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SEND “WHO ARE YOU?” AND MY MUSE WILL REPLY WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING

#33

Blakk stepped into the darkened, cavernous warehouse with confident strides, dress shoes clicking smartly in the open space and black satin suit merging him with the shadows.  He stopped several paces away from the man cuffed to the chair.  A single, flickering light illuminated the circle of individuals, but not much else.  Setting his briefcase down, he regarded the other men.

One of them stepped forward.  The Jedi, Uffle, Blakk guessed, from appearance - robed armor rather plain, but speaking of at least moderate battle experience.  According to Blakk’s intel, he was not strictly leading, or even representing, the Balmorran resistance cell, but acting as mediator … in theory.

“Who are you?” the brown-haired man demanded.

Blakk calmly straightened his gloves, tugging on the cuffs, and surreptitiously arming the detonator hidden in the briefcase.  He flicked his deep blue gaze upward to eye the Jedi, uneasy at his presence, but refusing to show it.

“Tonight, hostage negotiator, acting on behalf of the Empire.  I have the payment.  Release the hostage and we’ll call it a deal.”

In truth, the hostage was expendable.  As long as they accepted the briefcase and delivered it to the cell leader, Blakk’s mission would be a success.  There were many ways this could play out, but none of them involved Blakk returning with his package.

1.  What weapon does your muse prefer?

Blakk prefers knives, hands down.  He is also proficient with the blaster and sniper rifle and a very good shot (though not the best), and he’s also excellent at improvisation.  But knives are his go-to for close quarters.

12.  A drabble in which my muse is forced to fight together with someone they hate.

Blakk retreated until he was back-to-back with his archenemy; he could feel the other’s shoulders bump his, but that wasn’t what he focused on.  The rakghouls circled them, kept at bay by a high-frequency noise generator that was quickly running out of juice.  Blakk checked the battery levels.  It was in the red.

Suddenly, it quit.  One of the raks let out a piercing scream, and they lunged.  Blakk swung both knives at once; Derrick started firing.  Chaos ensued.

Blakk carved back and forth through the hoard.  The electric knives sizzled, vibrating in his hands, as they sliced through flesh and bone.  Moments into the fray, he heard a shout, risked a glance.  Derrick had been knocked over, lost his weapon.  Blakk flung a knife through the air, thunking it between the eyes of a lunging ghoul.  The other agent seized the knife; Blakk dove, rolled, swept up the blaster and pummeled the crowd with howling red energy, driving it back.

“Switch!” he yelled.  Blakk tossed Derrick his rifle, slashed at another ghoul, then caught the thrown knife.  They continued to dispatch the remainder of the abominations until, at last, they slumped together, panting, in the middle of the circle of death and gore.

Blakk wiped sweat-soaked bangs from his eyes, then grimaced when he felt something wet and sticky swab across his forehead.  He wrinkled his nose.

“… Frak.”

“… Yeah,” Derrick agreed.  Blakk could feel him nodding against his back, before the man added, “… I think I’m clean.  You?”

Taking a quick inventory of his injuries, Blakk also nodded.  “Yes.”

“Good.”  Derrick’s head fell back against the back of Blakk’s neck.  “I’m too tired to kill you today.”

Blakk gave a short bark of laughter.  “No.  Not today.”

14.  My muse is captured. How do they react?

Blakk is mortified that you love it, STOP LOVING IT.

Oh that sounds like fun! I'd say go with the sneaking in plan, it's always more fun when they can come up with crazy solutions to things :)

2. Would you specialize? What in? 

I don’t know. Maybe research or spellwriting. 

3. Would you eat the blue crossings food?

Depends entirely on its texture, temperature, and flavor (and, obviously, if it’s safe for humans to consume). Color isn’t a deterrent for me when it comes to food.

19. Deep sea first or deep space first?

DEEP SPACE.

22. What would be your favourite aspect of wizardry?

Just being able to talk to everything. Being able to tell my cat just how much I love her, or talk to a tree, or a car... Yeah, I want to speak the Speech.

23: did your family or friends influence you to read when you were younger?My parents certainly encouraged reading. I didn't have a lot of book-crazed friends as a kid. I also had some teachers who went out of their way to recommend books to me, or to help me find ones I was looking for. Scholastic book orders! And one time, as a class in 6th grade, we had a "race around the country" - a big wall map and a pin for each of us, a string-marked route, and each page read counted as a kilometer. (Is it bragging to say that I won? Because, um, I totally won.)

24: first book(s) you remember being obsessed withI was pretty obsessed with books in general. I don't remember the FIRST one... Robin Hood in all forms, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, Susan Cooper's the Dark Is Rising series, Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time series...

27: how/where do you purchase your books?I live on the moons of Jupiter, as has been occasionally mentioned, so short of traveling to the city to the used bookstore, or to various retailers there, I rely a lot on the library, and on the internet. (Especially Amazon. How fortunate that it delivers to Europa.)

30: one book everyone should readI already answered this, but here's another opportunity, so... Black Unicorn, by Tanith Lee.

Name: Elliot Nickname/s: Not anymore Star sign: Aquarius Gender: Agender Height: 5' 1″ (Ivy I’m taller than you!!!) Sexual Orientation: Asexual Romantic Orientation: Pssssh who knows. I’m aro but I’m in a relationship.  Favorite color: Dove gray Time right now: 4:08 pm Average hours of sleep: It really depends. Anywhere from 3 to 12. I suck.  Last thing I googled: “Indian wedding henna” Number of blankets I sleep under: It depends on how cold it is. 1 to 3. Favorite fictional character: Wow. Let’s see. Rowan, Celaena, Annie, too many to even remember rn. I can’t think. David Rain. Tiffany Aching. Nitori. Lots and lots.  Favorite Famous People: Lin Manuel Miranda, Halsey, idk man. LMM all the way. Colin Morgan.  Favorite books: (IVY TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LAST DRAGON CHRONICLES NONE OF MY FRIENDS HAVE READ THEM) Throne of Glass, Fire, I Shall Wear Midnight, Bitterblue, H is for Hawk, The Night Circus,  Favorite bands/artists: Fall Out Boy, P!ATD, Sam Tsui, Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, LMM, Halsey, Yiruma, Fun., Peter Hollens, Bastille.  Dream Trip: I really want to go to Ireland or Scotland. My grandma’s cousin lives in Ireland I really want to go stay with him. Israel was cool too, I’d like to see more of the middle east. And visit Alex in Spain.  Dream job: Dream job. Hmmm. At the moment I really want to work in the VT legislature.  What I’m wearing at the moment: Fluffy elephant pajama pants and a fluffy purple pullover sweater. I’m very soft and pastel atm. 

I’m tagging the last five mutuals in my activity feed. No pressure if you don’t want to do it :) - Ivy wrote that but I’m keeping it here we go.