HAPPY TALES FAMILY FANFIC CHAPTER 2
THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES. This chapter is twice as long and is PACKED WITH HOT GUILD ON GUILD ACTION. Except not really.
STILL OPEN TO NAME SUGGESTIONS.
Raven and Anise scooted into the meeting room just in time, quickly making their way to the head of the room, where Moses had already comfortably seated himself, in the spot reserved for the Oltorains, right behind Harry Whitehorse, the leader of Altosk and the current Don of all the guilds. Thrust into the position while he was still very young, Harry had struggled at first, but with some encouragement and a helping hand from Raven, Harry had settled into the position rather well.
However he was not the youngest guild leader present by far. That honor fell to Karol Capel, the young leader of the guild Brave Vesperia. The guild itself was only a few years old, but it had grown in size so rapidly, it was already on par with the other guilds in the council. Raven had met Karol years ago when he had first founded the guild, when he was only 11. Of course he had a lot of help from his second-in-command Yuri Lowell. In fact it seemed then that Yuri was the true leader of the guild. But as Karol matured, he worked especially hard to prove he was the one in charge. Now 17, Karol had grown into a fine young man, and as a guild leader as well as with his rugged good looks, Karol had attracted the eye of more than a few girls. Talking to them was a different matter entirely. Karol still had a lingering sense of awkwardness around girls, and found it was quite hard to manage a guild and a love life at the same time.
Raven spaced out for a moment, allowing the thoughts bouncing around the back of his head to surface momentarily, until it occurred to him he had forgotten the subject of the special meeting, and so he turned his attention back to the meeting.
"... And at this rate, The Dark Wings will, in effect, control Nordopolica," Karol said, apparently just finishing his summary of the situation.
"I can attest to this, sir, on behalf of Fortunes Market. We have had to cut off our supply line there because we were losing so much of our stock."
"Thank you, Ms. Kaufmann," Harry said, inclining his head at the merchants guild leader. He then turned his gaze back to Karol, "What course of action do you suggest?"
"M-me sir?" Karol looked surprised that his opinion was being asked. In truth, Brave Vesperia had only become a master guild recently, replacing the now defunct mining guild, and it's addition had been somewhat contested; so his nervousness was understandable.
"But of course. After all, most of our information regarding the situation is coming from your lady Judith, is it not?" Harry folded his hands in front of his face in a musing sort of fashion, "I would think that therefore you were the most informed, and would thus have the most insight into how to deal with the situation."
Raven smiled as Harry spoke. Harry was far more intellectual and eloquent than his grandfather was, and helping him realize that, and embrace it rather than try to be just like the Don, had been Raven's job for the first year or so after the Don had passed.
After a gentle prod from the young black haired man behind him that Raven recognized as Yuri, Karol continued, "Well sir, I was going to request permission to send men to aid Pallestralle in dealing with the issue. As was mentioned previously, they are still having trouble organizing their forces, as no one yet has stepped up to take Belius's place as leader."
"They certainly are a lot more laid back down there" Tebreus, the blacksmithing guilds leader said gruffly, with a curt, sarcastic laugh. He was the picture of the ideal blacksmith, solidly built, with broad shoulders that gave way too bare tanned muscular arms, and a ruddy but stern face, with thick, dark brows. He was about Raven's age, but he looked much older, his forehead creased, his face slightly lined, and his eyebrows furrowed in a constantly concerned expression. He was a serious man, fiercely devoted to his craft.
Everyone turned their attention to Harry. After a suspenseful pause Harry spoke, "Brave Vesperia has proved their ability on countless occasions. Have Judith send word to Pallestralle immediately. You should prepare your men and be ready to leave as soon as possible."
Karol looked relieved, "Yes sir."
"Well then, unless anyone else has something to sa-"
"I would like to speak, if you would permit it sir," Tebreus spoke in his gravely, low voice.
Harry was slightly startled, but consented, "you may speak."
"It just seems to me that a meeting of the five master guilds is no place for children" Tebreus responded, not even glancing in Anise's direction, though who he was speaking of was obviously her.
"You got a problem with me, old man??" Anise jumped to her feet, and placed her hands on her hips in a confrontational pose.
"Anise!" Raven jumped up as well, grabbing Anise, pulling her to his side. He felt like he should be shocked and horrified at her out-of-line behavior, but he knew his daughter far too well for that.
"Children should speak when spoken to" Tebreus said, his eyes glancing in Anise's direction, but he did not turn his head.
"Boooo!" Anise stuck out her tongue at him.
"Anise, stop that!" Raven turned to Tebreus and inclined his head abashedly, "I'm sorry sir, clearly you're right," he gripped Anise's shoulder tighter to communicate that Daddy was being serious right now "She is clearly not mature enough to be here, and I won't bring her next time."
Anise's head snapped up to look at her father, "What!? But that's not fair!" She looked at Tebreus with a seething look of rage, "You better keep your windows locked, old man because I'm gonmmphf!" a long stream of what was presumably several insults and threats came out of Anise's mouth, but were impossible to discern since her father was quick enough to cover her mouth, muffling the entire thing. It also quieted her down for just long enough for Harry to adjourn the meeting.
