Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 31, 2010 13:32:01 GMT 10
Title: Trickster's Pawn 12
Rating: PG
Length: 340 words
Competitor: Owen
Round/Fight: 4 (Final!)
Summary: PG, 340 words. Warric and Iden have some things to say about Wen's career choice.
The knock on Wen's door came the day before he was to move his things to the Riders' barracks. It was his brother, Warric, and his cousin, Iden. He let them in, with the minimum of pleasantries, already guessing what they were about.
“Wendy, what's this about you joining the Riders?” Warric asked.
Wen shrugged. “It sounded like fun. Hunting bandits and the like.”
“But you're betrothed to Edgar of Pike's Hill,” Warric countered.
“And? The wedding's not for another three years. Am I supposed to just sit around until then?”
“You should be... planning it... and things,” Iden fumbled.
Wen laughed, looking at him with an expression of amused incomprehension. After a few seconds, Warric chuckled, too.
“I know,” Iden admitted. “Stupid idea. But Wendy, you could get killed out there.”
“He's right,” Warric agreed. “You're my sister. I can't – “
“You're my brother,” Wen argued. “And you're going to be a knight. It's the same.”
“It's not... ok, maybe it is. But what about Sir Edgar?”
“Lord Edgar,” Iden put in. “His father died at Samhien, remember?”
Warric glared at his cousin, before talking to Wen again. “Even more reason Jesslaw needs this alliance. If you die – “
“Then Jesslaw will have to find some other way,” Wen said, flatly.
“What, talk Margot into abandoning her commitment to the Goddess, so she can marry him?” Iden asked, laughing.
Wen sighed. Their younger sister had been devoted to the Mother Goddess, practically since she was born; at ten, she was already training to be a priestess.
“Maybe Father will remarry and have another daughter,” Wen said.
Iden opened his mouth, but Warric cuffed him before he could start to talk. “You never know,” he said, clapping Wen on the back.
Wen sighed. It was hopeless, and they both knew it. “I'm sorry,” he said, miserably. “I'll try my best not to get killed out there. For Jesslaw.”
Rating: PG
Length: 340 words
Competitor: Owen
Round/Fight: 4 (Final!)
Summary: PG, 340 words. Warric and Iden have some things to say about Wen's career choice.
The knock on Wen's door came the day before he was to move his things to the Riders' barracks. It was his brother, Warric, and his cousin, Iden. He let them in, with the minimum of pleasantries, already guessing what they were about.
“Wendy, what's this about you joining the Riders?” Warric asked.
Wen shrugged. “It sounded like fun. Hunting bandits and the like.”
“But you're betrothed to Edgar of Pike's Hill,” Warric countered.
“And? The wedding's not for another three years. Am I supposed to just sit around until then?”
“You should be... planning it... and things,” Iden fumbled.
Wen laughed, looking at him with an expression of amused incomprehension. After a few seconds, Warric chuckled, too.
“I know,” Iden admitted. “Stupid idea. But Wendy, you could get killed out there.”
“He's right,” Warric agreed. “You're my sister. I can't – “
“You're my brother,” Wen argued. “And you're going to be a knight. It's the same.”
“It's not... ok, maybe it is. But what about Sir Edgar?”
“Lord Edgar,” Iden put in. “His father died at Samhien, remember?”
Warric glared at his cousin, before talking to Wen again. “Even more reason Jesslaw needs this alliance. If you die – “
“Then Jesslaw will have to find some other way,” Wen said, flatly.
“What, talk Margot into abandoning her commitment to the Goddess, so she can marry him?” Iden asked, laughing.
Wen sighed. Their younger sister had been devoted to the Mother Goddess, practically since she was born; at ten, she was already training to be a priestess.
“Maybe Father will remarry and have another daughter,” Wen said.
Iden opened his mouth, but Warric cuffed him before he could start to talk. “You never know,” he said, clapping Wen on the back.
Wen sighed. It was hopeless, and they both knew it. “I'm sorry,” he said, miserably. “I'll try my best not to get killed out there. For Jesslaw.”