In every organization, corporation, or association, there is bound to be something of a wild card. You know the type--the one who stands at the head of the angry mob and taunts the opposition with a carrot on a stick and dares them to advance...the one who breaks every rule and finds every loophole and still manages to stay in the chief's good graces because despite all the unorthodox methods, the job still gets done, and gets done damn well. These are the individualists...the unconventionals; mavericks who aren't afraid to test the boundaries of their own humanity and the limits of their passion.

On one side of the fence, we have ShinRa--the global conglomerate with its fingers in everyone's cake and a monopoly on everything and the kitchen sink. Having harnessed the unfathomable power of the Lifestream that runs beneath the planet's surface, ShinRa was well on its way to ruling the world with an electric bill. On the other side? AVALANCHE. Armed with a ragtag legion of planet-loving environmentalists (and the occasional megalomaniacal mad-scientist bent on destroying the world) drunk with the knowledge that if ShinRa is not stopped, the life force of the planet will be sucked dry, AVALANCHE wages an all-out war on the company that rages on for nearly a decade.

And who stands at the head of the formation to stand against AVALANCHE but the second-in-command of the Department of Administrative Defense, a.k.a. the Turks--the haphazard nonconformist with hair to match his temper and an attitude to match his style. Wielding an electro-mag rod and a slew of sarcastic remarks, Reno leads the Turks in the fight against AVALANCHE to save his company--and, consequently, his Turks--from annihilation at the hands of not only AVALANCHE, but Sephiroth, the monster ShinRa itself released into the world. The opposition? Cloud Strife, and his motley crew. His first mate? His childhood friend, Tifa Lockhart, whose passion to destroy ShinRa burns as brightly as the fires that destroyed their hometown. Sparing no delicacies to show ShinRa just how much she thinks of them, Tifa casts aside any pre-established labels of demure femininity and instead throws fists, ready to stick by Cloud until the bitter end.

But when the dust clears and the monsters are gone and ShinRa is in shambles and AVALANCHE is all but disbanded...what's left for a first-mate and a second-in-command to do? Once the fighting is over and nobody really knows who emerged victorious in the first place...when chocobo-headed heroes fall to simple delivery boys and corporate gods are reduced to sickly shadows of their former glory...what are these deputies to do with their time, their knowledge, and their idle minds...? How far can a pair of wild cards get in a broken world of folded hands?



Prologue: Tomorrow's Way
In which a family is broken. [posted 27April07]
Chapter One: Missing
In which there are secret codes, apologies, and Reno is very angry. [posted 02May07]
Chapter Two: Broken English
In which there is a rousing game of phone tag. [posted 07May07]
Chapter Three: Rumors of my Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
In which there are water balloons, pie, tea, and chocobo-beaning. Only not. [posted 10May07]
Chapter Four: The Lost Souls
In which there is a failed attempt at punching Kadaj in the face, and there are some eloquent negotiations. [posted 15May07]
Chapter Five: Whisper
In which there is a visit to Sector Five, the Turks do not use stunt doubles, and frightening memories are relived. [posted 20May07]
Chapter Six: I've Got You
In which Rosalind calls a fire drill, and Reno hurries to the rescue. [posted 26May07]
Chapter Seven: All I Need
In which there is a peek into Reno's apartment and Wutai delivery. [posted 18June07]
Chapter Eight: Gravity of Love
In which the flashback is concluded! :o [posted 09July07]
Chapter Nine: つづれおり
In which there is some unexpected good news, and Reno finally manages to punch someone in the face. [posted 19July07]
Chapter Ten: Faking the Books
In which we have the calm before the storm. [posted 30July07]
Chapter Eleven: Shine
In which we find out how the second-in-command of the Turks and an ex-ringleader of AVALANCHE come together. [posted 12August07]
Chapter Twelve: Ever the Same
In which a fire is ignited of equality. [posted 17August07]
Chapter Thirteen: And I Feel Fine
In which we learn why no one listens when Yuffie is talking. [posted 22August07]
Chapter Fourteen: Shake Your Foundations
In which we blow shit up, fight Sephiroth, and spirit the princess away to the highest room of the tallest tower. [posted 30Aug07]
Chapter Fifteen: Chelsea
In which Yuffie is a giant bat and Reno feels like a bad friend... [posted 10Sep07]
Chapter Sixteen: Even If
In which Togas are optional. Forever. [posted 18Sep07]
Chapter Seventeen: The Best of What's Around
In which Vincent makes a choice, and the Turks are in ur internetz. [posted 25Sep07]
Chapter Eighteen: Hurricane
In which Vincent is a freaking vampire and we learn about mascarpone. [posted 06Oct07]
Chapter Nineteen: Diving in the Deep End
In which Tifa needs a suit, and the plot thickens. [posted 15Oct07]
Chapter Twenty: Kick Some Ass
In which the title is self-explanatory. [posted 08Nov07]
Chapter Twenty-One: Gravity
In which Reno gets shot and then there is a lover's spat. [posted 28Nov07]
Chapter Twenty-Two: Good Friend
In which breaking up is hard to do. [posted 08Dec07]
Chapter Twenty-Three: Easier to Be
In which reconciliation comes standard. [posted 13Jan08]
Chapter Twenty-Four: Just My Luck
In which In which Elena is a pain in the ass, Cloud makes a special delivery and Reno wonders when he became such a generous guy. [posted 24Jan08]
Chapter Twenty-Five: Falling for the First Time
In which there is some srs conversational bsnss. And brownies. [posted 14Feb08]
Chapter Twenty-Six: Dirty Little Secret
In which there are an inordinate number of fade-to-blacks. [posted 03March08]
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Everlasting Friend
In which a mind is a terrible thing to lose. [posted 23March08]
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Anything You Can Do
In which Elena is persistent and Reno fears the fiery wrath of little girls. [posted 04April08]
Chapter Twenty-Nine: You and Me
In which there is fire and screaming salmon and talk of imaginary things. [posted 16April08]
Chapter Thirty: Right Now
In which Reno gives Denzel his card and divulges a humorously traumatic past experience. [posted 27April08]