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Part 6 of Alternate Supports for Fire Emblem Awakening
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Robin and Tiki - Alternate Supports for Fire Emblem Awakening

Summary:

Summary

Ahh... Fire Emblem Awakening...
The supports in this game make me so happy to review sometimes, even so many years since my last playthrough! Some characters are so goofy, others so sweet... so many unforgettable interactions and some genuinely fun writing.

But... what if... they were a little longer? What if we took those good story beats, some creative liberties, the characters, and fleshed them out into, say, 10 (or so) interactions? It works great for Persona, so why not Awakening?

I find so many of the female cast of Awakening just delightful: Lissa is sunny and happy, Lucina struggles with a dark past, Tiki with the prospect a long and lonely life... They make for delightful love stories.

So, without further ado, please enjoy my own fan-written support between:

Robin and Tiki

Notes:

Notes about This Story

Did you know Awakening has "canon" supports? Turns out, each unit (with a few exceptions) has hard-coded faster growth rates with a partner. Chrom-Sumia, Lissa-Vaike, and Tharja-Gaius, and so forth... But who is Robin's? Well, he/she doesn't actually have one! Neither does Morgan. Check them out here, if you're curious:
https://serenesforest.net/awakening/characters/supports/support-growth/

I can't speak to Female Robin, as I think she SHOULD have a fast support with Chrom (sorry, Sumia, love ya, but you can't beat F! Robin x Chrom!), but for M! Robin, I think there is only one who could be considered his "canon" support.

Of the people that do NOT have fast supports, there are three that M! Robin can marry: Aversa, Emmeryn, and Tiki. Of those three, Emmeryn's death is such a major plot point that her survival takes a stretch... Aversa is Aversa, and she's Robin's "step-sister" anyways (This ain't Fates!) But Tiki?

Oh my stars, I love that woman and her potential love story with M! Robin so much.

After all he and she have been through, finding love could be hard for both of them (no fast support, after all), but having them find each other near the journey's end just feels so, so right. So right, in fact, that I have made their relationship a defining feature of my Awakening AU Fiction, wherein Robin, after his death, is reborn into a Lucina-timeline (i.e. no future intervention) where there is already a Robin: F! Robin. He is gifted the power of Naga instead of Grima, and what happens next is up to you to find out in the story! (As of the time of me publishing this, I'm still working on the final few chapters.)

I love the Robin x Tiki ship so much I wrote version of their love story... If I could only choose one, just one of these ships for M! Robin, (or myself!), I'd choose Tiki every time. I hope this brings a smile to your face, as it regularly does to mine.
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General Notes and Apologies
- I have not read *every* support convo for every single character in the game with every other. I have played a LOT of this game, I did do some homework and reading before writing this, but if you find any lore inconsistencies in a character's story, sorry!
- Not 100% perfect English! I'm a native speaker, but I don't have anybody to help review these. Apologies if the occasional spelling, punctuation, or grammar error breaks the immersion for you!
- I do take some liberties (duh, it's fan fiction, haha!) with some of these; drawing on other games, lore from other games, and other Awakening Fan Fiction I've written. If you think "Chrom would never say that!" Or "Robin would never!" That's fine, amigo/a! I'm just sharing this with any who might enjoy them.
- Robin has some minor changes to his abilities to make it more lore-consistent:
- He can use magic without tomes
- He has very potent dark magic skills that he doesn't like to use often, but still has. (Taught by his mother.)
- Since Grima was created with divine dragon blood, Robin has divine dragon magic, albeit corrupt magic. That means that he can use his fell blood-empowered magic for feats of sorcery and magic that others might not be able to do. (Similar to Gotoh, or the Rainbow Sage.)

Chapter 1: Robin - Tiki 1

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(The Mila Tree)
Robin: We owe you a great debt, milady.
Tiki: Ah! You... You have it...
Robin: Erm ...What, exactly?
Tiki: You have power... like mine.
Robin: I... do?
Tiki: I... Ah... Forgive me... I am still groggy from my slumber. My words outpace my thoughts.
Say'ri: Are you all right, milady?
Tiki: I am fine... Just very tired... I haven't the strength to join you in the fray. Not yet. But I will call the people together, in prayer, for an end to this conflict.
Robin: May I... offer to escort you to a place to rest, milady?
Say'ri: I can accompany you as well, milady.
Tiki: *Yawn...!* Thank you both. You're very kind. I'll manage on my own, but please, return here later and wake me... I'll be gathering strength until then so I can help you.
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(Camp - The Mess Tent)
Robin: Say'ri? Can I ask you a question?
Say'ri: Aye, Robin. Of course.
Robin: Is Tiki your... goddess?
Say'ri: She is as close to a goddess as you can find. We, like you, Ylisseans, worship Naga. Tiki, known as the Voice, is the inheritor of Naga's power, and the way we receive Naga's will and blessings.
Robin: Oh. I see.
Say'ri: Lady Tiki has a very close connection to Naga... she acts as a sort of messenger.
Robin: Interesting... I know very little of Valm's religion. Or Ylisse's, for that matter.
Say'ri: Ah... Yet you are Ylissean, no?
Robin: Actually, I'm Plegean by blood, but I lost my memories and Chrom sort of adopted me as a Ylissean.
Say'ri: Ah... The Plegeans... I do not know much of them, save some unsavory rumors, but I am happy to help you understand.
Robin: Does Naga... answer prayers? Or... is she more honored as the creator?
Say'ri: From time to time, yes, she answers prayers. She is revered as the goddess who helped slay the fell dragon in days of yore, and is hailed as the protector of man. It is said that her children, the dragonkin, can hear her voice.
Robin: I see. Tiki must be an exceptional woman to carry such a burden.
Say'ri: Aye, she is. Though this is my first time meeting her, tales of her kindness and power are told by many a mother to their little ones in bed.
Robin: How long has she been doing this for? She didn't seem much older than us.
Say'ri: Haha! Several thousand years, good sir! Her work proceeds the establishment of Chon'sin itself!
Robin: Uh... Well, I guess she is a manakete... But that's... a long time.
Say'ri: Indeed... Legend says she fought alongside the Hero King of Archanea: Marth.
Robin: Wow. She... looks good for her age.
Say'ri: 'Tis true, 'tis true... Though many Valmese do not harken to her divine voice as they ought, we Chon'sin treat her with the dignity befitting one of her station.
Robin: That much is obvious... Thank you, Say'ri. I appreciate it.
Say'ri: Any time, Robin...