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Denarian Short Story
123Chikadee:
Same here. It'd be cool to see Nic get a definitive win.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 27, 2019, 09:38:51 PM ---Well, they don't exactly lose either.....
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We've seen a short story from Marcone's point of view so I wouldn't mind seeing one from Nic's POV. However, I think it would have to take place after the events of Skin Game. Nicodemus is on his own and fighting off whoever Marcone sends after him. We see a hunted Nicodemus turn the tables on his pursuers and decide he had become too reliant on Deirdre, and too reliant on other denarians like his unpredictable ex-wife, and in the end Harry and Michael had done him a favor; by being alone and without allies they helped Nic sharpen his wits and skills. Near the end of Skin Game, Nicodemus offered one of the coins to Goodman Grey. At the end of the short story we could see Nicodemus decide he has regained his confidence and decide now is the time to take on a new disciple and ally. We see him offer the coin which he still had with him, but we don't see who he offers it to.
SerScot:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on June 28, 2019, 06:21:28 AM ---We've seen a short story from Marcone's point of view so I wouldn't mind seeing one from Nic's POV. However, I think it would have to take place after the events of Skin Game. Nicodemus is on his own and fighting off whoever Marcone sends after him. We see a hunted Nicodemus turn the tables on his pursuers and decide he had become too reliant on Deirdre, and too reliant on other denarians like his unpredictable ex-wife, and in the end Harry and Michael had done him a favor; by being alone and without allies they helped Nic sharpen his wits and skills. Near the end of Skin Game, Nicodemus offered one of the coins to Goodman Grey. At the end of the short story we could see Nicodemus decide he has regained his confidence and decide now is the time to take on a new disciple and ally. We see him offer the coin which he still had with him, but we don't see who he offers it to.
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Precisely. If Harry always beats Nic (and he has three times now) Nic loses his sense of threat. We need to see how Nic wins, without qualification.
Mira:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on June 28, 2019, 06:21:28 AM ---We've seen a short story from Marcone's point of view so I wouldn't mind seeing one from Nic's POV. However, I think it would have to take place after the events of Skin Game. Nicodemus is on his own and fighting off whoever Marcone sends after him. We see a hunted Nicodemus turn the tables on his pursuers and decide he had become too reliant on Deirdre, and too reliant on other denarians like his unpredictable ex-wife, and in the end Harry and Michael had done him a favor; by being alone and without allies they helped Nic sharpen his wits and skills. Near the end of Skin Game, Nicodemus offered one of the coins to Goodman Grey. At the end of the short story we could see Nicodemus decide he has regained his confidence and decide now is the time to take on a new disciple and ally. We see him offer the coin which he still had with him, but we don't see who he offers it to.
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Actually I think things are being set up for Nic to change sides because he is increasingly being isolated.. He is losing out as the leader of the Denarians, however for him it isn't just about giving up coin and noose, if he does those things he turns to dust..
You are not going to see a total win for Nic, because that has a huge ripple effect of the Fallen winning over Heaven... Not saying it couldn't happen, but not likely..
We have yet to see the aftermath for Murphy after her losing encounter with Nic.. Not just the physical, but the emotional as well.. If ultimately that turns her away from Harry for example, that could be a huge win for Nic... If she is more physically limited than anticipated she may be tempted to take up a coin thinking she can handle it... Unlikely, true, but then again I don't think the Murphy/Lasciel dynamic of Harry's nightmare/wet dreams was fully played out in Skin Game satisfactorily... As in Hannah/Lasciel just didn't have the same impact as ultimately a Murphy/Lasciel would verses Harry. It could be foreshadowing of things to come.
Mr. Death:
When Nic wins without qualification, it's things like the Black Plague.
Marcone, we're able to root for and read his short story because as bad a guy as he is, he's up against something worse.
I don't want to read a story about Nicodemus successfully murdering innocents by the truck load to fuel his own selfish agenda and -- in all likelihood -- also murdering good people like the Knights trying to stop him.
If I wanted to read that kind of thing I'd have stuck with Game of Thrones.
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