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Drought
It’s finally over I’m so glad to see a new chapter I missed everyone.
Why can’t she just magically compel the minister to go to the media and confess. A hospital on the island or back on the mainland he would make a good object lesson to the minister and the US.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
A light rain
Yup, it's not quite so dry now. I can use my arm again and I'm managing to shake off the depression.
She could magically compel him or cast a truth spell on him but she would have to get close enough to do so and he likely has people watching over him constantly so she would have to find an opportunity like a public appearance or something.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Portal
Couldn’t she just make a really small portal and tag him that way. As for the United States couldn’t she either portal the top secret server away using the same methods or use a small portal to give whisper physical access remotely.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
Limits
Taelya may be a Demi-Goddess now but she is still limited in what she can do. Portal and teleportation spells require her to be familiar with the general area or person she's casting the spell to take her to. She grew up in Vancouver which is why she's able to get to a lot of areas of the city easily enough and she was familiar enough with Jonesy after their encounter on the beach. The only reason she was able to teleport to Varüus’kiel the first time is because the Yseil'dhraí were created there and they all have an innate connection to the island.
She could possibly do so to a place that she's seeing on television and able to see enough details of but she hasn't personally met the Minister of Defense yet to be familiar with him, nor does she know where the U.S. are keeping their top secret server. If she could do that just by thinking of someone or something random then she wouldn't have to search for black sites either.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Open secret
A good place to start would be the White House, she could use the footage from all the movies and tours to get a portal eye in an work from there.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
Unlikely to really help. You
Unlikely to really help. You're talking about something being run through the NSA or Homeland Security, and neither group particularly likes talking to the President or his staff. What conversations they have are almost certainly held elsewhere, such as the old Foggy Bottom locations (State Department), Pentagon, etc.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
So.. Anyone want to make
So.. Anyone want to make the Minister "disappear"?
"His car went into the lake, and the doors were open, so his body must have washed away."
Or, is the Minister one of the transformed, yet using his position to fool people and get his jollies?
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Disappear? Nah, make him
Disappear? Nah, make him confess his sins in an interview (radio or preferably TV) (helped along with a truth spell) and he'll be finished in the public opinion. If the government wants to survive they'll drop him like a hot potato. And let the Fae send him through some "extra curricular" activities. >:->
Thinking about this a bit
Thinking about this a bit longer...
He could be an avatar, or at least a minion, of one of the returning Gods. One way to try to get humanity destroyed is to excessively anger the changed.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Could be anything, really.
He could just be one of those far right religious people and thinks the changed are all demons. Or he could be playing a long game and looking at placing himself to be the next Prime Minister. Not every villain has to have magic ;)
Taelya had Rei keep Jonesy's contact phone for a good reason though and hopefully they can get some more information or a chance to get at him soon to bring things to light.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Klingon ancestry?
Hmm, does Taelya have a Klingon somewhere in her ancestry? Because, at least in my opinion, this punishment (after the Wild Hunt) is THE example of: "Vengeance is a dish best served cold." Who knows, it might be a cathartic release for Jonesy. But 1st he has to go through a diabolical "adventure". >:->
Thx for another great chapter^^
It is very cold...
in an F.I.T. with the refrigeration turned all the way up.
Vengeance
Taelya does kinda come up with the perfect punishment but it's not really about revenge for her, it's about justice for those who he's killed and made to suffer. She could have transformed him or used the F.I.Ts to turn him into a loyal puppet even but either would be a violation and a line she doesn't want to cross. The memories will give him a taste of his own medicine and yeah it's going to suck to be him but maybe he'll learn empathy from it if he keeps his sanity.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
the kind of crazy he will be when he gets out of there
is likely to be something unique. you have to wonder what he will be like when he gets out of there?
True
If he comes out of this anywhere close to sane it will probably be a miracle.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Vengeful
I have ask does Tay have any Greek or Roman god/people in her bloodline because she was getting awful close to some the nasty crap the Olympians did when handing out punishment.
Nice to see another chapter of this hope you are fully mended and can back in your groove you where in for writing
She's coming close to a line
She's coming close to a line that she'd rather not cross but then some of the things that Jonesy did and ordered done were way beyond what she could allow without trying to get some measure of justice for those who were wronged. What he did to his own wife and child without any hesitation shows that he could not be allowed to continue unpunished.
I'm mostly mended, still need to do some exercises for my arm, but at least I'm managing to shake off the depression and get my head back in the game.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
I think you'll find that the
I think you'll find that the Tuatha De Dannan were just as nasty as the Greco-Roman gods, and the Norse gods were, in some ways, even more vicious. (When you count in the Frost Giants and the Dvergar) Beowulf, The Song of the Nibelungs, the Volsunga Saga, etc, plus the tales about the Sidhe - they're not just stories. They're WARNINGS. Even the NA Indian tales about Coyote - they're like Djinn stories. "Watch out what you ask for."
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
If only
I find myself wishing there was a way to do what that FIT suit will deliver into Jonesy's mind. There are so many crimes where the criminal will never truly acknowledge the suffering they delivered. Reminds me of the one of the few good things in the movie Powder (very messy legacy for that movie) when Powder puts the suffering of a deer that has been shot into the hunter that shot it. Loved this long-awaited chapter Ame! A little bloodthirsty, but pretty mild for human behavior if you look long-term.
yeah
That was my thinking when I came up with how Taelya would punish him. It makes him suffer as his victims did. Yeah, it is a little bloodthirsty, but humans can be sooo much worse.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
justice
yeah, that's pretty good punishment.
