{"sf1_id":702251,"sf2_id":"r17Wx5A1","title":"Slick Copper and the Thievius Raccoonus: Introduction","author":"yugijak","words":365,"posted_at":"2014-05-08T01:30:00.000Z","tags":["Drama","Fanfiction","Introduction","Sly Cooper","Suspense"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/702251-slick-copper-and-the-thievius-raccoonus-introduction","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/r17Wx5A1","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=702251\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"This is essentially the opening bit for Slick Copper, I'll put this at the forefront of each chapter I post.","content":"Fear.\n\nThat is how it all begins.\n\nThat is what makes my being.\n\nThat is the future.\n\nRevenge.\n\nThat is my sustenance.\n\nThat is what keeps me alive.\n\nThat is the dream.\n\nDeath.\n\nThat is my fate.\n\nThat is what will bring me peace.\n\nThat is the only certainty.\n\nAll of that is who I am.\n\nIt is all there in the blood, strung around the room like an impressionist work.\n\nIt is all there in the looming shadow that towers over my hiding place.\n\nIt is all there in the cold steel that closes around my throat.\n\nAnd yet it is a memory.\n\nIt is no more than a piece of the past.\n\nBut that does not weaken the power it holds over me.\n\nThat does not drive off the fear that grips my body at the merest hint.\n\nThat does not quench the burning thirst of vengeance within my soul.\n\nThat does not satiate the reaper that looms over me, counting my every breath.\n\nJust as he was when he came calling in the form of five dark figures.\n\nJust as he was when he destroyed the life I would have had.\n\nJust as he was when he claimed my family.\n\nMy loving father...Conner...an honest working man.\n\nMy precious mother...Merriam...a goddess among mortals.\n\nMy amazing and compassionate twin brother...Sly...an irreplaceable piece of my heart.\n\nAnd now...it's my turn.\n\nFear...\n\nRevenge...\n\nDeath...\n\nGood dogs.\n\n**Go fetch.**\n\n-\n\n**_From the confines of the Library of the Cycle_**\n\n**_Located at the End of the Universe_**\n\n**_Nicki Fowl and co._**\n\n**_Is proud to bring you_**\n\n**_Slick Copper and the Thievius Raccoonus_**\n\n**_Part 1 of the Copper Tales_**\n\n-\n\nNotice: I, the author, do not own Sly Cooper, the Sly Cooper franchise, or any ideas, concepts, or characters belonging to the series.\u0026nbsp; I do not claim ownership of said franchise.\u0026nbsp; I do own the character of Slick Copper, the original storyline composed for the Copper Tales, any out of character (OOC) or non-canon behavior and/or material that is part of this story.\u0026nbsp; I made it.\u0026nbsp; It's mine.\u0026nbsp; MINE!!!\u0026nbsp; Story thieves are the one thief I will never tolerate.\n\n(Thumbnail is not mine, it belongs to xavier343 on fanfiction.net)\n\n  \n  \n\n"}