Idiosynthesize

I originally wrote this back in August of 2020 in fits and spurts and periods of neglect over the course of a few weeks. Before I could put this up, however, I suffered a personal tragedy that left me in a severely depressed state that I'm still in the process of working through. During that time I ended up in a cycle of forgetting about this, remembering it and then procrastinating until I forgot it again which is why I'm only getting around to posting it now.

At least I've finished one fic last friggin' year.

Just some speculation to deal with a frustratingly hastily dropped plot point. Title from Sonata Arctica's "The Boy Who Wanted to be a Real Puppet". Minor spoilers for early parts of Raven's backstory/The Empty Mask but otherwise ignores it.

Title: This Only Ends with a Sharp Knife
Fandom: Tales of Vesperia
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2888
Characters: Raven/Schwann, Flynn, Yuri
Summary: Pre-game/mid-game. Perhaps the strings on Alexei's puppet weren't as strong as either of them thought.

( Flynn had the makings of someone that could tear down all of Alexei's plans. )