Day 10, "I'm sorry, I didn't know" - Witcher
"You don't know harshness Bard." Lambert spat.
"I beg your pardon?"
"You sit in your estates, never working for food or coin. You were a Viscount, you've never known what a harsh day was."
Jaskier stiffens and meets Lambert's glare, "You don't know me."
"I think I do."
"No, I don't think you do Witcher. My siblings were murdered in a raid on the estate. My mother raped in front of me as I was tied to a chair, my father's throat slashed when he tried to fight back. My fingers, wrists, ankles broken when I refused to be a plaything." Jaskier watched in distant satisfaction as Lambert swallowed uneasily. "I watched the light fade from their eyes after I gained enough strength to escape."
"I-That-"
"-Not enough? Hmm? How about the time I became Viscount at a young age? Forced to shoulder responsibilities I was unprepared for as I was not heir. Or when all I could do was watch as my people starved because of harsh winters?"
Jaskier waited a beat, "Nothing? I swore you said I knew nothing of working for food or coin. I'm a bard, I work for coin and food daily, ask your brother."
"You're a famous bard."
"I am, and that's due to hard work and trial and error. Did Geralt ever tell you about the first time we met? No? I was booed off stage, moldy bread thrown at me. The first thing I had to eat in almost two days. I followed him all throughout the continent, not sure if I'd be alive the next day. If not from lack of food or proper clothing, then from a monster or a village who hates Witchers and anyone who travels with them."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know."
Jaskier stood up and leaned over the table, nose to nose with Lambert, "Next time, before you judge someone," he lowers his voice and slams a knife into the table, centimeters from Lambert's hand. "Think. Remember, I'm not just a bard or a Viscount."
Hey... Sorry for the late posting, I honestly did not mean to. My mental health had it to where I just had no motivation and by the time I was going to post this last night (11:30), the Internet decided to go out for 2 hours lol
Febuwhump 2021 is going to be Marvel and Witcher themed. I have it to where 14 days are Marvel and the other 14 are Witcher… that was a lot of fun lol.
Some days will be paired with other prompts, challenges, or series. Such as my Witcher whump series "Bonding in a Cell 101" or my future prompt challenge, Alphabet Challenge, inspired by butyoucantnemo's "Penny Parker's Alphabet Soup" on Ao3.
It will be cross-posted on Ao3 and Wattpad.
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