"Show An Affirming Flame." (Highlander) PG
Title: Show An Affirming Flame. (On Archive Of Our Own)
Author:
lannamichaels
Fandom: Highlander: The Series
Rating: PG
A/N: For the
hl_chronicles Highlander: 2012 Reboot challenge. The title comes from September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden and the quotes from the Book of Revelation are taken from Wikisource. Thanks to
zillah975 for the beta, and to
lastrega and
pervybunny for their help along the way!
Summary: Comes A Horseman in twitter form.
pierson: Gather round, children. Your attention, please.
pierson: Show of hands, who knows who Chubby Checker is? #whoneedsfacts
joedawson: @pierson is this a trick question?
duncan: @joedawson ignore him, he's bitter
duncan: #dailyriddle: animal, four legs, carries heavy loads.
joedawson: @duncan horse #dailyriddle
richierich: @duncan ox #dailyriddle
connor: @duncan too vague. Think of something better. #dailyriddle
pierson: donkey #dailyriddle
duncan: @pierson no, three letters. #dailyriddle
pierson: @duncan bite me
wheelofhistory: Congrats to today's contestants: @josie5, @pierson, @fhran. Watch tomorrow as Josie takes on more challengers! #wheelofhistory
duncan: Adam wants you all to know that Helen of Troy was ugly. #stillallaboutlooks
amanda: @pierson Post pics or retract.
pierson: @amanda come by sometime and I'll draw her for you
koren: peekaboo, I see you.
ginadv: @duncan isn't it always?
joedawson: Tonight's special guests: @twomikesonmikes #everyonecomestojoes
joedawson: rt @citizenwatcher rt @harvgal #citizenwatcher #quickening in #cleveland!
pierson: @duncan I hope you like postcards with sports teams on them, because that's what you're getting.
cassandra: guess who's back, back again? Cassie's back, tell a friend! #seacouver
duncan: @cassandra welcome back!
joedawson: rt @tribunal Today's #watching tip: Travel light, you never know when you'll have to move quickly.
amanda: Hey, who was the asshole who called Cthulhu? #wtfcleveland
duncan: @amanda Glad you're all right
amanda: @duncan I'm always all right. I can't say the same for Captain Tentacles.
pierson: @amanda Post pics or retract.
amanda: @pierson Plagiarism is so 14th century of you.
pierson: @amanda I prefer to call it quoting.
cassandra: @duncan At the grocery store. Where is the wine?
duncan: @cassandra 3rd aisle. Look for the sullen 18 year olds.
duncan: @cassandra And don't buy them anything. At least one of them is an undercover cop. Just ask @richierich
richierich: @duncan Please let me live that down one day.
duncan: @richierich One day, not today.
richierich: @connor A little help? rt duncan @richierich One day, not today.
connor: @richierich How much dirt do you want?
duncan: @connor HEY
connor: @richierich Why, I remember when Duncan was just a wee lad...
cassandra: @richierich @connor Wasn't he so adorable? Oh, the stories we could tell you.
duncan: I am feeling very picked on right now.
richierich: You started it.
pierson: Knock it off, children. I don't care who started it, I care who finishes it.
duncan: That's rather cruel of you, Adam.
duncan: It matters who starts things.
duncan: Otherwise, you're punishing the victim.
pierson: Born long before the age of when victim shaming was considered a problem.
duncan: You mean the 1990s?
connor: @pierson And your point is? If you have never changed, you would not still be around.
amanda: Ha, never let the facts get in the way of a good retort rt @duncan You mean the 1990s?
pierson: @connor Oh, child, how are you still such an idealist?
connor: @pierson I'm what?
connor: @pierson I know you've met me. I've certainly met you.
pierson: @connor If I never loved, I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island.
duncan: @pierson Careful, old man, your age is showing.
amanda: @pierson At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Oh, wait. No, I wasn't.
amanda: @pierson I'm never going to give you up. I'm never going to let you down. There, that's better.
pierson: @amanda Don't make me ear worm you something even worse
pierson: @amanda How do you feel about the Spice Girls?
amanda: @pierson You're just embracing that 1990s thing today, aren't you?
pierson: I am on the internet. I am allowed to experiment with self-expression.
amanda: And yet you were born long before the age of Rick Astley.
pierson: So was Ryan.
amanda: I'm not actually sure about that.
pierson: How young is that kid?
richierich: Aren't my elders meant to be setting a good example for the impressionable children?
pierson: @richierich No.
amanda: @richierich No
cassandra: @richierich Alas, they are meant to, but they never do. Elders these days are so childlike.
cassandra: Hey @pierson how old *are* you?
pierson: @cassandra Old enough to know to never answer that question on the internet.
richierich: @pierson So you mean you're my age, essentially.
