There was a loud booming noise, and the Magus woke up. A flash of lightning
lit up the room for a split second, illuminating his pale face. "Oh no, not
again!" he said. Jumping out of bed, he quickly made his way to the window.
"Not quite," came a voice from behind him.
"By the Gods, Gen," the Magus shouted as he turned around, "What are you doing here!?"
Eugenides dropped a thin metal and metal spoon that he had used for the booming noise onto the bed. "I thought that you'd be glad to see me! Oh, and don't call me Gen."
"What do you want?"
"Figure out this map."
"Done." The Magus took the map from Eugenides.
"Oh, and I'm kidnapping you again, so come with me!" Eugenides added gleefully.
The Magus glared at Eugenides, but began silently packing his things while the younger and picked up the metal pan and spoon. Once the Magus finished putting the few things he would need to decipher the map that wouldn't be anywhere else, he followed Eugenides to the door. Once they reached the hallway, Eugenides started banging the spoon against the pan and screaming and running down the hall. The Magus felt himself blush as he walked silently down the hall.
"Being kidnapped again, Sir?" a guard asked after Eugenides had passed him and the Magus came slowly walking by.
The Magus nodded.
The guard saluted him and said, "Hope to see you soon, Sir."
The Magus nodded again as he readjusted his grip on his bag. Then he saw Eugenides running back towards him and wondered what it was now.
"You move too slow," Eugenides said and picked up the Magus, who he slung over his shoulder, then sprinted down the hall.
As they made their way to wherever they were headed, every guard said something around the lines of, "See you soon, Sir," or "Goodbye, Sir," then went back to whatever they were doing, like seeing the Thief of Eddis/King of Attolia racing down the hall with the Magus of Sionus slung over his shoulder wasn't something out of the ordinary (which it wasn't, but that's not the point).
When they reached the front gate, the Magus screeched, "Stopstopstop! What are you doing!? There are tons of guards out there!"
Eugenides didn't stop, but he answered the Magus' question. "I drugged them the same way I do every time. Either they're new or they never learn."
The Magus knew that they never learned, but didn't say anything.
Eugenides skipped (yes, skipped) down the road until they came to a carriage, into which he threw the Magus. "Take us home, good sir!" Eugenides shouted out. Once the carriage started moving, he jumped on, climbing up the side and laying down on the top, softly humming a simple trail tune.
This was going to be easy.
*
Eugenides decided to stay with the Magus at the little random house in the woods. It would hopefully not take the Magus too long to decode the map, and he wanted to be right there when it was finished. The Magus had refused to start on the six day trip fro Sionus to the small house, but instead marveled at how amazingly simple yet non-interpretable the map was. He was so weird.
Eugenides leaned back in the wooden chair outside the Magus' room and put his feet up on the small, antique table. The musky sell of ancient books was always so relaxing!
"I'VE GOT IT!" The Magus' door swung open, barely missing Eugenides' chair. "I'VE FIGURED OUT THE MAP!"
*
Author's Note: It may be short, but I finally got something up! I was putting this as one of my last things to update until I realized that I actually had a reader and I dragged it off hold. Along with everything else. X_X I am such a dedicated writer!
"Not quite," came a voice from behind him.
"By the Gods, Gen," the Magus shouted as he turned around, "What are you doing here!?"
Eugenides dropped a thin metal and metal spoon that he had used for the booming noise onto the bed. "I thought that you'd be glad to see me! Oh, and don't call me Gen."
"What do you want?"
"Figure out this map."
"Done." The Magus took the map from Eugenides.
"Oh, and I'm kidnapping you again, so come with me!" Eugenides added gleefully.
The Magus glared at Eugenides, but began silently packing his things while the younger and picked up the metal pan and spoon. Once the Magus finished putting the few things he would need to decipher the map that wouldn't be anywhere else, he followed Eugenides to the door. Once they reached the hallway, Eugenides started banging the spoon against the pan and screaming and running down the hall. The Magus felt himself blush as he walked silently down the hall.
"Being kidnapped again, Sir?" a guard asked after Eugenides had passed him and the Magus came slowly walking by.
The Magus nodded.
The guard saluted him and said, "Hope to see you soon, Sir."
The Magus nodded again as he readjusted his grip on his bag. Then he saw Eugenides running back towards him and wondered what it was now.
"You move too slow," Eugenides said and picked up the Magus, who he slung over his shoulder, then sprinted down the hall.
As they made their way to wherever they were headed, every guard said something around the lines of, "See you soon, Sir," or "Goodbye, Sir," then went back to whatever they were doing, like seeing the Thief of Eddis/King of Attolia racing down the hall with the Magus of Sionus slung over his shoulder wasn't something out of the ordinary (which it wasn't, but that's not the point).
When they reached the front gate, the Magus screeched, "Stopstopstop! What are you doing!? There are tons of guards out there!"
Eugenides didn't stop, but he answered the Magus' question. "I drugged them the same way I do every time. Either they're new or they never learn."
The Magus knew that they never learned, but didn't say anything.
Eugenides skipped (yes, skipped) down the road until they came to a carriage, into which he threw the Magus. "Take us home, good sir!" Eugenides shouted out. Once the carriage started moving, he jumped on, climbing up the side and laying down on the top, softly humming a simple trail tune.
This was going to be easy.
*
Eugenides decided to stay with the Magus at the little random house in the woods. It would hopefully not take the Magus too long to decode the map, and he wanted to be right there when it was finished. The Magus had refused to start on the six day trip fro Sionus to the small house, but instead marveled at how amazingly simple yet non-interpretable the map was. He was so weird.
Eugenides leaned back in the wooden chair outside the Magus' room and put his feet up on the small, antique table. The musky sell of ancient books was always so relaxing!
"I'VE GOT IT!" The Magus' door swung open, barely missing Eugenides' chair. "I'VE FIGURED OUT THE MAP!"
*
Author's Note: It may be short, but I finally got something up! I was putting this as one of my last things to update until I realized that I actually had a reader and I dragged it off hold. Along with everything else. X_X I am such a dedicated writer!