Stray Thoughts (Gen B7 Merry Ficmas for Vilakins)

[feng_shui_house]

No one ever bought the yellow water bowls, so Vila figured it wouldn't be any loss giving them to the animals no one wanted, either. Be a nice change for them from the salvaged tins and buckets he'd been using. He had his arms full when he heard the entrance chime. He turned and dropped them all over the floor, rolling through the sawdust and woodchips.

"Kerril? Is that you? Really you?"

"Yes, Vila, it's me, really me." The blonde woman put down the rabbit cage she was carrying and put her arms around him. She hugged him and held him tightly.

"How did you find me? Oh, Kerril, I wish I'd gone with you."

"I know, Vila, it's all right." She released Vila and stepped back. She smiled at him. "Everything's all right, now that I'm here."

"Yes, yes it is." Vila picked up the bowls and went into the back room to distribute them among the other strays he'd found. He often wandered in the woods after that last terrible day looking for things he'd lost. He heard a noise and looked behind him. His face lit up. "Kerril!"

"Yes, Vila," Soolin said patiently.



Vilakins had asked for A PGP in which Vila's running a pet shop / animal rescue place, and Kerril walks in.

Comments

[blakefancier.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's so sad!

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I know! I feel bad, it was supposed to be a cheerful fic and it went all angsty on me. DRAT.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Noooooo, I didn't want angst; you should know me. But at least someone looks after the animals.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I know! The dratted story refused to play nice. *sigh* I'll let the idea sit and maybe something cheerful will emerge.

[muscadinegirl.livejournal.com]

Awww,,,so sad.

I don't think this is where to request this, but...
Could you write a drabble for me, with Vila and Vila the cat? (points at icon).

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I'll add it to the list & see what happens... I hope tomorrow my fic muse is willing to be cheerful. I really feel I owe vilakins another try at that prompt.

[muscadinegirl.livejournal.com]

That's OK. Take as much time as you need. I understand about stubborn muses, believe me!

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

It's bad enough when they won't give you a story, but then they get sneaky and give you the story you weren't wanting, and it's too good to throw away, but it's not right. :^P

[muscadinegirl.livejournal.com]

Try having the sadistic muse who gives you a story and then pulls half of it right out from under you. :)

I wonder if these muses get together and laugh evilly about the writers they torment...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I hate when you THINK they're letting you have a story and suddenly there IS NO MORE, and you're standing on a crumbling dock above piranha-infested waters.

Maybe if I bribe my muse with chocolate...

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

What a lovely, sad story. *Pets your muse*

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's not a bad story, or I wouldn't have posted it, but I wanted a cheerful one! I'm stubborn, I'll try again. :^)

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Heartbreaking...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*sniffles* I have a germlet of an idea for a cheerful Vila-Kerril story.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that!

What's actually quite hard about it is visualising a pet shop in that society. Bar Ensor and Krantor, nobody keeps 'em.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I suspect that Vila was only imagining people bought anything. I will have to set the cheerful version on a planet where I CAN believe people kept pets.