Sap: You still have to do your take-home science test.
bladegryphon: I know, dammit! Wait a minute... you're the one always telling me to write, and now you're trying to keep me from it?!
Sap: *tries to whistle innocently* *remembers he can't ever be convincingly innocent* *remembers he can't whistle* Phooey.
Serra: HI!
Sap: RUN AWAY! *flees*
bladegryphon: ...I'll be damned. There's actually something he's scared of.
Lady of Dragons: That'll be a while, but I have a few plans for them!
khmerboi919: ^___^
Phoenix 14: Four chocolate chip cookies! Yummy!
paladin2007: Hee hee hee! I just couldn't resist doing that!
Dragon's Destiny2k2: Nothing wrong with feeling off. As for the Erk thing, he's temperamental around Serra (with good reason) and Sain hasn't seen him do much other than torch Serra's hair. Hence the pyromaniac label.
kit: That he does!
Kevin C: I pulled off a bit of humor better than you O_O That's news to me! I'm always the angsty one! And Serra is NOT a muse! She's too annoying to be one.
Millennium Slinky: Ack! You're even worse than my brother when it comes to jokes like that! *joins in laughing at hamster-ish sounding Erk* I loved the last line of that chapter too.
Serra: Who's annoying?
bladegryphon: -___-* Never mind...
Serra: Oh! Okay! *frolics off to find Erk*
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Day 20 * Weather: who knows? We're inside, and DAMMIT, I want to sleep right now...
I'm so tired... Laura's been keeping me on watch duty, and together with this battle (it's about midnight right now), I've had, oh... three hours of sleep during the past two days. Even Kent managed more than that, and I could swear he's an insomniac! I actually envy him for once: he can ignore Nils' playing, and he can get the twerp to shut up, too.
Ninian's been pretty quiet, except for when she tells Kent to let Nils be. And he listens to her. Honestly, every girl in the universe can walk all over him. All Lundgren has to do is send a squad of women out to meet us, and he'd be helpless... so would I, but that's beside the point. What can I say? I'm a ladies man! Even if all the women in this camp right now resist my charms...
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Day 21 * Weather: Not too bad
I can't decide whether I want to cheer or die. Again. Kent's horse threw him when it reared to dodge a ballista bolt. You'd think he'd have better control that that. Funny thing is, he sprained his back slightly, and Serra refuses to heal him. It took me forEVER to find out why (I finally asked Lucius) and pretty much fell over laughing. Kent landed on her!... Problem is, Laura's making me look after him. Stupid Kent, making Laura make me do this... at least he did something funny for once.
Kent: ...
Me: No, you're not.
Kent: But-
Me: NO.
Kent: ...
That's been happening about every five minutes. To think he scolds ME for having a bad sense of ah... self-preservation, I believe. He simply insists on going out to fight. I won't let him, though. Even if this is horribly boring, it would be worse if he went out there, got himself injured even worse (which would result in me laughing my ass off) and made Laura make me keep him off the battlefield again. Which would be even more boring than it is now.
In a twisted way, I'm actually glad I'm not fighting right now. Even if I can't impress the ladies with my graceful sword and lance abilities, I'm not about to get fried either. You see... Laura, Erk and Serra are all chasing each other in a circle.
Serra: ERK! Get back here!
Erk: Get away from me! Laura, give my fire book back!
Laura: No way in hell! Serra, stop bugging Erk! I'm sick of wasting gold on fire books for him!
Serra: I can't! He's too CUTE! ERK! Get back here!
Erk: NO! Laura, PLEASE?!
Laura: *ignores Erk* SERRA! Stop this instant or I'll send you into the center of the battlefield.
Etc.
So Erk's running from Serra and chasing Laura, Laura's chasing Serra, and Serra's chasing Erk. Not that it's the first time this has happened (more like the fifteenth), but a bunch of other people got dragged into it, too. Ah, well. Matthew deserves it. Serves him right for startling me in a tree like that.
Dammit, Nils is still fine, and he's playing an annoying little tune he calls "coming my way" (I only know that because Lucius told me right before he started cursing about a broken nail). Now I'll have another one of his stupid little ditties stuck in my head.
Not much else today. It's been boring (where I am. Not out there, though). At least I get to sleep when Kent's not about to get up and leave... and when Nils isn't playing his flute... and shit, that means I can't get any sleep at all. Maybe I'll convince Dorcas to break Nils' flute.
Looks like we'll be stuck here for a few days unless Laura carries out her threat. The enemy would definitely run once Serra got within ten feet of them, even with something Laura calls "duck tape" over her mouth. No idea what she means by that, but if she says it'll shut Serra up, she should do it.
