{"id":323,"date":"2008-02-14T18:10:23","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/?p=323"},"modified":"2009-06-26T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T15:59:22","slug":"drown-in-your-blue-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/2008\/02\/drown-in-your-blue-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Drown in your Blue Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Soubi was very confused. He had expected to be Sensei&#8217;s Fighter. What else had he been trained for?<\/p>\n<p>This, apparently.  <\/p>\n<p>He listened  as his Sacrifice spoke of butterflies, breath catching at the slow rip of the knife through his shirt. Reborn? Did his Sacrifice want him to become&#8230; something else?<\/p>\n<p>He would do whatever his Sacrifice said, of course. That was the only way he could be a true Fighter. Sensei had taught him that. He figured it was even more important for a blank Fighter like him.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Would you like it to hurt? Or would you rather it not hurt?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Soubi groped for an answer. His Sacrifice&#8217;s eyes crinkled a bit, warmed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think you would like it more if it hurt.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Was that what his Sacrifice wanted him to become? All right.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Pain,&quot; Soubi murmured and tipped his head back for the point of Seimei&#8217;s knife to write his new name. &quot;I want it to hurt. I like pain.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>End     <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"authornote\">\n<p>A\/N: Raserei Hojo&#8217;s translation of this scene dialogue was used.   Many thanks. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soubi&#8217;s pov when Seimei first claims him. <span class=\"summary-meta\">Drama with Creepiness, I-5, spoilers vol. 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> Contains mutilation and very questionable consent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"teaser\">\n<p>Did his Sacrifice want him to become&#8230; something else?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270,436,272,507],"tags":[276,275],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loveless","category-warning","category-embrace","category-drama","tag-loveless-soubi","tag-loveless-seimei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branchandroot.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}