Joffrey Baratheon, meet... Octavian
It took me a while to figure it out, where I was.
I was dead.
I saw my soul leave my body. I saw Mother rushing to my side. I saw it was nothing I could do to save myself.
Poison, I thought. My face said it all. Someone had murdered me. Mother!, I wanted to shout. Look down for the one who dared to murder me on my wedding day!
But, it was no use. I was dead and I doubted someone would miss my presence. What I feared wasn't the death itself (in my opinion, I had faced it like a hero), it were those who I sent before me. Would I find my father? Ned Stark? Would they take reprisals against my person? I was a King! Death should had been merciful with me!
My soul wondered Westeros' sky, what was left of my mind not taking over the direction. Was if as my soul knew where to go. To a King, you don't argue it's decisions! I flew over all my kingdom, watching all the... commoners and peasants, working as the slaves and pigs they were.
I flew until I reached a small cave, that was getting a lot of people coming in. Some dressed with they finest clothing. Others, with just a few scraps of clothes. Some were barely grown men or women. Others, reaching the doors of old age. Some would show blood or weapons attached to their bodies. Other, more like me, would show no physical signs of death, but their were there anyway. It still disgusted me how someone would allow people with no money or social status to crowd their cave.
There was a man standing at the door of the cave. He was wearing ropes with a cloak and a hood, covering his face. I sure made a snort on my face. That guy is repulsive...
"Fare" was the only word he uttered. Some people would pay him, while others scattered through their clothes (or lack of them, I'd rather say) to pay to him. The ones who couldn't pay, they'd step besides the line in silence. Those who paid, he'd let them inside. I don't know what would happen to them, but after he collected fare of 10 people, he stopped receiving and followed them.
I don't know how long I'd waited. It was proposterous! I was a king! I should deserve some respect! People would continue to get inside, all waiting patiently to their moment. After what looked like an eternity (might as well be, I didn't know how long was I left standing there), the man returned, and repeated the process. He stopped right before me. Outrageous!
"I demand you let me in" I spoke up, not gonna let me intimidate by him.
"Fare" he repeated, as if that was the only word he knew. I frowned at him.
"You can have my jewels" I offered him, but he shook his head and pointed at the coins he was holding on his old, wrinkle and putrid hand.
"Fare!" he made emphasis on that word, signalling away from the line. I glared at him, but that only seemed to amused him, because he chuckled and walked inside the cave with the rest of the people he let in.
Time passed, but I wasn't any less outraged. Everytime he would come back, I'd try to sneak inside, but he wouldn't allow me. How do I know time passed? Simple. My mother's soul passed and sat next to me, as she didn't have or couldn't (as the man would whim about it) the fare to pay. We changed locations, the clothes of the people who would walk in changed as well. I was, as they mentioned 'out of date'. Deaths make more and more branched, as I learnt.
After a while, and because she wouldn't make any fuzz, the man let my mother inside, which caused my most outraged reaction so far. I wouldn't believe it! I was tired of waiting. Some people would only wait a few years. I've been here... centuries!
"What part of 'I was burnt in a ball of fire that was tossed against Gaea' you don't understand, ferry man?!" a loud and obnoxious voice made me come out of my space out. It belonged to a boy dressed in a weird combination of shirt and pants and what it looked like a toga, those that the royal councillors used to wear. He was completely burnt, which explained his weird statement.
"Fare!" the ferry man demanded. The guy wouldn't budge until he was pushed away by the ferry man itself. He sat next to me and I noticed he once was blonde with blue eyes. Just like me.
"If this is how 'save the world' feels, then it needs a few adjustments!" he complained, not specifically to me.
"I've been trying for centuries, lad" I recognised "I saw my mother and my uncle walk through those doors before me and I still wait my turn"
"They didn't leave a fare for the ferry man?" he wondered, looking slightly interested.
"It was not a costume back in the day" I reply "You mentioned you saved the world?" Why did I do that for? For him to gloat? I'm not interested in that!
"In a ball of flames, I saved the world! Alas, my body was never recovered, which explains why I don't carry the fare on me..."
"Which means that we would be here a while... Might as well strike up an acquaintance" I pulled my hand out, for him to shake it. I have the feeling this guy would have several stories to share with me before getting inside... "Joffrey Barathenon, King of Westeros"
"You're very far from your time, uh buddy?" he joked to me, shaking his hand with mine "King, uh? I was close to be even more..." he rambled, smirking "Octavian, previous Augur and Pontifex Maximus of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata of Rome"
Hello, guys.
Can't believe the weekend is nearly over, can you? I've been kind of busy and sick this past weekend and I couldn't update as much as I'd like... Also, next weekend I'll be in some 'family time' and I'd not be able to post on Sunday, as usual. I'd do my best to post on Fridays, but I cannot promise anything...
Now, onto the stories...
One, Character, Meet... Character. Last weekend updated Sadie/Nico (just in case someone missed the update). This weekend, and honoring my bf's favorite show, it'll be... Octavian vs. Joffrey. You judge.
Two, Mate?! Ain't Australian, Buddy!(still looking for a better name, ideas?). I'm trying to do 2k word chapters, to try something different. You guys tell me if it works...
Three, Mortals, Meet... the In-Laws. Someone, can't remember who, asked about Chris and Clarisse. Well, I come with half a gift, hope you like it!
That would be all for today, now if you excuse me, I'll go lay in bed to feel even better...
xoxo, SilverHuntresses