In His Kiss (The Vis Uban Is For Lovers Remix) by eve11 (PG)
Rec Category: Original Character
Pairing: implied Jack/Daniel and Daniel/OMC
Category: episode related, original character, Daniel Jackson, Arrom, team
Warning: none
Author on LJ eve11
Author's Website: fic list on LJ
Link: In His Kiss (The Vis Uban Is For Lovers Remix)
Why This Must Be Read: Written for remix_redux, this story is a fascinating taken on Vis Uban. Through the rich narrator voice we get a wonderful look at the nomadic tribe Daniel descended into in "Fallen" and his life as Arrom.
Meet Katir, who has recently lost his own family and whose heart goes out to the blue-eyed stranger sent by the gods. Meet Tamiz, the wise storyteller of the tribe. Meet Faran, who along with the other children learns games of writing from Arrom.
This story is rich and beautiful and heart-breaking. Arrom is tangibly Daniel at his core, yet without any memories or context to know who he is, and the villagers are fleshed out into real people of their own right, to the point where you feel for them when SG-1 comes to take back their own (even when they knew that the man sent by the gods would not stay forever). But it leaves you with a sense of rightness, seeing Arrom's impact remain after Daniel leaves.
This story is technically slash, but it's of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it variety, so I highly recommend gen-only fans also take a look. You won't be disappointed.
The next day, Tamiz found Faran and the children darting among the pillars in the spirit city. They had gathered handfuls of press-moss, and were searching the pillars like the river bird searches for a fish among the waves. When their prey was sighted, they rushed forward and pressed the moss to the sides of the pillars. Tamiz looked closer and he saw the pillars had been carved with symbols, and the children were taking the forms into the press-moss and darting back to a single spot where Arrom stood with flat blades of vellan grass and a bowl of inkstain.
"It is Arrom's new game," Faran said. He pointed to a line of pictures traced into the ground and recited, "Sa, se, sia, la, le, lem." Sun, eye, heart, cart, chair, road. The children had dipped the tips of their press-moss into the bowl, and stamped the shapes of their spirit symbols on vellan grass under the pictures. Tamiz could make no sense of it.
Arrom saw the Elder and smiled at him, and for a moment Tamiz saw an old, strange spirit behind his eyes. Then it was gone, as the children laughed and took his hand to judge the game.
"See?" they said. "The word is ki alar for the second moon, and his says kyalam like the smooth stones in the river!"
That night Tamiz walked out among the pillars. And he found Katir there, tracing the cold symbols with the tips of his fingers.
"You search for too many gifts from this city," said Tamiz.
Katir grew angry, and said to Tamiz, "I had a wife and children and they are gone. Why should I not welcome all forms of love that the Mother chooses to share with us?"
Tamiz thought about the children and Arrom's game among the pillars, and he said to Katir, "Arrom is not like us; he is tied to this place. Eventually the people will go back to Sin'aptel, and this place will not."
Pairing: implied Jack/Daniel and Daniel/OMC
Category: episode related, original character, Daniel Jackson, Arrom, team
Warning: none
Author on LJ eve11
Author's Website: fic list on LJ
Link: In His Kiss (The Vis Uban Is For Lovers Remix)
Why This Must Be Read: Written for remix_redux, this story is a fascinating taken on Vis Uban. Through the rich narrator voice we get a wonderful look at the nomadic tribe Daniel descended into in "Fallen" and his life as Arrom.
Meet Katir, who has recently lost his own family and whose heart goes out to the blue-eyed stranger sent by the gods. Meet Tamiz, the wise storyteller of the tribe. Meet Faran, who along with the other children learns games of writing from Arrom.
This story is rich and beautiful and heart-breaking. Arrom is tangibly Daniel at his core, yet without any memories or context to know who he is, and the villagers are fleshed out into real people of their own right, to the point where you feel for them when SG-1 comes to take back their own (even when they knew that the man sent by the gods would not stay forever). But it leaves you with a sense of rightness, seeing Arrom's impact remain after Daniel leaves.
This story is technically slash, but it's of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it variety, so I highly recommend gen-only fans also take a look. You won't be disappointed.
The next day, Tamiz found Faran and the children darting among the pillars in the spirit city. They had gathered handfuls of press-moss, and were searching the pillars like the river bird searches for a fish among the waves. When their prey was sighted, they rushed forward and pressed the moss to the sides of the pillars. Tamiz looked closer and he saw the pillars had been carved with symbols, and the children were taking the forms into the press-moss and darting back to a single spot where Arrom stood with flat blades of vellan grass and a bowl of inkstain.
"It is Arrom's new game," Faran said. He pointed to a line of pictures traced into the ground and recited, "Sa, se, sia, la, le, lem." Sun, eye, heart, cart, chair, road. The children had dipped the tips of their press-moss into the bowl, and stamped the shapes of their spirit symbols on vellan grass under the pictures. Tamiz could make no sense of it.
Arrom saw the Elder and smiled at him, and for a moment Tamiz saw an old, strange spirit behind his eyes. Then it was gone, as the children laughed and took his hand to judge the game.
"See?" they said. "The word is ki alar for the second moon, and his says kyalam like the smooth stones in the river!"
That night Tamiz walked out among the pillars. And he found Katir there, tracing the cold symbols with the tips of his fingers.
"You search for too many gifts from this city," said Tamiz.
Katir grew angry, and said to Tamiz, "I had a wife and children and they are gone. Why should I not welcome all forms of love that the Mother chooses to share with us?"
Tamiz thought about the children and Arrom's game among the pillars, and he said to Katir, "Arrom is not like us; he is tied to this place. Eventually the people will go back to Sin'aptel, and this place will not."