Ficlet: Hercules TLJ
Sort of a drouble for 100_situations.
Title: Inquiring Minds Wanna Know
Fandom: Hercules the Legendary Journeys
Characters: Iolaus, Archivus
Word Count: 203
Rating: G
"Great answer!" beamed Archivus as he once more set quill to parchment. He edited as he wrote, adding a creative flourish here and a bit of poetic license there. "And what would you say your dream occupation is?"
"What do you mean?" asked Iolaus, reaching for his beaker of ale.
"I mean, if you could have any job in the world, anything at all, what would it be?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"It's human interest. Readers love that sort of thing," Archivus assured him.
"I've been a thief, husband, father, soldier, warrior, jester, sailor, is being dead an occupation?, king for a day, king for a week . . .What else is left to do?" He grinned over his drink. "Dress like girl and do show tunes for the masses?"
"Good point." Archivus shared his smile, chuckling. "Guess you've pretty much done it all, huh?"
"You could say that, yeah." Iolaus looked beyond the scribe toward where Hercules sat, sharing nostalgia with Jason and a small group of Argonauts. "Besides, I've already got the perfect job. I get to spend a lot of time with my best friend and do some good along the way. What could be better than that?"
Title: Inquiring Minds Wanna Know
Fandom: Hercules the Legendary Journeys
Characters: Iolaus, Archivus
Word Count: 203
Rating: G
"Great answer!" beamed Archivus as he once more set quill to parchment. He edited as he wrote, adding a creative flourish here and a bit of poetic license there. "And what would you say your dream occupation is?"
"What do you mean?" asked Iolaus, reaching for his beaker of ale.
"I mean, if you could have any job in the world, anything at all, what would it be?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"It's human interest. Readers love that sort of thing," Archivus assured him.
"I've been a thief, husband, father, soldier, warrior, jester, sailor, is being dead an occupation?, king for a day, king for a week . . .What else is left to do?" He grinned over his drink. "Dress like girl and do show tunes for the masses?"
"Good point." Archivus shared his smile, chuckling. "Guess you've pretty much done it all, huh?"
"You could say that, yeah." Iolaus looked beyond the scribe toward where Hercules sat, sharing nostalgia with Jason and a small group of Argonauts. "Besides, I've already got the perfect job. I get to spend a lot of time with my best friend and do some good along the way. What could be better than that?"