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ZANE . house venture ([personal profile] godsays) wrote2013-08-31 09:00 pm

23rd metal . CTS spam

[ It's after Cassel's announcement that Zane can be found in the CTS.

The scene is medieval - or, ancient, anyway. Armor, swords, horses. A battle. As the door out of the CTS closes behind him, they surround him, weapons braced. He blinks back anguished emotion, and tosses back a vial of metals, and touches steel, pewter.

He launches into the air, and the fight begins.

There are hundreds of them, and only one of him: and yet. He slaughters them. He uses the metal they carry to Push and Pull himself; he is always faster, always stronger, and he is the utter picture of grace.

He kills them all.

And when they are dead, the bright green hill of a battlefield strewn with corpses, he goes into the forest. Braces himself against one tree and flings metal at another, a thud-thud of swords, knives, shields whipping and burying themselves into the bark. He Pushes, and Pushes, until finally the tree splinters and collapses, crashing slowly and mightily into the ground.

He keeps destroying the trees, over and over, until someone interrupts - or another army shows up. ]
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd be the most splendid topman, you mark me. But here we are to the pub, and I will let you to your own devices once I know you have a hot toddy in you. That is rum, and hot water and lemon, it will brace you up.
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? Soothing? What did you soothe?

[He is a little suspicious, but not very. Mostly, as ever, puzzled.]
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...I think I remember feeling a bit better, when I fell asleep. That was rude of me, I'm sorry about it.

That was kind of you. You needn't have.

[He won't admit he's been having a rough go of it, but he has, and that kindness was grateful.]
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No-- not a bit. You thought I would be?
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The rioting sounds like something I'd have more qualms about. But I'm not angry; no different than a dose of laudanum for pain and terrors.

Only-- why'd you do it?
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [He looks sadly at Zane.] You mustn't worry like that-- you'd fret yourself to pieces if you were to concern yourself every time I found myself out of my depth here. I didn't like to hear it, but it was only the truth.

Don't worry about me, my lad. And I'll take the, ah, nudge as a gesture of friendship, if that suits you.
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-02 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all forgotten. I'll get you that rum.
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[personal profile] shakenandlimp 2013-09-03 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Bush returns from the bar bearing a tall glass of water, and a wide mug of rum; a believer in quantity. Since the rum is medicinal, it is ounce to ounce of warm lemon-flavored water; eight ounces of the spirit all told.]

There is fresh cold water for you, and that will half mend you, and here's that hot grog will do the other half.