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Post by Seek on Apr 24, 2013 17:55:45 GMT 10
Title: Cooperation Rating: PG Word Count: 246 Pairing: Beka/Rosto Round/Fight: 1C Summary: Reversal!verse. Rosto seeks help with the Shadow Snake from an unexpected source. Warnings: None.
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Beka barely blinks those cold, cold eyes of hers. She says, “I’ve heard about you. Rosto the Piper. A public menace, and the loosest Dog in the district.”
Somewhat offended, I say, “I have my principles. They’re child-takers and child-killers, Cooper. Tell me you don’t care about that.” I don’t take my eyes off hers. She nods, after a while. Mayhap she believes me, though I know a Dog who lies well even with a smile.
“Fine. What do you need from me?”
“The ghost-eyes,” I say. “You have them. You see them, don’t you?”
“Them,” she repeats, warily. “No.” Hesitation. I offer that smile that she responds so well to, the one that stops just at the edge of trying to charm. “I hear them.”
“The dead.”
“Yes.”
“It’s the same thing, all over again,” I tell her. I glance around, for prying eyes. There are none; it is said a man could be killed, screaming, on Barrel Lane, and not a soul would hear or help him. “A child disappears. A snake drawn in ash. A threat…and instructions. Leave a necklace at a drop, or the child dies. An heirloom. Anything.”
Now, I see a flicker of emotion in those eyes. She says, “You didn’t tell me it was the Shadow Snake.”
“I didn’t know if you would help me,” I reply.
“I will,” Beka says, simply. I breathe, for the first time in days since the curst case has dropped in my lap.
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Post by Shhasow on Apr 25, 2013 8:54:20 GMT 10
I love this idea of reversal! You really get into Rosto's head, and Beka is oddly believable as a Rusher.
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Post by Seek on May 8, 2013 22:50:46 GMT 10
Thanks, Nat!
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Post by Griff on Jun 3, 2013 14:20:47 GMT 10
AND SINCE ROSTO WASN'T OFFENDING BEKA'S MORALS LEFT AND RIGHT (Well, when she actually had the job of caring) IT MADE BABIES EASIER FOR EVERYONE. THE END.
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Post by Muse on Jun 11, 2013 9:54:51 GMT 10
I am just in awe of how wonderfully this role reversal meshes with canon, and how wonderful your writing is. It flows really well and is...easy to read, for a lack of other ways to describe it. It's incredibly believable.
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Post by hawksandfeathers on Jun 14, 2013 5:27:00 GMT 10
Oooh, swapping roles. I like it. And Beka's first line feels like a verbal punch in the face!
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