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BLAM As Anais knocks her leather with Maria having a bullet barely ripped.
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Maria, having at least marginal training with a las pistol, knows how to shoot a gun. More or less. She calmly lines up a shot and fires right at her daughter's heart.
12/01/2019
Maria, having at least marginal training with a las pistol, knows how to shoot a gun. More or less. She calmly lines up a shot and fires right at her daughter's heart.
It lands with a solid enough impact to knock the breath out of her lungs.
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She succeeds as Anais holds her chest with one hand. She looks up and lines up another shot.
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Maria sidesteps and lines up another shot to the chest.
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Anais jumps behind a wooden crate and then returns.
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The shot goes wide, and Maria fires off her own shot that misses.
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Anais becomes more confident and stands wider out of cover to hold her gun with both hands.
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Mother and daughter fire simultaneously and both miss yet again.
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Anais takes the opportunity to leap closer to her with a half action advancing on her side.
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She succeeds as Anais holds her chest with one hand. She looks up and lines up another shot.
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Maria sidesteps and lines up another shot to the chest.
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Anais jumps behind a wooden crate and then returns.
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The shot goes wide, and Maria fires off her own shot that misses.
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Anais becomes more confident and stands wider out of cover to hold her gun with both hands.
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Mother and daughter fire simultaneously and both miss yet again.
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Anais takes the opportunity to leap closer to her with a half action advancing on her side.
Her shot goes wild.
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Maria uses her leaving cover to line up a fifth shot at her torso.
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Anais rolls and swiftly comes up in a crouch 3 meters away from her mother.
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Maria dodges her shot and fires her own in return, this time slamming the bullet into her left leg with bruising force.
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Anais is felled with a solid shot to the leg as she falls over.
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Maria calls out "Are you alright?"
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She stays down and doesn't answer.
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Maria slowly approaches and, prepared to dodge if necessary, gently says "Anais? Are you alright?"
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Anais places the gun down and stands up looking away.
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The mother approaches her daughter and puts a hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"
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She shakes her off and leaves the room.
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Maria sighs, cleans up the rubber bullets, puts away the equipment, and gives Anais some space. She lets her know that if she wants to talk, she's there.
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Anais doesn't answer back and goes to meditate on her readings. In another room, Geoffery and Ranauld are going at it where Ranauld is striking a poorly fighting Geoffery with a wooden sword while Geoffery stumbles with his rubber-bullet-filled stub automatic. Illyana is sitting on a box and watches with a smirk on her face.
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Maria uses her leaving cover to line up a fifth shot at her torso.
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Anais rolls and swiftly comes up in a crouch 3 meters away from her mother.
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Maria dodges her shot and fires her own in return, this time slamming the bullet into her left leg with bruising force.
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Anais is felled with a solid shot to the leg as she falls over.
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Maria calls out "Are you alright?"
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She stays down and doesn't answer.
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Maria slowly approaches and, prepared to dodge if necessary, gently says "Anais? Are you alright?"
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Anais places the gun down and stands up looking away.
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The mother approaches her daughter and puts a hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"
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She shakes her off and leaves the room.
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Maria sighs, cleans up the rubber bullets, puts away the equipment, and gives Anais some space. She lets her know that if she wants to talk, she's there.
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Anais doesn't answer back and goes to meditate on her readings. In another room, Geoffery and Ranauld are going at it where Ranauld is striking a poorly fighting Geoffery with a wooden sword while Geoffery stumbles with his rubber-bullet-filled stub automatic. Illyana is sitting on a box and watches with a smirk on her face.
"Come on, bruv, I've given you the advantage and you're still fighting sideways!" Ranauld playfully teases his brother.
"Stand bloody still!" Geoffery tries to aim and shoot with a really awkward stance and two hands but Ranauld just backflips away.
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Maria chuckles a bit at her other children's antics.
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Maria chuckles a bit at her other children's antics.
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Ranauld flies and flips and cartwheels like an acrobat while Geoffery aims and shoots like an awkward chicken and Illyana brings out a protein bar and starts chewing on it.
Geoffery reloads and complains, "I thought we were to simulate fighting cultists or something not bloody fae!" as he holds one eye closed while he fires and Ranauld gives him swift strikes before moving away.
