While Athenril puts a new rescue plan in motion, the busy game of Capture the Flag continues…
Aviene grinned as she pulled what they had designated to be the flag (Aveline's hair tie) out of the little hole in the giant bread tunnel. Isabela clapped Aviene's shoulder and grinned.
"We got it!" Aviene looked at the little string and cringed.
"I'm not sure I want to hold this. Look at it! It's all oily and disgusting!" Isabela looked over Aviene's shoulder at the little thing and grimaced.
"Is that supposed to have piss-yellow blotches on it? Why would you wear that in your hair?"
"Look, I think I see lice crawling around on it."
"Is that dandruff on the side?"
"This thing kind of smells like vomit."
"Eww, it does! That little piece of stretchy cloth is almost as dirty as the Hanged Man!"
"Or the Blooming Rose!"
"Or your Uncle's house!" Aviene and Isabela broke into little giggles, that only stopped because a particularly disgusting troop of lice were trying to nest in Isabela's hair and refused to stop, no matter how many times you swatted at them.
"I'm not going to carry this. I refuse." Aviene set the cloth band on the ground and fiddled with a pocket.
"Damnit Isabela, I can't get the stupid pocket open. Hey, Izzy, I ever tell you how much I value your friendship?"
"Forget it, I'm not carrying that disgusting piece of fabric."
"Damn." Aviene took the band between her fingers. "Okay, let's get this thing back to our base." Aviene stood and pulled Isabela to her feet and they rushed to the end of the tunnel. Just before they reached the end, though, they heard footsteps overhead and saw Fenris drop off from the edge of the tunnel, blocking their path. Aviene sighed.
"Shitwads, you again?" Isabela and Aviene rapidly turned, Isabela using the grace that only rouges possess, and Hawke with the clumsiness only her family had, and they half ran and half stumbled toward the other end. Aviene noted that Fenris wasn't really running, not using his full speed. Was he getting tired, or was this part of a complex plan? Suddenly, through a tunnel that they hadn't seen before, Sebastian and Varric appeared and the real chase began. Isabela and Aviene picked up the pace, but it was hard to run in the thick, porous bread. Aviene tripped in her haste, and Isabela tripped over her, and Sebastian tripped over Isabela, and Varric tripped over Sebastian. They landed in a giant pile. Fenris jammed his heels into the bread and managed not to fall. It was harder to manage not to laugh, though, because with Aviene shouting
"Sebastian, get your hand off my ass!" and him blushing and stammering out an apology, the only natural thing to do is laugh. Hey, Varric and Isabela laughed, why shouldn't he?
" Because she's my girlfriend, and it's not a positive expeirience when other people touch your girlfriend's ass, maybe?" Was the thought that immediatly went through his head. The second one however, was "Stop making a big deal out of accidental ass touching and just have a little fun." He liked the second one better, so he smiled and started to help untangle the dog pile of limbs. Isabela readily took his hand, eager to get out of the hot sticky mess of body, but when he tried to help Aviene she recoiled and wouldn't let him touch her. Seeing the confused look on his face she stood and smirked.
"You didn't touch me, so technicaly I'm not in jail!" With a giggle she ran, Aveline's hair tie in hand, and Fenris was after her, chasing the girl like a wolf after a rabbit.
The game was almost won.
Yes, I know this took awhile to post and I apologize, I've just been EXTREMELY busy. If you actually care about my life enough to want to know what happened, PM me and I'll get back to ya