permetaform: (::aheh:: [mine])
permetaform ([personal profile] permetaform) wrote2003-12-21 06:44 am

...honesty can only get you so far...

Piece #4 for [livejournal.com profile] circe_tigana's 882 Ways to Appease the Heathen Gods challenge

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Many letters had come to him. Some were angry and attacked him personally and what he stood for. Other letters supported him and gave him advice like the little girl who asked that he grow a beard or gave him strength like the merchant couple who sent him their family heirloom for luck.

Personally, he thought the exotic gold coin was a bit morbid, but he'd kept it close because the war had needed all the luck he can lend it.

"Abe!"

"Yes dear, I'm coming." He's looking forward to the play tonight, he always admired John Wilkes Booth's work.

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Yeah, it's a Lincoln story, I blame it utterly on [livejournal.com profile] commodoresexual's George Washington story and [livejournal.com profile] katemonkey for pointing it out.

[identity profile] circe-tigana.livejournal.com 2003-12-21 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god. Abe Lincoln? :) Wow.

[identity profile] xoverau.livejournal.com 2003-12-21 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Loved that.

[identity profile] penm.livejournal.com 2003-12-21 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Other letters supported him and gave him advice like the little girl who asked that he grow a beard or gave him strength like the merchant couple who sent him their family heirloom for luck.

That bit made me go AWWWWW.

(Before it was discovered that the family heirloom was a cursed piece of pirate booty, but hey.)