Stories from the Fort

by PPP SSC

The Greil Mercenaries are snowed in, and tell stories to pass the time. Rated T for sexual themes and mild cursing. Italicized selections in Character Chapters are third-person intermittent parts. Chapters 1 and 13 are third-person completely.

1. Snowed in! The Assembly

Stories from the Fort

The snow was falling hard around the Greil Mercenaries fort, and pretty soon the door was blocked from the outside. "This is just perfect," Shinon muttered, shivering.

Rhys sneezed softly as Titania brought him some hot soup and wrapped him in a blanket. On the other side of the room, the three brothers were trying to share a blanket that was just big enough for Boyd OR Oscar and Rolf. Boyd pulled it away. "Get your own blanket!" he yelled.

Oscar pulled it back. "More like, YOU get your own blanket!" he said very uncharacteristically, but damn it, he was cold!

Mist and Mia were trying to build a fire which Gatrie kept hindering the progress of by stepping on the sticks.

Soren was so cold he could barely move and Ike was using his body as an impromptu coat, and though it helped some, the smaller specimen's plight was still there.

Gatrie mumbled, "I guess this means no dating for me."

Shinon shouted to the sky, "Why, goddess, must I be trapped in this fort with Pompous Commander Greil Wannabe and his emotionally drained boyfriend, Mister Overachiever and his brothers Whines-a-Lot and Clingy Kid, Goody-Goody Barfy Face, Girl-Crazy Idiot, Idealistic Know-It-All, Overrated Sister, and Mia?!"

Mia smiled, "Hey! He didn't insult me!"

Ike protested, while still tightly holding Soren, "We are NOT boyfriends!" The irony of this statement made Shinon roll his eyes. Ike noticed and said, "Well, we're not boyfriends unless you have a crush on Gatrie." Shinon stopped provoking them. Soren let out a quiet smile.

"Well, what should we do then?" Mia asked, "I have zero tolerance for boredom and I can't think of anything to do!"

Rhys piped up in his quiet voice, "We could tell stories."

"Tell stories?" Shinon asked and then laughed. "I KNOW most of them will be horrible."

Ike asked to clarify, "Horribly written or horrible nature of the content?"

Shinon gave Ike a weird look. "Horribly written. What 'horrible nature of content' stories have you been hearing?"

Ike didn't say anything, which was reinforced when he saw Soren's delicate smile.

Boyd said, "I'll go first!"

"We can go in alphabetical order!" Rhys said.

Titania frowned. Soren asked, "Do you want to cut me?"

"Nah," Titania said, "That wouldn't be fair."

"Damn it."