crack_van | Dupe by Marian Mendez (G)

Fandom: BLAKE'S 7
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: entropy_house
Author Website: Marian's Sites, but most of Marian's stories are on the Hermit Library
Why this must be read:

This is a very inventive PGP (post Gauda Prime) in which everyone survives--but there's a twist which takes a while to reveal itself. It's a lovely convoluted plot in which everyone is beautifully in character; a delight to read. I have slight reservations about the darker implications of the revelations, but even they don't spoil a story I've read more than once and enjoyed just as much as the first time.

Here's the beginning.

Blake's eyes snapped open, but he saw nothing. Something covered his face. He put his hands up and encountered resistance. He investigated, trying to remain calm. A tough fabric covered his entire body. He pulled and kicked, but the fabric wouldn't tear, barely even moved. It was stiff and colder than anything he'd ever felt, so cold his mind couldn't register the sensation properly. He panicked and struggled, gasping wildly. His right hand struck something metallic amongst the folds. It had felt like a zipper, so he traced it up to the top of the sack, poking a finger through a small gap above the zipper, and pushing until he felt it give. Once he'd widened the gap enough to put his hand out and grasp the zipper pull from the outside, it went quicker. He wriggled out like a butterfly escaping from its chrysalis, landing on a hard surface with what should have been a loud thump. There was no sound. There hadn't been any, he suddenly realized, even his gasps being silent.

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