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doyle ([personal profile] doyle) wrote2003-07-04 02:35 am

Teliko

This is quickly becoming routine. "Hmm, half two in the morning. Must write drabbles."

On an unrelated topic... curse [livejournal.com profile] connorbeast for getting me thinking about Kennedy. I've got four pages of notes. I know this girl; how she lost her virginity, what CD is in her stereo, how she relates to her father and half-sister...

I will not write a Kennedy's-origin-novella. I won't.

Anyway. Drabbles.


Teliko

She has no speech, and gives no sign that she understands theirs. When the Elders speak of her, they call her Teliko. Weapon.

Every few dawns a member of the tribe makes the journey across the bones and dry earth to leave an offering of food-scraps outside her cave. None of them relish this duty; she has been known to bite intruders.

The Elders are pleased with their work. One night, they know, the dark-creatures will be too many and the feral girl will die, but what of it? There will be more girls. And soon, the rains will come.

[identity profile] deadmarshes.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Teliko is my favourite drabble of yours. I love the line And soon, the rains will come.

[identity profile] kita0610.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely as always. May I post the Teliko ficlet on Campfire Tales?

[identity profile] flyingtapes.livejournal.com 2003-07-03 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you completely need to write the Kennedy novella. If I'm starting an epic, you should too. ::grin::

[identity profile] doyle_sb4.livejournal.com 2003-07-04 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
:beams: That'd be great.