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[fyrie.livejournal.com]

New arrival to the community and I come bearing a drabblet:

Title: Weapons of choice
Fandom: Coldfire Trilogy
Disclaimer: All this would be C.S. Friedman's fault :P
Rating: PG
Status: One-shot
Summary: Damien. Socks. Demons. Enough said.

Taking the chance to soak the crusts of demon gore from his clothing had seemed a good idea at the time. Keeping his socks on to shield his feet from the prickled shrubs along the river bank, he had let the clear water wash away the black grime, then draped his pants and shirt over low branches to dry out.

Yeah. Good idea. Clean clothes and moving without crunching every step was always good but realising a damned big demon was creeping towards you when your clothes were strung out by the fire to dry wasn’t the best feeling in the world.

Going down fighting in the middle of nowhere wouldn’t be entirely unexpected.

Going down fighting in the middle of nowhere wearing nothing more than a pair of white ankle socks with holes in the toes and patches on the heels would just be embarrassing.

Reaching sideways, he wrapped his hand around the pommel of his sword, the blade hissing softly. He shifted his weight onto his feet, leaning forward a little, saw the glitter of bright eyes. If he hadn’t known what it was, he would have sworn it was laughing at him.

“To hell with you,” he growled. “I like these socks.”

And he attacked.

Comments

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

This better not be your only contribution to the fandom, else I'll haunt you for eternity and beyond^_~

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I don't think my Damien muse is going to give me a choice in the matter. And this is only after the first reading of the books last week.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Ah, a new convert. I almost pity you the plot bunnies that will attack you^_~

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*cries a bit* I already write in around 20 fandoms on a regular basis...

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Most of us write in a lot of fandoms in this comm. Doesn't keep the Coldfire muses away though. Wait till you've re-read the trilogy, you'll really be swamped by fic ideas then^_~

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

One of these days, my brain is just going to shut down, I know it. I have 50+ RPG characters on top of fic muses and gah. Getting them to be nice to each other so I can actually get some work done... yes, my head is due for implosion any day now :D

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling^_~

[alice_montrose]

ou ahve a great future in Coldfire fic ahead of you!

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*g* Do I get a choice? :D

[alice_montrose]

Um.... NO!!!

[winter]

Told you, didn't I? :D

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Bah! Look forward to smiting you in person :P

[winter]

*makes another notch in the "vengeance wrought" column* :D

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

BAH! Will have my revenge!

[winter]

You could try waking me at an ungodly hour in the morning. But I don't guarantee my reaction, since Lestat usually gets drop-kicked across the room when he does it ;)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Or I could cut myself off cold-turkey from the Carpe Noctem thing, which would mean no more vampires for you ;)

[trobadora]

Oh, the socks! *bg*

This is lovely! And it's always good to see someone new sucked into Coldfire. :-)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

I blame bwinter entirely ;) She's an evil, evil wench with too many intriguing fandoms to share :D

[trobadora]

Yes, indeed. The world needs more people like her. :-)

[mariem-1.livejournal.com]

Very good debut in this fandom!

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D I fear it won't stop here ;)

[mariem-1.livejournal.com]

Fear is good. It will feed the Hunter. :P

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

The socks are eternal. From the looks of things, we'll be seeing more of you (or else). :)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'll be back and harassing the community definitely :D

nicely done

[countessvorkosi.livejournal.com]

This was very good. I liked the in-character humorous yet practical "get it done" tone for Damien. I agree, hope to see lots more from you-there aren't enough Coldfire fics out there!


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Re: nicely done

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D It embodies exactly what I adore about Damien :D