Subject: [OTL]: [Neglected Character Challenge]: (Nuala) The Boon
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:08:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Emily R. Snyder" <spyder_childe@yahoo.com>

Ok, all characters belong to DC/Vertigo.  NO profit's
being made.

Archive with permission.  Ask to Pop-up or MST.

This is my first step out of the safe, cozy MU, so I'd
REALLY like feedback.  Please.

Notes: Nuala is an elf who left Faerie to work for
Morpheus in The Dreaming.  She is very lovely with her
glamour on, but sort of scraggly without it.  She left
The Dreaming temporarily at the urging of her brother.
The events around which this story centers take place
in "The Kindly Ones."  You may wish to read this book,
but it's suggested for mature readers.  This fic is
for all ages, for the most part.

The Boon

  I wanted him to love me.  I wanted him to be safe.
That's why I called him to Faerie with that crystal, 
I think.
  When he asked me to tell him my wish, for the boon
he'd granted me, I'd asked him to love me.
  Foolish wish.  I am a foolish girl.  I'd hoped he'd
fight to keep me when my brother wanted to take me
home, but he didn't, and I was bitterly disappointed.
At least he gave me a gift.
  But I love him.  That's why I want -- I NEED -- to
go back. Even if I'm not sure The Dreaming will still
be there, or anything the throne room left to need
cleaning.
  And I'm -- I'm uncomfortable with my glamour on.
Sure, it makes me LOOK gorgeous, but I feel painted.
Made-up.  Absolutely, massively FALSE.  I feel much
more comfortable without it.  I like to be genuine.
Putting my glamour on after three years felt like
putting a velvet dress on a chicken.
  I thought Faerie would feel like home.
  And I never really realized how boring and senseless
my life was.  I mean, I was content flirting and
giggling before...but I could never do that now.  Not
after I've worked so HARD for the last three years.
  I miss the work.  I'm bored stiff.
  I'm going home.  To my real home.
  To The Dreaming.

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