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Valkyrie I - Zavtig by unohoo
1st Runner Up Best Round Robin in the 2001 Farscape Fanfiction Fic Awards
The Valkyrie:
Season 1 (A nine part round robin silly ficlet)
Valkyrie I - Zavtig, by unohoo
Valkyrie II - The Wrath of John, by PKAmmoTroop
Valkyrie III - Battle of the Sexes, by MannyCalavera
Valkyrie IV - A Whole Lotta Rosie!, by Blind_Dentist
Valkyrie V -The Visitor, by Jules
Valkyrie VI - Dead Again by unohoo
Valkyrie VII - Blimp Takes Off by unohoo
Valkyrie VIII - Feel My Pain by unohoo
Valkyrie IX - Send in the Clones, by Jules
Valkyrie I - Zavtig, by unohoo
Forward: Wagner wrote an opera called "The Ride of the Valkyries". Zavtig is a heavy (sort of a Brunhilde type) Valkyrie (new species, not the same as the German myth) that had absolutely no thoughts in her head and the only sounds emanating from her would be pure notes that drove everyone else crazy. Her name Zavtig, is a play on a German/Yiddish word zaftig. Someone who is zaftig is built like a 5th avenue bus.
I owe Runnik many thanks for Beta reading this ficlet and his suggestion I include the foreword for clarification.
Disclaimer: They’re not mine, I don’t own ‘em, just please let me use your characters for a little while and I promise to return them as well as they began this ficlet. Thanks in advance.
Location: Gammak Base
Grid Coordinates: CLASSIFIED
“Well, Lt. Braca, it appears the fifth wing was able to bring in a new species for us. It’s getting translator microbes now.” Scorpius was rubbing his hands together in anticipation of using his beloved Aurora Chair.
“I think they are here now, sir.” Lt. Braca said.
Two guards, but no Valkyrie greeted Scorpius and Lt. Braca. “Sir, she won’t move from the infirmary.”
“You will bring her to me now!” Scorpius growled.
“Sir, let me see to it.” Lt. Braca said.
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Lt. Braca staggered in, the Valkyrie in tow. She was bound. Four guards had to carry her. Scorpius had never seen anyone this magnificent! He could not take his eyes off her. “What is her name?”
“Zavtig.” Lt. Braca said.
“Well, well, Zavtig, listen to me carefully. You will be put into this device behind you. It can probe your mind and reveal your secrets to me. You will suffer great pain if you try to conceal anything. Is that clear?” Scorpius spoke to Zavtig, as she was strapped into the Aurora Chair.
Zavtig nodded.
“Yes. Guard, remove the gag.” Scorpius said.
The chair began turning slowly, tracing a counter-clock wise spin, Niem was at the controls. “Sir, I am not getting any readings at this time. We should be seeing something; the chair has completed two complete cycles. I am now doubling the intensity.”
“Zavtig, if you resist, it will get painful. Please just relax and let my Aurora Chair do the work.” Scorpius maintained his patience.
The chair made another three cycles, and still there was nothing to show Scorpius. “I am increasing the intensity by another factor. You are now at the top of the non-damaging range of this device. If you do not cooperate, you will feel pain.” Niem said.
“Do it, I don’t have much more time to waste on her” Scorpius was being forceful in his statement, but his thought were still on the Valkyrie’s magnificence.
Niem moved the slider to the next level, the first level of pain. As soon as the chair locked into the new setting the Valkyrie did not scream, but sang out a single sustained pure C sharp above high C.
Niem and Scorpius covered their ears and cried out in unison, “Stop! Please, make it stop!”
Little wisps of smoke began rising from the Aurora Chair’s circuitry and the chair stopped spinning. The straps holding Zavtig down, released. Zavtig stood up, took a deep breath, and sang her second, and more hideously painful note. Before either Scorpius or Niem could stop her, she walked out.
It took both Scorpius and Niem a full six hundred microts before they could do anything after the second paralyzing tone. Scorpius called to the guards to find her and hold her for questioning. Clearly, she was beyond the capabilities of the Aurora chair, if it could be fixed. * But she could be useful. * Scorpius thought.
“Niem, did you manage to get any readings from the chair before it failed?” Scorpius asked.
“No sir. Did you detect anything from her mind?” Niem countered.
“No. That is strange. I could detect nothing.” Scopius said. “Start the repairs on the Aurora chair as soon possible, Lt. Braca.” Scorpius left the room, leaving Lt. Braca to pick up the pieces.
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