"This is the wider universe, bruv. No longer flat-footed greenskins or braying beastmen. Have to be ready for anything!" He says as he jumps over his brother's head to hook him into a hold with his leg and flips sideways to bring him down.
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Maria laughs a little more, but calls out "Enough, Ranauld. Try to help your brother's skill, rather than your ego."
"Fine! Ok bruv, get up," he gets him up and takes the gun and points away. "You've seen how I move. Try to anticipate where I'm going and aim for there. Me movements looks really fast and elusive but I'm also stuck in where I jump to. Use that." Ranauld hands it back and Geoffery smiles at his advice when he reloads the gun. Ranauld goes ten meters then back to the assassin strikes and quick hits.
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Maria nods at this change of behavior, satisfied. She turns her attention to Illyana. "And how does your training fair, daughter?"
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"Taking a bit of a break. Ranauld's a bit too fast and hitting Geoffery is a bit like taking sweet thistle from a baby."
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Maria nods, understanding. "Why don't we train together, when your break's over?"
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As you speak you hear an impact on the ground and an "oof!" and Geoffery saying, "Yes, got you!" as Ranauld holds a thumbs up from the ground before getting up again and resuming. "Lets go right now. Bit energized by all this faffing about."
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"Very well. Do you wish to spar with blades or guns?"
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"Blades would be nice."
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Maria laughs a little more, but calls out "Enough, Ranauld. Try to help your brother's skill, rather than your ego."
"Fine! Ok bruv, get up," he gets him up and takes the gun and points away. "You've seen how I move. Try to anticipate where I'm going and aim for there. Me movements looks really fast and elusive but I'm also stuck in where I jump to. Use that." Ranauld hands it back and Geoffery smiles at his advice when he reloads the gun. Ranauld goes ten meters then back to the assassin strikes and quick hits.
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Maria nods at this change of behavior, satisfied. She turns her attention to Illyana. "And how does your training fair, daughter?"
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"Taking a bit of a break. Ranauld's a bit too fast and hitting Geoffery is a bit like taking sweet thistle from a baby."
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Maria nods, understanding. "Why don't we train together, when your break's over?"
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As you speak you hear an impact on the ground and an "oof!" and Geoffery saying, "Yes, got you!" as Ranauld holds a thumbs up from the ground before getting up again and resuming. "Lets go right now. Bit energized by all this faffing about."
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"Very well. Do you wish to spar with blades or guns?"
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"Blades would be nice."
She leaps up and goes to grab a wooden sword and shield.
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"Alright." Maria follows her to pick up an identical set. She walks to the middle of the sparring area and says "Whenever you're ready."
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"Got it!" She says. She takes a guarded motion towards Maria to close the distance and gives a swift thrust she returns back to make sure it doesn't get caught.
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Maria deflects it with her shield, feints for the leg, then goes for a shot to the waist.
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Illyana tries to go for the leg but her downward motion with the shield just barely makes Maria's strike lose a little momentum. "That's cheeky, mum!" She says playfully.
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Maria smiles and says "Of course. Our foes wi-" she strikes at her daughter's leg suddenly, mid word. "-ll take any opportunity."
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She uses the balanced heft of her blade to bat it way before using that motion to attempt to go on her shoulder.
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Maria backs off, deflecting the blow with her shield. She smiles again, genuinely. "Good, don't let your opponent distract you."
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She goes in for and upward slash.
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Maria parries it with her sword and attempts to bash into Illyana with her shield.
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Illyana steps back and then goes to superman punch her mother with the top lip of her shield.
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The thick wood of the shields clonk into each other with arm numbing force. Maria winces a bit, and backs up to breathe for a moment. "We're rather evenly matched, aren't we?"
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"I took after both of you," she says panting herself as she recovers from the hit, "pretty equally, I'd say." She smiles.
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Maria smiles warmly at her. "You do. Your father's skill with arms and my talent with people."
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She smiles back as she goes for a quick thrust to her belly while her guard is down.
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"Alright." Maria follows her to pick up an identical set. She walks to the middle of the sparring area and says "Whenever you're ready."
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"Got it!" She says. She takes a guarded motion towards Maria to close the distance and gives a swift thrust she returns back to make sure it doesn't get caught.
