All of Me - A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

This is the result of a drabble switch with colonial_teapot.

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Illya Kuryakin lay strapped to a table, bathed in the invisible rays of the Algogene. Its radiation drilled into his flesh, physically harmless, but so painful that he knew he would be in danger of insanity if it were prolonged.

And alongside it, a more personal kind of mental agony: a terrible unknowing: the memory of Napoleon being led into another, louder room.

Both tortures ended simultaneously. The beam shut off. Footsteps. A voice.

“Where does it hurt, tovarisch?”

Like an undamped vibraphone, the pain rang on. “Everywhere,” said Illya. Above him, his partner's face crimped with concern. “And… nowhere.”

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Sort of a metaphysical MFU drabble. :D

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

A well thought drabble, each paragraph most neat.

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

Thanks for commenting :) The dialogue comes from the prompt, so it was an interesting challenge to create a situation leading up to that exchange.

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's the challenge of a drabble, isn't it? To leave out like 90% of the story -- without letting the 10% become totally obscure.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

With overtones of Twilight Zone... Actually, it reminded me of some of the ACE books; a little weird but within the story it works.

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

Nice, enjoyed it

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Very interesting, I liked the way it flowed, it has a great pace to it.

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

Thanks

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[colonial-teapot.livejournal.com]

Gracefully executed. You certainly have a talent for choosing the right word - "crimped" works very nicely in the last sentence.

[anamaryarmygram.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I felt like that word, in particular, was a bit of a risk -- but it does seem to have paid off.