Well
She did want the punishment to fit the crimes. She can't do anything for those he killed, but she can give those who suffered under his hands so assurance that he's not getting away with it and will suffer as they did.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Less Than He Deserves
Jonesy is getting off easy, he'll still be alive, even after killing his wife and child. Hopefully when Karma catches up to the Minister of Defense, he'll be in much worse shape than Jones reliving all the memories as if they were his own.
Nice to have this story continuing. I've really liked the Snow Angel story, but I think this is my favorite of all you have published so far.
He'll wish he wasn't
He'll wish he wasn't
She could have killed him
But what would he have learned from that? It's why the Fae make punishments to fit the crimes. Long drawn out punishments can be satisfying, but the person should know how their victims felt for it to truly be a punishment.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Excellent justice
It's just too bad that we don't have a way of doing that memory extract and implant thing. It kind of goes along with the thought that murderers should be put to death by the same means they used on their victims. But in this way, we are not killers ourselves. Great chapter! Worth the wait. I just hope you are feeling better and have shaken off the depression.
Stoney1
FANTASY IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD, BUT THEN SO IS REALITY. SO WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Yup
I feel that people responsible for heinous crimes should know what their victims have suffered by suffering it themselves. The problem with the world today is that very few people have empathy for others. It should be taught but it isn't and then wee wonder why the crime rates are so high. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, I'm feeling a bit better and managing to shake off the worst of the depression.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
so now they have a target,
so now they have a target, though wouldn't Minister of Defense be British or Commonwealth? in the US they are called secretaries. still now they have cause to hack the Minister's private servers
Minister of Defense
AFAIK, they're from Canada, where cabinet members are called Ministers.
Yup
In Canada they're called Ministers. But at least they have a target now.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Wow……..
An undeniably devious yet righteous punishment. It’s too bad that they can’t mKe him feel the pain that all of those who were killed felt, but hopefully living with the memories of all of those who survived will be just punishment.
It was good to see you writing again, and it was great to see you continuing this story. I actually went back and reread the previous chapter in order to get back to a good leaping off point for the new one.
I hope you are feeling better, and I truly hope that your writing is some small catharsis for you.
I once had a professor tell me to “write what you know,” to which I answered that no one deserved to relive the anguish I had suffered. He of course looked at me like I was crazy, but then again he had not lived my life. He had not known the pain of living in the wrong body and pretending to be someone you are not, nor had he seen what I had seen or done the things I had done while in the service.
So Honey, I would not even think to repeat his instructions. Instead, write what makes you feel good. Write what makes your soul sing. Write what your mind needs to say.
And most of all, be well and know that there are those who care for you and about you.
D. Eden
“Hier stehe ich; ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir.”
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Thanks
While I couldn't do much writing I thought long and hard about an appropriate punishment and I like what I came up with. It seemed appropriate to me.
Writing does help, at least it gets my mind off other stuff when I can focus on it. If I wrote what I knew it would be pretty damn depressing. It's why I like fantasy and urban fantasy because it allows me to escape the real world and create ones that I wouldn't mind being a part of. It's why I put a lot of myself in my characters too.
Thanks, it's nice to know that others care, I forget that sometimes with my RL situation.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
The punishment sounds a
The punishment sounds a little like what the ghost rider could do.
The punishment sounds a
The punishment sounds a little like what the ghost rider could do.
Fae
have a thing for vengeance that fits the crime and while Taelya tries to strike a balance between Human and Fae, it's something that she believes in.
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Yay!
New stuff!
Yup
I can write again :)
"Make Each Prisoner Pent..."
Heh
That line almost forcibly sent my mind skating back to one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite operettas.
And its chorus goes like this:
lol
I like that, very appropriate :)
*big hugs*
Amethyst
The Mikado
From Gilbert&Sullivan's The Mikado.
The original song had a line that is usually replaced these days with a line about someone being "blacked with great vigour" ,,,
All of G&S's operettas have
All of G&S's operettas have their lyrics rewritten every show (or at least run). It's been that way since the very beginning, as all of them lampoon real people and events. So there aren't really any firm official lyrics to the songs - ESPECIALLY the Mikado. "I've got a little list, t'will none of them be missed, i've got a little list!"
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Apocalypse Dawn
So glad that your arm is feeling better. I am also so grateful for this next chapter of Apocalypse Dawn. All I can do is say thank you. Very happy to hear that your arm is feeling better.
Take care
Willow
Take care
Willow
Willow
Thanks Willow
Yup, the arm is much better, I just need to do some exercises for a while longer. I'm glad that people are enjoying the chapter :)
*big hugs*
Amethyst
Liking the Wild Hunt
I’m actually thinking of incorporating that into one of my fey character’s tradition in one of my D&D campaigns. Just in case someone decides to wrong my character.
Punishment does fit the crime
Agent Jones remained so removed from what was happening to those changed and non-human, he couldn't feel anything for what was done to them.
Now, with the help of the F.I.T. he will feel what those people went through. To bad they couldn't have added the memories of his wife and child, those would have been deadly to him.
All people like Jones should be forced into the F.I.T. to experience what they're doing to the changed and non-human. It would start removing those with attitudes like Jones, and maybe give more level headed people a chance to help change things.
Others have feelings too.
Rei _might_ have been able to
Rei _might_ have been able to petition Inari for those memories, but probably wouldn't have felt it right.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
This reminds me of the mini series Tim man
Where the hero was forced to watch the death of his family over and over
If people had to experience there crimes there would be a lot less suffering.
This reminds me of the mini series Tim man
Where the hero was forced to watch the death of his family over and over
If people had to experience there crimes there would be a lot less suffering.