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p class="MsoNormal"A couple of weeks had passed since the girls arrival and Lancelot was amazed at how much everyone's mood had improved. Even the weather had taken a turn for the better. Standing on top of the wall above the main courtyard he couldn't help but smile at everyone below, if he didn't know any better he would actually say that Tristan was smiling as he lounged on one of the outside benches. Running his hands over his face, Lancelot sighed. He wanted to go down and enjoy the afternoon with the others but he didn't want to ruin the mood. While everyone else was becoming more relaxed, he was becoming more stressed. Guinevere still hadn't taken the hint that he wanted to be left alone, leading to a disastrous conversation that ended up more like an argument. To make matter worse after he had stormed away round the corner he had come face to face with a very bewildered and wide eyed Marie who had clearly heard everything. After begging her not to mention it to Tania, who despite her best attempts at acting completely normal, was still displaying a wariness of him since his marriage announcement, he could only hope that Marie would keep what she had heard to herself. Looking down towards Marie now he was fairly confident she hadn't, almost as if she had felt him looking at her she glanced up from the game of horseshoes and narrowed her eyes at him. Closing his eyes Lancelot rocked back on his heels and tried to let the sun relax him before he had to head into another meeting with Arthur./p
p class="MsoNormal"Galahad couldn't help but blush. After beating Tania and Gawain at horseshoes, his partner squealed, launched herself at him and kissed him hard on the cheek. They had decided to play horseshoes after repeatedly being beaten by the other two at knife throwing and Marie had been determined for them to win something. Looking at Marie now, he couldn't help but laugh. Marie had broken out into her self-described victory dance around the courtyard. Over the weeks he had come to admire more about her than just her figure. She was funny and didn't seem to take life to serious, and yet fiercely loyal to those she cared about. She did have a feisty stubborn streak and quick temper but Galahad couldn't help but find her scowling face incredibly adorable, and she was always apologetic after she calmed down which showed that she did have a good heart underneath the anger. He also found it amusing that it had taken her less than two weeks to ditch the dresses completely. She wore them when occasion called for it, and not only had she moved onto her tunics and leggings, she had seemingly convinced Tania to wear them every now and again too. She definitely had a rebellious streak and Galahad found that it was infectious to everyone around her. Hearing her giggling, his mind refocused, only to realise that he must have been staring as Marie was waving at him and the others had knowing smirks on their faces. Having only just got rid of the blush on his cheeks where Marie had kissed him he felt another one reforming. Thankfully he was saved from further embarrassment by Vanora who had announced that food was ready on the table whenever they wanted to grab it. He was sure that Vanora would go to Arthurs Heaven if it existed, she really did look after them all./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kissing Vanora on the head and thanking her for lunch, Gawain moved to sit down next to Tania who was having an animated conversation with Bors whose booming laughter he swore could raise the dead. It turned out she was retelling the story of how she ended up stuck on the floor of the forge under heavy weighted chains. He knew that Marie had been helping out Dagonet forging weapons and that Dagonet was really impressed by her strength and ability and vowed to never underestimate her, but as far as he was aware Tania had never joined her. Gawain couldn't help but laugh along with Bors as Tania explained she had gone looking for Marie and had tripped over a broom and in grabbing for the table, had pulled the chains off of it landing in a pile of fire wood coated in soot. But what really made him laugh was that she had been stuck there for nearly an hour until a very confused Dagonet came back. Shaking his head he gave her a side hug before poking her in the ribs and in turn starting a play fight. Not expecting Tania to push him out of the chair, Gawain landed on the ground somewhat surprised. Looking up he saw her smirking and before he had time to counter attack, Marie had snuck up behind him and dumped a jug of water over his head. Jumping up and gabbing Tania, he heard Vanora shout something about not breaking anything, before shaking his wet hair making her squeal as the water droplets hit her in the face. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOne thing he had figured out very quickly was that Tania was certainly not the typical princess and as they were messing about he realised that he could actually call her a friend. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Dagonet couldn't help but be impressed. Farica had been explaining the difference between certain herbs and how they helped fighting infections and her knowledge was extensive. What was also nice was that she didn't come across patronising or condescending at all and that her obvious enthusiasm for the subject came across when she talked. He had noticed her compassion and attentiveness to Faricas children leading him to believe that she had children of her own, he was fairly certain that the other two didn't, and watching them embroiled in a play fight with Galahad and Gawain while Farica rolled her eyes in amusement, basically confirmed it. The addition of the ladies to the fort had been surprise at best, but the more that Dagonet got to know them he was glad that they were here. Despite being a tight group with common goals, each of them had their defining personalities and none of them ever tried to outshine the others. In fact he had never met women so supportive of each other, he expected that they all had an interesting past that had led them together to the fort and that explained their unbreakable bond. Turning back around he was surprised to see Farica engaging in small talk to Tristan. It may only be about the logistics of the new patrol plan but the fact that Tristan was actually voluntarily talking showed the impact that these women were truly having on all the knights, himself included./p
