365 Days of Drabbles: Day Ten
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sraun: "A Tez story from his youth - before he realized that he was immortal, how he came to realize he was immortal, how he came to be immortal. "
Author's Note: It was a gradual process
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He lit the pyre to the former Eldest, who had lived six thousand years.
Why can't I die?
He dived in the river as the First Forest burned, the screams of the Tribe in his ears.
Why can't I die?
His child died in his arms, skin weeping black sores, joining the rest of his family in the mass grave.
Why can't I die?
They picked up his broken body and cried for the healer.
Why can't I die?
He vomited up the poison.
Why can't I die?
He pressed the button, and the missiles flew.
WHY. CAN'T. I. DIE?
sraun: "A Tez story from his youth - before he realized that he was immortal, how he came to realize he was immortal, how he came to be immortal. "Author's Note: It was a gradual process
* * *
He lit the pyre to the former Eldest, who had lived six thousand years.
Why can't I die?
He dived in the river as the First Forest burned, the screams of the Tribe in his ears.
Why can't I die?
His child died in his arms, skin weeping black sores, joining the rest of his family in the mass grave.
Why can't I die?
They picked up his broken body and cried for the healer.
Why can't I die?
He vomited up the poison.
Why can't I die?
He pressed the button, and the missiles flew.
WHY. CAN'T. I. DIE?
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Date: 2013-01-10 09:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-10 10:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-10 01:46 pm (UTC)Also: Missiles?
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Date: 2013-01-10 02:17 pm (UTC)And yes, missiles. One of the pieces of background for Tez's world is that magic/technology ascendance tends to cycle. He's old enough that it's occurred several times in his life, and he's (likely) the only one besides the gods to remember it happening.
Which is probably a good thing, because he's tried to nuke/manaclyasm the whole world at least three times...
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Date: 2013-01-10 02:34 pm (UTC)also, ooh /reads/ neat. Totally cheating, but neat.
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Date: 2013-01-10 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-10 11:17 pm (UTC)