Drakon is alive
The night cooled Drakon's brow. Less indignant now, yet not quite ready to admit embarrassment, he spun around the words that would have to accompany his return just the same as he might practice sounding elements in a spell of warding.
The mages might have animated a man's measure of mud to better mimicry than waste the river's gold in hiring that common brute to hound my steps and call it safeguarding!
True to form, Drakon was not about to shout this. That first morning in the Mages' Circle he'd been called Hotheaded by Nyssa de Silva, the Assessor, whose opinion of him would matter, and it annoyed him that she was close to right, sometimes. Just the same as doing an exercise, with some effort he unclenched his teeth. He sighed out a cloud of his breath on the still sweet air of the glade.
No -- Really, unaffected, I simply left, tired of the loud lout!
Villagers liked wordplay, especially the smacking insult, which entertained as goodly as any hitting, and because the town guard was not likely to break apart combatants spitting only words in each other's face. The witty return would gain him useful snickerings, even a little renown, such as the kind the mob lends to any fight favourite.
"Tiring of the loud lout" -- Drakon's puffed out words hung before his nose, and he smiled -- "Retired to the forest heart and refreshed me in the night air before going to my bed."
The forest heart that was more companion to Drakon than any hired protector ever could be!
Drakon sat on his mossy log, beaneath the night sky hard with stars, almost at ease again -- when suddenly that lout and a great bear charging up his backside crashed through the slumbering trees. Naturally startled-- catching all of that grimace on Borysko's straining face -- Drakon tipped off his comfortable log -- registering the situation, and reflexively cast the first spell he knew, like someone who knew no magic might throw up his hands before his face.
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Poor Steiffa – kept in a little cage..."
A magpie. Although that may just be a product of my slight obsession with them. They are meant to be cursed birds, so perhaps that is not so appropriate. xD"
Steiffa leaves the silvering with Madame, which can be explained later.
So all’s good.
Later, feeling a mite better, maybe feeling mightier, Madame sets about…fixing things.
Fixing, which perhaps a student shouldn't witness.
Oh – a thought – all those potentially hazardous substances which the Scarlets removed, making room for locking Madame in: where’d they put it all? And, do you suppose, very likely, Scarlets not being mages themselves who should see the usefulness of it, that they haven’t secured the stuff (not with the same care Madame would). Just imagine the…mayhem, perhaps, say, if that magical hoard were found by someone who knows how to use it. And has a reason to."
But...but...but...Steiffa also brought a vial of the silvering for Madame...;)for a shapechanger's getaway, perhaps, after the aspirin...er, green willow soothes away the pain from all that nasty Scarlet torturing.""
Even when killed off by people who only put in three words. Is that pointless or is that really incredibly pointless?"
See?
A not-so-noble wolf, aha. I shall have to be firm with him. I think a missing arm should do it, eventually. -evil cackle-
Aw, teddy bears. <3 I like her already. =D"
Thank you for your advice on the keeping of miniature Masters. It's so hard to find books on the subject. -shakes head- Of course, I will be certain to provide him with many distractions in the form of hamster wheels and perhaps some mirrors and a cuttlefish? or is that for budgies? Still, it should keep his teeth in good condition, a necessary thing for a teeny Time Lord.
Hah. x3 Now I'm getting worried that they might not actually be regenerating him. After all, surely they would have advertised the bejeezus out of it...
If they play fast and loose with regeneration I shall have to hunt them down and eat them.
With chips."
Ah, but can anyone ever contain the universe conquering ambitions even of a mini-Master? Well, yes, perhaps if he burns off some excess energy running that hamster wheel. And keeping him on a healthful diet should help things, and other sentient folk. Just not tooooo much cake for the mini-Master, because the sugar-high will render the little tyrant truly unmanageable.
---
I’m…too much in shock to speak on this regeneration drama awaiting lucky You this coming Saturday night – which I’ll not see first-hand for all of one more year…if the 4th season isn’t entirely pre-empted by CBC Golf, of course! No more Davie Tennant?..."
(Lookie – found a Texters’ Dictionary – and tentatively trying this new language).
This Captain of the Scarlets, Dolphus, ‘Noble Wolf’, he’s not noble in a nice way.
And I took a small liberty naming Steiffa…from ‘Steiff’, famed farmers of those teddy bears.
Should prob’ly give her a button nose, if she survives her rat’s adventure getting to the old healer, then returning to Madame past those Scarlets, and past who knows what else might be…persisting inside the walls of a school for mages, hmm?"
