...Note: Happy Birthday, shelliebelle ! “Hand me the converter, will you?” The voice underneath the heap of machina was muffled, but definitely female. As were the legs that stuck out, Gippal noted. To confirm his observations, a slender hand searched for said piece of equipment, bright yellow fingernail polish a sharp contrast to the dark brown grease stains over the knuckles and wrist...

Title: Train of Thought Challenge: It’s not all Gippal, Gippal, Gippal you know. Rating: PG Summary: The inner musings of a certain Gullwing do not always center on Gippal. Note: Happy birthday, dark_aerith ! I don’t know why people think I’m so hung up on Gippal. I mean, it’s not all Gippal, Gippal, Gippal all the time on the Rikku Channel, you know. I think of other things. For instance...

Title: Pillow Talk Rating: PG-13 Challenge: after sex cuddles Note: happy birthday, quitethecouple ! “Your feet are freezing .” Gippal’s answer was a sleepy yawn. “They wouldn’t be if you didn’t steal all the blankets.” “I never steal.” Her hands slid over his shoulders, savoring the feel of sweat-slicked muscles under her fingertips. “I just take my fair share.” She didn’t add that...

... popping it into her mouth. “Nope. Just wondering when you were gonna do that.” Leaning over on his elbows, he pressed his mouth to hers, savoring the taste of lemon and Rikku. Rikku could feel her cheeks turning pink, even as she looked at Gippal’s neatly arranged pile of candy. “Hey,” she said, kicking her feet in the air. “What?” She grinned up at him. “Stop hogging all the purple ones.”

... PG Challenge: Eyelash, expect, engineer Summary: “If this thing falls down, don’t come crying to me.” Note: Happy birthday, knightlineninja ! “Your bridge is going to collapse.” Gippal looked up from his seat on said bridge and found Rikku standing in front of him, her fists on her hips. “Feels solid to me,” he told her, patting the spot next to him. “I’m serious. When was the...

Title: Red Handed Rating: PG Challenge: who ate my doughnut? Notes: Happy birthday, annaiese ! “That’s it. Who did it?” Rikku looked up in time to see an irritated Gippal come down the stone path towards her. He stopped in front of her, his hands on his hips. “Did what?” she asked innocently, crossing her legs as she sat on the top of the bridge linking the temple to the road. “Ate my...

...tan going here, Cid’s Girl.” She rolled her eyes. They were in the middle of the desert, for crying out loud. Her eyes drifted down to the boy lying on the blanket they had brought. Barely sixteen, Gippal was all golden hair and bronzed skin. The lean muscles of his arms had been created by years of hard work, not by hefting weights for fun , like some of their people that had wandered beyond Bikanel...

...with the story. Chapter 11 can be found here . Index of chapters can be found here . “Well,” Rikku said, leaning back as they looked at their work. “I’d have to say, she’s finished.” “Not quite.” Gippal held up a decorative piece of metalwork in his hand. “You want to do the honors?” Rayne shook his head. “She’s your ship now; you go ahead.” He stuck his hands in his back pockets, his expression...

I made a couple wallpapers to the Bang Bang theme... and forgot about them o_o So, here they are... 1 Rikku and 1 Rikku/Gippal 1280x800 1280x800 Comments always welcome. Resizes on request. 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...

...overboard. Anyways, I'd offer the head to toe version of the manips I used to make these, except the head to toe versions aren't really that pretty due to lots of factors. However, the individual poses are available! Numbered from the original two batches. 9 Rikku/Gippal icons 37 41 45 Credit and/or comment if you would like to use, thank you! 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45