empty in their fullness, like a frozen pantomime

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

Gen | for chufff | 100 words | 2023-02-28 | the lamb | AO3

Masha (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) & Vandham (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Masha (Xenoblade Chronicles 3), Vandham (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel


Guernica's departure from more diplomatically-attuned duties as Elder to stand on the front lines has always perplexed Masha. There can be no overstating of her wild and singular ways, her choice of fashion seemingly far, far above function, and bejeweled steamroller manner of speech. In comparison, the mostly-reticent top of the currently-standing Vandham line gives her an example to aspire to that she fears she can never reach.

She knows she is valued for who she is, and no other, by Guernica and Monica alike. But still...the bar is dreadfully high, for a lowly lapidarist with no pugilistic dreams.