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Fic: The Messenger (Teyla Thing-A-Thon)

Aug 14, 2011 05:34

Title: The Messenger
Recipient: DragonLadyK
Author: elegantpi
Prompt: Team, elements of Athosian culture or perspective, bonus if Teyla saves the day
Word count: ~3000
Rating: G
Character/Pairing: gen, Teyla, team
Warnings: None
Summary: While exploring New Athos after Atlantis' return to Pegasus, the team falls into a strange encounter.

( With the Wraith gone, the galaxy seems almost like a new place, but it still holds old secrets. )

gen, fanfic, fic

Comments 10

michelel72 August 14 2011, 22:58:45 UTC

Oooh, what a fascinating new people and encounter!

elegantpi September 9 2011, 19:31:39 UTC

Late reply is so late! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

dragonladyk August 16 2011, 20:53:56 UTC

Oooh. Very nice. And I love that Teyla saved the day with her diplomatic skills -- vastly underused in canon. I loved the bickering, and the setting, and the good grammar, and everything, really. ♥

DragonLady

elegantpi September 9 2011, 19:32:50 UTC

I'm so sorry for not replying sooner. I'm glad you liked it! I had a lot of fun writing it. :)

tielan August 20 2011, 11:36:22 UTC

You left it there?? Aaaaaaah!

I adore the mystery of these aliens - who are these people and what about what they have to offer the rest of Pegasus? Did the Ancients know of them and if so, how did they interact?

A lovely, intriguing story!

elegantpi September 9 2011, 19:40:27 UTC

Thank you so much! Apologies for this late reply. :)

As to the questions... I'm very curious about the answers, as well. When I was writing, I sort of had in my mind to add a little more detail about these people and their relationship to the Ancients, but it became too wordy and distracting, so I took it out. In what I'd originally written, the Ancients did know of these people - they were an old, long-established race when the Ancients came to Pegasus, and far advanced in terms of technology. They didn't interact with the Ancients very much at all, and the Ancient database has only a few records of them. The Ancients reached out to them as allies during the Wraith war, but they had already gone to ground. They are a pacific people who had outgrown armed conflict, and they were easy targets for the Wraith when the wars began. That's pretty much the extent of my notes, and there's not a lot of coherency there. Maybe I'll go back and explore them again at some point! :D

2bluaeryn August 29 2011, 17:00:58 UTC

Liked this very much.

elegantpi September 9 2011, 19:40:40 UTC

Thank you very much!

anonymous December 31 2011, 04:36:26 UTC

This was a great story. Would love to learn more about these people!

elegantpi December 31 2011, 05:47:31 UTC

Thank you! :)