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A Bit of Magic [K]
Above the Sea [T]
A Kiss [T]
A Late Lunch [K]
A Secret, Not For Long [T]
After That [T]
Better At A Distance [T]
Bother [K]
Breakfast in Bed [K]
Brush Strokes [K]
Caught: by the Crew [T]
Click, Snick, Bang [M]
Cocky Bastard [K]
Coloring Eggs [K]
Declaring War [T]
Desert Rose: Culture 1 | Culture 2 | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-Two | Twenty-Three | Twenty-Four | Twenty-Five | Twenty-Six | Twenty-Seven | Twenty-Eight | Twenty-Nine | Thirty | Thirty-One [M]
Differing Opinions [T]
Distractions [T]
Emergency [M]
Fahrenheit Meeting [T]
Falling [T]
Giving [T]
Happy Temple Owning
Incognito [T]
Just For Her [K]
Just One Touch [M]
Keeper: One | Two | Three [M]
Looking Hot In A Hot Place [M]
Not An Instant Romance [T]
On The Job Safety [T]
On This Young Night [T]
Option One [T]
Option Two [T]
Option Three [T]
Option Four [T]
Passions [T]
Peeking:
One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-Two | Twenty-Three | Twenty-Four | Twenty-Five [M]
Four | Two | One | Five | Six | Three | Seven | Eight | Twenty-One | Eleven | Nine | Ten | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-Two | Twenty-Three | Twenty-Four | Twenty-Five [M]
Problematic [K]
Promises, Promises: One | Two | Three | Handyman by 1frickengirl [T]
Quality Time: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Int. 1 | Int. 2 | Seven | Eight | Int. 3 | Nine | Int. 4 | Int. 5 | Ten | Int. 6 | Int. 7 | Eleven | Twelve | Int. 8 | Thirteen |Fourteen | Int. 9 | Int. 10 | Int. 11 | Int. 12 | Int. 13 | Int. 14 | Fifteen | Sixteen | Int. 15 | Int. 16 | Int. 17 | Int. 18 | Seventeen | Eighteen | Int. 19 | Nineteen | Int. 20 | Int. 21 | Int. 22 | Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-Two | Twenty-Three [T]
Reactionary [K]
Saving Home [T]
Sexy [K]
Sharing The Future [K]
Something to Come Home To [M]
Special Place: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six [T]
Sugar Sweet [T]
Sweet Charity [T]
The Five Times Gippal Lied [T]
The Five Times Rikku Lied [T]
The Shoopuf in the Room [T]
Tradition [T]
Unrequited: One | Two [T]
What Heroes Get [T]

Brother/Paine

Exotic Tastes: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six [M]
Five: One [T]

Misc.

Death and Carrion [M]
Left Out Original | Revised [K]
Sticky Bu/G/R [T]
When Ivalice Met Spira: One | Two | Three | Four [T]

Fan Art, Icons, Manips, Wallpapers

103 Gippal, Rikku & Gippal/Rikku Sloganizer Icons
15 Rikku Beserker Icons
15 Rikku Gun Mage Icons
15 Rikku In Her Sites Machina Maw Icons & 1 Wallpaper
15 Rikku White Mage Icons
16 Rikku Thief Glow 2 Icons
18 Wanted: 2 Gippal Gunner Icons
18 Wanted: Rikku Gunner Icons
20 Lady of Fortune: Rikku Lady Luck Icons & 3 Wallpapers
20 Mascot Rikku Icons
20 Rikku Warrior "One Woman Army" Icons
20 Sandstorm: Rikku Alchemist Icons
21 Rikku Autumn Training Trainer/Beastmaster Icons
21 Rikku Dark Knight Icons
24 Rikku, Yuna, Paine Under the Moon Samurai Icons
35 Dance Diva Rikku Songstess Icons & 3 Wallpapers
35 Dancin' In the Flames Rikku Black Mage Icons & 3 Wallpapers & 5 Gippal, Rikku/Gippal Icons & 2 Wallpapers
40 Gippal Photo Icons
44 Anti-drug, Misc., Rikku/Gippal Icons
64 Looking For Group: Richard Icons
72 Rikku Black Magic Woman Icons
9 Rikku Thief "Glow" Icons
9 Wanted: 3 Gippal/Rikku Gunner Icons
Al Bhed Fashion: 1-3 | 4-8
Brother/Paine, Odd Couple
Brother/Paine, Pissed Off
Cubee Rikku Toy
Elder Cid Manip
FFX-2/FFXII Banner, G/R Manip
Gippal Whole
Gippal/Rikku Halloween 2008
Gippal/Rikku Kissing Roughs
Gippal/Rikku Kissing Color
Gippal/Rikku FFX Manip
Gippal/Rikku Quite The Couple Manip
Gippal/Rikku Stick Figures
Gippal/Rikku Stick Figures Christmas Card
Gippal/Rikku Tango, Desert Rose Wallpaper
Gippal/Rikku Together 2 and 2a
Gullwings Stick Figures, Wallpaper & Icon
Rikku: Al Bhed Fashion Model: Desert Rose Series: One | Two | Three | Four
Rikku Icon
Rikku Flux, R/G FFX-2 Manip, Spira X-Men
Rikku, Paine Redesign
Rikku as Ritualist(GW)
Rikku Wall Paper
SonnyB's Gullwing Fanart
Tyibreha Portraits: Saffi | ???
Wanted Wall Papers: Rikku and Gippal/Rikku
Werewolves of Sanubia
YuRiPa Fairy Gifs

