Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia or any characters you may recognize from the books or the movies, I wish I did but I don't... I also don't own the Narnian Calendar. It belongs to Elecktrum who was kind enough to let me borrow it for my story. Her own stories are awesome and you should go read them too.
Summary: Letters can reveal much about people and how they change over time...
A/N: Fun little project covering letters swapped between Oreius and Katerina Alambiel over the years... This is part of my A Light in the Darkness universe, but it can be read as a standalone although the occasional letter references events in the main stories.
Spoiler Alert: Spoiler for the main story arc in this entry.
Answers to Dear General 1a
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Katerina Alambiel
What did you do?
Oreius
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Oreius
Didn't we already go over this last week?
Oh, and have you finished hunting down the Fell yet?
Katerina
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Katerina Alambiel
I refer to what actions you have taken in the time between now and then. What did you do?
We have almost finished our task. The troop should be able to return to the Cair in the next day or so.
Oreius
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Oreius
You know, you should be more specific in your questions because I've done tons of things between now and then. Of course, I doubt I should tell you certain things because it would really weird to tell you about them and then there are other things I don't think I should tell you about just because you don't need to know about those particular things, and I sincerely doubt that you would want to know about them anyway. Of course, there's also all the things that I can tell you about, but I don't think I will because you'll probably implode or something. Not to mention the things that you should know about, but you don't really want to know about them, so I can't tell you about those things in a letter out of my tremendous sense of courtesy. And, all these limitations mean that I can't really tell you about what's left over because there's still enough things I've done between now and then that if I listed them all in the amount of detail that you, for some reason, prefer to have whenever I'm forced into giving an accounting of whatever actions I took that certain individuals objected to, well, that would be a complete waste of your time. And, I would just hate to do that to someone whose time should apparently never be wasted, which, for some reason, includes you since you're the General.
Katerina
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SEPPHORA!
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Cyneward.
Well, that was fun. What's next?
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Se- Katerina Alambiel
You will tell me exactly what you did in the alcove directly off the main council chambers. AND NO MORE CHILDISH GAMES.
Oreius
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Oreius
I did a couple things in that particular alcove... Was there a specific one you wanted me to expound? Aww, but it pleases my inner child so very much to annoy you by playing childish games.
Katerina
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Katerina Alambiel
Yes. I want to know what you did to cause a stack of eight letters to be sent to me by the victims of whatever chaos you caused in the alcove directly off the main council chambers.
Oreius
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Oreius
Well, they're being a bit melodramatic, don't you think? I mean calling themselves 'victims' makes it sound like I was torturing them or doing something horrible to them. It was really just a harmless prank. I mean yes getting a six-tiered cake to fall perfectly onto Juba's horn was probably the best result I have ever seen or achieved with this prank, but it was harmless. Albeit it was rather messy when the cakes and pies hit them and fell or splattered on the floor, but other than that it wasn't all that bad...I mean when you compare it to some of the other pranks I've pulled. I didn't even use any dye this time.
Katerina
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Katerina Alambiel
Juba is a Rhinoceros. You are fortunate that he didn't just trample you. You are also fortunate that he and the others decided that it was too much work to determine where you had run off to and chase you down like you deserved and instead opted to leave the task of dealing with you (and your questionable decision-making skills as far as pranks are concerned since you seem to have once again abandoned what little common sense Aslan somehow misplaced in your skull) to me.
And, you should know that the troop shall be back in Cair Paravel in four days.
Oreius
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Oreius
I'm shaking in my boots, really I am. How are you going to deal with me? Oh, I know, you're going to breathe down my neck until I fill out every last report waiting to go from my desk to yours and they shall all be overflowing with precise details worthy of a military report.
Good for you.
Katerina
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Katerina Alambiel
Turn around.
Oreius
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I tilted my head in confusion as I read Oreius' latest missive, then looking up, I realized the courier hawk had already made herself scarce. I paused for a moment...maybe I shouldn't have allowed my sarcasm to be dripping off the page in my last letter. I barely repressed the urge to gulp and then I carefully set the missive down on the table and slowly turned around. He was standing in the entrance to my study, watching me with just the barest hint of amusement in his dark eyes as he stepped out of my study and into the parlor. I forced a smile, "Oreius, well, this is a surprise. I thought you weren't going to be back in the Cair for another two days."
His gaze swept over me and then he crossed his arms as he simply replied, "The troop will not be in the Cair for two more days. I, however, took the option of returning home at a somewhat faster pace since it seemed there is a matter of importance that demands my personal attention."
Uh-oh, I did not like the gleam in his eyes when he said that last bit...I was going to get thrown into something. I smiled, "Right. Bye."
Spinning on my heel, I dashed out of my quarters as fast as I could, hiding my grin as I heard his deep laugh... a feat that became tremendously easy once I heard his hoofbeats behind me. Not daring to look back, I ran out of the palace, dodging servants and soldiers alike as they moved about in the early morning hours. As soon as I hit the courtyard, I increased my speed and all the soldiers present cheered when they witnessed Oreius chasing me right out the gates. Traitors. Can nobody take a prank?
I reached the beach and quickly scrambled over some handy rocks before Oreius came around the bluff. Crouching down, I took a moment to catch my breath (hey, trying to outrun a Centaur takes work, even if I am part-Centaur...) then froze as I listened carefully for Oreius' approach. Minutes passed, but I didn't hear anything. There was a slight chance that he had decided to just kill me multiple times during training and had therefore stopped chasing me. However... Ah, forget it, I was hungry and I wanted my morning cup of coffee. I stood and rounded the rocks. The moment I stepped into the clear a large pair of hands clamped down around my waist and then sent me flying through the air to land in the ocean. I shrieked right before I hit the water. Salt water went up my nose and into my mouth and stung my eyes before I kicked my way to the surface, coughing and sputtering. I glared at Oreius as he waded out into the waves to help me regain my footing and make it back to the beach. "Why must you always throw me in the ocean, Kentauri?"
He smirked, "Because you earned it." I rolled my eyes as I swiped seawater and wet hair off my face. He pretended not to see that as he continued, "Now, go change, get your coffee, and then I will breathe down your neck until you have filled out every last report waiting to go from your desk to mine and they shall all be overflowing with precise details worthy of a military report, Dame Sepphora." Note to self: Next time make sure the sarcasm isn't dripping off the letter I send in response to Oreius.
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A/N: Please Read and Review! So, slightly different ending than usual, but Kat really did seem a bit too innocent of chaos in the last entry and this was a fun way to fix that little problem. Let me know what y'all think about this one.