Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!prodigy.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsread.com!newsstand.newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated Approved: ascem@earthlink.net Organization: Better Living Thru TrekSmut Sender: ascem@earthlink.net Message-ID: From: "Penumbra" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list ASCEML@yahoogroups.com; contact ASCEML-owner@yahoogroups.com Subject: NEW DS9 Metier (G) [PG] (drabble, challenge) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 34 Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 12:55:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.198.142.218 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1091624101 209.198.142.218 (Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:55:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:55:01 EDT Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated:82426 X-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:55:18 PDT (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Title: Metier Author: Penumbra Contact: penumbra at clinched dot net Series: DS9 Rating: PG Codes: challenge, G Archive: Go right ahead. Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue. Viacom/Paraborg is god. Notes: Pre-series. Stephen's Call of Duty Challenge combined with extreme boredom. -------------------------- Metier by Penumbra (c) 2004 -------------------------- Standing outside the interrogation room, Garak marvels at how thoroughly duty can silence conscience. He wasn't always that way, he remembers. He doesn't recall when his heart turned to stone, but the needle scars point to the how. He refuses to acknowledge that it's loyalty that drives him -- loyalty to a man he despises almost as much as he loves, because that's what Cardassian sons do. These days, there is no hesitation in him. As he steps in, he touches his Obsidian Order insignia in a mindless reflex dating back to the days he thought he was lucky to have it. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ASCEM messages are copied to a mailing list. Most recent messages can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCEML. NewMessage: