After many a month of doing nothing I have finally updated this story. Hope you like it. Please read and review or it will never improve or progress.
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"Hey she's awake" Sain commented as Florina stirred in his arms. Along with Lief he was walking through Ostia castle, trying to find out where Florina's room was. "Oh no! Not again," he groaned as she strained her neck trying to kiss him. He made up his mind up and let go of her.
She hit the floor with a thud. Finding she couldn't stand up properly, she compromised by hugging Sain's legs. The idiotic smile of pure happiness she was wearing showed that she was still drunk.
"Why'd you drop her?" Lief asked. The tactician had started to sober up now and no longer needed to lean against Sain for support. "You make such a cute couple."
"Yeah, but she also looks pretty cute with you." Sain added with chagrin. "Anyway isn't ityour turn to get kissed by our friend here."
With that Lief shut up andblushed heavily. She looked about her, wondering where Florina's room was. As she watched Sain managed to lever Florina's arms away from his legs. As he helped her to her feet, she clamped her arms around his chest.
"Great looks I'm carrying after all," Sain grumbled. He scooped up Florina and warned her, "No kissing or I'll drop you again." He sighed with relief as his burden nodded. He chose to ignore the puppy dog eyes aimed his way. "Lief, go and get Kent. He'll know where her room is."
Lief just looked at him coldly. "How do I know where he is?" she replied critically. "I just got here. Anyway wouldn't it make more sense to ask her sisters for help?"
"Florina, would you like your sisters to know about this?" Sain asked softly. Florina shook her head violently. "Well that answers that question." He started to walk again. He remembered that all the guest rooms were on the same corridor. "Kent's in the room next to mine. We'll head there, but you have to ask about Florina's room" He saw the look on Lief's face. "Before you say anything I can't do it. Due to the fact that she," he nodded down at Florina, "won't let go and Kent will jump to the wrong conclusion." Sain sighed. "He always does. Okay here we are, it's that room there," he motioned towards a door with his head. "We'll be next door."
Lief watched as he carried Florina into his room. She laughed to herself. Any other time she would have considered it very dubious. Now it was just sweet that he was so concerned about the girls' well being. Turning to Kent's door she wondered what to say. Deciding to wing it, she stepped up to the door and knocked.
There was some scuffling and then the door opened a crack. A face topped by a mess of red hair poked through. "What is it?" Kent demanded in a grouchy tone. However his face brightened when he recognised Lief. "Uh, Lady Lief why are you here?"
A plan spawned itself in the tacticians head. "Oh Kent! I'm so, so sorry!" she grovelled. "I thought this was Florina's room. I met her in town and she said there was a spare bed in her room that I could use. But I um…got the directions wrong." She hung her head in shame.
"Oh, well Florina's room is the one across the hall from here. Good night ma'am." With that the bleary eyed knight returned to bed.
Lief heard Fiora's voice from behind the door. "Whoops, that's why he was so mad when he opened the door," she thought to herself. "Well, now we know where Florina's room is." She walked the few meters to the adjacent room and knocked.
"Lief is that you?" she heard from the other side, along with something else. Having confirmed it was Sain's room she opened the room. The sight that met her was so strange that it would be permanently etched into her memory.
Sain was sitting in the corner of his room, with a look of utter desperation on his face. Florina on the other hand was cross legged on the bed wearing a lopsided grin and singing. The worst of it was Florina's choice of song.
"…and then there were three pegasi!" Florina was belting out.
Lief just looked on in disbelief. "Oh Elimine!" She thought to herself, "not the Pegasus Counting Song."
Sain looked up at Lief. "She just won't shut up, she won't budge. What the hell are we going to do?" He sounded at his wits end.
Lief walked over to the bed and clamped her hand over Florina's mouth. "Obviously you didn't think very hard," she snorted in derision. She looked triumphant in the way only Lief could.
"Tried that," Sain replied. "Just wait a few seconds." He grinned maliciously as Lief squealed and withdrew her hand from Florina's mouth. It quickly left his face as Florina started up her song again.
"Okay, that didn't work." Lief muttered while absentmindedly drying her palm on her cloak. "how about if we push her of the bed?"
"She's got a grip like iron. She won't let go of the mattress."
"…along flew another little pegasus…"
Two thoughts occurred to Lief at that moment. One was that if Florina didn't shut up soon, she would throttle her. The tactician's head was really aching. The second was that she had no idea what to do.
"…then there were seven pegasi!"
Lief looked over at Sain for help. He had his hands clamped over his ears. It was bad enough that Florina was singing the Pegasus Counting Song. She could have at least had the decency to sing it in key. Then out of no where the idea hit her.
Sain watched as Lief whispered something in Florina's ear. Much to his relief the drunken knight stopped her singing. "This can't be good," he thought to himself, as Florina turned to him with a look of pure glee on her face.
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It was the next day and Sain sat in the castles mess hall eating his breakfast. In front of him there was a large plate covered in bacon, eggs, sausages, black pudding and the works. He reasoned that after the trials of last night, he deserved it.
Just as he was about to start on his mountainous breakfast, Kent sat down opposite him. "Morning Kent," He muttered before he commenced to shovel the food into his mouth.
"Sain, next time you pick up some drunk girl in town," Kent started. "Please make sure she can at least sing in key first."
Sain's eyes widened. He choked on a piece of bacon. After a few seconds of spluttering he managed to take breath of air. "What?"
Kent sighed before continuing. "And could you be a little quieter as well? It sounded like a riot was going on."
Sain was scandalized. Since when had Kent ever commented on anything of that nature before. Anyway that last remark wasn't fair. All the noise had come from him staggering around his room with arms flailing, while Florina was clamped to his face.
Lief didn't save him that time and he passed out from a lack of breath. Luckily so did Florina, allowing Lief to move the comatose pegasus knight into her own room. Sain needed to have a strong word with Lief later on. Her master plan had been to tell Florina, that Sain had wanted to kiss her again.
"Er, sorry…" was all he managed.
Kent shook his head in disgust and left the Green Lance on his own.
With a curse Sain realised that he could no longer ask Kent for help with wooing that certain somebody. Last night had made it even more difficult in more than one way. Contemplating his problem he continued to eat his grease laden meal.
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Lief was strolling down to the town when she heard Sain call after her. Turning she saw him pelting down the track towards her.
Sain came to a halt in front of her panting. "You…" he raised an accusing finger at the tactician, "owe… me for…last night!"
Lief cringed. True her plan worked, but it was unfair on Sain. "Look I'm sorry, but it was the only thing I could come up with."
"Well you're going to help me with something to make up for it alright?" his tone left no room for argument. He led her off the path, towards the tree he sat under the night before. "How's Florina by the way?" His tone softened slightly at the mention of the girl.
Lief noticed this with interest. "She's nursing the mother of all hangovers. It's not surprising really, she had three bottles of Ilian rum."
Sain's jaw dropped. "What the hell is her stomach made of!" he was absolutely astounded. "That much would have killed Dart stone cold!"
Lief couldn't help but tease him even further. "Florina's considered a light weight with her drink by most Ilians"
"What!"
"According to Farina, Fiora's record is seven bottles."
Sain's head hurt. He couldn't imagine Mrs. Prim even drinking a small shandy, let alone enough rum to get half of Fargus' crew drunk. "You're serious aren't you?"
Lief just laughed at him. "Not about Fiora drinking that much rum! However even pirates won't take part in Ilian drinking games."
"Sheesh! Well down to business," Sain took a serious tone. "How do feel about being a love councillor?"
Lief just stared at him in astonishment.
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