Do you think the Doctor would mind you hijacking his TARDIS? x3
Still, he might not be in any shape to bicker, 'cause in Saturday's episode he began to regenerate. BUT THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US WHO INTO.
...Sorry, but it's making me twitchy. x3
I've become fond of the sergeant. xD -pets him- I shall keep him in a hamster cage with my miniature Master."
And you don’t write rubbish.
If only I had your skills when I was young.
Y’know…there is a way. Hijack the next roadside blue box I find. Go back. Hand over this thick sheaf, this Mage Hunting, and teach young me a thing or two.
…uhhh, I prob’ly won’t listen to me…remembering I thought I knew it all.
Nicely done with that Sergeant, too. I’d also figured he might aid our band of adventurers: Bory’s old army buddy from the wars, maybe. But your sergeant’s logic is perfect."
His name means 'divine bear', so he must be a goody. =3
I am becoming inexcusably lax in updating this story. xD I will try and be better about it, although I assume you'd prefer a slow, good branch to a quick, rubbish branch..."
Clever GoogleAdSense.x3"
I feel bad...
Yaa, the ambush WAS actually Calla rustling the bushes one side, Urska crashing thru them along the other, Bory snatching Drakon to safety whilst soldiers spin about. Even Khoreia wondering if it might be Vagari hunters.
I'm realizing you might have had it better.
No, no real ambush. Still, squads head out, ready to do battle. Bewitched Captain fires on his own, unrecognized in the trees. They, fired upon, in confusion logical during combat, return fire. We've seen enuf real world examples, eh?
Ewurghhh [as in feeling dread, and shuddering a bit]...lovesick captain's gotta eventually catch up with the light of his life, doesn't he? Khoreia, embittered by memory and hate, could be redeemed by love, couldn't she? And ironically by her badly handled spell that accidentally poses this opportunity before her, roses and chocs in his hand. But hate does nasty nasty things to a heart. And soldier-boy's been so...so dying to find his love again. Bad bad Khoreia!
...Ooo, kinda neat...GoogleAdsense is running Dr Who ads along this page (because of our posts)."
Well, she is a prisoner-how else can she get her amusement? xDDD"
Soldiers were not actually...um, attacked.
Bory, Urska, Calla - flanking those utterly confused soldiers - then managing to take Drakon while they spun about, looking for Vagari hunters.
They'll be embarrassed, and following their lovesick bewitched captain, but otherwise okay.
You've only just posted, so you have 24 hours for the edit.
Like what a...pain, on a walk in the country, you've painted naughty Khoreia."
I only watch that big show if they have a Doctor Who special. xDDD"
If you go to www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/2007 - call up the page for Time Crash - with Peter Davison AND Davie Tennant - which I didn't get t'see! - you'll see in the upper left corner the Tardis and a bandaged teddy bear alongside her. A BBC call for donations for children in need."
I'm quite glad I happen to live in the country where the Doctor was first created. xD
You can get Doctor Who in HMV, I believe..."
...That'd be Jamie. I gave many of the Doctor's companions nicknames. Rose, for example, is Pinky; The pair of them add up to Pinky and the Brain. =D
Jamie is Kilt Boy for obvious reasons; he wears a kilt. And very good he looks in it too.
I want to watch that episode now. Must ask for Doctor Who for my birthday."
And one of those books: "Toy Soldiers". Aliens, disguised as walking-talking teddy bears, kidnap earth kiddies, use 'em as soldiers in a very distant and bleak war.
Don't you just love Google? Wish it were around when I was in school!"
...-cough- Sorry.
Jon Pertwee was an awesome Doctor, I have to say. I didn't like him at first but I became fond of him later. x3
Although I must say I can't think of a Doctor Who episode involving bears. Tsk."
But, a little play now. Momentarily idle-me recalling a particular shire reeve named Hugh Beringar, from a tv adaptation of Cadfael. Likeable fellow played by Sean Pertwee, son of Jon Pertwee, the third Doctor Who. Quick googling about reveals exactly what I’d hoped for: more Bear’ness! Sean, in 2004, in A Bear’s Christmas Tale (un-house-trained bear amok in suburbia). And, according to IMDB, Jon as a boy played with the son of one gamekeeper, one AA Milne…um…of Winnie the Pooh fame.
Haarhaarrr!"
Sorry for the delay, btw. Busybusybusy. Still doing exams; but I'm nearly finished! Last one on Wednesday!"
