Title: Stuck in a Rut
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: lots of possibly mildly squicky sickroom details
Pairing(s): pre-585
Spoilers: Mild for "Be There" arc
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #64, Rinse and Repeat; time allowed: 60 minutes; time taken: 55 minutes. Sorry this is late!!
Summary: It's surprising what can become routine.
Title: Position Wanted
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Adult concepts, sensuality, a swearword
Pairing(s): Ni Jianyi/Gyokumen Koushou (implied)
Spoilers: Ni Jianyi's background
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #61, Hustling; time allowed: 45 minutes; time taken: 50 minutes
Summary: The Lady of Houtou's prisoner turns out to be a little more interesting than she expected.
He was not a particularly imposing figure as he stood there ...
Title: Satisfaction
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: very mild m/m
Pairing(s): teeny 58
Spoilers: Hints about Reload 10
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #60, Comfort Food; time allowed: 60 minutes; time taken: 65 minutes
Summary: After their first good meal since the massive battle with the Master of the Muten Sutra, everyone's feeling a little more lively
The inn would have been no more than a piss-stop in the first months of their journey West, ...
Title: Astray
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Violence against a child and a small animal, swearing, angst.
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: General for Gojyo's childhood
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #52, word list: Grow. Feather. Knife. Angular. Cat; time allowed: 60 minutes; time taken: 75 minutes. This prompt awoke a plot bunny that's been asleep since smillaraaq and I discussed it last - at least 18 months ago. (I feel like I should apologize to everyone, on a couple of levels.)
Summary: Small Gojyo decides to bring home a kitten. It does not go well
Title: Adjusting Expectations
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Swear words
Pairing(s): very mild Gojyo/Hakkai, if you read it that way
Spoilers: References to parts of Gojyo and Hakkai's Burial arc and the Be There arc
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #51, Disappointed; time allowed: 20 minutes; time taken: 25 minutes ... I'm improving!
Summary: Why exactly is Gojyo trying to get drunk?
Title: Buried Treasure
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: a swear word or two; disgusting health situation
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #50, Gold; time allowed: 15 minutes; time taken: 25 minutes
Summary: Sanzo discovers something precious where he least expects it.
Title: Another Day
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: violence against a child; hints of incest
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: Gojyo's and Jien's backstory
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #47, An Ordinary Day; time allowed: 30 minutes; time taken: 45 minutes
Summary: Each day begins full of possibilities ... but it doesn't always end that way.
Gojyo woke instantly in response to his brother's whisper. ...
Title: Growing Season
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Schmoop! And a few curses, because it's Gojyo.
Pairing(s): very early Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: Set maybe 6 months after the Banri Incident. Written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #46, Seeds; time allowed: 45 minutes; time taken: 60 minutes. Oops.
Summary: All Gojyo can do is plant 'em and hope.
Gojyo knows that Hakkai is not quite right, even after all these months ... .
Title: Anchor
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: None
Pairing(s): n/a, really
Spoilers: fragments of various character stories
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #45, Faith; time allowed: 20 minutes; time taken: 25 minutes. Not real fond of this one - I don't know that I expressed what I meant to express.
Summary: When Ukoku tries the wipe out Sanzo's selfhood, there's something that won't let go.
Title: Off Track
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Grim imagery
Pairing(s): hints of Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: a bit of Hakkai's backstory
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #44, The Road Not Taken; time allowed: 30 minutes; time taken: 35 minutes
Summary: A walk back from town turns into an anniversary of sorts
It's a bright mid-morning, but he remembers when it was dark ...
Title: Wash Me Clean
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: gore, nonexlicit nudity, swearing, m/m suggestiveness
Pairing(s): Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: Hakkai's backstory
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #43, Water; time allowed: 60 minutes; time taken: 75 minutes. And I've written this concept three or four times already. I fail. Title and theme from k.d. lang: "Wash / Wash me clean / Mend my wounded seams / Cleanse my tarnished dreams ... "
Summary: Not Hakkai's best evening: rain, and a drunk, muddy Gojyo.
Hakkai started harder at the words on the page ... .
Title: Keepsakes
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Mention of m/m; gory memories.
Pairing(s): Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: Hakkai's history
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #40, Keepsake/Memento; time allowed: 40 minutes; time taken: 42 minutes
Summary: Would they keep their scars, if they had a choice?
Hakkai was feeling peacefully boneless ...
Title: Bliss
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: A swearword or two.
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #39, Free Time; time allowed: 45 minutes; time taken: 60 minutes
Summary: With an unexpected free day on his hands, what does Sanzo really crave?
Title: Warmth
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: nothing at all
Pairing(s): Kougaiji/Yaone ... maybe, if you squint really hard
Spoilers: a bit of Yaone's history
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #38, New Year; time allowed: 20 minutes; time taken: 24 minutes
Summary: Yaone could use a few new New Year's memories
Most of the time, Yaone managed not to think about her old home. ...
Title: Bedazzled
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Swearing
Pairing(s): teeny bit of 393
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #35: Head over Heels . Time allowed: 25 minutes. Time taken: 32 minutes over.
Summary: Food's not the only thing that distracts Goku.
Title: Written on the Water
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: A couple of curse words, and some adult concepts.
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: Gojyo's history
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #34: Letters to the Dead. Time allowed: 1 hour minutes. Time taken: maybe 5 minutes over. This is pretty loose and rough - I just let it pour out. Probably inspired by a bit of conversation smillaraaq and I were having about how little we know about youkai culture, and how Jien and Gojyo didn't know much more, because they seem to have been cut off from their community as kids - or all that rotten stuff wouldn't have happened.
Title: Sense of Place
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: nothing much.
Pairing(s): Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #31: Homesickness. Time allowed: 20 minutes. Time taken: 30 min.
Summary: The first weeks on the road were the hardest for Hakkai.
Title: All Souls
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: a very mild swear word or two.
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #28: Tenpou, and a trip to the world below. Time allowed: 20 minutes. Time taken: big fail - 40 minutes.
Summary: Tenpou enjoys a curious autumnal celebration
There was a ghoul, its face fixed in a hideous frozen scream ...
Title: Hungry
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: very, very mild m/m
Pairing(s): Goku/Sanzo
Spoilers: nothing
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #26, the same scene from two viewpoints. Time allowed: 45 minutes. Time taken: about that
Summary: Sanzo thinks Goku could use a few more pork buns. But that's not want Goku really needs.
Title: Delusions
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: megalomania and excessive use of $50 words
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: Reload 2-3 - information about Zakuro
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #24, art. Time allowed: 30 minutes. Time taken: 30. Go team!
Summary: Haven't you always wondered how he does it? Well, Zakuro-sama will tell you how!
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