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Day 22 * Weather: Foggy and cold. Ugh.
Baldy showed up today. Kent's going to kill me if he sees that, but it's true--I was blinded by sunlight before the fog rolled in! He needs to wear a helmet. Seriously.
Erk did something hilariously stupid today. He cast fire really close to a mill--which means near compressed flour. It exploded, and now there's an angry old woman chasing him around throwing various pots and pans at him. Maybe we should recruit her: she'd be much more useful than Serra (who does nothing more than make Erk waste his fire books to make her go away).
Speaking of Serra, she and Lucius had interesting reactions to the explosion. Serra's hair flew out of its pigtails, and Laura started cracking up and saying she looked worse than Lowen on a bad hair day. No clue who that is... our tactician is a strange one. Lucius was even funnier. He was closer to the blast, so a bunch of ash landed in his hair. Now he's using a rather unholy vocabulary while bitching about how is hair is ruined. I forgot to mention that it's also standing on end.
Nils was waving a torch he got in the village in my face. I was soooooooo tempted to call Erk over (to light Nils, not the torch).
Kent's face is as red as his armor right now. Laura sent him over to deal with a bunch of archers, but it was only to serve as a "meat shield" (as Laura called it) so Florina could eliminate them! Our sweet little pegasus night is becoming quite strong.
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Day 23 * Weather: Rain.
Yet another day of listening to Lucius complaining about his hair. Whee. It's rained so much, Laura's making us stop for now. Meaning we'll have to finish off Lundgren tomorrow. According to Erk, Laura's thinking about having the monk deal with him (people ARE much stronger when they're angry about something...).
I have night watch AGAIN (Grr) so I'd better stop writing. Wouldn't want to get hit by Kent more than needed.
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Sap: Next time, Sain won't be the one-
Zephyr: *punts Sap* No spoilers!
Serra: What's a spoiler?
Sap: *muttering* You, in regards to everyone's sanity.
bladegryphon: My muses are truly insane... Anyway, I don't know how long it'll be until the next update. This is my second-to-last day of vacation... *sighs*
Sap: *explodes* On vacation, you should write more than one chapter!
bladegryphon: *hides from scary muse* I can't help it! I'm lazy! Besides, I started another story! Planning them takes time!
Sap: *huffs*
Zephyr: Review!
bladegryphon: I know, dammit! Wait a minute... you're the one always telling me to write, and now you're trying to keep me from it?!
Sap: *tries to whistle innocently* *remembers he can't ever be convincingly innocent* *remembers he can't whistle* Phooey.
Serra: HI!
Sap: RUN AWAY! *flees*
bladegryphon: ...I'll be damned. There's actually something he's scared of.
Lady of Dragons: That'll be a while, but I have a few plans for them!
khmerboi919: ^___^
Phoenix 14: Four chocolate chip cookies! Yummy!
paladin2007: Hee hee hee! I just couldn't resist doing that!
Dragon's Destiny2k2: Nothing wrong with feeling off. As for the Erk thing, he's temperamental around Serra (with good reason) and Sain hasn't seen him do much other than torch Serra's hair. Hence the pyromaniac label.
kit: That he does!
Kevin C: I pulled off a bit of humor better than you O_O That's news to me! I'm always the angsty one! And Serra is NOT a muse! She's too annoying to be one.
Millennium Slinky: Ack! You're even worse than my brother when it comes to jokes like that! *joins in laughing at hamster-ish sounding Erk* I loved the last line of that chapter too.
Serra: Who's annoying?
bladegryphon: -___-* Never mind...
Serra: Oh! Okay! *frolics off to find Erk*
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Day 20 * Weather: who knows? We're inside, and DAMMIT, I want to sleep right now...
I'm so tired... Laura's been keeping me on watch duty, and together with this battle (it's about midnight right now), I've had, oh... three hours of sleep during the past two days. Even Kent managed more than that, and I could swear he's an insomniac! I actually envy him for once: he can ignore Nils' playing, and he can get the twerp to shut up, too.
Ninian's been pretty quiet, except for when she tells Kent to let Nils be. And he listens to her. Honestly, every girl in the universe can walk all over him. All Lundgren has to do is send a squad of women out to meet us, and he'd be helpless... so would I, but that's beside the point. What can I say? I'm a ladies man! Even if all the women in this camp right now resist my charms...
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Day 21 * Weather: Not too bad
I can't decide whether I want to cheer or die. Again. Kent's horse threw him when it reared to dodge a ballista bolt. You'd think he'd have better control that that. Funny thing is, he sprained his back slightly, and Serra refuses to heal him. It took me forEVER to find out why (I finally asked Lucius) and pretty much fell over laughing. Kent landed on her!... Problem is, Laura's making me look after him. Stupid Kent, making Laura make me do this... at least he did something funny for once.
