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Summary : Reishin is likened to a succulent lychee.
Time-fit : After Sweet Titbit

Disclaimer : I do not own the characters. They and Saiunkoku Monogatari belong to Sai Yukino.
Rating : PG13 for theme
Genre : Humour
Warning : Yaoi, mild - nothing happens on-screen
Pairing : Kijin/Reishin (with support from Shuei, Koyu, and General Haku)

Note : The prequel to this fic is Sweet Titbit http://saiunkoku-fic.livejournal.com/118420.html#cutid1




Materials: watercolour pencils.

This drawing, Unattainable Perfection, is my fanart illustration for this fanfic.

Reishin's admirer likens him to the seedless lychee - unattainable perfection. Unattainable because he already has a lover, Kijin. See how possessively Kijin holds Reishin in the picture? haha

To tie in with the notion of something being perfect but unattainable, I've drawn this to resemble a painting of ancient Chinese beauties. Reishin's white face, pink cheeks, and red lips are in keeping with the norm in paintings of Chinese beauties. I know that is not canon, but ... in my ficverse, Reishin does wear lip-colour at home!

The fruits are lychees.

The Chinese characters 姜还是老的辣 translates as "ginger is hottest when old". This phrase is used by Reishin's admirer in the fanfic Sweet Titbit (prequel to Seedless Lychee).

The red seal bears the character 红(Hong), Reishin's clan name.

Traditionally, Chinese paintings/calligraphy are displayed on fabric scrolls.



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Summary: Kijin, over-worked and sex-deprived, is pleasantly surprised when Reishin makes a late-night conjugal visit to his office.
Time-Fit: After Twin Irises.

Disclaimer : I do not own the characters. They and Saiunkoku Monogatari belong to Sai Yukino.
Rating : PG13 for theme
Genre : Drama/Humour
Warning : Yaoi, mild - nothing happens on-screen
Pairing : Kijin/Reishin (with support from Ryuki and General Haku)

The sequel to this story is Seedless Lychee.

Note : My fanart illustration for this fanfic is behind the LJ-cut.



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The works and their authors/artists are as follows:

The Proposal (for Shen) - imanewme

Tea and Flowers, part 1 (for Imanewme) - ladyofthethread

The Magic Flute (for Lady of the Thread) - grey_damaskena

Get Your Bearings (for Felarae)- everlaughter

Seiran and Ensei (for Everlaughter) - animeshen

Christmas Conspiracies (for grey_damaskena) - nikolita

Patience (for Priestess Skye) - grey_damaskena

A Midsummer Night's Dream (for Nikolita) - hisoka44

Early Morning Moments (for Hisoka44) - priestess_skye

Seiran's Christmas (for L-sama) - falarae

Thank you to everyone who participated, and to the entire community for putting up with my rather large amounts of fail this holiday season past. Please give your hardworking gift authors and artists some love and appreciation. Here's to a happy New Year (of the Dragon!) to all and sundry!

I think this got lost in the wash somewhere.  No worries, though... I don't care if this gets voted on or not because it's about the fic, not the contest. :)

Title: The Proposal
Author: Imanewme
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Humor
AU/Canon: Cannon-ish
Characters: Kouyuu, Shuurei,  and Reshin, with cameos of Shouka, Shuuei, and Ryuuki
Word count: 1,923

Summary: When Reshin puts down an ultimatum that Kouyuu propose to Shuurei, Kouyuu flounders to deal with the situation.

Notes to requester:  Dear Shen, I hope this meets with your approval.  Kouyuu is a pleasure to write.  Thank you for the opportunity to have a little fun.  


( Kouyuu is caught in the middle, as usual.  )

Um, I guess I’ll just post this on my own if we’re not voting… I wrote a piece for the exchange but it went in really last minute and I haven’t seen it posted.

Title: Tea and Flowers, Part 1
Rating: G
Characters: Shuurei, Kouyuu, Shuuei, Ryuuki
Summary: Shuurei does housework and the guys come to bug her…
Word Count: 794
Author’s Note: This was somewhat inspired by the picture in the artbook of Kouyuu and Shuurei watering flowers. And apologies to imanewme. I was kind of burnt out on writing at the time and failed at getting this finished by Christmas. So, I had split it into two pieces and sent in the first with the intention of finishing and posting part 2 after the exchange. Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten to finishing it yet and it might still be a while because of Chinese New Year and other projects I have going. ._.;

( Shuurei had spent her day off catching up on household chores… )

Hello, everybody!

I am, in fact, not dead, and to all of you I owe the sincerest and most grovelling apologies I can offer for my disappearance. There are a number of reasons why, none of which are adequate to excuse the trespass, but for anyone curious:

( A long and boring story . . . )

Regardless, since I only just got up the final three entries of the exchange, I'm going to hold off the Big Reveal until this weekend. In previous years I've given people a chance to vote for their favorite works and sent the winner a prize, but at the moment I'm poor as the proverbial churchmouse. So about the only thing I have to offer is my wannabe-professional-editor skills, and I'm not certain of what use those are to anyone (they are of extremely little use to me thus far, unfortunately).

Despite this, if people would like to have a vote for the sake of, I would be happy to put one together. If so, I will push the Big Reveal back to Chinese New Year, which is January 23 this year (happy anniversary, all you Dragons!). Otherwise, the Big Reveal will be on Saturday, January 21.

Go ahead and click that "leave a comment" button to tell me your opinions. Just this once flames will also graciously be accepted, given that they're warranted. Lay it on me, peeps!

~grey_damaskena

Title: the Magic Flute
Rating: K+
By: grey_damaskena
Summary: The life of a traveling minstrel is never dull. Quests aren't Ryuuren's standard stock in trade, but for someone of such fine musical taste, surely no service is too small!
Notes: . . . how did this turn out so long?

( the Magic Flute )

Title: Get Your Bearings
Rating: T
By: everlaughter
Summary: Seiran, Ensei, Kouyu and Shuuei go on a camping trip. There's a lot more to camping than Kouyu and Seiran thought.
Notes: For Falarae. You asked for Seiran and Ensei, or Shuuei and Kouyu. I hope it's all right to give you both. :)

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Title: Seiran and Ensei
By: animeshen
Summary: fanart of the aforementioned dynamic duo ready to kick ass and take names.
Notes: Sincere apologies for the lateness. Without further ado!

( Seiran and Ensei fanart )