A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
is a BlazBlue fic written by Velvien, the same writer of Confinement and On Strange Wings.
The story follows an alternate timeline where Tsubaki, after her first year at the NOL Military Academy, is sent to be trained by Jubei by her father. Through this, the timeline is changed forever.
A Pleasant Shade Of Gray provides examples of:
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Like many of Velvien's other works, this story has Ragna and Tsubaki form a close bond when canonically they're bitter enemies at worst and an Enemy Mine situation at best.
- Broken Pedestal: Seeing the Ikaruga Civil War from the side of the NOL's enemies has opened Tsubaki's eyes to its inner corruption and atrocities.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Ragna easily defeats Bang when they fight and forces the ninja to take him and Kagura to Tsubaki.
- Dead Fic: The story hasn't been updated since early 2014, likely making it this.
- For Want Of A Nail: Jubei bringing Ragna and Tsubaki to Ikaruga during the Ikaruga Civil War results in Tsubaki becoming aware of the corruption of the Librarium earlier than she would have.
- Gender Flip: Here, Tenjo is male rather than female like in canon, though this aspect wasn't made clear in the series by the time of the story's writing.
- The Mentor: Jubei is this to both Ragna and Tsubaki.