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Maria deflects it with her shield, feints for the leg, then goes for a shot to the waist.
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Illyana tries to go for the leg but her downward motion with the shield just barely makes Maria's strike lose a little momentum. "That's cheeky, mum!" She says playfully.
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Maria smiles and says "Of course. Our foes wi-" she strikes at her daughter's leg suddenly, mid word. "-ll take any opportunity."
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She uses the balanced heft of her blade to bat it way before using that motion to attempt to go on her shoulder.
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Maria backs off, deflecting the blow with her shield. She smiles again, genuinely. "Good, don't let your opponent distract you."
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She goes in for and upward slash.
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Maria parries it with her sword and attempts to bash into Illyana with her shield.
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Illyana steps back and then goes to superman punch her mother with the top lip of her shield.
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The thick wood of the shields clonk into each other with arm numbing force. Maria winces a bit, and backs up to breathe for a moment. "We're rather evenly matched, aren't we?"
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"I took after both of you," she says panting herself as she recovers from the hit, "pretty equally, I'd say." She smiles.
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Maria smiles warmly at her. "You do. Your father's skill with arms and my talent with people."
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She smiles back as she goes for a quick thrust to her belly while her guard is down.
"Do you think he's the same," she asks curiously.
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Maria barely manages to parry, and laughs. "Using my own tricks against me? Who's cheeky now?" At the question, she grows more serious. "I hope so. I can't imagine anything, no matter how horrible, changing that man for the worse."
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"I hope so too. But these stars and places with such strange people in them are so surprising and awful... but beautiful sometimes."
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Maria thinks back to the strange and terrible, but sometimes wonderous things she's seen. "...Yes. You're right."
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She looks up to her and walks to her and hugs her. "I'm still glad he brought us out, even after all this time."
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She embraces her daughter. "Of course. I am too."
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She stays in that moment. "It's not your fault," she looks up at her with sincere and serious eyes.
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Maria barely manages to parry, and laughs. "Using my own tricks against me? Who's cheeky now?" At the question, she grows more serious. "I hope so. I can't imagine anything, no matter how horrible, changing that man for the worse."
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"I hope so too. But these stars and places with such strange people in them are so surprising and awful... but beautiful sometimes."
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Maria thinks back to the strange and terrible, but sometimes wonderous things she's seen. "...Yes. You're right."
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She looks up to her and walks to her and hugs her. "I'm still glad he brought us out, even after all this time."
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She embraces her daughter. "Of course. I am too."
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She stays in that moment. "It's not your fault," she looks up at her with sincere and serious eyes.
(I'll just tell you, Maria began to see someone a year after Chaucer left. Never got to sleeping with him but she thought her husband was dead or never to return. The girls and Ranauld know.)
(not Geoffery)
Maria hesitates and eventually says "Thank you."
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She smiles then backs up for another round.
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She smiles back and resumes a ready position.
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They continue on for a while as Ranauld and Geoffery become battered and bruised.
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Maria calls out "Don't hurt each too badly, you need to be able to keep practicing tomorrow."
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"We won't mum!" they both say panting on the floor.
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She chuckles and shakes her head. "Are you satisfied for today, daughter?"
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"I believe I am. Did you have any plans?"
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She shakes her head. "No. Do you?"
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"Thinking of going to the holds. They've strange animals there." She looks excited.
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Maria raises an eyebrow. "Oh? What kinds of animals?"
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"Ones we never had. Great big scaled beasts and long tongued furred things and weird frog-looking things apparently used as mounts. Also a winged feline thing." She squeals on that last one.
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"Hmm, interesting. I will accompany, if you don't mind."
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"I would love to have you come along! Ranauld's probably going to be sneaking off and Geoffery's going to his books anyway. Where's Anais?"
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She sighs and shakes her head. "I believe she is in her quarters. We quarreled earlier, and I think she wishes to be alone for a time."
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"She's always been like that. I don't know why she's more cold now, though. Maybe she just wants independence or something? She is 20."
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"It's certainly possible. Perhaps upsetting her entire life up until now has something to do with it as well."
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"Well, it's not like we're going to be much different things from where we were. Just more loud and fast and big I guess." She says.
