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heiresy ([personal profile] heiresy) wrote in [community profile] kingdomcomes2017-06-10 06:41 pm

It's like christmas in july except just it's cold and everyone is stressed and there are no presents

Who: [OPEN] Aymeric and you!
What: Catch-all for non-participants and early losers in the fuckening, but everyone is welcome! Come gloat if you like.
When: All day.
Where: In the guard barracks, outside the castle, Yenh's hut, the inn.
Warnings: Will update as needed!



I. In and Around the Castle
[For the entirely-too-manyth in a row now the weather has been getting unrelentingly colder. So much so that he could barely think as he did his duties. It would do no good to lose his work or the possible trust he had earned with his diligence over this, but the temptation to abandon his post became increasingly difficult. During breakfast, if you are a fellow guard, Aymeric will be trying to get your attention. Maybe there is something they can do about their uniforms...? If you are not a guard, he will try to catch your attention anyway. He has requests to make in his miserable state.]

II. The Village
[Once his terrible, miserable shift is over he will run around the village with increasingly conspicuous supplies. First a couple blankets, then some buckets, and eventually he will be rolling a wooden bath down a road. He comes to Yenh's shack and knocks on the door with his arms very much full.]

III. The Inn
[Much later now, he finds himself at his familiar watering hole. Sure, it cost a lot more than drinking with the other guards in the castle, but the illusion of getting out of the Mistress' reach was well worth it. Here you will see him finally changed out of his guard uniform, but back in the clothing he arrived in. Terribly ironic that he was able to acquire some new clothes the very week it was too cold to wear any of them. He's back to looking very over-dressed and out of place. If you sit near him, he will offer you a drink and a warm, weary smile.]
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You misunderstand, I am not judging you for attempting to play hero.

[There's a quirk to the corner of his mouth, as if he's trying not to smirk, but failing quite miserably.]

But to lose so quickly... that is quite another thing entirely. Here I had thought a man of your influence might stand a far greater chance.
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...Truly, you needn't disclose the details.

[That smirk has fallen to something closed to disgust. The last thing he needs is the details of Aymeric's defeat.]

Nevertheless, you perhaps should have gotten some practice in before hand—that was not solo training.

[Yeah Aymeric. Your jerking it keeps him up at night.]

Scarce can I blame you for any hesitance in that regard, however, 'tisn't as if we are offered a desirable bounty in which to select from.
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Estinien lets out a snort at that.]

Would take far more than a dragonet to maim me in such a way, and you are well aware of that.

[It's gonna take more than that, Aymeric.]

Perhaps if you had inquired, I may have inclined to assist you.

[He says that, but there's an edge to his voice that makes it clear that he's teasing Aymeric. They both know well Estinien would have likely declined had he requested such.]
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I did not realize you committed my size to memory. Aymeric, is there aught you need to admit to me?

[Look man, Estinien isn't so insecure he has to worry about the size of his dick he never really uses, ok?]

You speak as if I would turn down my friend in a time of need. Have I ever failed you in the line of duty thus far, Lord Commander?

[Of course, their experiences have little to do with butt-fucking for glory, but the point very shakily remains.]
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not as if Estinien needs the drachen mail helmet to conceal his expression, he's always been pretty apt at keeping his expression under control—it's part of being the azure dragoon after all, keeping emotions in check so that Nidhogg couldn't wyrm worm his way into his mind and all. However, it's surely less of a comfort that Estinien had the advantage of having half his face covered.]

Perhaps. 'Tis not as if it'd be idle propositioning. However, I do think the solution to this damned winter is absurd at best. I supposed those whom have resided here their whole lives would know best in which to resolve these matters.

[Now that the jesting has settled down into something more serious, his tone too has followed suit.]

To shed frivolity for the moment... Doubtlessly I cannot say I would be agreeable to such had you approached me, at least initially. Little did such a solution inspire me to take part in such a competition, as made cleared by my lack of participation.

[There's a pause, before he says the most Estinien thing that he could in this moment:]

Scarce do I see how laying with this woman is the only solution, when killing her ought to bring about the same result.
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Or her icy hold would disappear entirely and we would find ourselves cursed with summer. A terrible fate, truly.

[But he'll concede if Aymeric pushes the matter further. As for the second part, Estinien glances away, his mouth thinning to a line as he mulls over his next words.

He likes not this situation, but he cannot say he much liked many situations he's found himself in since his childhood, how is this much different?]


Fight? Nay. Convince, perhaps. If you truly needed my assistance, Aymeric, I would not turn you down, even if what you required of me is little and less what I find desirable.
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Estinien doesn't offer much of a response for the topic of the winter goddess. It's all things they don't know for sure, nothing with any solid evidence either way, and so it's pointless to argue hypothetical things when there's nothing to solidly stand upon.

The next part, however, earns Aymeric a look of bewilderment, as if the question itself were as unheard of as sleeping with a goddess so that the natural flow of seasons can continue.]


Aymeric, little does your sex matter to my loyalty to you. Would you honestly think you being a maiden would prompt me sooner?

[Yes. He completely missed the point.]
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh. Now he feels quite silly.

Letting out a grunt of annoyance, he crosses his arms over his armored chest, as if that would offer him some shielding in this suddenly awkward conversation. How did this come to be the topic at hand?

Estinien has half a mind to literally jump out of this entirely...]


You should know well that my object of desires is not so limited to something like that—nor of the same sense in which you speak. Maiden, man, it matters not to me, my desires are scant those of carnal needs, and whether you a man or woman would not make that particular call to arms any less daunting of a task.

[Which is accidentally insulting sounding, but this is Estinien, there's no soft way to put this.]
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Estinien lets a heavy silence fall between them for a good few solid moments. Feelings have never been a thing Estinien's been good at traversing, let alone things of this nature, and the sooner they can get out of this conversation the better.]

I would suffer much and more for your sake, Aymeric, and if we consider the situation we are in with this ice queen—enjoyment is of little import.

[But there's the question about this line of discussion, because it's sounding much and more like the request for aid wouldn't be aid, but something of the Lord Commander's desires. Which is a nugget of information that Estinien's unsure what to do with.

Which means he'll likely discard it soon after this conversation and pretend it didn't happen at all. Because that's a lot easier than entertaining the thought that Aymeric might have desires for him.]


Let us be done with this topic, I believe we have said enough.
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[personal profile] dravanicide 2017-06-14 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[The questions get more and more baffling, and Estinien can't help feeling a ping of irritation.]

Of course I am, Aymeric! Why would I offer if I were lame in the loins?

[Now he's super done with this, and as such, he turns away from his friend.]

Enough. I will take my leave of you, ere I decide to rescind mine offer.