Post by Shhasow on Apr 5, 2011 11:19:44 GMT 10
Title: The Greatest Trick, (1)
Rating: G
Word Count: 412
Pairing: Raoul/Sabine
Round/Fight: 1/G
Summary: The Crooked God conspires with the Dream God to thumb their noses at Mithros and the Mother Goddess by sending one of their favorites back through time. Sir Raoul of Goldenlake.
Time is a mortal construct. The gods follow it as they will, as it pleases, but it is arbitrarily followed as a quaint custom.
Still, the gods do not meddle with time. A mortal’s path is his path, free from divine interference - with the rare exception of heroes. That was the agreed upon dictum. No gods would expect anything different.
So that was how the man-shaped figure looked down from his pavilion upon two temporally divorced mortals at the same time.
Sore at the greatest of his brothers and sisters, and their overthrow of the seat of his greatest power, the trickster god looked Forward and Backward, and visited another brother.
One Great God was needed for this greatest of tricks. It would serve to gall and mystify his conquering siblings in the past, and in the future, divert their attention at a crucial time when he must ready himself and his pawns.
The Trickster explained his scheme to his favorite brother. Gainel, being sympathetic towards humans due to his unique position, resisted the idea of disrupting their lives, but his brother eventually won him over through sheer persistence. It would give the Dream God the opportunity to inconvenience their older siblings, but best of all, would prove a source of entertainment.
After centuries of centuries, new creative ideas were rare. That was why the Trickster appreciated the Dream God; he had more humanity than the other gods, and so regarded new ideas as interesting, not troublesome.
So it happened that Kyprioth chose his mark, one Raoul of Goldenlake, a favorite of pawns of his conquering siblings. He chose his time, a year soon after his ignoble defeat, and he used the presence of the Cat to anchor the past. Kyprioth wasn’t concerned about his sister’s Cat spoiling the game. Cats were inherent tricksters, fond of their independence, and more like to purposefully confuse the mortal than alert the divine.
Gainel used dreams to connect the man as well, though he added his personal touch to the plot. The mark was a lonely man, despite his significance in the mortal realm, and Gainel had absorbed enough human feelings to feel pity. The god searched the area and found a woman who suited the man. A strong, rare woman, brown eyed, slender, and quite a match for the poor man. Lady Knight Sabine of Macayhill.
Gainel, pleased with his addition, anticipated the proceeding events, certain as they were to provide entertainment and inspiration to last for years, especially when the two mortals met.
Time, as a mortal construct, meant little enough to the gods, and they followed it only as it pleased them.
Who could command them otherwise?
QC by: greenie
Rating: G
Word Count: 412
Pairing: Raoul/Sabine
Round/Fight: 1/G
Summary: The Crooked God conspires with the Dream God to thumb their noses at Mithros and the Mother Goddess by sending one of their favorites back through time. Sir Raoul of Goldenlake.
Time is a mortal construct. The gods follow it as they will, as it pleases, but it is arbitrarily followed as a quaint custom.
Still, the gods do not meddle with time. A mortal’s path is his path, free from divine interference - with the rare exception of heroes. That was the agreed upon dictum. No gods would expect anything different.
So that was how the man-shaped figure looked down from his pavilion upon two temporally divorced mortals at the same time.
Sore at the greatest of his brothers and sisters, and their overthrow of the seat of his greatest power, the trickster god looked Forward and Backward, and visited another brother.
One Great God was needed for this greatest of tricks. It would serve to gall and mystify his conquering siblings in the past, and in the future, divert their attention at a crucial time when he must ready himself and his pawns.
The Trickster explained his scheme to his favorite brother. Gainel, being sympathetic towards humans due to his unique position, resisted the idea of disrupting their lives, but his brother eventually won him over through sheer persistence. It would give the Dream God the opportunity to inconvenience their older siblings, but best of all, would prove a source of entertainment.
After centuries of centuries, new creative ideas were rare. That was why the Trickster appreciated the Dream God; he had more humanity than the other gods, and so regarded new ideas as interesting, not troublesome.
So it happened that Kyprioth chose his mark, one Raoul of Goldenlake, a favorite of pawns of his conquering siblings. He chose his time, a year soon after his ignoble defeat, and he used the presence of the Cat to anchor the past. Kyprioth wasn’t concerned about his sister’s Cat spoiling the game. Cats were inherent tricksters, fond of their independence, and more like to purposefully confuse the mortal than alert the divine.
Gainel used dreams to connect the man as well, though he added his personal touch to the plot. The mark was a lonely man, despite his significance in the mortal realm, and Gainel had absorbed enough human feelings to feel pity. The god searched the area and found a woman who suited the man. A strong, rare woman, brown eyed, slender, and quite a match for the poor man. Lady Knight Sabine of Macayhill.
Gainel, pleased with his addition, anticipated the proceeding events, certain as they were to provide entertainment and inspiration to last for years, especially when the two mortals met.
Time, as a mortal construct, meant little enough to the gods, and they followed it only as it pleased them.
Who could command them otherwise?
QC by: greenie