[Fic] "Weregild," part 16 -- Inception/Anita Blake

[edenfalling]

Part sixteen, wherein I continue to fail in my mission of getting Anita and Richard onscreen. Next chapter for sure, though! (1,650 words)

Comments

[hungrytiger11]

I thought the point about the knives was clear enough and I've never read the novels. Good work!

[edenfalling]

Note to self: the knives came across, the "maybe I can control vampires like Anita Blake can, so don't put me in a position where that's my only resort" did not. That second point does require knowledge of the books, since I didn't have Arthur come out and say it explicitly. I will find a way to slide in a line or two to clarify that!

Re: What I understood.

[edenfalling]

Yeah, Arthur was trading on the fact that Anita, as a necromancer, has power over ALL the dead and undead, which includes vampires. She has raised vampires from their sleep during the middle of the day, plus an entire horde of zombies at one point, and I am sure rumors of that sort of thing get around the preternatural community. And yes, Anita is the most powerful necromancer born in at least the past few centuries, so even if Arthur is a necromancer rather than just an animator (which I have not really decided one way or the other yet), he wouldn't have that level of strength.