kurofai | [Team Sea] (Daemon) The Odyssey

Title: The Odyssey
Prompt: Daemon
Rating: Teen and up
Tags: Animal/Daemon harm, strong language, violence, fighting, weapons, themes of death, depression and anxiety, character death, NSFN AU, not safe for Nick/newbies AU, abusive relationships

Sword-less and nation-less, Kurogane makes a living on the sea with only his daemon as a companion. Meeting a daemon-less man at a witch's shop is the first step towards his fate - if he's willing to help the man get home.

(A/N: Thanks to everyone who participated in the Olymfic! An extra special thanks to the mods who kept us all on track :) Sorry about the poor spacing and lack of italics. Thanks so much for reading. Enjoy!!)

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Chapter 1: Homeless

Chapter 2: Homebound

Chapter 3: Home

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1. How in-character was this fic? 9
2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? 10
3. How well did this fic fit their team’s theme? 10
4. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? 8
5. Was the my fic tagged correctly? Yes

This was a wild ride but I really enjoyed it. I liked how each chapter felt like a "monster of the week" sort of adventure with new mysteries to solve, it kept it really fresh. Good job!

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I absolutely love this! Their interactions are all so fantastic, and I really like the different subplots that were woven in and all the little running jokes, like how technologically advanced Syaoran is while the other three are like “so you mean magic”

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Ahhhh thanks so much!!! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun with Syaoran going back in time and knowing absolutely nothing useful :D :D

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Even though it was an epic of a fic I was totally engrossed in reading it. There were so many little things that you tied together at the end. Only thing for me was that Kurogane (and even Kami) was a little too subdued, for the majority of the fic. Was it because he was not full of anger due to Akemi's effects on him? I just found it a little weird for him to be thanking others as often as he did.
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Thanks so much for reading my way-too-long fic!!! Your critique is completely valid - I guess it was just the Canadian in me forcing Kurogane to be on his best behaviour :P Thanks again!

1. How in-character was this fic? 10
2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? 10
3. How well did this fic fit their team’s theme? 10
4. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? 10
5. Was the my fic tagged correctly? Yes

The only way this fic could possibly be more ideal is for it to speak to and connect with personal stuff. However ? It's the perfect read. If I was worried about being partial bc of participating, I needn't be, bc in this case, this fic was such a gem my review would've been just as glowing either way.
The pacing is the dream! The characterisation fits the way you built up their personalities in this au while connecting to their canon selves beautifully!
And the descriptions? Clothes, places, flying ships, the entire journey ? Phrasings that days after reading sweep me from my feet "prince of dust and corpses" mother of fucking christ I can't even
There's too much about this I love, 100% would scream at fandom friends in pms about!
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OMG thank you so much!!!! I read your comment over and over again. Thanks so much for brightening my day! I'm really happy that you enjoyed it so much! And I'm so honoured that you're so enthusiastic about something I wrote!!! It's great motivation for me.

I loved "prince of dust and corpses" so much, I put it in twice heehee.

Thanks again!

Yesss and tbh it was a thrill to my heart both times!! And after it comes out that this /absolutely/ applies to Fai as well here? Nothing kills me quite like parallels and I really want to re-read to appreciate it better!

Thank you also for writing, it was an absolute joy of a read! My heart still swells when I think of Kurogane trusting Fai to come back to them all (and his small arc about not doing everything himself and letting others help too? Excellent. And another parallel to Fai, I think<3 where kurogane starts off doing everything all alone (sans akame), it's Fai who plans on ending his alone, except for his daemon

HI WHAT THE HELL THIS WAS AWESOME

1. How in-character was this fic? (8)
2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? (10)
3. How well did this fic fit their team’s theme? (10)
4. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? (10)
5. Was the my fic tagged correctly (Yes)

The docked points for character are only because I didn't get a super strong sense of the characters in your work, but I really didn't *need* to. Your writing was compelling, your world building and the intricacies of the environments were so. cool. and writing flowed from arc to arc, completing a trio of stories in a way that felt exactly like an epic folk tale. I loved every second of this.

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Thanks so much for coming to comment and to leave a vote!!! Before I posted, I was worried that the dialogue didn't do much to show their individual characteristics and the relationships between the characters. But it was late and I had already written 40 000 words lol.

I'm so glad that I was able to make up for it with the different places that they went to! I had a lot of fun building different worlds and trying to figure out how Kurogane + co would fit into them.

I'm so thrilled to hear that you loved it! Thanks again!

God, that's a mood.

I really feel like leaving things a little loose character-wise still helps with the vibe though--It gives it some of the same feeling as something like the Odyssey, and I really appreciated it!

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1. How in-character was this fic? 7
2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? 10
3. How well did this fic fit their team’s theme? 10
4. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? 8
5. Was the fic tagged correctly Yes

Thanks for the great story, it felt like a fairytale to read it.
I really like The story itself and the whole concept of daemons you used, but it took away too much focus somehow from the characters and from building their relationship.

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