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Kel/Lalasa. I will go down with this ship.
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Post by EymberFyire on Feb 17, 2010 19:25:46 GMT 10
Title: A Possible Outcome Rating: G Length: 266 Competitor: Lalasa Round/Fight: 1/F Summary: Kel reflects on the similarities between her past and her maid’s. The clack of wood striking wood echoes through the mostly empty training yards as two squires test one another with their staves.
“Why do you care so much?” Crack! The larger squire delivers a solid blow that is blocked easily by the smaller.
“I care because it’s my duty to care.” The smaller squire feints for the head and swings around at the last moment for the body.
This is blocked easily as well, and the larger squire ripostes with a thrust to the legs. “It stopped being your duty when she left your service.” The thrust is blocked, barely, and the smaller squire stumbles. That was a move they hadn’t been taught by Wyldon.
Pressing his advantage, the larger squire closes, thrusting forward with the end of his staff and catching the smaller squire by surprise. He hooks the staff, twirls and yanks, and the smaller squire is suddenly disarmed.
He holds the staff out towards his opponent until she says quietly, “I yield”
“Your brother taught me that one, Kel.” Cleon says with a smile. “I’ll teach you as well. But first be honest with me. Why are you so interested in a maid that left your service a year ago?”
Kel sighs, not looking at him as she picks up her staff and twirls it idly. “Because I could have become her. If my father had cared more about his sons than his daughters, and if the bullying had gone unpunished…” She idly throws the first three strikes of a pattern dance. Then, very softly, “I see what I could have become.”
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Post by Lisa on Feb 18, 2010 15:18:49 GMT 10
Oh.... this breaks my heart. I love it!
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