Summer Break
Content:
Rating: Teen
Flavor: humor
Era: post Origins
Spoilers: no
Canon: maybe
Language: no
Violence: mild reference
Nudity: none
Sex: none
Other: none
Notes:
From the CMDA2 Summer Ten Minute Challenge (x2). I wrote this on my iPad with Nebo, which is really pretty good at deciphering my handwriting... except when I go fast trying to get it all in in ten minutes :X But don't worry. This is the edited version!
Summer Break
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"We should spend some time at Lake Calenhad this summer," said Alistair. "The beaches are warm and sunny; there's fishing and crabbing..."
"It cannot be as grand as Antiva Beach."
"Oh, here we go," Bannon griped. "Antiva Everything is better."
"Is an ocean, my less-than-worldly friend," the assassin explained. "With white-gold sand and great curling waves, crashing to the shore in creamy foam."
"Is this where it gets lewd?" Alistair interjected.
"Everything in Antiva is bigger," Bannon continued. "And more grand."
Undaunted, Zevran carried on. "Did I tell you about the time I was contracted to assassinate a merchant prince? Aboard his vessel, as well. We had to swim out there, take on the crew... there were a lot of casualties that day." He frowned in remembrance. Then perked up again. "Ah, but I solved all our problems by igniting the very volatile cargo."
"While you were still on the ship?"
"At least I had a head start getting off the ship. The explosion was immense."
"Bragging again," said Bannon, to a nodding Alistair.
"I took hold of a piece of planking. I was going to paddle ashore after the waves had subsided, but it was not to be." The Antivan began gesturing and acting out the scenario. "There were sharks in the water! Surely they thought I looked like a fat juicy seal. I had to stand atop my plank to avoid their many teeth - not an easy feat, my friends!
"Then the swell of the waves picked me up and carried my nimble self towards the shore swiftly enough, but there were crossbowmen on the beach! As I crested the wave faster and faster, I had to dodge - left! right! left!" He danced in place, maneuvering his hips, casting his arms up to keep his balance. "Then the sharks pursuing me were dashed to the shore, flopping and floundering. They gave the crossbowmen quite a shock! One huge monster lunged and nearly had a leg for dinner!
"And I - I glided to the damp sand and hopped off my plank." He mimed a little hop. "Then vanished into the shadows between the dunes.
Alistair and Bannon looked at him a full minute, then they looked at each other. The Wardens could tell what the other was thinking.
They looked back at Zevran. Alistair said, "That's THE biggest load of bull that has come out of your mouth yet!"
"And that's saying something!" Bannon added.
==X==