RE: The Blade and the Cycle
05-21-2013, 03:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-21-2013, 03:56 AM by Brom.)
"Let's see if we can't find Gelton of Grimtwit," says Actium. "Aquinna is too pretty to beat."
Preveza gives him a raspberry.
"Now you don't see me beating you, Prev, do you?"
"I don't see you having the guts to try your hand."
"Tush, Preveza. I'm too pretty to beat right along with her. Kepral!"
Kepral throws an extravagant salute and breaks into a sprint, vaulting his way up to the rooftops of the Quay.
"That is some impressive verticality," says Dia.
"Jealous?" asks Preveza.
"I could give you a boost," says Horius.
"Go sit on your swordguards," says Dia. "Friggin stiltwalkers."
"Hiria told me his stamina translates pretty well to the realm of the horizontal." Preveza does a little dance step over to Dia. "What do you think? I bet he'd be up for a roll in the whatsit."
"Hey," says Dia. "No sell."
"Aww, come on," says Preveza. "Have you even had one live egg yet?"
"The Incubatrices don't tell you if they're live."
"Yeah, but you can totally tell. Everyone says."
"Well I wouldn't want one from Kepral. The kid might tuck his pants into his boots. And besides, what if that puts another lefty on the street? I hate fighting lefties."
They hear a loud whistle from the next block. With a whoop, Actium races off after it. "Come on, kids!" he calls over his shoulder. "We got blades to cross!"
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He lights upon a chimney Kepral's leaning against.
"What have we got, spotter?"
Kepral nods his head down to a courtyard far below them. "Trouble is what we got."
Dia's next on the roof. "Preveza and her eggs eggs eggs all the time."
"Well, you would have cute hatchlings in her defense." Actium cranes his neck and looks below. "Uh, oh."
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Aquinna and Gelton circle one another, ringed in by a crowd of both their Sections.
"That doesn't look like a normal duel, PFC." Kepral taps his foot against the chimney. "Doesn't sound like one."
"No it does not," says Actium. Normally, two people circling, there's a great deal of joyful noise. Actium doesn't hear any cheering, any clapping, any anything but Gelton yelling and Aquinna and Aquinna yelling at Gelton.
"You don't normally bring a crossbow, either," says Dia. "Look in Aquinna's hand."
"Aww, shitting spirits," mutters Actium.
Preveza gives him a raspberry.
"Now you don't see me beating you, Prev, do you?"
"I don't see you having the guts to try your hand."
"Tush, Preveza. I'm too pretty to beat right along with her. Kepral!"
Kepral throws an extravagant salute and breaks into a sprint, vaulting his way up to the rooftops of the Quay.
"That is some impressive verticality," says Dia.
"Jealous?" asks Preveza.
"I could give you a boost," says Horius.
"Go sit on your swordguards," says Dia. "Friggin stiltwalkers."
"Hiria told me his stamina translates pretty well to the realm of the horizontal." Preveza does a little dance step over to Dia. "What do you think? I bet he'd be up for a roll in the whatsit."
"Hey," says Dia. "No sell."
"Aww, come on," says Preveza. "Have you even had one live egg yet?"
"The Incubatrices don't tell you if they're live."
"Yeah, but you can totally tell. Everyone says."
"Well I wouldn't want one from Kepral. The kid might tuck his pants into his boots. And besides, what if that puts another lefty on the street? I hate fighting lefties."
They hear a loud whistle from the next block. With a whoop, Actium races off after it. "Come on, kids!" he calls over his shoulder. "We got blades to cross!"
He lights upon a chimney Kepral's leaning against.
"What have we got, spotter?"
Kepral nods his head down to a courtyard far below them. "Trouble is what we got."
Dia's next on the roof. "Preveza and her eggs eggs eggs all the time."
"Well, you would have cute hatchlings in her defense." Actium cranes his neck and looks below. "Uh, oh."
Aquinna and Gelton circle one another, ringed in by a crowd of both their Sections.
"That doesn't look like a normal duel, PFC." Kepral taps his foot against the chimney. "Doesn't sound like one."
"No it does not," says Actium. Normally, two people circling, there's a great deal of joyful noise. Actium doesn't hear any cheering, any clapping, any anything but Gelton yelling and Aquinna and Aquinna yelling at Gelton.
"You don't normally bring a crossbow, either," says Dia. "Look in Aquinna's hand."
"Aww, shitting spirits," mutters Actium.
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