My Icon/Wallpaper Policy: My icons/wallpapers are technically not textless bases. They are either cropped images or manipulations compiled by me, PrettyGothGirl. The content within these icons is not mine. Thus, I give permission to make minor cosmetic changes to my icons/wallpapers as long as my name is credited. This is so that others can find the original icon/wallpaper. Minor cosmetic changes include removing, adding or changing the color of the outline (aka a stroke), removing or adding text or using filters/levels/light effects. Thank you.

Standard Disclaimer: I, PrettyGothGirl, do not own the rights of FFX, FFX-2, FFXII, or Looking For Group. They are copyright to the original owners (Square Enix & Blind Ferret). I am just playing and not making any money. In other words: All Disclaimers Apply. Conversely, I, PrettyGothGirl, have compiled the Desert Rose Fanon, if one would like to use, please ask first. The worst I can say is no. Thank You.

What Al Bhed Tribe are you? by prettygothgirl on Quizilla.

(Go on take it, you know you want to.)

CoA: Chapter One | Chapter Thirty-Two | CoA: Chapter Two

Title: Interruptions of the Efficient and Timely Nature
Series: Desert Rose
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: M
Words: 3,571
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Summary: Love is like the rose, it only thrives with tender care and a little adversity. Part Thirty-Two: Sen accidentally spills the beans which leads Gippal to take drastic action and interrupts Rikku versus a whole bunch of boys.
Author's Note: Based off an Al Bhed Fanon Or in short, the Al Bhed are a nomadic tribal culture based in Bikanel with no contact with outsiders, for those who don't want to brave the 20 page document.
Setting Note: A Culture of Honor. The Al Bhed don't have laws so to speak. Their actions are governed by whether or not their deeds and words match up, their integrity and fidelity. One does not insult, take advantage, harm or kill another because it will harm ones honor as well as the honor of the person one has harmed.

( Sen desires to be banished from her father's company )

Creation | CoA: Chapter One | Chapter Thirty-two

Title: Accidentally Crushing On You
Series: Coming of Age
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: T
Words: 3,839
Pairing: Dachi/Iola
Summary: Growing up is hard work. Chapter One: Dachi is sexy and Iola wants some of that and Iola's friends are all about causing trouble.
Author's Note: Based off an Al Bhed Fanon Or in short, the Al Bhed are a nomadic tribal culture based in Bikanel with no contact with outsiders, for those who don't want to brave the 20 page document.
Setting Note: The Nightmare Tribe have darker skin and darker eyes than most of the Al Bhed.
Personal Note: Dedicated to the random halloween fangirl at OU. You boggle my mind! Anyways, when I'm exploring this setting, instead of going blah blah blah to myself, I tell stories. And I had a story I wanted to tell but I didn't want to confuse everyone with a new story in the same universe with a different timeline. So, I could go back and use Rikku in this timeline (but alas there would be no Gippal) or I could grab a character I already had of the proper age and another character that doesn't get enough love *cough* Buddy *cough* and use them instead. Obviously, I went with option B. I hope that you enjoy this story as much as you enjoy Desert Rose. A new chapter of Desert Rose will be out next week. I promise!

( accidently in.... love? )

Chapter Thirty-One | Creation | CoA: Chapter One

Title: The Story of Creation
Series: Desert Rose
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: N/A
Words: 619
Summary: In the Beginning... enough said.
Author's Note: Based off an Al Bhed Fanon Or in short, the Al Bhed are a nomadic tribal culture based in Bikanel with no contact with outsiders, for those who don't want to brave the 20 page document. Try to imagine firelight, and overt gestures and sparkling auras.

( in the beginning... )

Okay, sort of an image dump. First off, for the Halloween Art Challenge:


Rikku as Magical Girl 1 by ~prettygothgirl on deviantART
Rikku in Frills For Great Justice
Happy Halloween 2009!