Kent: ...
Me: No, you're not.
Kent: But-
Me: NO.
Kent: ...
That's been happening about every five minutes. To think he scolds ME for having a bad sense of ah... self-preservation, I believe. He simply insists on going out to fight. I won't let him, though. Even if this is horribly boring, it would be worse if he went out there, got himself injured even worse (which would result in me laughing my ass off) and made Laura make me keep him off the battlefield again. Which would be even more boring than it is now.
In a twisted way, I'm actually glad I'm not fighting right now. Even if I can't impress the ladies with my graceful sword and lance abilities, I'm not about to get fried either. You see... Laura, Erk and Serra are all chasing each other in a circle.
Serra: ERK! Get back here!
Erk: Get away from me! Laura, give my fire book back!
Laura: No way in hell! Serra, stop bugging Erk! I'm sick of wasting gold on fire books for him!
Serra: I can't! He's too CUTE! ERK! Get back here!
Erk: NO! Laura, PLEASE?!
Laura: *ignores Erk* SERRA! Stop this instant or I'll send you into the center of the battlefield.
Etc.
So Erk's running from Serra and chasing Laura, Laura's chasing Serra, and Serra's chasing Erk. Not that it's the first time this has happened (more like the fifteenth), but a bunch of other people got dragged into it, too. Ah, well. Matthew deserves it. Serves him right for startling me in a tree like that.
Dammit, Nils is still fine, and he's playing an annoying little tune he calls "coming my way" (I only know that because Lucius told me right before he started cursing about a broken nail). Now I'll have another one of his stupid little ditties stuck in my head.
Not much else today. It's been boring (where I am. Not out there, though). At least I get to sleep when Kent's not about to get up and leave... and when Nils isn't playing his flute... and shit, that means I can't get any sleep at all. Maybe I'll convince Dorcas to break Nils' flute.
Looks like we'll be stuck here for a few days unless Laura carries out her threat. The enemy would definitely run once Serra got within ten feet of them, even with something Laura calls "duck tape" over her mouth. No idea what she means by that, but if she says it'll shut Serra up, she should do it.
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Day 22 * Weather: Foggy and cold. Ugh.
Baldy showed up today. Kent's going to kill me if he sees that, but it's true--I was blinded by sunlight before the fog rolled in! He needs to wear a helmet. Seriously.
Erk did something hilariously stupid today. He cast fire really close to a mill--which means near compressed flour. It exploded, and now there's an angry old woman chasing him around throwing various pots and pans at him. Maybe we should recruit her: she'd be much more useful than Serra (who does nothing more than make Erk waste his fire books to make her go away).
Speaking of Serra, she and Lucius had interesting reactions to the explosion. Serra's hair flew out of its pigtails, and Laura started cracking up and saying she looked worse than Lowen on a bad hair day. No clue who that is... our tactician is a strange one. Lucius was even funnier. He was closer to the blast, so a bunch of ash landed in his hair. Now he's using a rather unholy vocabulary while bitching about how is hair is ruined. I forgot to mention that it's also standing on end.
Nils was waving a torch he got in the village in my face. I was soooooooo tempted to call Erk over (to light Nils, not the torch).
Kent's face is as red as his armor right now. Laura sent him over to deal with a bunch of archers, but it was only to serve as a "meat shield" (as Laura called it) so Florina could eliminate them! Our sweet little pegasus night is becoming quite strong.
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Day 23 * Weather: Rain.
Yet another day of listening to Lucius complaining about his hair. Whee. It's rained so much, Laura's making us stop for now. Meaning we'll have to finish off Lundgren tomorrow. According to Erk, Laura's thinking about having the monk deal with him (people ARE much stronger when they're angry about something...).
I have night watch AGAIN (Grr) so I'd better stop writing. Wouldn't want to get hit by Kent more than needed.
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Sap: Next time, Sain won't be the one-
Zephyr: *punts Sap* No spoilers!
Serra: What's a spoiler?
Sap: *muttering* You, in regards to everyone's sanity.
bladegryphon: My muses are truly insane... Anyway, I don't know how long it'll be until the next update. This is my second-to-last day of vacation... *sighs*
Sap: *explodes* On vacation, you should write more than one chapter!
bladegryphon: *hides from scary muse* I can't help it! I'm lazy! Besides, I started another story! Planning them takes time!
Sap: *huffs*
Zephyr: Review!