Comments on 'Five Years'"Speaking of which," Lucifer added, "you have five years to sigh in."
Blake raised his eyebrows. "You're a _Bowie fan_?"
Lucifer smiled. "We wore out a vinyl copy of _Scary Monsters_ before it finally came out on CD."
"I like _Diamond Dogs_."
"'This isn't rock and roll; this is genocide?'" Lucifer smiled. "You're clever, but why don't we skip the dance?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You amplified the Bowie reference to show Us we were friends. Standard interrogation technique. What you really want to know is: why five years?"
"Alright," Blake said, "why?"
"Because We underestimated Our opponent. Our strategies were sound, and everything went as intended but for a tiny matter in which Our opponent used Our own asset against Us."
"How?"
"You'll find out," Lucifer said. "Now, We have work to do - more than We intended."
When Lucifer vanished, Blake couldn't help feeling a pang of loss, though he knew better. "You sonuvabitch," he whispered, holding himself.2007-10-17T16:09:41Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/11493Comment on Five Years<p>Correction: a light day of work. The end begins…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=181312007-10-17T16:09:41ZHowie Amourscowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_396Comment on Five Years<p>I took “erstwhile companion” to be a reference to Lucifer himself, and a bit of poetic phrasing: Blake has been in Lucifer’s company whether he knew it or not. There was no reason to interpret that as being Simon. Sorry.<br />I’ll be wrapping up the series by Saturday, depending on schedule/creative impulse.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=181272007-10-17T13:43:09ZHowie Amourscowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_396Comment on Five Years<p>Um… interesting twist, Howie, but I agree with Amaster: this better not be the end. Also, just as a minor point, Lucifer had asked Blake to join him in going to meet Simon (his erstwhile friend)… and that kinda got dropped here. Just pointing it out.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=181252007-10-17T11:22:33ZNickhttp://ficlets.com/authors/white1975Comment on Five Years<p>I think there’s going to be a little more; some details are being ironed out. Patience.<br />:-)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=179002007-10-16T04:17:18ZHowie Amourscowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_396Comment on Five Years<p> NOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />This can’t be it! There has to be more! I need to see how it all ends. I would make my own addition, but I can’t write on that level. It would be a disgrace to the story.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=178932007-10-16T03:49:28ZAmasterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/amasterComment on Five Years<p>Of <em>course</em> Lucifer would like Bowie. He has <em>style.</em></p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=177322007-10-15T20:20:10ZBatak Beatrixhttp://ficlets.com/authors/batakbeatrixComment on Five Years<p>I guess it hurts when Lucifer takes back the blood you stole for your tat. Duly noted.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=177062007-10-15T19:55:33ZAlexa ♥http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018Comment on Five Years<p>On a second read-through of the last several installments, I realized Lucifer had dropped the royal “We” in this one. So I brought it back in, making space by reducing the title of <em>Scary Monsters And Super Creeps</em> to the more common (and abbreviated) <em>Scary Monsters</em>.<br />This also means the ficlet doesn’t reach nirvana. Sorry, <strong>Nick</strong>.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=176862007-10-15T19:12:08ZHowie Amourscowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_396Comment on Five Years<p>Interesting interaction. Gotta’ love a David Bowie reference. I really liked the Tin Machine stuff myself.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11493?basename=176602007-10-15T17:41:05ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477