「平衡」
Series Metadata
Listing Series
-
Tags
Summary
One
[ second,
finger against
skipped beat, not
moment too soon, but
Droning siren, drown it in
inch, water rises with the doors,
More glimpse, her hands reach out
beat too late, air into glass, shaking hands
Touch away,
choice away,
girl, where there should no t]Series
- Part 1 of 「平衡」
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 487
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 46
-
Tags
Summary
“Your grandfather?” Amber asked.
“I mean, everyone has grandfathers,” Hu Tao shrugged. “Two, even. Three, for the lucky ones. You’re not particularly special.”
---
𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 (n.)
1. The paradoxes emerging through changing the past
2. The divergence of four personas, all rooted in the same landSeries
- Part 2 of 「平衡」
-
Tags
Summary
No, his mother never smiled at him. She only smiled when she thought no one was looking, but he always saw it, looked for it. When the children sparred with each other on the training ground. When she looked at a newly polished spear. When she reached out beyond the bamboo fence to give a stray cat food. Small, barely there. Self-assured.
She is very pretty when she smiles, he knows. That is why he looks for it. Especially now.
His father’s voice urges him to stand back. His mother’s silence pushed him one step closer.
“I…want to help my mother.”
“I don’t have a mother,” the girl replies, a smile bright on her face. “I killed her.”
Series
- Part 3 of 「平衡」
- Part 7 of 火嬢一流 | best of ysa
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,745
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
- Hits:
- 65
-
Tags
Summary
Sanctity was plain to see. Should be plain to see, in the embrace of the admiration of all below it. In this land, the very earth under their feet carried life within it, free for anyone’s taking. It was not something to be hidden away, especially not with the hush and secrecy her family so loved.
But when she finally crashes into him amidst the darkness, he realizes that she, too, was holy. Like their friction was the only thing tethering her to the ground.
Like it was something he wanted to hide away for himself.
Series
- Part 4 of 「平衡」
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,797
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 5
- Hits:
- 89
-
Tags
Summary
Fight, or flight? For the body’s sake, there truly is only one logical answer.
or
Between a rock, filtering down into sand racing down the hourglass, and a hard place, Chongyun faces a primal question.
Series
- Part 5 of 「平衡」
- Part 1 of fight or flight
-
Tags
Summary
Fight, or flight, so they say, but to her, to flee is to fight. To keep dancing in the light is fighting.
She crosses to the other table. The chill of glass feels good on her fingertips.
or
Hu Tao chases the highs of the party. It is the only thing she’s not sure how to say goodbye to.
Series
- Part 6 of 「平衡」
- Part 2 of fight or flight
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,082
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 5
- Hits:
- 60
-
Tags
Summary
“My gods! How dare you, Hu Tao!” Yun Jin suddenly bolts up from her near-asphyxiation. In a drop of a hat, her joy is wiped off her face, the tear streaks on her face painting her in the cocktail of betrayal and scandal wafting from every syllable. “How could you do this to me, your friend, when you know I have been in love with him, too?!”
“Is this a challenge, Mistress Yun?” she says, three tones deeper than her usual as she rises from the floor. “Already you have part of his name, and now you lay stake to his other half? You are just the image of greed, are you not! For the heart of a fair youth, I challenge you to a bet!”
Yun Jin’s mask is rock solid, yet fluid, distorting her face into confidence beyond her years. “And what shall hang in thy balance?”
“Alright, you two, pack it up,” Xinyan claps, kicking herself off the sofa. “Dang, he’s going to be so weirded out if he hears this. Dude’s so serious most of the time.”
“If he hears about this,” Hu Tao corrects with full confidence.
Series
- Part 7 of 「平衡」
-
Tags
Summary
Li’l churls go marching one by one, the little one stops to bury his son.
“I think the trainees can go,” she says, closing her eyes and counting off her men. ”They’re my age, pretty friendly, hopefully not too parent-like. Then the vets can continue with retrieval. Win-win.”
Ganyu fixes her gaze on the edge of the table, and Hu Tao is sure this is as hard as it gets for anyone.
“I was thinking of asking you, Director.”
And they all go marching down, to Abyss, to a house, to a grave.
She squints. “Sorry?”
“You hum many children’s tunes from Qingce,” she says, advancing her gaze up, upwards. “Qingce is…was quiet, but with its own flavor of life. The songs accompanying children’s games are one part of that.”
Series
- Part 8 of 「平衡」
- Part 1 of 火嬢一流 | best of ysa
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,397
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 5
- Hits:
- 97
-
Tags
Summary
“Yanfei Consu–”
“Hi, yes, I’d like to appeal a case of online libel.”
or
Death is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Hu Tao takes pride in her ability to oblige her customers’ every demand. No matter what this random internet troll rating Wangsheng 2 stars says.
Series
- Part 9 of 「平衡」
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,405
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 5
- Hits:
- 66
-
Tags
Summary
When she was thirteen, Hu Tao walked through the forest alone.
Series
- Part 10 of 「平衡」
- Part 2 of 火嬢一流 | best of ysa
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,525
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 3
- Hits:
- 65
-
Tags
Summary
Light, darkness. Fire, ice.
When they meet, the whole world watches.
Series
- Part 11 of 「平衡」
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,500
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
- Hits:
- 89