p class="MsoNormal"A couple of weeks had passed since the girls arrival and Lancelot was amazed at how much everyone's mood had improved. Even the weather had taken a turn for the better. Standing on top of the wall above the main courtyard he couldn't help but smile at everyone below, if he didn't know any better he would actually say that Tristan was smiling as he lounged on one of the outside benches. Running his hands over his face, Lancelot sighed. He wanted to go down and enjoy the afternoon with the others but he didn't want to ruin the mood. While everyone else was becoming more relaxed, he was becoming more stressed. Guinevere still hadn't taken the hint that he wanted to be left alone, leading to a disastrous conversation that ended up more like an argument. To make matter worse after he had stormed away round the corner he had come face to face with a very bewildered and wide eyed Marie who had clearly heard everything. After begging her not to mention it to Tania, who despite her best attempts at acting completely normal, was still displaying a wariness of him since his marriage announcement, he could only hope that Marie would keep what she had heard to herself. Looking down towards Marie now he was fairly confident she hadn't, almost as if she had felt him looking at her she glanced up from the game of horseshoes and narrowed her eyes at him. Closing his eyes Lancelot rocked back on his heels and tried to let the sun relax him before he had to head into another meeting with Arthur./p
p class="MsoNormal"Galahad couldn't help but blush. After beating Tania and Gawain at horseshoes, his partner squealed, launched herself at him and kissed him hard on the cheek. They had decided to play horseshoes after repeatedly being beaten by the other two at knife throwing and Marie had been determined for them to win something. Looking at Marie now, he couldn't help but laugh. Marie had broken out into her self-described victory dance around the courtyard. Over the weeks he had come to admire more about her than just her figure. She was funny and didn't seem to take life to serious, and yet fiercely loyal to those she cared about. She did have a feisty stubborn streak and quick temper but Galahad couldn't help but find her scowling face incredibly adorable, and she was always apologetic after she calmed down which showed that she did have a good heart underneath the anger. He also found it amusing that it had taken her less than two weeks to ditch the dresses completely. She wore them when occasion called for it, and not only had she moved onto her tunics and leggings, she had seemingly convinced Tania to wear them every now and again too. She definitely had a rebellious streak and Galahad found that it was infectious to everyone around her. Hearing her giggling, his mind refocused, only to realise that he must have been staring as Marie was waving at him and the others had knowing smirks on their faces. Having only just got rid of the blush on his cheeks where Marie had kissed him he felt another one reforming. Thankfully he was saved from further embarrassment by Vanora who had announced that food was ready on the table whenever they wanted to grab it. He was sure that Vanora would go to Arthurs Heaven if it existed, she really did look after them all./p
p class="MsoNormal"Kissing Vanora on the head and thanking her for lunch, Gawain moved to sit down next to Tania who was having an animated conversation with Bors whose booming laughter he swore could raise the dead. It turned out she was retelling the story of how she ended up stuck on the floor of the forge under heavy weighted chains. He knew that Marie had been helping out Dagonet forging weapons and that Dagonet was really impressed by her strength and ability and vowed to never underestimate her, but as far as he was aware Tania had never joined her. Gawain couldn't help but laugh along with Bors as Tania explained she had gone looking for Marie and had tripped over a broom and in grabbing for the table, had pulled the chains off of it landing in a pile of fire wood coated in soot. But what really made him laugh was that she had been stuck there for nearly an hour until a very confused Dagonet came back. Shaking his head he gave her a side hug before poking her in the ribs and in turn starting a play fight. Not expecting Tania to push him out of the chair, Gawain landed on the ground somewhat surprised. Looking up he saw her smirking and before he had time to counter attack, Marie had snuck up behind him and dumped a jug of water over his head. Jumping up and gabbing Tania, he heard Vanora shout something about not breaking anything, before shaking his wet hair making her squeal as the water droplets hit her in the face. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOne thing he had figured out very quickly was that Tania was certainly not the typical princess and as they were messing about he realised that he could actually call her a friend. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Dagonet couldn't help but be impressed. Farica had been explaining the difference between certain herbs and how they helped fighting infections and her knowledge was extensive. What was also nice was that she didn't come across patronising or condescending at all and that her obvious enthusiasm for the subject came across when she talked. He had noticed her compassion and attentiveness to Faricas children leading him to believe that she had children of her own, he was fairly certain that the other two didn't, and watching them embroiled in a play fight with Galahad and Gawain while Farica rolled her eyes in amusement, basically confirmed it. The addition of the ladies to the fort had been surprise at best, but the more that Dagonet got to know them he was glad that they were here. Despite being a tight group with common goals, each of them had their defining personalities and none of them ever tried to outshine the others. In fact he had never met women so supportive of each other, he expected that they all had an interesting past that had led them together to the fort and that explained their unbreakable bond. Turning back around he was surprised to see Farica engaging in small talk to Tristan. It may only be about the logistics of the new patrol plan but the fact that Tristan was actually voluntarily talking showed the impact that these women were truly having on all the knights, himself included./p