Amaranth made this for my birthday, which is March 6th, it was a totally amazing surprise and it was first posted HERE: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10069438/

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The poster above is based upon this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tejtcdxzk.....fall1.jpg?dl=0

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If you don't know about Ames Sond yet, or want to know more, visit this primer page: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/28161443/

And here's some more specifically Sssskyfall pieces:
1 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24353518/
2 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/27318496/
3 - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25296372/

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I have no words to express my gratitude, none at all.. although Ama can tell you I spent way too long last night trying to do so with references to whole planets of affection or undying suns of appreciation or other outlandish hyperbole. And trying to make Bond movie title puns, for much longer than I should have.

Still, I have no words. Save for the ones that follow, below the dividing line. Down there is a mini-scene where I make a pitiful and spur-of-the-moment, quickly produced attempt at slightly Fleming-ish writing and a Bondian scene in general. I wrote it to prove how much the picture means to me, although to really do that, I would have to re-write all of Skyfall with our characters.. but don't think for a second that I didn't consider doing that, too.

My point is, I always feel that I have to show my appreciation for the work that others do by honouring it with my own work. This may have been a gift for me, but I can't just sit and do nothing. So I write a post like this, but even that wouldn't be enough, so I write.. stories or poems or scenes.

Hrmm, I guess I do have some words.

Nanaya, I love you too, your friendship means the world to me (and not just the Earth, I mean the whole Universe.. both universes! RL and Furry! :P), it remains my honour to be your compatriot, your comrade, your companion, your cohort, through the cool and the cruel. You have my name, my number and my heart. This was the best surprise, you made this the happiest and best of all my birthdays!

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Ames Sond slid smoothly into the room. He was comfortable, back at work. More at home in the offices of 'Universal Exports' than he was in his own actual abode. It was true that his current living arrangements were not yet lived in, as he had only just moved in to his new flat after his so-called 'resurrection'; nevertheless, even at his previous place, the python would have preferred being deep in the bowels of MI-6, from the sub-basements of Q branch to the false facade that the above ground offices provided.

It was those mock work spaces in which the serpent was moving, guiding his impressively long self deftly through the doorway before closing it fluidly with a flip of his tailtip. He faced away from the window and the desk as he doffed his coat to hang it on the rack.

Behind the formerly naval naga, there came a coy, cooing croon: "Good morning, Ames," purred the sultry voice, a flirtation through tone alone.

"Ssstormy," Sond hissed, not needing to turn around. Even if he hadn't spied the lycan secretary with the customary sweep of his unblinking eye that he performed as he entered any and all rooms, he would have known that sassy siren song anywhere. She was behind her desk, as she always was, the last line of defense before one met with the inner office's sole occupant.

She was Eba Moneypenny, and in the field, her codesign had been 'Windstorm,' leading the python to make his own nickname for her out of it, almost immediately.

As Sond turned to smile and sidle nearer to the gold-haired beauty's messy desktop, she grinned wide. "Tell me, Ames.. is it thought of me that keeps a cold-blooded creature like yourself coming back to rainy old London when you could probably disappear into some far-flung tropical hideaway?"

"Darling, I'm shocked!" Sond said, sounding as falsely offended as possible as he half-leaned himself on one clear corner of her desk. "You know I could never even bare to imagine a world where I don't see you at regular intervals. My missions only get harder as they get longer, since I'm not able to come back to see you as I careen around the dingy back-alleys of the world."

Eba's eyes gleamed with the ever-present game she had with the snake, her smile was manic as she stared up into Sond's slit-pupiled eyes, searching for a retort for the shortest of moments. The tiniest of hesitation was enough to allow Ames to add "Although, I know if I did, you and M would hunt me down personally and drag me back here anyway. With Q's remote help, of course."

"While I do so pine for a chance to get back into the field to remind you who the better operative is, Ames.. why don't you just forget that and go back to talking about things getting longer and harder, hmmm?" the lupine lady purred.

Sond turned from being side-on to the secretary to facing her, stretching and rising a bit higher on his coils to loom over her, reminding her of just how 'long' he really was, not to mention big. "For you, dear, anything.. might I sssuggesss--"

A burst of static from a box on the desk interrupted the invasive comment to come, followed instantaneously by a terse, haggard, transmitted tone: "If you two are quite done.. Double-Oh-Ess does have a matter of national importance to attend to, Miss Moneypenny."

Eyes narrowed and tail-fur bristled, the lycan's lips parted to deliver a ripping line of rebuttal.. when both a further few words from the intercom and a pair of scaley lips on her chocolate brown cheek stopped her and quelled her rage. "And I won't hear a word about how YOU are also a matter of national importance, Eba," M said as the python gave Stormy a quick kiss.

"Duty calls, love," said Sond as he glided toward and through the leather-lined and padded portal into M's office.

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Amethystine Python / Ames Sond 00S © to his owner.
Sheba Windstorm as Eba 'WindStorm' Moneypenny and Eien as M © to Amaranth.

James Bond 007 and related IP (C) to Ian Fleming, Albert R Broccoli's EON Productions and MGM.

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I'm curious: If you've read all this, and fave this submission for the mini-story (while you can fave for the art on Ama's post), please comment to say if that's the case. :>

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