centerChapter 2
The Trio: Agris/center
"... And then you knock 'em on th' 'ead an' we'll be gettin outta here, savvy?" Agris asked Grunt. Grunt just looked at him. "If you could talk mo-"
"He's awake," Raven interupted.
"Aye, that he is," Agris exclaimed with a smile as the boy sprung to his feet. Before anyone could say anything, the ship lurched forward, knocking the young man into Grunt.
"Woah, hold 'em still, Grunt! We wouldn't want this "wee laddie" going under again, would we?"
The lantern began to flicker.
"I wish they could have given us a better light for all the rent we're payin'!" Agris said sarcastically. The young man spoke up in a weak voice:
"Where are we?"
"We, my young friend, are in hell," Agris stated dramatically.
"Don't be so melodramatic, Agris, you'll scare him," Raven said in quite voice."
"Well, I'm close enough, right Grunt?"
Grunt grunted in response.
The boy just stared at the three unusual strangers. Agris was getting a funny feeling from the boy's eyes.
"You gotta name, boy?"
"Fang."
"Loevely name, that. I'd be Agris, and the big brute behind me would be Grunt." Whispering into Fang's ear: "He doesn't speak. We think he's a mute." Louder: "And this," he said, motioning to the girl, "would be the lovely Raven."
Raven had long dark hair but, going against her name, it was highlighted with orange and red streakes. Agris noticed that the boy's eyes were just like her's: Dark but with something hidden...
"What's going on, where are we really?" Fang asked.
"We are currently prisoners onboard a ship bringing us to the island of Khaldackas. Any questions?" Raven asked coldly.
iShe had said the dark land's name without even a shudder. She'd be the only one I know able to do that./i Agris thought to himself.
"Oh... Just one: How did I get here?" Fang asked sullenly.
"You see, we don't know. We don't even know how we got here, although we think Grunt's holding out on us," Agris said before cracking a smile and laughing.
Fang went back to the wall and let himself slide slowly down. He pulled his knees up and hugged them to himself. He then put his face in his arms.
"Well, can't say I havn't wanted to do that," Agris said with a sorrowful smile. He noticed that Grunt had also pulled against a wall to sleep.
"Looks like it's just you and me, my fair maiden," he said to Raven.
"Go screw," She retorted.
"Gladly," He replied with a mischevious smile as he went nd sat down next to her.
"What do you think of the boy," He whispered to her.
"Does it matter?"
"His eyes remind me of yours."
"So? What does that mean?"
"Nuthin, of course. I was just a-wonderin if you noticed."
"Should I have? It makes no difference to me."
"I love it when you're so cheerful. I hope you never get depressed, I think the suns would stop rising if you did."
"Go to hell."
"Been there. Beleive you me, I'll never go back."
The Trio: Agris/center
"... And then you knock 'em on th' 'ead an' we'll be gettin outta here, savvy?" Agris asked Grunt. Grunt just looked at him. "If you could talk mo-"
"He's awake," Raven interupted.
"Aye, that he is," Agris exclaimed with a smile as the boy sprung to his feet. Before anyone could say anything, the ship lurched forward, knocking the young man into Grunt.
"Woah, hold 'em still, Grunt! We wouldn't want this "wee laddie" going under again, would we?"
The lantern began to flicker.
"I wish they could have given us a better light for all the rent we're payin'!" Agris said sarcastically. The young man spoke up in a weak voice:
"Where are we?"
"We, my young friend, are in hell," Agris stated dramatically.
"Don't be so melodramatic, Agris, you'll scare him," Raven said in quite voice."
"Well, I'm close enough, right Grunt?"
Grunt grunted in response.
The boy just stared at the three unusual strangers. Agris was getting a funny feeling from the boy's eyes.
"You gotta name, boy?"
"Fang."
"Loevely name, that. I'd be Agris, and the big brute behind me would be Grunt." Whispering into Fang's ear: "He doesn't speak. We think he's a mute." Louder: "And this," he said, motioning to the girl, "would be the lovely Raven."
Raven had long dark hair but, going against her name, it was highlighted with orange and red streakes. Agris noticed that the boy's eyes were just like her's: Dark but with something hidden...
"What's going on, where are we really?" Fang asked.
"We are currently prisoners onboard a ship bringing us to the island of Khaldackas. Any questions?" Raven asked coldly.
iShe had said the dark land's name without even a shudder. She'd be the only one I know able to do that./i Agris thought to himself.
"Oh... Just one: How did I get here?" Fang asked sullenly.
"You see, we don't know. We don't even know how we got here, although we think Grunt's holding out on us," Agris said before cracking a smile and laughing.
Fang went back to the wall and let himself slide slowly down. He pulled his knees up and hugged them to himself. He then put his face in his arms.
"Well, can't say I havn't wanted to do that," Agris said with a sorrowful smile. He noticed that Grunt had also pulled against a wall to sleep.
"Looks like it's just you and me, my fair maiden," he said to Raven.
"Go screw," She retorted.
"Gladly," He replied with a mischevious smile as he went nd sat down next to her.
"What do you think of the boy," He whispered to her.
"Does it matter?"
"His eyes remind me of yours."
"So? What does that mean?"
"Nuthin, of course. I was just a-wonderin if you noticed."
"Should I have? It makes no difference to me."
"I love it when you're so cheerful. I hope you never get depressed, I think the suns would stop rising if you did."
"Go to hell."
"Been there. Beleive you me, I'll never go back."