Five Years

by Howie Amourscow

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“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.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Five Years

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Interesting interaction. Gotta’ love a David Bowie reference. I really liked the Tin Machine stuff myself.

  2. Five Years

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted about 1 year ago

    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 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps to the more common (and abbreviated) Scary Monsters.
    This also means the ficlet doesn’t reach nirvana. Sorry, Nick.

  3. Five Years

    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I guess it hurts when Lucifer takes back the blood you stole for your tat. Duly noted.

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    Batak Beatrix's Buddy Icon Batak Beatrix

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Of course Lucifer would like Bowie. He has style.

  5. Five Years

    Amaster's Buddy Icon Amaster

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    NOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    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.

  6. Five Years

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted about 1 year ago

    I think there’s going to be a little more; some details are being ironed out. Patience.
    :-)

  7. Five Years

    Nick's Buddy Icon Nick

    Posted 12 months ago

    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.

  8. Five Years

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted 12 months ago

    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.
    I’ll be wrapping up the series by Saturday, depending on schedule/creative impulse.

  9. Five Years

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted 12 months ago

    Correction: a light day of work. The end begins…

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