AN: Now with 25% more character derailment! Seriously, though, if anybody thinks that I'm making Morzan(or Murtagh, for that matter) to OOC, let me know so that I can fix it. I consider remaining IC the one of the most important elements in fan works. Also, I know that 75 isn't really one sentence, but I think that it's good enough to merit some suspended belief on the parts of the readers.
#51-Reference:
The look of betrayal was clear on Brom's face as he exchanged blows with his brother in all but blood('Et tu, Morzan?').
#52-Link:
There were a few things all four riders had in common: one was a woman, one was a sword, and one was a deep set hatred for the color purple (the last one hadn't always been true).
#53-Limp:
Eragon staggered under the dead weight (don't think like that, dammit) of his counterpart.
#54-Menace:
The courageous Red Knight faced down the fearsome Sapphire Dragon, and mentally preparing himself for battle, so that he may succeed in vanquishing the menace once and for all.
#55-Play:
"Ow!", Morzan dropped his wooden sword in surprise and turned to his companion, who was(rightfully) rolling in laughter, "Brom, tell your stupid dragon to let go of my hand- also, remind her of the meaning of the word game; it's not as if I was actually going to chop her head off!"
#56-History:
"They had a... history, together", Roran explained to Katrina after they bore witness to the plethora of emotions crossing Eragon's face upon hearing news of the Red Rider's sudden demise.
#57-Quota:
"I figured that I still had to fill my mercy quota for this year", Morzan explained to Brom after the latter asked him why he didn't just kill him as well, so that he may join his dragon in death (he still cared for the boy, no matter how hard he tried not to).
#58-Steady:
Eragon knew that Murtagh was steady in his beliefs, if not his loyalties.
#59-Doom:
Sometimes it seemed as if they were doomed to follow in their fathers' footsteps.
#60-Pregnant:
"I hope it's a girl- I think a lot of problems would have been avoided if we had had a sister."
#61- Arson:
The day Morzan and Kievka "accidentally" set fire to part of Du Weldenvarden was the day they earned the eternal hatred of all elves (Brom probably should have picked a better time to get sick ).
#62-Excuses:
"Oh please, the fire wasn't even that big and everybody's acting like I did something unforgivably horrible- hey, it wasn't my fault that it happened- no, I'm completely serious, it really was an accident; I wasn't even aiming at the trees, I was going for that jackass elf-it is a legitimate excuse, thank you very much, because he was making fun of Kievka, and I hardly think that's fair, because his dragon is purple, which is totally- what do mean I'm being discriminatory, I'm just saying that he has no right to judge my dragon's size- and what would you have done, oh Brom of Noble Intent- I'm not being difficult, you're just being stupid; I mean, how could you could even side with those pointy eared bastards is completely beyond me-", as the two boys bickered, their dragons placed bets on who would get the final word.
#63-Weasel:
Morzan and Kievka were experts at getting themselves into trouble; Brom and Saphira were experts at weaseling their way out of it.
#64-Haze:
When Kievka lost his name and identity, a permanent haze fell over Morzan's mind, dulling his senses, driving him slightly insane, and rendering him little more than a tool with two purposes: obey the king, and kill the dragons who did this (Brom might have pitied him, had the man not killed his dragon two months later).
#65- Bad Influence:
Brom wouldn't have gotten into half the trouble he did had it not been for Morzan (but then school life would have been a lot less entertaining).
#66-Resignation:
Murtagh had grown resigned to his fate long ago, but then Eragon came prancing in and screwed everything up by giving him hope (one of the few serious arguments he's had with Thorn was weather or not it should be classified as 'false').
#67-Murder:
Eragon and Murtagh are both of the opinion that the other is a murderer, but only one of them denies it.
#68-Orbit:
Selena is the sun at the center of her family, with four powerful men revolving around her.
#69- Lawful:
Maybe he was just channeling Morzan, but Brom had never been an especially law abiding citizen.
#70-Fear:
Eragon fears being left alone, and Murtagh fears being left behind... the difference is subtle; one doesn't want to be the last man standing, and the other dreads being forgotten in the dust.
#71-Mushroom:
Once, Brom and Morzan made the mistake of eating mushrooms of questionable quality from a stranger... Angela, of course, was absolutely thrilled that she had two strapping young men to test her new product out on.
#72-Conspiracy:
Murtagh would never know that Eragon and Roran tried to break him and Nasuada up... he also wouldn't know that they immediately stopped when one of Saphira's eggs hatched for her (trying to prevent heartbreak is what brothers are for, after all).
#73-Maturity:
Eragon calls his new found elven wisdom 'maturity'; Murtagh calls it 'being a self-righteous prat'.
#74-Pride:
Brom used to think that the world would be a better place if some people just set it aside... this was, of course, before war broke out.
#75- Avalanche:
Morzan didn't just wake up one day and decide to become evil- as a teenager, he had been rather arrogant, and had never been particularly fond of elves or authority; so, when, one day, a man with a silver tongue and a sympathetic story asked him to join his cause, he obliged... one thing led to another, and the next thing he knew he was stealing dragon eggs and killing their riders; and then Kievka wasn't even Kievka anymore, and Brom just didn't understand and oh, gods, he just killed Saphira...so by the time he realized the truth, he was already in too deep, and there was no-one to pull him back because everybody was gone gone gone... when he met Selena, there was nothing left worth keeping- just a cruel, manipulative, drunken shell of a man (because avalanches start out small, and then they just don't slow down until they hit rock bottom).