Tebreus stood up to leave, but just before he did so Anise bit down on the hand that was covering her mouth, causing Raven to recoil, accidentally releasing her. She ran after Tebreus like a hound out of hell, but only made it about halfway before she was deftly intercepted by her brother.
"Gotcha!" Moses grabbed her, and slung her onto his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Put me down, Moses!" Anise beat on his back with her tiny clenched fists.
"Thanks Moses, that coulda been quite a scene if you hadn't grabbed her," Raven said, walking up to the two, suddenly sounding rather tired.
"No problem, dad! After all, as far as Anisewranglin' goes, you're number one, an' I'm number two!" Moses said with a goofy smile.
Raven laughed softly at this, "Alright, could ya take her on home for me then? I just need to hang back and talk to Har-the Don for a minute, alright?"
"Sure can!" Moses then proceeded to carry a kicking and screaming Anise out the room.
Raven put his hand to his mouth, grimacing slightly, as he walked back over to Harry. "Jeez, she sure didn't hold back..." He stopped in front of the young man, and his face took on a apologetic look, "real sorry 'bout that, but ya know how Anise is."
"Yeah... Grandfather did always say she has the fiery spirit of Altosk," Harry said with a faint smile.
"He did say that, didn't he..." Raven mused. "Still though, talk about adding injury to insult."
"I'd have thought you'd he used to Anise embarrassing you by now," Harry said with a chuckle.
"That's true..." Raven laughed softly as he scratched his head with his unwounded hand.
"Moses, you better put me down right now!" Anise screamed from out in the main hall.
"Ya better calm down, sis. If ya don't cool that hot temper down I'll hafta throw ya in th' river!" Moses responded in his usual playful tone.
"Y-you wouldn't dare! You better not! Moses! MOSES!" Anise screamed, only becoming more enraged when Moses laughed.
Raven and Harry looked out the door just in time to see Anise wiggle down far enough to deliver a well placed kick that toppled Moses immediately.
Raven sighed "I should probably go. Anything else you need me to do today, boss?"
Harry thought for a moment, "Well, if you could check in with Capel later and see how their guild's preparations are going, I'd appreciate it."
"Can do, boss" Raven said as he started to walk towards his squabbling children. "Oh, and boss," he paused and looked over his shoulder, "Ya did great in there today, your grandpa would've been proud," he gave Harry a thumbs up and a goofy smile.
Harry smiled and waved as he watched the older man hurry over to pry Anise off of her brother, to whom it seemed she was fulfilling a promise to beat into next week.
STILL OPEN TO NAME SUGGESTIONS.
Raven and Anise scooted into the meeting room just in time, quickly making their way to the head of the room, where Moses had already comfortably seated himself, in the spot reserved for the Oltorains, right behind Harry Whitehorse, the leader of Altosk and the current Don of all the guilds. Thrust into the position while he was still very young, Harry had struggled at first, but with some encouragement and a helping hand from Raven, Harry had settled into the position rather well.
However he was not the youngest guild leader present by far. That honor fell to Karol Capel, the young leader of the guild Brave Vesperia. The guild itself was only a few years old, but it had grown in size so rapidly, it was already on par with the other guilds in the council. Raven had met Karol years ago when he had first founded the guild, when he was only 11. Of course he had a lot of help from his second-in-command Yuri Lowell. In fact it seemed then that Yuri was the true leader of the guild. But as Karol matured, he worked especially hard to prove he was the one in charge. Now 17, Karol had grown into a fine young man, and as a guild leader as well as with his rugged good looks, Karol had attracted the eye of more than a few girls. Talking to them was a different matter entirely. Karol still had a lingering sense of awkwardness around girls, and found it was quite hard to manage a guild and a love life at the same time.
Raven spaced out for a moment, allowing the thoughts bouncing around the back of his head to surface momentarily, until it occurred to him he had forgotten the subject of the special meeting, and so he turned his attention back to the meeting.
"... And at this rate, The Dark Wings will, in effect, control Nordopolica," Karol said, apparently just finishing his summary of the situation.
"I can attest to this, sir, on behalf of Fortunes Market. We have had to cut off our supply line there because we were losing so much of our stock."
"Thank you, Ms. Kaufmann," Harry said, inclining his head at the merchants guild leader. He then turned his gaze back to Karol, "What course of action do you suggest?"
"M-me sir?" Karol looked surprised that his opinion was being asked. In truth, Brave Vesperia had only become a master guild recently, replacing the now defunct mining guild, and it's addition had been somewhat contested; so his nervousness was understandable.
"But of course. After all, most of our information regarding the situation is coming from your lady Judith, is it not?" Harry folded his hands in front of his face in a musing sort of fashion, "I would think that therefore you were the most informed, and would thus have the most insight into how to deal with the situation."
Raven smiled as Harry spoke. Harry was far more intellectual and eloquent than his grandfather was, and helping him realize that, and embrace it rather than try to be just like the Don, had been Raven's job for the first year or so after the Don had passed.
