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amezriGot my Amazon.com order today. Finally. Bought Farscape DVDs, volume 4- 6. Volumje 7 is on pre-order. But the bestest part of the order?
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton! ::hugs book:: I love LKH. And I love, love, love the Anita series. Can't say enough about it. Had it for two hours and I've already cracked it open and read 5 chapters, despite the pre-calc assignment that's due tomorrow I have yet to do. Hmm.. how about I waste some more time and type out a little section? Yeah...
tiny spoilery bits for chapter 4 of Narcissus in Chains
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He raised his hand and caressed the air just above my face, touching the swirl of energy. "I think you should come out of the closet before someone gets hurt."
"I never said I was human, Narcissus. But I'm not a shapeshifter either."
He rubbed his hands along the front of his dress, as if trying to get the feeling of my power off his skin. "Then what are you?"
"If things go badly tonight, you'll find out."
His eye marrowed again. "If you cannot protect your people without guns, then you should step down as their Nimir-Ra and let someone else have the job."
"I've got an interview set up day after tomorrow with a potential Nimir-Raj."
He looked genuinely surprised. "You know that you don't have the power to rule them?"
I nodded. "Oh, yeah, I'm only temporary until I can find someone else. If the rest of you weren't so damned species conscious, I'd have farmed them out to another group. But no one wants to play with an animal that isn't the same as them."
"It is our way, it has always been our way."
And I knew "our" didn't mean just werehyenas but all the shifters. "Yeah, well it sucks."
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He studied my face. "I don't see anger in you about this."
"If I was angry about everything Elizabeth did to piss me off, I'd never be anything else." Truthfully, I was just tired. Tired of having to rescue the pack from one emergency after another. Tired of Elizabeth being up in my face and not taking care of the others, even though she was supposedly dominant to them. I'd avoided punishing her, because I couldn't beat her up which was what she needed. The only thing I could do was shoot her. I'd been trying to avoid that, but she just may have pushed me far enough that I was out of options. I'd see what actual damage had been done. If anyone died because of her, then she would follow. I hated the fact that I didn't care whether I killed her. I'd known her off and on for over a year. I should have cared, but I didn't. I didn't like her, and she'd been asking for it for as long as I'd known her. My life would be simpler if she were dead. But there had to be a better reason to kill someone that that. Didn't there?
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end Narcissus in Chains spoileries
Been on DalNet all night and day. Slowly getting the rar files for that Buffy episode I missed. Getting a dren load of other things too: Witchblade the Movie, Mutant X pilot, and trying to get some Charmed episodes from last season. The Farscape ones keep cracking out.
Hmm.. best go do some work before my class at 4.
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton! ::hugs book:: I love LKH. And I love, love, love the Anita series. Can't say enough about it. Had it for two hours and I've already cracked it open and read 5 chapters, despite the pre-calc assignment that's due tomorrow I have yet to do. Hmm.. how about I waste some more time and type out a little section? Yeah...
tiny spoilery bits for chapter 4 of Narcissus in Chains
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He raised his hand and caressed the air just above my face, touching the swirl of energy. "I think you should come out of the closet before someone gets hurt."
"I never said I was human, Narcissus. But I'm not a shapeshifter either."
He rubbed his hands along the front of his dress, as if trying to get the feeling of my power off his skin. "Then what are you?"
"If things go badly tonight, you'll find out."
His eye marrowed again. "If you cannot protect your people without guns, then you should step down as their Nimir-Ra and let someone else have the job."
"I've got an interview set up day after tomorrow with a potential Nimir-Raj."
He looked genuinely surprised. "You know that you don't have the power to rule them?"
I nodded. "Oh, yeah, I'm only temporary until I can find someone else. If the rest of you weren't so damned species conscious, I'd have farmed them out to another group. But no one wants to play with an animal that isn't the same as them."
"It is our way, it has always been our way."
And I knew "our" didn't mean just werehyenas but all the shifters. "Yeah, well it sucks."
....[snip]...
He studied my face. "I don't see anger in you about this."
"If I was angry about everything Elizabeth did to piss me off, I'd never be anything else." Truthfully, I was just tired. Tired of having to rescue the pack from one emergency after another. Tired of Elizabeth being up in my face and not taking care of the others, even though she was supposedly dominant to them. I'd avoided punishing her, because I couldn't beat her up which was what she needed. The only thing I could do was shoot her. I'd been trying to avoid that, but she just may have pushed me far enough that I was out of options. I'd see what actual damage had been done. If anyone died because of her, then she would follow. I hated the fact that I didn't care whether I killed her. I'd known her off and on for over a year. I should have cared, but I didn't. I didn't like her, and she'd been asking for it for as long as I'd known her. My life would be simpler if she were dead. But there had to be a better reason to kill someone that that. Didn't there?
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end Narcissus in Chains spoileries
Been on DalNet all night and day. Slowly getting the rar files for that Buffy episode I missed. Getting a dren load of other things too: Witchblade the Movie, Mutant X pilot, and trying to get some Charmed episodes from last season. The Farscape ones keep cracking out.
Hmm.. best go do some work before my class at 4.
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Homework?
Just teasing, girl. As I was telling Nacey last night (as I was begging her for a post) I need my distractions, too.