Everyone Loves Halloween - A Little Drabble Do Ya - Triple Drabble

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Angelique, can I squeeze in here?"

"In that dress? I doubt it."

Angelique Le Chien and Narcissus Darling eyed each other for a long moment.

"I'm Marie Antoinette," Narcissus said, tossing her head. "My costume is entirely authentic. And you're...the whore of Babylon?"

Coldly. "Elizabeth Bathory."

"Famed for stealing the achievements of younger, prettier women. It suits you."

"Thank you. I hope you do remember what became of Marie Antoinette?"

There was another, deadly pause and then they smiled and exchanged air kisses. "It's good to see you again, Angelique."

"And you. It's a good turnout, isn't it?"

"Yes, it looks like everyone....wait, is that April Dancer over there?" Narcissus stared, disbelieving.

"Oh, no." Angelique smiled.. "That's Dr Egret's idea of a fun costume. Let's just not ask, hmmm?. So what are you hiding from anyway?"

"That pig Elom is looking for me again. He's just over there behind that man in the opera cloak."

"That's Zark. Don't make eye contact, whatever you do. Oops. Sorry, darling, looks like Elom's spotted you."

He came up to them, dressed like a self-conscious Zorro, planting slobbering kisses down her neck. "Narcissus. If I didn't know better, I might think you were avoiding me."

"Would you care for some punch?" Angelique offered, holding out a cup.

"Thank you," he said. "I like to get my appetite whetted."

He took it, drank it, and slowly toppled backwards onto the floor.

Daintily, Angelique kicked him. "Don't worry," she announced brightly to his shocked henchmen. "If he gets the antidote within, oh, the next two hours, he should be fine."

Across the room a gunshot rang out.

Narcissus turned. "Looks like someone tried to grope Dr Egret again...."

Angelique shrugged prettily. "It would hardly be the annual THRUSH halloween party without a couple of dead bodies."

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Truly inspired! Well done!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It did wind up being too long though - not sure triple drabbles really count. :)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

doubles, triples push the envelope of the original drabble concept but hey, some times you just need more words. I still enjoyed it.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What a delightful fic! I'd like to quote/gloat the whole lot; but will confine myself to He took it, drank it, and slowly toppled backwards onto the floor/Daintily, Angelique kicked him. And the ending, of course!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! And thank you for picking out those lines; they amused me as I was writing this.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Very clever, and yes, triples count. It's not as though weactually count.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

It started off closer to 500. Don't think anyone would have needed to count for that. Thank you got commenting.

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

Oh love this, Thrush and a Halloween party

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Why shouldn't the bad guys enjoy the holidays too? Thanks!

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

LOL. What a unique venture: a villains' Halloween party. Ha, yes, dead bodies would be par for the course there. And I'm glad you worked Zark in! The perfect Halloween villain. ;)

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I thought it would be a fun twist, glad you liked it.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

"Daintily, Angelique kicked him." I can't stop laughing!

[carabele.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, this is great!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it. Thought it might be an interesting take on it.