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Maria shrugs. "Perhaps. I cannot shake the feeling that everything has changed."
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"I guess it has, huh. Though at least we'll be with father again." She smiles.
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"Of course. I can hardly wait.
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"Of course! I can hardly wait!" Chaucer says across the galaxy to Wulfric and Rhana in the mess hall.
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Wulfric laughs and says "Isn't it strange that the husband wants to see his wife again after adventuring without her, hah?" Rhana elbows him in the gut and says "It's sweet. Don't be an ass."
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"Wuflric, I do not appreciate that sort of talk," Chaucer says sadly looking down with his red pupils and black irises.
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Wulfric looks taken aback. He coughs, rubs the back of his neck and says "Er, sorry."
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"I understand, friend, and forgive you. I just wonder if she's thought I've been unfaithful or lessened my want of her with this distance between us."
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The guardsman laughs uproariously at that. Rhana looks aggrieved and elbows him harder, but he ignores it. She rolls her eyes and says "What this jackass MEANT to say was that no one in their right mind would think YOU would even consider cheating on your wife."
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He gives an approximation of a smile with his mask. "Ah I see. I am rather... as the younger acolytes have said, a 'wife-guy'?"
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Rhana sighs and says "Pretty much, yeah." Wilhelm snickers "Friend, they just don't come any more monogamous than you."
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He smiles thoughtfully as he returns to his food then continues the conversation they were having before.
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She smiles then backs up for another round.
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She smiles back and resumes a ready position.
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They continue on for a while as Ranauld and Geoffery become battered and bruised.
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Maria calls out "Don't hurt each too badly, you need to be able to keep practicing tomorrow."
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"We won't mum!" they both say panting on the floor.
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She chuckles and shakes her head. "Are you satisfied for today, daughter?"
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"I believe I am. Did you have any plans?"
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She shakes her head. "No. Do you?"
12/01/2019
"Thinking of going to the holds. They've strange animals there." She looks excited.
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Maria raises an eyebrow. "Oh? What kinds of animals?"
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"Ones we never had. Great big scaled beasts and long tongued furred things and weird frog-looking things apparently used as mounts. Also a winged feline thing." She squeals on that last one.
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"Hmm, interesting. I will accompany, if you don't mind."
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"I would love to have you come along! Ranauld's probably going to be sneaking off and Geoffery's going to his books anyway. Where's Anais?"
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She sighs and shakes her head. "I believe she is in her quarters. We quarreled earlier, and I think she wishes to be alone for a time."
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"She's always been like that. I don't know why she's more cold now, though. Maybe she just wants independence or something? She is 20."
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"It's certainly possible. Perhaps upsetting her entire life up until now has something to do with it as well."
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"Well, it's not like we're going to be much different things from where we were. Just more loud and fast and big I guess." She says.
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Maria shrugs. "Perhaps. I cannot shake the feeling that everything has changed."
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"I guess it has, huh. Though at least we'll be with father again." She smiles.
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"Of course. I can hardly wait.
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"Of course! I can hardly wait!" Chaucer says across the galaxy to Wulfric and Rhana in the mess hall.
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Wulfric laughs and says "Isn't it strange that the husband wants to see his wife again after adventuring without her, hah?" Rhana elbows him in the gut and says "It's sweet. Don't be an ass."
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"Wuflric, I do not appreciate that sort of talk," Chaucer says sadly looking down with his red pupils and black irises.
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Wulfric looks taken aback. He coughs, rubs the back of his neck and says "Er, sorry."
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"I understand, friend, and forgive you. I just wonder if she's thought I've been unfaithful or lessened my want of her with this distance between us."
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The guardsman laughs uproariously at that. Rhana looks aggrieved and elbows him harder, but he ignores it. She rolls her eyes and says "What this jackass MEANT to say was that no one in their right mind would think YOU would even consider cheating on your wife."
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He gives an approximation of a smile with his mask. "Ah I see. I am rather... as the younger acolytes have said, a 'wife-guy'?"
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Rhana sighs and says "Pretty much, yeah." Wilhelm snickers "Friend, they just don't come any more monogamous than you."
12/02/2019
He smiles thoughtfully as he returns to his food then continues the conversation they were having before.
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