cassandra: @duncan Do you have enough cayenne pepper?
connor: @cassandra He was born long before the age of cayenne pepper.
pierson: Aren't we witty today.
connor: We are always witty. I don't know about you.
duncan: @cassandra Yes.
koren: The children do not merely forget their gods. They forget there are gods.
duncan: @koren You again.
koren: Yes.
amanda: Ugh, hate being caught in the rain.
joedawson: rt @twomikesonmikes Come watch us at Joe's Bar tonight! Drinks are on @bluesmanmike!
pierson: Hey @richierich where did you leave those cardboard boxes?
koren: @pierson Greetings, brother.
cassandra: WHAT
pierson: @koren sorry, I think you have the wrong person.
duncan: Adam, do you know this guy? @koren
pierson: @duncan No.
pierson: @duncan something unexpected has come up. I may have to duck out.
cassandra: @pierson YOU
pierson: @cassandra Uh, what? What about me? Sorry, I think you're looking for the same person @koren is.
pierson: @cassandra @koren do you mean @peirson or @peerson or @piersen? #typobait
pierson: @cassandra @koren there's also @petersen, that's come up a few times.
pierson: @cassandra @koren plus @pitersen @phierson @peerstown @person @peersen and @parson #saythatthreetimesfast
cassandra: @pierson NO I COULD NEVER FORGET YOU
pierson: @cassandra WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?
pierson: @cassandra you don't know me. @cassandra @koren neither of you know me.
cassandra: @duncan, you call someone like @pierson your friend?
duncan: @cassandra, he is my friend.
cassandra: @duncan !!!!!!!
cassandra: DUNCAN ANSWER YOUR PHONE
koren: Ah, @cassandra . Still feisty I see. You always were a shouter.
koren: @cassandra You looked lovely today. That sweater really brings out your eyes.
cassandra: @koren How are you still alive?
koren: No one's killed me, dearest girl. Why, would you like to try?
cassandra: Yes.
joedawson: #watchingalert #seacouver
tribunal: rt @joedawson #watchingalert #seacouver
pierson: Oh, fuck. #watching
pierson: rt @joedawson #watchingalert #seacouver
citizenwatcher: rt @tribunal rt @joedawson #watchingalert #seacouver
richierich: @pierson That never stops being funny.
duncan: @pierson IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING TRUE?
koren: Oh, this is too delicious.
koren: @pierson You must have known I'd track you down, no matter how long it took.
koren: @pierson You are one of a kind.
koren: @pierson No one could ever replace you.
connor: @koren why don't you stalk someone your own size?
duncan: @pierson rt @duncan @pierson IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING TRUE?
koren: @pierson Tell me you haven't missed it.
koren: @pierson There's nothing to compare to that freedom, that power.
koren: @pierson We were gods among men, brother.
koren: @pierson Don't fight it. Feel it.
koren: @pierson I know.
koren: @pierson I'm going to do you a favor.
cassandra: @koren Centuries pass, nations come and go. You remain the same.
koren: Thank you. I try.
amanda: @duncan I'm getting worried here about Adam's stalker.
duncan: @pierson? Adam are you there?
cassandra: @duncan I told you he'd run.
duncan: Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
connor: rt @duncan Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
richierich: rt @duncan Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
deadpiraterobert: rt @duncan Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
amanda: rt @duncan Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
duncan: @joedawson I need to know.
joedawson: @duncan The Watchers don't know everything.
duncan: @joedawson Right now, I think the Watchers don't know _anything_
constantine: rt @duncan Anyone seen @pierson? #allpointsbulletin
koren: @duncan Yes.
duncan: @koren Where are you?
koren: Look up.
duncan: @connor Automatic message: emergency text
connor: #seacouver Message from duncan: #radiosilence
joedawson: Fuck.
joedawson: @tribunal New alert: #comeandwatch. Details when I'm in the air.
tribunal: @joedawson Scale of emergency.
joedawson: @tribunal Worse than Shapiro.
joedawson: @tribunal Worse than Horton.
joedawson: @tribunal Worse than we can know.
tribunal: #watchingalert Hashtag for this alert. Use #comeandwatch @joedawson will providing the briefing
joedawson: #comeandwatch And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying:
joedawson: #comeandwatch Come and see.
joedawson: #comeandwatch And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say:
joedawson: #comeandwatch Come and see.
joedawson: #comeandwatch And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say:
joedawson: #comeandwatch Come and see.
joedawson: #comeandwatch And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say:
joedawson: #comeandwatch Come and see.
joedawson: #comeandwatch And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
joedawson: #comeandwatch And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth:
joedawson: #comeandwatch To kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
joedawson: #comeandwatch Check in with your supervisors. All hands on deck.
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