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Omigod.

Guess what?

I'm early.

:D

Challenge: [077] Martyr
Title: Lexaeus and the Brief Encounter
Word count: 567
Spoilers: Again, playing through CoM wouldn't hurt...
Notes: I didn't have to even cut it down this time! Win! :D *dances* Well, this was a somewhat cracky idea that I had been pondering even before the prompt, so maybe that's why I got it in so early -_-;... And yes, that is a stupid title. It'll make sense within context, though.



Lexaeus had been strolling through the golden wood on a world that seemed completely empty, although beautiful in a quaint fashion. Beautiful, yet useless; he was just about to conclude that this world had nothing in the way of hearts to offer and leave when he simultaneously felt something give way to the solid leather of his boot and heard a clatter of sticks. He looked down and saw two things: the first was a pile of sticks, a diaphanous dust cloud already settling about his feet, and the second was a blue smudge of cloth that seemed rather inconsequential until it looked up with doleful eyes and said, "Well, hello."

Lexaeus had never met a talking stuffed animal, but he had little reason to be surprised either, so naturally he stopped and gave the expected rejoinder. The two contemplated the other in silence until the smaller of the two sighed again. "I suppose I'd better get me 'n my house outta the way. Looks like you have better things to do today than waste time on little old me."

The hulking figure in black, perfectly bemused, stepped off of a heavily patched leg of blue. The small animal nodded his thanks with no great enthusiasm and started to gather his "house" together again.

Lexaeus watched the process of "moving" with some amused disinterest: first, the creature would nudge a few sticks around and shuffle in circles around the sad pile; next, he'd position himself like a fisherman rearing back to cast his bait, and then he would rather anticlimactically clamp onto one and trot a short distance away to, with a soft "phhut"-ing sound, deposit it onto the forest loam. It would then come back and repeat the process.

Six of the total eighteen sticks were displaced when Lexaeus spoke again. "Do you rebuild often?"

The creature stopped. "D'you mean my house?"

"Indeed."

It thought for a moment. "For as long as I can remember, I've been movin'. It's not the funnest thing in the world."

"Then why," Lexaeus pressed, "do you continue to build your house up again? I know as well as you that your shelter is far from well-constructed; it will fall back down every time."

"Thanks for bein' honest. I gotta make do without a pair of hands, you know." The stuffed animal seemed inutterably serious.

"Why don't you move in with a friend? You wouldn't have to work so hard anymore." Lexaeus did not know why he was suddenly so interested with the affairs of another living being. After all, all it was doing was carrying pieces of wood.

It shrugged in reply. "I've got friends, yeah. They don't mind takin' me in when it's rainin' and stuff, but... I gotta keep on tryin'."

"Don't your efforts and the time you spend ever seem like a waste? Why do you keep trying?"

Solemn black eyes looked up at the Nobody. "Because ya never know. One day, my house just might stand on its own, and then all the work I've done so far wouldn't be for nothin'. You know what I mean?"

Lexaeus pondered its words in silence, then, with an oddly satisfied air, said, "I see. Farewell, then."

"Same to you. G'bye."

On his report later that day, the Silent Hero wrote, "World has few inhabitants, thus garners little priority. Continue to other prospective worlds with greater population densities."

He wished he knew how he knew that the little blue animal would build a stable house before the Nobodies returned.

---


HAH. NOW YOU PEOPLE CAN'T YELL AT ME. :D

... Maybe I should write one more... I have plenty of time left... NO! I have far too much on my plate right now. XD Well, maybe... *hopes and prays people like this one*

Date: 2006-09-21 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] osmandias.livejournal.com
*points finger, mouth drops* Eeyore. It has Eeyore. I need to find where my Eeyore stuffie is sometime because now I want to hug that doleful donkey. *shakes Thano's hand* Congrats for submitting early. And using Eeeyore!

And someone else is finally writing Lexaeus as I imagine him to be. That sad little donkey gives so much hope to V, and I love it.

He wished he knew how he knew that the little blue animal would build a stable house before the Nobodies returned.

It's as if Lexaeus will -almost- regret it if the world falls into Darkness.

Date: 2006-09-22 12:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] x-saturnine.livejournal.com
I'd like to echo the sentiments of the person above me, except I am much less eloquent and my reaction was more like, OMFG EEYORE.

Lexaeus + Eeyore = totally a winning combination.

Needless to say, I really, really enjoyed this. So much that the grin on my face is actually physically painful.

YEY FOR SPIFFY DRABBLES.

Date: 2006-09-22 03:17 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] unicorn
I think you could cut the "Awwwwwwwwwwwww" in this with a knife. XD

Not yelling! Not yelling at all! Squeeing at your brilliance. &hearts

Date: 2006-09-22 03:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dejablue7.livejournal.com
I have no words.

That was just amazing. ♥ In-character and excellently written.

Date: 2006-09-22 03:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimsoncookie.livejournal.com
eeyoreeeyoreeeyore!♥!♥! and i love the title too ♥♥♥ (and the characterization. and the concept. and... well, everything, really. ♥)

Date: 2006-09-22 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baroness-lamia.livejournal.com
Yay! Hooray for Eeyore! I love this, this is too cute! Thank you for writing this. It brightened my day!

Date: 2006-09-24 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aishiteru.livejournal.com
I LOVE YOU THANO. <33333


Eeyore and Lexaeus. XDDDD somehow they're similar. they're both so doom and gloom serious and... wow. XD that was adorale. eeyore! I love eeyore.

very nice job with this. the challenge, the "martyr" bit, is very subtle, and I like it that way.

Date: 2006-09-24 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] syvia.livejournal.com
O.o ...*laughing* D'you have your prompt for challenge 78 ready? I think you're likely to need it.

*grins* I've got an idea firmly in mind and half written for you~ 'classical instruments' you shall have. :D

^^ Just don't expect it to fit in the accepted length for kh_drabble.

(I'll link ya when I finish it. ;D)

Date: 2006-09-26 02:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tabitha-dornoc.livejournal.com
Only you could have pulled this off. EEYORE.

Because ya never know. One day, my house just might stand on its own, and then all the work I've done so far wouldn't be for nothin'. YESYESYESEEYORE!!!

This makes me terribly happy. Very nicely done. (And yaay for on time! XD)

Date: 2006-12-14 12:46 am (UTC)
ext_62692: (Eclipse and Raenef)
From: [identity profile] sesshy-is-sexii.livejournal.com
Wow. I love this. And it all seemed so IC too. It's hard finding Lexaeus fics, and this was just gold. I never expected to see him talking with Eeyore. And yet it's perfect. Their personalities match quite well. So sad I didn't find this earlier. And so happy I found it now.^^

Good show!

[mod] banner?

Date: 2007-06-11 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimsoncookie.livejournal.com
hi, hon. ♥ i'm finally adding the banners to the memories, but i haven't found one for this lovely-fun drabble of yours. did you ever receive it?

8D RP account, sry~

Date: 2007-06-16 01:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] practicalslouch.livejournal.com
D8 You know what? I don't think I did. At least, I don't have it anymore if I did... my computer fried about a month after I wrote this, so if I had it on my hard drive, there'd be no way to access it again. 8C

Re: 8D RP account, sry~

Date: 2007-06-16 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimsoncookie.livejournal.com
eeek. >.< i'll make certain that you receive one, then --! ♥

if you lost banners for your other winning stories, they're all linked in the memories now. ♥

Re: 8D RP account, sry~

Date: 2007-06-16 05:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] practicalslouch.livejournal.com
8D Thank you and thank you so much! ♥

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