Fic: String Theory
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arevhatTitle: String Theory
Word Count: 117
Rated: PG
Setting: Pre-Premiere
Characters: Nerri, Chiana
Disclaimer: Farscape and its characters belong to the Jim Henson Company.
STRING THEORY
There’s a rustle of feathers when the physician speaks, the faint odor of anise. Her voice has the slippery cadence of someone selling something; but they have no currency, and she knows it.
Nerri slides his thumb across the lifedisc and tumbles it between curled fingers like a gaming chip. Silver circles black, fractures in the light. Chiana whimpers and his fingers trip, clench. He needs to sleep.
“Life is fragile,” the physician says. “What binds us does not have to be.”
Nerri lays the disc on the table and it pools, red as Sebacean blood. He sinks, and rests his forehead against Chiana’s knees. She pushes him away.
And he wonders what it’s like to drown.
Word Count: 117
Rated: PG
Setting: Pre-Premiere
Characters: Nerri, Chiana
Disclaimer: Farscape and its characters belong to the Jim Henson Company.
STRING THEORY
There’s a rustle of feathers when the physician speaks, the faint odor of anise. Her voice has the slippery cadence of someone selling something; but they have no currency, and she knows it.
Nerri slides his thumb across the lifedisc and tumbles it between curled fingers like a gaming chip. Silver circles black, fractures in the light. Chiana whimpers and his fingers trip, clench. He needs to sleep.
“Life is fragile,” the physician says. “What binds us does not have to be.”
Nerri lays the disc on the table and it pools, red as Sebacean blood. He sinks, and rests his forehead against Chiana’s knees. She pushes him away.
And he wonders what it’s like to drown.
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Date: 2011-02-16 11:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-16 12:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-16 03:14 pm (UTC)Do you have any ideas or stories about why Chi sensed he was dead? Did he have his removed so she would think he was dead and not be in danger because of his anti-Nebari activities?
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:50 pm (UTC)I haven't written any stories about that (yet), but I've given it a lot of thought...it's possible the Nebari could have tracked her down using his disc if he were captured, or he could have been traced through hers, so that could have been a concern. I tend to think it's more complicated though, and had less to do with the "dangerous" Resistance (seriously, he just left her all alone in the middle of the UTs and ran off to play hero?) and more to do with the complexities of their relationship. I don't think the lifediscs are psychologically healthy and I think it's possible he had his removed to completely sever the tie between them, when leaving to fight in the Resistance wasn't enough.
I did write one story that touches on the lifediscs and explores some of their history, but it could be an uncomfortable read, and totally understand if you give it a pass :) New Born (http://nebari-rebel.livejournal.com/3661.html). I'll be touching on their split (and the reunion I believe happened between S3 & S4) in my WIP (http://nebari-rebel.livejournal.com/4714.html) but haven't gotten to that part yet :)
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Date: 2011-02-16 07:21 pm (UTC)This has almost the quality of a haiku, where feelings and images count more than the words that bring them to life.
Impressive...
*clapping hands*
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:25 pm (UTC)