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Post by heatherneather on May 2, 2009 10:54:02 GMT 10
Title: Flames Rating: PG 13 Prompt: Switch Category: Up to 250 Word count: 187 Summary: Roger takes over with the Dominion Jewel. Thom is a knight.
Explosions thundered in the blaze- one, two, another. Ducking jets of blue fire Thom watched, fascinated, bewildered, the flames and spirals of smoke. As he stood the fire expanded and turned into a searing wall of flames.
Stunned, Thom calculated that the cause was lost. Roger had never meant for the world to live. He rushed to his room, seized his pack and belongings, and scrambled for the door. No one was there to stop him- everyone was trying to stop Roger.
All I wanted, Tom excused himself, was to bring the world knowledge by giving Roger the Dominion Jewel. There was no need to be ashamed.
He turned a blind corner, and another, and another, until he was near enough to hear the roar of flames above the screams. Everyone had truly been taken by surprise.
A fireball ran towards him. It was screaming. Thom sprung away from it, into the arms of another man. Alex.
His face was sickeningly pale. "Every thing's gone wrong. We've got to run."
Thom nodded. There was nothing left for them here.
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Post by Katty on May 2, 2009 11:19:13 GMT 10
Very scary! The idea of Roger having the Jewel... yikes.
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Post by heatherneather on May 2, 2009 11:25:00 GMT 10
Scary indeed. I was going to make it more centered towards a Thom/Alex fic (in my mind, they would be together if Thom was a knight) but it didn't work out.... So this came out instead.
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Post by Katty on May 2, 2009 12:11:04 GMT 10
Have you considered replacing Tom with Geoffrey? He was Alex's squire
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Post by heatherneather on May 2, 2009 12:14:00 GMT 10
I did consider Geoffrey-- but I couldn't think of any reason why Geoffrey would want to get the Dominion Jewel. Or help Roger. Geoffrey in my head never really liked Roger.
Agggg! Must. Write. Geoffrey. Fic. *staggers off*
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Post by misslune on May 2, 2009 18:21:53 GMT 10
...Tom isn't Thom of Trebond is he? Other than that, do like.
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Post by heatherneather on May 3, 2009 2:40:11 GMT 10
*blushes* Thanks for pointing that out
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Post by ubiquitous on May 4, 2009 20:08:54 GMT 10
Interesting idea, and nicely done!
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Post by Fenella on May 6, 2009 10:59:17 GMT 10
You have a scary mind! Can you imagine Thom and Alex together for an extended period of time? I think it would end up sort of like the relationship in Swordspoint. This was an interesting read.
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Post by Lisa on May 18, 2009 1:31:35 GMT 10
I think this needs to be expanded into a full Thom-Goes-to-the-Palace saga!!!
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Minuit
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Post by Minuit on May 18, 2009 11:22:51 GMT 10
*shivers*, very very scary thought. But very well done
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Post by heatherneather on Jun 1, 2009 6:09:16 GMT 10
I think this needs to be expanded into a full Thom-Goes-to-the-Palace saga!!! ...Don't tempt me. You have no idea how seriously I was considering that when I plotted this drabble out. I had a storyline and everything. Thanks for all the kind reviews!
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Post by Pandesme on Feb 3, 2011 6:19:15 GMT 10
I agree, this would make a really great novel length fic
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