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Original Fic: The Oracle

Mar 14, 2012 21:39

Title: The Oracle
Author: ladychi
Summary: This is what I remember before the Dreaming took me...

( The cool stone floors of the monastery against my bare feet. The sound of the wind, whistling against the windows. The flicker of candlelight in the irises of cat-like eyes. A gentle voice instructing me to drink, drink, drink without rest. The slide of the vile liquid burning down my throat. A smell of incense and wax and perspiration. This is what I remember before the Dreaming took me. )

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Comments 9

jessalrynn March 15 2012, 18:18:31 UTC

I am so completely in love with this story. This world in all its disenchantment and its strangeness comes through so elegantly, and you only use just the right number of words to do it. I can see it, smell the fields and the air, feel the horses and the layers of fear and curiosity. It's poetic in a way, verging on lyrical, how you start with her beginning as Oracle, go back to her real life, and then come back to her as the Oracle. Fascinating.

ladychi March 17 2012, 04:42:01 UTC

Thank you so much!

wickedgillie March 15 2012, 21:03:03 UTC

THIS was a gift I did not expect to receive today. I love this story! Although it's beautifully concise and complete, I'm greedy for more. What a world you've wrought! Thank you!

ladychi March 17 2012, 05:00:22 UTC

Thank you for commenting!

jaradel March 16 2012, 02:49:32 UTC

Beautiful. Haunting. Sad and yet thrilling. Well done, m'dear.

ladychi March 17 2012, 05:01:31 UTC

Thank you, so much!

lemonade8 March 16 2012, 03:12:30 UTC

Very nice! Love it.

ladychi March 17 2012, 05:01:47 UTC

Thanks!

teikachikata April 16 2012, 17:56:40 UTC

Great story. You had me hooked from the very beginning. I thoroughly enjoy your original fic. Keep them coming.