Twin-Lance Verse

"Nida absorbed as much of the atmosphere as he could. There he danced, in a place he could only hope to fantasize about as a boy, with a woman he never imagined he could touch."

The Twin-Lance Verse is a set of Final Fantasy VIII fan fictions which are set post-game and focus on the lives of (mostly) the main characters. As of this time, six stories exist and are meant to be read in chronological order, as events in earlier stories are often mentioned again later on.

Story order:


 * 1) Darkened Ice
 * 2) Leatherbound Secret
 * 3) Red Strokes
 * 4) Unsilenced
 * 5) Iris of Thorns

Each chapter of What Lies Within seems to take place at various times in the series, and should probably be read last.

Spoilers below, which are marked.


 * A Day in the Limelight - Red Strokes focuses on Nida. Can't remember who he is?  Most of the characters can't either, at least at first.
 * The Atoner - Seifer, and also Edea to some extent.
 * Babies Ever After
 * Cold-Blooded Torture -
 * Complete Monster - Gunther Audley, who is also.
 * Dead Fic - What Lies Within and Unsilenced are both unfinished and have not been updated in close to two years.
 * Fanon - This series is likely where Nida's last name of 'Roe' came from. Stories by different authors have since used it.
 * Heroic BSOD - Seifer freaks out after hearing that
 * Moses in the Bulrushes -
 * Pair the Spares - Averted compared to the majority of FFVIII fan fiction, since
 * Jerkass Woobie / Stoic Woobie - Seifer. Considering what happened to him in-game and post-game, it's not hard to see why.  He ends up helping everyone (including Squall) at various times despite claiming not to care and
 * Taking the Kids - The main plot of Leatherbound Secret, in which we learn that
 * Temporary Blindness -
 * Where Are They Now? Epilogue - A few of the stories end years into the future and show how the characters are faring.