Phoenix by ~prettygothgirl on deviantART
The Phoenix from Desert Rose

And for a preview of stuff to come... *glares at DeviantArt* check out these finely crafted links from my scrapbook:

Desert Rose Series 4: Front
Desert Rose Series 4: Back
Quality Time Series 1
Tyibreha Portrait 2: Iola
Yuna and Paine Redesigns
Magical Girl Picture (above) Rough
Magical Girl Picture 2 Rough

Chapter Thirty | Chapter Thirty-One | Creation

Title: Brotherhood
Series: Desert Rose
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: M
Words: 5,465
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Summary: Love is like the rose, it only thrives with tender care and a little adversity. Part Thirty-One: Gippal goes home. Brothers will be brothers. Things still aren't going well for Eli and Gippal's father, Keon manages to push him into a rage.
Author's Note: Based off an Al Bhed Fanon Or in short, the Al Bhed are a nomadic tribal culture based in Bikanel with no contact with outsiders, for those who don't want to brave the 20 page document.

I got really motivated to finish this chapter, when I realized the next chapter is something I really really wanted to write. (I try not to write out of order, things become bad when I do.) Anyways, this got longer than expected.

( it can be tough being the oldest )

Title: Falling
Challenge: Rule: Social b 99.1 : If friends spend more than 60 minutes unable to decide what to do, they must default to sexual experimentation.
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: T
Pairing: Gippal/Rikku
Warnings: None
Words: 1,380
Summary: Rikku's bored and Gippal feels lazy and both of them are feeling things they're not talking about.
Author's Note: I blame iceprincessd! Her hawt and lovely story sparked this idea. So, anyways, I have no theme and the story sort of turned into this pile of mush. Ah well. I hope you enjoy it anyways.

( there had to be a rule about lusting after your best friend )

Chapter Twenty-Nine | Chapter Thirty | Chapter Thirty-One

Title: Our Favorite Things
Series: Desert Rose
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: M
Words: 5,429
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Summary: Love is like the rose, it only thrives with tender care and a little adversity. Part Thirty: Rikku and Gippal meet at their favorite place at their favorite time to do their favorite things.
Author's Note: Based off an Al Bhed Fanon Or in short, the Al Bhed are a nomadic tribal culture based in Bikanel with no contact with outsiders, for those who don't want to brave the 20 page document.

Thank you to Jezzi and VegetasPr1ncess for betaing and to Mikazukino Hikari for her wonderful reviews that got me motivated again! I have been sporadically working on this chapter for ten months and it wasn't supposed to be so difficult! I finished on Sunday and my brain quite literally exploded. In some places it might be confusing so, if you have any questions, please email me or comment in your review with a way to get back to you. In order to finish, I reread the whole thing and I must apologize for the very rough draft quality of this story. Other Desert Rose news, I'm working on a wiki for the culture. It's harder than it sounds. There are pictures of some of Rikku's outfits at my deviantart. Lastly, when finishing this chapter I had Jack Mannequin's Dark Blue on repeat. Please, check out the song. It's amazing. :)

( can you list Rikku and Gippal's favorite things? )

Title: Above the Sea
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: T
Pairing: Gippal/Rikku
Warnings: None
Words: 1,298
Summary: Somewhere above the sea, shortly after Vegnagun, Gippal waits for Rikku to acknowledge them so they can keep a promise.
Author's Note: Okay, weird story, I was watching Finding Nemo (well, the credits to Finding Nemo) and got inspired to write this story. I'm not sure what this says about me. However, if you haven't ever listened to the song Beyond the Sea as sung by Bobby Darin. Please do so. And hey ya to xovanillabean!

( my lover stands on golden sands, and watches the ships... )

I'm currently am trying to build a Wiki for the Al Bhed Culture I have created for Desert Rose (and seems to want to sneak into half a dozen other stories that I'm working on). In reality, I know nothing about building wiki's. I'm good at organizing, if and only if, I have an understanding of the system. Alphabetical, color, numerical, I'm there, that's why the outline makes sense to me.

So, in the spirit of starting at the beginning, if you went to the very first page, the index, of a wiki dedicated to an entire culture, what would you want to see?

example of wiki's are: (ignore if you need to)

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

The problem is, none of the above wikis are the culture of a single people.

And this is currently what The Al Bhed Wiki (yeah, not very imaginative) looks like:

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/prettygothgirl/albwiki2.jpg

All graphics subject to change at my whim.

