Vermillion and Gold by Pumpkin

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Title: Vermillion and Gold

Author: Pumpkin

Rating: R.

Pairing: Q/O.

Warnings: None.

Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id: I'm not certain what her correct email is any longer. Her LJ handle is squashed.

Link to Story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/v/vermillion_and_gold.html

Reason for Recommending: It was difficult for me to narrow all my favorite Pumpkin stories to one; she's such a talented writer. This elegant little story takes my breath away every time I read it. It's an AU in which the Jedi serve the galaxy as usual, but when not in active service are, let's say, held in reserve. It's a more 'sci-fi' tale than I normally read, but the language is so crisp and vivid, and the hint of emotion beneath its shining surface leaves me alternately pensive and restlessly excited.

Enjoy.

Quote from story:

The page escorted him down a long corridor filled with resting chambers. There were thousands of them: seven feet deep, two feet wide and two feet high, they were stacked seven on top of the other from floor to ceiling. The hall continued as far as his eye could see and beyond. These were for the humanoid Jedi, there was a floor for every species, each with their own size and shape requirements.

He knew Qui-Gon would have been taken by a different elevator to somewhere else in this long line of vaults.

Comments

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love this one -- gorgeous feel.

[gloriana.livejournal.com]

Just once in awhile a most original story turns up, and yes, this is one of those. I'd forgotten the first person pov that ends it, tying it into her Snapshot series. I won't say it's my favourite Pumpkin fic - since a few others get in the way :) - but it is one of her more distinctive stories.

[emila-wan.livejournal.com]

This story is one that has stuck with me over the years because it is such a unique and compelling idea. I actually think it would be better without the last bit from the attendant's point of view, but even so it is thought provoking.

[splix.livejournal.com]

I actually think it would be better without the last bit from the attendant's point of view

I actually waffle back and forth on this. In some ways I think you're right - it breaks the flow of the story - but on the other hand, I like the idea of...well, what is it, Force-vampirism or something? I think that's intriguing. So the jury may be forever out on that one for me.