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"So WHAT are you?"
"One of the Mortali."
"Mor-what...?"
"An Immortal." She pronounced the "I" as if it were a separate letter. "What, you haven't heard of 'em?"
Daurbeck bristled before he noticed the teasing note in her voice. "Afraid not. I haven't been around much outside of the dragon worlds. Eye-mor-tul? I've never heard of the species. What's that?"
"Let's just say I've seen a few good millenia, kid." She smiled wickedly at his expression. "Yes, I said 'millenia'! My people are the longlived sort, provided we don't kill each other off along the way."
Daurbeck looked skeptical. Who wouldn't? But before he could make a snide comment, she twisted sharply and leaned forward until she was almost nose to nose with him. Before he could back off, she dropped the laughing sparkle from her expression and let the centuries ebb into her dark blue eyes.
Startled, Daurbeck stared back into her deep, serious gaze...and whistled softly. "Um. Somehow, I don't think you're jerking me around, lady."
Her voice suddenly went cold, blank, menacing. "We live forever. We are galactic entities. We are a cosmic force no more and no less than the cosmic wind. We aren't allowed to joke around with mere mortals."
Daurbeck's expression slammed shut at her dark, low tone.
Kielle held the "brooding deity" look for almost five seconds before she lost it in a gale of laughter. "Oh, come ON, Daurbeck! Lighten up! I'm just your ordinary spacehopper trying to keep her butt in one piece!"
"Oh, great. Thanks. You really had me going about that 'immortal' thing."
"No, I was serious about THAT. But it doesn't make me a god or something. We can die too. Just are better at avoiding it, that's all."
-- excerpt from an untitled story
written for Andrew "Daurbeck" Carle
Part Doctor Who, part Highlander, part Slider (although she predates my knowledge of all of the above), but mostly a creature all her own... Kielle Fantasia was the first character I ever gave a name to and has been hanging around like a persistant cynical muse ever since I made her up in 1985. I've had many other characters, of course, but this one's always lounging around in the background making dirty faces at me for never writing about her. ;)
Now that I've borrowed her name as my nom-de-plume online, she's definitely here to stay...so I decided to give the lady her own little site just for the sheer fun of designing it. Enjoy!
The Subpages:
Qui Elle? -- This-here entrypage
Beginnings -- How this all got started
Gallery -- Sketches/portraits of Kielle herself
Satellites -- Other characters I'm very fond of
Mary Sue? -- The uncensored truth! <G>
Pssst! If you really want all of the tedious,
childish details about my avatar, click here...
PS: Yes, I know the title of this page is a terrible and grammatically poor pun. Sue me. ;)
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