Drabble: Artistic Verisimilitude
I've finally come up with a response to dw100 drabble challenge #5, "love"... sort of. Who'd'a thunk "love" and #6 "hate" would be so hard to write on?
The original inspiration for this piece was georgiesmith 's remark, in her network_command review of The Quadripartite Affair, wondering what happened after the famous proto!IllyaTherapy scene - how did Napoleon calm scared!Illya down and get him back to HQ?
This take on that question is probably not what Georgie was envisioning. What can I say, I have a weird mind. ;-)
(And I apologize profusely for the punch line.)
Title: Artistic Verisimilitude
Summary: The things we do for our friends...
Notes: Gen, 100 words. "Quadripartite Affair" missing scene.
“Might I have these restraints removed, please?”
“Hi, Illya. Feeling better?”
Illya scowled at the infirmary ceiling. “I am no longer a... 'whimpering rabbit'... if that is what you mean. But my head aches abominably.”
“Well, I had to get you back to Medical, and I didn't think you'd want anyone to see you in that state. So your cover story is, the kidnappers hit you over the head.”
“And you, of course, had to provide corroborative detail intended to lend artistic verisimilitude to this otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.”
“Oh, hardly bald,” Napoleon grinned, ruffling his friend's golden hair.
The original inspiration for this piece was georgiesmith 's remark, in her network_command review of The Quadripartite Affair, wondering what happened after the famous proto!IllyaTherapy scene - how did Napoleon calm scared!Illya down and get him back to HQ?
This take on that question is probably not what Georgie was envisioning. What can I say, I have a weird mind. ;-)
(And I apologize profusely for the punch line.)
Title: Artistic Verisimilitude
Summary: The things we do for our friends...
Notes: Gen, 100 words. "Quadripartite Affair" missing scene.
“Might I have these restraints removed, please?”
“Hi, Illya. Feeling better?”
Illya scowled at the infirmary ceiling. “I am no longer a... 'whimpering rabbit'... if that is what you mean. But my head aches abominably.”
“Well, I had to get you back to Medical, and I didn't think you'd want anyone to see you in that state. So your cover story is, the kidnappers hit you over the head.”
“And you, of course, had to provide corroborative detail intended to lend artistic verisimilitude to this otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.”
“Oh, hardly bald,” Napoleon grinned, ruffling his friend's golden hair.