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Posted on September 27, 2014 at 07:46:49 PM by arthur
““How many more?” Arthur asked his brother as he shook his hand and flexed his fingers in an attempt to rid himself of some of the stiffness. They had been working on writing, signing and sealing documents all morning and the King’s wrist had was well into a rather enthusiastic protest. Mordred looked down at the pile of papers on his knee. Finally it looked to be smaller than the pile of finished papers on the floor. “There’s a pardon, some prisoner release forms, some trial confirmations and a good stack of incarceration warrants.” The young Lord supplied helpfully, glancing at his brother out of the corner of his eye. “You did say you wanted to check them.” Arthur sighed and rubbed at his eyes with the heel of his hand. “Next time I say something like that, Mordred,” he replied drily, “ignore me.” Dred smiled and placed another document on the desk in front of Arthur. The king stared at it for a few moments before reaching reluctantly for his quill. The knock that sounded on the door came as a welcome interruption and Arthur called for the guard to enter. When the man appeared he was red-faced and panting which was enough to prompt the king to raise an enquiring eyebrow. “A messenger came from the outer watch tower, Your Grace” puffed the guard, “it’s urgent. One of our ships is under attack.” The king and Mordred pushed their chairs away from the desk in unison and hurried out after the guard. The three men ran down the corridor and skidded around the corner before picking up their pace again. It was a good five minutes to the incident room on the other side of the castle and by the time Arthur arrived his senior military and naval personnel were already waiting for him. He could tell from their stony expressions that it was going to be an intense meeting. --- The orders had been given and the relief crews of The Huntress and The Greyhound had been dispatched to aid the besieged ship. Mordred had agreed to accompany them on Angmar and so Arthur made his way back to his office massaging his temples. He was rapidly becoming sick to death of pirates. Ever since they had kidnapped Tristan he had increased the measures against them and apparently they had just decided to retaliate. There was no way on God’s green earth that he was going back to signing documents. He thought he might go and find some peace in his chapel and wait for the news to roll in. Arthur rounded the corner onto the corridor with his office and came to a stop. Thoth’s familiar was sitting right outside his office chewing on the runner which spanned the length of the floor. Narrowing his eyes suspiciously the king picked up his pace again and approached the strange little water-fox-cat-thing. It noticed him when he was a few paces away, looked up at him with wide eyes and then leapt at his feet. Arthur staggered a little as Morveren sat down on his toes and chirruped. What? Arthur ignored her and took another step forwards, rolling her off his boots and she scrambled back up to try the same trick again. Arthur looked at the door with a heavy feeling in his chest and reached out for the door handle. “I’m not going to like this am I?” he asked the water-fox-cat-thing with no small degree of trepidation. Arthur’s jaw dropped as he stood in the doorway and stared out across the scene of devastation...with Thoth right in the middle of this. The king took a steadying sigh, massaging the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. “An explanation would be wonderful, Thoth” he said wearily, “and it had better be good.”  |
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- lift your spirit, set it free - By thoth September 28, 2014 at 04:17:59 PM
- guide him with your grace - By arthur October 3, 2014 at 00:57:05 AM
- someday you'll walk tall with pride - By thoth October 5, 2014 at 11:04:05 PM
- guide him with your grace - By arthur October 11, 2014 at 08:58:07 PM
- son of man, a man in time you'll be - By thoth October 30, 2014 at 02:40:54 AM
- guide him with your grace - By arthur October 11, 2014 at 08:58:07 PM
- someday you'll walk tall with pride - By thoth October 5, 2014 at 11:04:05 PM
- guide him with your grace - By arthur October 3, 2014 at 00:57:05 AM
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