Case Studies
 

Themes: Seito's List

A babbling of look into my own characters, unless otherwise stated. Each theme will be crossed off as it's done. :C


1. Bite
2. Green Pen
3. First Flower
4. A Beautiful Day
5. Water
6. Jars
7. Buttons
8. Silence
9. Trash
10. Chain
11. Rain of blossoms
12. Chapstick/lip balm
13. Cards
14. Quiz
15. Fans
16. Fish
17. Smile
18. Chocolate
19. Scissors
20. Pillows
21. Jacket/Blanket
22. Glare
23. Jealousy
24. Misunderstood
25. Holiday
26. Bell
27. Dog
28. Bridge
29. Minute
30. Flying
31. Bird
32. Cloud
33. Umbrella
34. Snow
35. Singing
36. Square
37. Curtain
38. Popular
39. Rubbish
40. Jellyfish
41. Circle
42. Matches
43. Deception
44. Paper
45. Heart
46. Color
47. Moonlight
48. Death
49. Candle
50. 50%
51. Obsessive Compulsive
52. Technology Challenged
53. Lurk
54. Stalk
55. Doom
56. Butterfly
57. Check
58. Make up
59. I feel pretty
60. Clock
61. Midnight
62. Cocoa
63. Tinsel
64. Spiffy
65. Spilled Ink
66. Paw prints
67. Cute
68. Mess
69. I’m coming
70. Late
71. Missed
72. Spellcheck
73. Mail
74. Tied up
75. Nails
76. Small terror
77. Spider
78. Wine/champagne
79. Cross-dressing
80. Instruction Manual
81. Confetti
82. Glitter
83. Shiny objects
84. Rebirth
85. Marbles
86. Lamp post
87. Charcoal
88. Markers
89. Scribbling
90. Board games
91. Love
92. Sibling
93. Coffee
94. Sticky
95. Sweet
96. Sour
97. Hyper
98. Apathy & Empathy
99. Lost cell phone
100. Happily Ever After

Challenge: 90. Board games
Word Count: 125
Characters: Halia Suin

He plucked a round-headed pin from the map before him, carefully considering the locations of his troops, his enemies’ troops, the geography, the supplies, the weather. He considered the victories he had won, the losses that he turned around. He considered his older brother, covered in blood, cutting down enemy generals with the greatest ease.

He remembered the countless hours of studying ancient texts, learning the noble art of war. He remembered his brother devoting every hour of his existence to battle and bloodshed. He remembered soldiers dead, families weeping, lands won, and tributes acquired.

War, he remembered someone once telling him, is the greatest, most exciting game humankind has ever invented.

No, he heard himself answer. It is their heritage, their life, their death.


Challenge: 65. Spilled ink
Word Count: 50
Characters: Halia, Kujang

In a malicious echo of a benevolent smile, his lips were drawn back, his face taut with hatred; Deliberately, staring into Halia’s cold blue eyes, Kujang lifted the bottle of ink, quill and all, and turned it over atop his map.

Halia smiled, the call of death in his eyes.


Challenge: 16. Fish
Word Count: 183
Characters: Cain, Konani, slightly Cain/Konani

When Konani saw Cain knee-deep in the river, she laughed.

“Are you trying to catch a fish by hand?” she asked, amused, watching him from the green bank. Cain looked up; smiled in reply because he knew that he looked silly and she knew it too.

“I don’t have a fishing pole and Dawei said she wanted some fish,” he explained.

“That’s usually my job.”

“I know. Unfortunately for me, you were gone today.”

“I’m sorry,” Konani said, not at all sounding sorry. “Here, o Hero, let me show you how it’s done.”

She watched the river; he watched her and suddenly her brown, slender arm shot up and a fish flew into the air to be immediately incased in a ball of ice. Using her two hands, she drifted the fish ball through air and settled it gently on the grassy bank.

“That’s how it’s done.” Her blue eyes flashed and she was mocking him, but he remained unfazed. She looked away first from his even gaze. Maybe—does he?—Oh, stop, stop, please.

“Thank you,” Cain said softly over the singing of the river.