The Once and Future Ship 11
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Azzciel "Fou's Pain"
The Once and Future Ship, Part 11
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Fou watched as the spectacle in front of him continued. While he had wanted for the dragon to be subdued non-lethally, killing it and dismantling it afterwards was fair game. Prydwen hadn't taken long before sitting down and putting him in her lap and had continued petting him ever since. And all the while the little people with their blue undercoats and gleaming chainmails labored on top of and around the cooling dragon.
While this had been a new experience ever since his first hunt with the...spirit?...ship?...castle?..., he had grown to appreciate how the little people took apart the prey and even offered him the tasty parts without prompting or having to search in the corpses himself. He liked the 'garrison' as Prydwen called them, and they themself were a good reason to stay with her.
It was when the dragon was halfway gone, that Prydwen started to talk about 'celebrating this grand milestone in their relationship'. And here was another advantage of following her around, the acquisition of 'human' concepts, which meant that the green-fruit-that-turned-red was shortened into 'apple'. He knew what 'celebrating' meant, but had not yet experienced what doing so fully entailed, so he voiced his agreement, even if Prydwen still couldn't understand his speech directly.
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"...andthenpercslappedmordyandstartedthefifthcastlewidebrawlthatmonth..."
This was without doubt, a most perilous situation. Fou had been caught and held firmly within Prydwen's hands, all the while she rubbed her face against him and complained to him about everything with enough speed that he could barely make out her words. He was astounded she had managed to continue speaking this long without drawing breath even once.
"...thurisinavalonsohedoesntcountbutbediisntsoheshouldbeherebutheisnt..."
It had started innocently enough, talking about celebrating had drawn her attention to the fact that it had been some time since she had first been to what she called 'that place with good service and friendly people'. And since it would be a new experience for him as well, she had decided to return there.
"...fou~fou~whatareyouthinkingaboutcmontellmetellme~..."
The day after they had entered one of the baths, Prydwen had started muttering about how 'last time was punitive action' and 'that this time is celebrating', she had promptly ordered for some sort of not-quite-water and told the servant to 'keep it flowing'. Then she started to drink what was to his nose obviously some sort of poison, and it all went downhill from there.
"...reallyhopeitsallbehindwardsandnotlostsomewherewithtoomuchambientmagic..."
At first nothing at all happened, the second day she wasn't quite as agile in the water, but it was from the third day onwards that she had suddenly shifted into whatever her current mindset was called. It was a moment of carelessness that had found Fou unable to run away from her. At this point he just hoped that Prydwen would either be felled by the poison or that she would snap out of it before the second week ends.
"...fousfurissosoftandfluffyitreallywasagooddecisiontogetfoutobecomemyfamiliar..."
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They left the establishment a month later while Prydwen apologized to Fou the entire way back to her home base on the western shore. When they would bathe together in the future, Fou would leave at the first sign of alcohol.
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AN:
So Prydwen is a chatty and clingy drunk eh?
The Once and Future Ship, Part 11
__________
Fou watched as the spectacle in front of him continued. While he had wanted for the dragon to be subdued non-lethally, killing it and dismantling it afterwards was fair game. Prydwen hadn't taken long before sitting down and putting him in her lap and had continued petting him ever since. And all the while the little people with their blue undercoats and gleaming chainmails labored on top of and around the cooling dragon.
While this had been a new experience ever since his first hunt with the...spirit?...ship?...castle?..., he had grown to appreciate how the little people took apart the prey and even offered him the tasty parts without prompting or having to search in the corpses himself. He liked the 'garrison' as Prydwen called them, and they themself were a good reason to stay with her.
It was when the dragon was halfway gone, that Prydwen started to talk about 'celebrating this grand milestone in their relationship'. And here was another advantage of following her around, the acquisition of 'human' concepts, which meant that the green-fruit-that-turned-red was shortened into 'apple'. He knew what 'celebrating' meant, but had not yet experienced what doing so fully entailed, so he voiced his agreement, even if Prydwen still couldn't understand his speech directly.
__________
"...andthenpercslappedmordyandstartedthefifthcastlewidebrawlthatmonth..."
This was without doubt, a most perilous situation. Fou had been caught and held firmly within Prydwen's hands, all the while she rubbed her face against him and complained to him about everything with enough speed that he could barely make out her words. He was astounded she had managed to continue speaking this long without drawing breath even once.
"...thurisinavalonsohedoesntcountbutbediisntsoheshouldbeherebutheisnt..."
It had started innocently enough, talking about celebrating had drawn her attention to the fact that it had been some time since she had first been to what she called 'that place with good service and friendly people'. And since it would be a new experience for him as well, she had decided to return there.
"...fou~fou~whatareyouthinkingaboutcmontellmetellme~..."
The day after they had entered one of the baths, Prydwen had started muttering about how 'last time was punitive action' and 'that this time is celebrating', she had promptly ordered for some sort of not-quite-water and told the servant to 'keep it flowing'. Then she started to drink what was to his nose obviously some sort of poison, and it all went downhill from there.
"...reallyhopeitsallbehindwardsandnotlostsomewherewithtoomuchambientmagic..."
At first nothing at all happened, the second day she wasn't quite as agile in the water, but it was from the third day onwards that she had suddenly shifted into whatever her current mindset was called. It was a moment of carelessness that had found Fou unable to run away from her. At this point he just hoped that Prydwen would either be felled by the poison or that she would snap out of it before the second week ends.
"...fousfurissosoftandfluffyitreallywasagooddecisiontogetfoutobecomemyfamiliar..."
__________
They left the establishment a month later while Prydwen apologized to Fou the entire way back to her home base on the western shore. When they would bathe together in the future, Fou would leave at the first sign of alcohol.
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AN:
So Prydwen is a chatty and clingy drunk eh?