A Toast
Fandom: FFIX
Pairing: Beatrix/Queen Brahne
Rating: T
Prompt: Holy
Word Count: 200
Note: There had to be something about Queen Brahne that made Beatrix such a loyal soldier. She's not the type of gal to follow just anyone.
Oh, don't act so timid.
It's not as if I've challenged you to a duel. You'd be right to quiver like a worm on a hook if that were the case. I once killed a hundred knights single-handedly...but this? 'Tis fairy wine and nothing more.
Well, if you won't drink it, then I will.
Cheers, then.
To what?
Hm. Excellent question. To what, indeed...
To death? To fate? To honor?
To what?
Girl, do you know what you are saying right now?
A gift from the heavens? Holy? I'd call it a curse.
What? No, never mind me. I have a tendency to become rather theatric when deep in drink.
Come, girl! Give me something to toast! Something to celebrate! You come from the mountains, don't you? I can hear it in your voice. Tell me! What do your people hold precious? We'll toast to that! Is it war? Loyalty? Victory?
Again?
Of course I have. That's why I call you a fool.
Aye, I've known it.
I wish to never know it again.
Hm.
Well, I suppose that's true. What are other vows if love isn't a...
To love, then! And damn it for making slaves of us all!
Pairing: Beatrix/Queen Brahne
Rating: T
Prompt: Holy
Word Count: 200
Note: There had to be something about Queen Brahne that made Beatrix such a loyal soldier. She's not the type of gal to follow just anyone.
Oh, don't act so timid.
It's not as if I've challenged you to a duel. You'd be right to quiver like a worm on a hook if that were the case. I once killed a hundred knights single-handedly...but this? 'Tis fairy wine and nothing more.
Well, if you won't drink it, then I will.
Cheers, then.
To what?
Hm. Excellent question. To what, indeed...
To death? To fate? To honor?
To what?
Girl, do you know what you are saying right now?
A gift from the heavens? Holy? I'd call it a curse.
What? No, never mind me. I have a tendency to become rather theatric when deep in drink.
Come, girl! Give me something to toast! Something to celebrate! You come from the mountains, don't you? I can hear it in your voice. Tell me! What do your people hold precious? We'll toast to that! Is it war? Loyalty? Victory?
Again?
Of course I have. That's why I call you a fool.
Aye, I've known it.
I wish to never know it again.
Hm.
Well, I suppose that's true. What are other vows if love isn't a...
To love, then! And damn it for making slaves of us all!