After a gentle prod from the young black haired man behind him that Raven recognized as Yuri, Karol continued, "Well sir, I was going to request permission to send men to aid Pallestralle in dealing with the issue. As was mentioned previously, they are still having trouble organizing their forces, as no one yet has stepped up to take Belius's place as leader."
"They certainly are a lot more laid back down there" Tebreus, the blacksmithing guilds leader said gruffly, with a curt, sarcastic laugh. He was the picture of the ideal blacksmith, solidly built, with broad shoulders that gave way too bare tanned muscular arms, and a ruddy but stern face, with thick, dark brows. He was about Raven's age, but he looked much older, his forehead creased, his face slightly lined, and his eyebrows furrowed in a constantly concerned expression. He was a serious man, fiercely devoted to his craft.
Everyone turned their attention to Harry. After a suspenseful pause Harry spoke, "Brave Vesperia has proved their ability on countless occasions. Have Judith send word to Pallestralle immediately. You should prepare your men and be ready to leave as soon as possible."
Karol looked relieved, "Yes sir."
"Well then, unless anyone else has something to sa-"
"I would like to speak, if you would permit it sir," Tebreus spoke in his gravely, low voice.
Harry was slightly startled, but consented, "you may speak."
"It just seems to me that a meeting of the five master guilds is no place for children" Tebreus responded, not even glancing in Anise's direction, though who he was speaking of was obviously her.
"You got a problem with me, old man??" Anise jumped to her feet, and placed her hands on her hips in a confrontational pose.
"Anise!" Raven jumped up as well, grabbing Anise, pulling her to his side. He felt like he should be shocked and horrified at her out-of-line behavior, but he knew his daughter far too well for that.
"Children should speak when spoken to" Tebreus said, his eyes glancing in Anise's direction, but he did not turn his head.
"Boooo!" Anise stuck out her tongue at him.
"Anise, stop that!" Raven turned to Tebreus and inclined his head abashedly, "I'm sorry sir, clearly you're right," he gripped Anise's shoulder tighter to communicate that Daddy was being serious right now "She is clearly not mature enough to be here, and I won't bring her next time."
Anise's head snapped up to look at her father, "What!? But that's not fair!" She looked at Tebreus with a seething look of rage, "You better keep your windows locked, old man because I'm gonmmphf!" a long stream of what was presumably several insults and threats came out of Anise's mouth, but were impossible to discern since her father was quick enough to cover her mouth, muffling the entire thing. It also quieted her down for just long enough for Harry to adjourn the meeting.
Tebreus stood up to leave, but just before he did so Anise bit down on the hand that was covering her mouth, causing Raven to recoil, accidentally releasing her. She ran after Tebreus like a hound out of hell, but only made it about halfway before she was deftly intercepted by her brother.
"Gotcha!" Moses grabbed her, and slung her onto his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Put me down, Moses!" Anise beat on his back with her tiny clenched fists.
"Thanks Moses, that coulda been quite a scene if you hadn't grabbed her," Raven said, walking up to the two, suddenly sounding rather tired.
"No problem, dad! After all, as far as Anisewranglin' goes, you're number one, an' I'm number two!" Moses said with a goofy smile.
Raven laughed softly at this, "Alright, could ya take her on home for me then? I just need to hang back and talk to Har-the Don for a minute, alright?"
"Sure can!" Moses then proceeded to carry a kicking and screaming Anise out the room.
Raven put his hand to his mouth, grimacing slightly, as he walked back over to Harry. "Jeez, she sure didn't hold back..." He stopped in front of the young man, and his face took on a apologetic look, "real sorry 'bout that, but ya know how Anise is."
"Yeah... Grandfather did always say she has the fiery spirit of Altosk," Harry said with a faint smile.
"He did say that, didn't he..." Raven mused. "Still though, talk about adding injury to insult."
"I'd have thought you'd he used to Anise embarrassing you by now," Harry said with a chuckle.
"That's true..." Raven laughed softly as he scratched his head with his unwounded hand.
"Moses, you better put me down right now!" Anise screamed from out in the main hall.
"Ya better calm down, sis. If ya don't cool that hot temper down I'll hafta throw ya in th' river!" Moses responded in his usual playful tone.
"Y-you wouldn't dare! You better not! Moses! MOSES!" Anise screamed, only becoming more enraged when Moses laughed.
Raven and Harry looked out the door just in time to see Anise wiggle down far enough to deliver a well placed kick that toppled Moses immediately.
Raven sighed "I should probably go. Anything else you need me to do today, boss?"
Harry thought for a moment, "Well, if you could check in with Capel later and see how their guild's preparations are going, I'd appreciate it."
"Can do, boss" Raven said as he started to walk towards his squabbling children. "Oh, and boss," he paused and looked over his shoulder, "Ya did great in there today, your grandpa would've been proud," he gave Harry a thumbs up and a goofy smile.
Harry smiled and waved as he watched the older man hurry over to pry Anise off of her brother, to whom it seemed she was fulfilling a promise to beat into next week.