indri

In the Morning of the Magicians

By Indri

SUMMARY: Giles and Ethan, the electric Kool-Aid funky Satan groove year, in the early seventies.

SPOILERS: Band Candy.

RATING: M. Drug use, sexual situations, coarse language, nudity, violence, political insurrection and black magic.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The title is from a track on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips, and also refers to the 1960 book on occultism Le Matin des magiciens by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier. Section titles and two lines of dialogue are from "The Dark Age" by Dean Batali and Rob Des Hotel. This novel was partially inspired by Doyle's short story about Ethan and Tara in the Wishverse, The Same Rainbow's End. Spoilery further acknowledgements will be given after the story.

DISCLAIMER: The young Ethan Rayne and Rupert Giles are extrapolations of characters created by Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. Randall, Deidre and Philip are briefly introduced in "The Dark Age" by Dean Batali and Rob Des Hotel. All other characters are my works of fiction and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. They especially do not resemble any of my former housemates, my housemates' former housemates, or anyone I ever attended a house party with.

WRITTEN: Begun November 2009, completed September 2010. Edited and published in installments from October 2010.