway. Written for the fic_promptly prompt "dead leaves on the ground" some time ago.


.relaxation techniques.
( This is a vacation, Uzuki. You're supposed to be the opposite of tense and unhappy. Breathe. Let it go. )

Rhyme manages to coerce Neku into responding to one of Joshua's annoying text messages. Joshua immediately makes him regret it.
Contains bickering and philosophical questions. Also Joshua being Joshua. I want to write more Neku and Rhyme... Written to the fic_promptly prompt, "Neku+Joshua, TELEPHONE, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."


.a study in reasonable assumptions.
( Under her baggy pants and steel-toed boots Neku had been amused to discover that she was wearing pink socks with yellow punctuation marks on them. )

She's never thought of herself as being worthy of Eri's clothes before, but she also has never known how much she valued herself before.
Contains Shiki and Eri being cute/shippy/both. Warnings for makeovers and descriptions of clothes, although this is The World Ends With You, so if you aren't at least peripherally okay with fashion, what are you doing here? For fic_promptly, "Shiki+/Eri, she looks totally different when Eri dresses her up", here.


.playing dress-up.
( You were drowning yourself in those big cardigans and shapeless skirts. )

Hanekoma's innocent act doesn't fool Joshua. He has contemplated his options and done his research and now he's ready. The only thing left to do is the hardest thing: communicate.
Contains Joshua+Hanekoma interaction, post-game complete with spoilers and headcanons and all that good stuff. Angst, woobie sociopaths, and people being unrepentant about bad behavior. In response to oneill's lovely prompt on fic_promptly, "Joshua and Hanekoma, what we've got here is failure to communicate." He might not have been expecting quite this take on it.


.inquisition.
( We've gone from merely hiding our true thoughts to not speaking at all. Do you see how this isn't progress, dear? )

Warnings: Spoilers up to the end credits. Indirect death, lots of theorying, and stubbornness. The gen beast strikes! Canonical to the Red Queen's Evolution series.
"Hmm...something Joshua centric? Maybe something to do with his death? [...] Or...you know. Something to do with Joshua's death *hit*."


.song of the lonely.
for qarbaqe for the thewewyfanfic exchange
( Everybody pays in Sanae Hanekoma's restaurant -- no matter how often they came in, seeking a little emotional connection, a little understanding, more than a bite to eat. )

Warnings: Spoilers up to the end credits. Cities and their caretakers falling in love, memories of murder of the most foul sort, present tense.
Chronology: Lover's Song I, The Red Queen's Race, Lover's Song II (that's this one)
Contains Joshua, one-sided Neku/Joshua.


.lover's song ii.
( He's been thinking a lot of uncharacteristic things lately. )

Warnings: Post-game, spoilers up to the damn end credits. Creativity on a divine scale, shocking forgiveness in the face of complete asshattery, a new CAT, and Alice in Wonderland references.
Contains Neku, Joshua, and very subjective implications of Neku/Joshua.


.the red queen's race.

( A slow sort of country! Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! )