Fic: In the Company of Strangers

[vilakins]

Here's my Unconventional Courtship story, written during renovations (ceilings coming down, new ones going up, walls being stripped, noise, and dust everywhere). This fic challenge is one I enjoy though - because? - I find it hard, romance not being a genre I go for. It's also fun finding a plot synopsis that appeals.

Title: In the Company of Strangers
Author: Vilakins
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing/Characters: Cally, Kerr Avon, assorted assassins
Rating: PG-13
Length: 5,438
Summary: A woman without a past... She didn't know her name; she didn't know her home planet. "Mina" knew only that her martial-arts skills and weaponry and assassination techniques went far beyond the average person's.
A mark that became a death warrant… The people who'd tried to assassinate her all shared one common trait: a tattoo of a winged horse, like the one on her ankle.
Notes: Based on the plot synopsis for The Business of Strangers by Kylie Brant

Link: In the Company of Strangers

Comments

[zoefruitcake]

Well I never would have guessed the end ;0)

[vilakins]

Yeah, what can you do? It's romance, not my forte, as I freely admit. Plus you have to say who's in it which can be a spoiler.

[imhilien]

Great story, thanks. :)

[labingi]

Nice story! I've commented on Ao3 too, but to recap, good character voices! It makes me very warm and nostalgic to read a nice, well-written B7 fic again. :)

[vilakins]

Thank you! And I feel the same about the few fans still out there.

[judo100]

Enjoyed your story! I bet it was fun thinking of places to "hide" a tattoo on each person. Thanks for sharing.

[vilakins]

It was! I also liked thinking up different jobs and associated assassination attempts.

I didn't know you knew Blake's 7! If not, thanks you extra for reading. :-)

[judo100]

I didn't know what this was part of; just followed the link and read your story. Well done!