Author: Namiko Mercury
E-mail: shinagami@operationmeteor.org
Status: 0/16
Archive: Anyone who asks
URL: Site is down, sorry!
Rating: Umm... PG-13 at worst.
Pairings: No yaoi, sorry! D+R, no real lemon.
Warnings: Creepy vampires, overly pretentious language due to its setting,
and butchering of a very good story ^_^
Notes: This is in response to Joyce Wakabayashi's fic challenge to write
"Carmilla" for GW. I've always loved the story, and I hope I don't do too
bad of a job introducing what will hopefully be a large amount of people to
J. Sheridan Le Fanu's writings ^_^ It was published in 1872, BTW. This story
will have 16 parts, each paralleling a chapter in the original
work. I may take a few liberties with events, because things that happen in
the story that seem gruesome or startling we wouldn't bat an eye at
nowadays ^_^ This part is a quick prologue and mainly serves to establish
all the warnings for the story, so I don't have to re-type them every time.
Disclaimer: Hey, I'm writing a story about someone else's fictional
characters in a yet another someone's fictional setting at the whim of still
someone else in a style that will make me talk like Treize Kushrenada for
the next few days - I'm quite thouroughly insane and thus have a good plea
for any sorts of lawsuits brought up against me by the authors of the other
stories ^_^ *shudders at the thought of Le Fanu, who died in 1873, rising
from the grave to sue Namiko for butchering his story* ^_^
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"Without a thought I will see everything eternal,
forget that once we were just dust from heavens far.
As we were forged we shall return, perhaps some day.
I will remember you and wonder who we were."
-VNV Nation, "Further"
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CARMILLA
Prologue
My dear friend Doctor Yuy has presented to me a manuscript of whose subject
he feels I might derive some degree of pleasure; indeed it was written by
such an intelligent lady that no matter what that subject might have been I
would be hard-pressed not to enjoy it. But of course the subject is one that
intrigues me, and thusly he has sent me this manuscript. He has been working
on an essay involving this subject, and has asked my to proof-read on many
an occasion; he felt it only fair that I should be able to read the sources
for his theories!
I feel, as a matter of course, that this particular manuscript be published,
as it is a singular account in that all the events contained herein can be
verified. But since I am to publish this, I will refrain from giving my own
opinions on the matter, and strongly suggest that the public look to Doctor
Yuy's many discourses on the subject.
I had actually wanted to communicate with the woman who wrote this
manuscript myself, but unfortunately she has passed away since the Doctor's
last contact with her. However, it seems that from the detail and clarity
with which she expressed herself that not much more could be said. Still,
the doctor described her a charming lady, very strong and self-assured, and
quite lovely as well, though he made her seem a tad obessive. But given what
she has gone through, I wouldn't blame her!
Now I would spoil the surprise by telling you exactly what happened, and I
may also affect your opinions about this - I would hope that you would form
your own. Suffice to say that this poor young girl nearly had her very life
essence drained from her body, and several of the women in the nearby village
were not so lucky. When you read her story, please do not let your
imaginations run wild; for if this story is indeed untrue in parts then you
may succumb to the same fever that the doctors would have you believe she
and the other girls fell to...
E-mail: shinagami@operationmeteor.org
Status: 0/16
Archive: Anyone who asks
URL: Site is down, sorry!
Rating: Umm... PG-13 at worst.
Pairings: No yaoi, sorry! D+R, no real lemon.
Warnings: Creepy vampires, overly pretentious language due to its setting,
and butchering of a very good story ^_^
Notes: This is in response to Joyce Wakabayashi's fic challenge to write
"Carmilla" for GW. I've always loved the story, and I hope I don't do too
bad of a job introducing what will hopefully be a large amount of people to
J. Sheridan Le Fanu's writings ^_^ It was published in 1872, BTW. This story
will have 16 parts, each paralleling a chapter in the original
work. I may take a few liberties with events, because things that happen in
the story that seem gruesome or startling we wouldn't bat an eye at
nowadays ^_^ This part is a quick prologue and mainly serves to establish
all the warnings for the story, so I don't have to re-type them every time.
Disclaimer: Hey, I'm writing a story about someone else's fictional
characters in a yet another someone's fictional setting at the whim of still
someone else in a style that will make me talk like Treize Kushrenada for
the next few days - I'm quite thouroughly insane and thus have a good plea
for any sorts of lawsuits brought up against me by the authors of the other
stories ^_^ *shudders at the thought of Le Fanu, who died in 1873, rising
from the grave to sue Namiko for butchering his story* ^_^
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"Without a thought I will see everything eternal,
forget that once we were just dust from heavens far.
As we were forged we shall return, perhaps some day.
I will remember you and wonder who we were."
-VNV Nation, "Further"
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CARMILLA
Prologue
My dear friend Doctor Yuy has presented to me a manuscript of whose subject
he feels I might derive some degree of pleasure; indeed it was written by
such an intelligent lady that no matter what that subject might have been I
would be hard-pressed not to enjoy it. But of course the subject is one that
intrigues me, and thusly he has sent me this manuscript. He has been working
on an essay involving this subject, and has asked my to proof-read on many
an occasion; he felt it only fair that I should be able to read the sources
for his theories!
I feel, as a matter of course, that this particular manuscript be published,
as it is a singular account in that all the events contained herein can be
verified. But since I am to publish this, I will refrain from giving my own
opinions on the matter, and strongly suggest that the public look to Doctor
Yuy's many discourses on the subject.
I had actually wanted to communicate with the woman who wrote this
manuscript myself, but unfortunately she has passed away since the Doctor's
last contact with her. However, it seems that from the detail and clarity
with which she expressed herself that not much more could be said. Still,
the doctor described her a charming lady, very strong and self-assured, and
quite lovely as well, though he made her seem a tad obessive. But given what
she has gone through, I wouldn't blame her!
Now I would spoil the surprise by telling you exactly what happened, and I
may also affect your opinions about this - I would hope that you would form
your own. Suffice to say that this poor young girl nearly had her very life
essence drained from her body, and several of the women in the nearby village
were not so lucky. When you read her story, please do not let your
imaginations run wild; for if this story is indeed untrue in parts then you
may succumb to the same fever that the doctors would have you believe she
and the other girls fell to...