Post by Shhasow on Apr 1, 2011 14:02:46 GMT 10
Title: Pottery
Rating: G
Word Count: 320
Pairing: Jon/Kel
Round/Fight: 1/F
Summary: There exists a plate emblazoned with two proud figures.
The small clump of students somehow managed to be chaotic, even though they were sharply managed by haggard-looking irritated teachers and parents, half of whom simply repeated in more or less monotone tones, “No, you can’t touch that. Don’t touch that at all. Or that.”
One little girl stood slightly apart from the others. She gazed solemnly into the glass boxes that held bits of ancient history emblazoned on reddish pottery. Most of the markings were in black, of men and women and fantastical beasts.
There was one display hidden towards a corner, and she slipped away from her bored classmates to study it.
The case held a large clay plate, which was covered much like the others, but this one was fractured in a hundred different places. She tried to consider how much time and work was spent in putting it back together, but gave up.
There were two figures on the plate, both sitting on simple thrones. The man held a jewel in one hand, and the woman held a spear of some kind, and their free hands clasped the other’s. The little girl’s breath fogged the glass as she printed a picture in her mind of the two people. She thought they must have loved each other very much, as their bodies were painted proudly straight, but tilted slightly towards the other as if defying the painter.
The man had a hint of color in his eyes. If she squinted, the girl thought it might be blue. The woman stared at her with eyes that were at once direct and kind.
The explanatory card read simply: King Jonathan and Queen Keladry, monarchs of an ancient civilization. Origin: Unknown. Time: Unknown.
“Kel, let’s go,” said the exasperated voice of her twin brother. “They’re going to leave us.”
Kel hesitated as she left with Jon, her body half-turned towards the two lovers on the plate, one arm raised in a farewell.
QC by: journeycat
Rating: G
Word Count: 320
Pairing: Jon/Kel
Round/Fight: 1/F
Summary: There exists a plate emblazoned with two proud figures.
The small clump of students somehow managed to be chaotic, even though they were sharply managed by haggard-looking irritated teachers and parents, half of whom simply repeated in more or less monotone tones, “No, you can’t touch that. Don’t touch that at all. Or that.”
One little girl stood slightly apart from the others. She gazed solemnly into the glass boxes that held bits of ancient history emblazoned on reddish pottery. Most of the markings were in black, of men and women and fantastical beasts.
There was one display hidden towards a corner, and she slipped away from her bored classmates to study it.
The case held a large clay plate, which was covered much like the others, but this one was fractured in a hundred different places. She tried to consider how much time and work was spent in putting it back together, but gave up.
There were two figures on the plate, both sitting on simple thrones. The man held a jewel in one hand, and the woman held a spear of some kind, and their free hands clasped the other’s. The little girl’s breath fogged the glass as she printed a picture in her mind of the two people. She thought they must have loved each other very much, as their bodies were painted proudly straight, but tilted slightly towards the other as if defying the painter.
The man had a hint of color in his eyes. If she squinted, the girl thought it might be blue. The woman stared at her with eyes that were at once direct and kind.
The explanatory card read simply: King Jonathan and Queen Keladry, monarchs of an ancient civilization. Origin: Unknown. Time: Unknown.
“Kel, let’s go,” said the exasperated voice of her twin brother. “They’re going to leave us.”
Kel hesitated as she left with Jon, her body half-turned towards the two lovers on the plate, one arm raised in a farewell.
QC by: journeycat