Twenty-One | Twenty-Two | Twenty-Three

Title: Gut Punch
Series: Quality Time
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Warnings: None
Words: 1,624
Summary: Cid contrives to have Rikku and Gippal spend some quality time together. Chapter 22: Yoorvin reveals his plans, Gippal admits he’s a traitor and Rikku gets in her metaphysical punch to the gut.
A/N: And now xXx! Vin Diesel, yum! Such a great/horrid movie. I love it to bits. Not much to say about the chapter. And did you know at fanfiction.net they've taken out the email section in anonymous reviews? I'm kind of pissed. Now there is no way for the people there to get your email without having an account. Why have anonymous reviews in the first place? /rant

( circumstances, drat! )

Title: Promises, Promises
Challenge: Yellow, Toaster, Puppy
Before: Handyman by 1frickengirl
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: T
Pairing: Gippal/Rikku
Warnings: None
Words: 1,750
Summary: Gippal makes a promise in an effort to get out of another promise. Gippal shows up at Rikku's with dinner and Rikku won't stop talking about puppies and makes hints towards other things.
A/N: So, back in 2006 I got bogged down at this part, thankfully I never did delete it! I don't really enjoy writing eating scenes unless they are important. In fact, I highly recommend not writing every meal. Anyways, lots of dialogue which is my drug sometimes. So this is the new part two!

Part One | Part Two | Part Three

( snakes and snails and puppy dog tails )

Twenty | Twenty-One | Twenty-Two

Title: Sweet Distracting Revenge
Series: Quality Time
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Warnings: None
Words: 1,362
Summary: Cid contrives to have Rikku and Gippal spend some quality time together. Chapter 21: Gippal’s plan for distraction doesn’t work out as well as he hopes, as Rikku works in some just vengeance for his treatment of her.
A/N: Happy Birthday pearlrose86! I am trying to be more disciplined in my writing/hobbies. We'll see how long it lasts. And I do plan on drawing Rikku's dress before I finish posting the five or so chapters she wears it in. That way, I can stay away from the purple prose as much as possible. Oye. And we continue our treatment of Casino Royale!

( fashionably late versus fashionably distracting )

Title: Saving Home
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: T
Pairing: Gippal/Rikku
Warnings: None
Words: 1,233
Summary: Slight AU: On the airship, Rikku knows someone, and Tidus wonders what this guy who wants to save home is to her.
A/N:Happy Birthday sixpoint! This is a slight AU, more of a 'what if' story. It also is the last prepared thing I have from my hiatus. *grimaces* Translations for all the Al Bhed are at the bottom.

( what old good friends look like )

Int. 22 | Twenty | Twenty-One

Title: Mirrors
Series: Quality Time
Author: prettygothgirl
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Rikku/Gippal
Warnings: None
Words: 1,048
Summary: Cid contrives to have Rikku and Gippal spend some quality time together. Chapter 20: Rikku stares into a mirror and contemplates why she is here and Gippal wishes for a better mirror.
Truncated A/N: Happy Birthday kj_mom! This was supposed to be an interlude and it turned into a chapter. So, the last interlude was the err, last interlude for a while. YAY! And yes, I'm looking for someone to bounce story ideas with. Qualifications listed here.

( reflections with few answers )

I am looking for someone to discuss all my fandom story ideas with, hell, even original if you're up to it. Important qualities would include the ability to put up with my fiction schizophrenia, patience (with me and the fact that a lot of my ideas won't be posted or written right away), creativity, enjoyment of idea bouncing, motivational skills (these include begging, asking, or pissing me off), and a realization that this means most likely not being surprised by anything long I write (one shots are iffy on whether or not I'll talk about them before I write them). Grammar help is good but not as important.

Talks don't have to be restricted to fandom, we can talk about life too, however I'd like someone to discuss fandom ideas/plots etc with on a regular basis.

This is pretty much an all access pass to my brain. Email, PM, or comment here if you are interested. Thanks.

PS. The lastest chapter of Quality Time is up at Fanfiction.net. It shall be posted here tomorrow.

Okay, I didn't mean to do more of these. I really, honestly didn't. However! I was tired of my old LJ layout, went to white for a few days and then came up with an idea for something along the lines of "Burning Love." Oh don't ask. So, some Rikku/Gippal icons and Gippal Icons in the "dancing in the flames" format. *sigh* Once again, flame brushes and textures courtesy of Obsidian Dawn.

3 Rikku/Gippal Icons
2 Gippal Icons
2 Wallpapers

( My Icon/Wallpaper Policy )

( burning love )

Okay, are we ready for some FIERCE icons?! Well, 1frickengirl found the October image of my 2009 calendar fierce and here finally are the icons that month was based upon. And I must admit, I love these icons. Though they were a bit of work to make. Fire brushes and textures are courtesy of Obsidian Dawn. Poses may be found here under bw11.gif to bw68.gif. And some of them are really cute. She looks like she's dancing and it's awesome. Check 'em out. As usual, other wallpaper sizes available by request.

35 Icons
3 Wallpapers

01.17.35.

( My Icon/Wallpaper Policy )

( dance flames, dance )