Shouldn't be too big a disaster. If u haven't got your addition pre-typed, ready, somewhere on your pc, well...then it is re-write time, is all. Second draft can be the charm tho: just think of your first one as practice. To be safe, 'coz I'm a worrier, I've prefered copy-pasting my posts from drafts saved on my pc.
And re the 2 Branches: it's only prompting you to type in 2 titles, really - and they're for 2 branch directions, after yours, where someone else may wanna take this wondrous story.
Um - after you've typed yours in, or copy-pasted it, if you're previewing your chapter, just remember to hit that PUBLISH button at page-bottom."
And nice t'see WandrinMinstrel having a go at Borysko, if the warrior's life had gone...a different way.
And...was about t'comment re "Adventure" - Should really be commented about elsewhere - right right right."
Funny how these things happen...one choice launching us into all this. x3 Someone's branched off that really awful branch at the beginning now; something entirely different could happen if someone took that elsewhere.
I'll update as soon as possible, but don't hold your breath; I have exams to revise for and a new puppy to look after. This may...lead to me being a tad bit slow."
Magic, and Khoreia’s discovery of our Beargirl, and possession of the hated King’s young son, all figure in these machinations, Vagari, and whatever the greater plot yet to be discovered. And removing an obstacle named Borysko.
Of course, all this only suggestion, Bolsheviki.
Back at the start of this fun, when Borysko and bear chasing him crash in on Drakon, and Drakon reflexively pops up a spell at the bear, I might've only gone with symbiotically linking Bory and Bear, adventuring together ever after. You went with a shapeshifting spell, gave us the beargirl – and see where the adventure's taken us!
The characters are well enuf defined: we can guess how they’ll react to events we put before them. Suppose, really, so long as we don’t over-outline, we won’t end up plotting away all the spontaneity, the surprise divergences and fluky bits o'treasure we'd otherwise never trip over."
Yup, that chapter was a fun one. =P Mwahahaha.
...Do you have any idea where this is really going? I don't. It'll be fun finding out!"
Urska is lovely and sooo befitting so passionate a self -- and did You have fun or did you have fun with this one, eh?!
Yeah, prob'ly just a tad confusing if we had two Nyssa's running about.""
Little she-bear. xDDD
In fact, all the names Borysko comes up with have something to do with bears. Orsola and Ursula mean the same as Urska, while Berdine means 'Bold as a bear'.
On the subject of names, Borysko means 'warrior' and Drakon means 'dragon'."
...Now...where shall I go..."
No time to be falling to pieces...
I'm afraid I'm going to have to bring Donovan back-although I think it would be much cooler if he were a zombie of some description. =D How does that sound?"
they?--Something new --Other than those boring ancient grievances. And what better than whining about this murdering son of the hated murdering conquering king? "Oh, the apple doesn't fall far..."
Just know, if Khoreia's anything like my aged little sister, she'll razz Donovan next time she sees him -- "No time t'be falling t'pieces. Pull yerself together, man!""
Donovan's been murdered!
...Or was he? -shiftyeyes-"
-looks entirely innocent- I should think the magic should be running out pretty soon..."
Just a thought: Back at the the Pig and Bee, when Beargirl as bear doctor'd Drakon, she only tasted a little of his magical
blood; wondering how long she'll be able to play with shapeshifting, hmmmm?
Btw, liked what a caring beargirl you painted her with poor Calla."
Great work, guys!"
If I intro them, they're likely to be based on my brother's Guild Wars characters, because Drakon is. xD
The character I based Khoreia off, Juniper, didn't have much of a fun life either. xD She is my most evil and twisted character and I adore her. xD
Oh, and you're so good at doing the beargirl. xD I can't do missus beargirl as good as you! But I may try. =o"
Now it's just dawned on me (at rainy day's end here in Vancouver) that we haven't even touched on the academic goings-on back at the school -- or might this just go too Harry-Potterish, do you think? Has Drakon friends? If not, why not? Say he has: Who, and what are they like? Or is the school only landscape: a prince's hiding place?
Hmm...what will the beargirl do about poor green-eyed Calla?"
Encapsulating Khoreia's personality perfectly there. xD -claps-
I actually based her on one of my existing characters and she's stayed remarkably true. x3 She's even a shapeshifter, like the character!"
I know. Lazy. -shott'd-"
Haha awesome."
effect might the beargirl's kiss have on Borysko? She'd, of course, have to somehow get over the "You slaughtered all my relations" issue. Just a thought."
No Login button let me in - except the one on a Profile page.
Wanna branch "I want the beargirl".
Neither Publish nor Preview buttons work.
Gotta be this old machine at home that's the problem:
posting's just fine from work."