Prompt: Kiran stumbles upon a report Anna didn't file, and the contents are shocking.
Bets:
Cleaning, no matter the universe, was incredibly dull.
"I'm getting too old for this," Kiran muttered darkly, feeling his spine crack back into place. "Augh, by back..." They were supposed to be in their prime!
Kiran took a small break, stretching backward. Their back gave a concerning pop, which Kiran pointedly ignored. They took a moment to look around at the very large, very expensive looking library. Rows and rows of books, scrolls, and other various records were packed into shelves that lined the marble walls. Windows illuminated an open area with tables, scholars huddled around their desks scouring answers for the latest threat to the Askarian kingdom.
Speaking of threats, even if the base of the Order of Heroes was rarely under direct attack from outside forces (thankfully), that didn't mean the items within the Order's walls were safe. Thieves would be a problem if the Order was any less fortified. However, the real terror was the heroes that guarded Askr and made their homes within these halls.
Kiran internally shuddered. Looking at the West wall, you could barely tell that Mia got a little too excited with the Distant Counter skill, opening the wall for an unfortunately placed Excalibur.
Kiran still doesn't know why they gave such an important skill away in the first place, but that discussion was for another time.
Midway through shelving yet another combat manual, they paused. "Odd," they said, picking up a rolled-up report. "This should be on the other side of the library if it is an archive." Walking over to the archive section of the massive, Kiran's nose scrunched up as the musty smell of paper grew stronger. "Guess I need to find a date," Kiran noted. They unraveled the parchment and narrowed their eyes.
"Commander Anna seems to have collected some bets on my gender," Kiran sighed. Surely enough, the parchment was lined with the names of many heroes and kept surprisingly detailed arguments for both why Kiran was male or female. And a recurring theme seemed to be using some of the more flirtatious members of the order as proof…
Finished with reading the document, Kiran smirked and added their own name to the list, with their own very special identification. Hailing a servant, they asked the message to be delivered to Anna's office. Turning back to their previous job, they blanched at the pile that still awaited them.
"I barely made a dent," they lamented. Wincing, they got back to work.
"Kiran found the betting roster I suppose," Commander Anna sighed, noting the new name on the report. Reading her description, she frowned.
"What in Askr's name is an attack helicopter?!"
