Little Blue children and the hybrids who mentor them.
In proper Klingon style, a yarn of epic proportions, unlikely to actually much resemble the reality it sprung forth from, was told of Kahless and Sto-vo-kor. More than once, Blue did have to nudge her to remind her she was telling the tale to a group of children, not drunken bar companions, but the end results were received well. Even some of the ( Read more... )
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Thil disappeared for a moment, fetched what looked like a wine skin, which was filled with frigidly icy water that was some of the best Spiegel had ever tasted.
"Alright. Let's go."
She led Spiegel and Quinn up a path that involved several flights of steps. "Between you and me, if Diziara and Shlev are bonding, I'm glad for it. It's good for him," she said.
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"You know, I was puzzled as to why Diz was being so nice to Shlev, especially after hearing the story of Therav's shooting her in the back. She just was uncharacteristically tactful, she left his name out of the tale, and only one who knew she had a grudge resulting from a bar fight would have been able to put two and two together, she didn't even identify his species. She must see your influence in Shlev if she likes him, she respects you," Spiegel babbled on a bit, and Pukey respectfully fell back and stayed silent as he followed.
Elsewhere in the keep, Shlev had lead the group to the clothing room on the way up to the ritual dueling grounds. Half of the kids automatically started bundling up for outside weather, while Thimon and his little clique grumbled about how Shlev was a zhavey's boy, even if he was zhavey-less, until Blue gave a stern warning. The group made a token attempt to better bundle up after this, but one could tell they weren't doing it because they actually thought they'd be cold. Diziara pulled on a pair of pants ( ... )
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The duelling ground was atop one of the keep's towers which sat right against the mountainside. The view was stunning: the ringed gas giant to which Andor was satellite, loomed huge in the crystal-clear blue sky. Anyone looking out at the valley below, would see snow-blanketed foothills and in the distance, the towers of another keep.
The air had a bite to it that chilled to the bone, for those not bundled up.
Blue banners carrying what all visitors would now recognize as the clan's standard, flapped in the breeze impressively from the four corners of this ground.
"That she's so nice to Shlev when she dislikes the thavan, is only because she is not Andorian," Thil said. "We have a saying. As is the zhavey, so is the child. But it may apply to the other parents ( ... )
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"She has little regard for blood ties, since she was treated like the scum of the universe for her non-klingon father, the years she spend on Qo'noS. She believes family is who and what you make of it, and respect is something each person earns on their own," Spiegel explained as they reached the ritual dueling grounds in time to see Thimon and his friends presenting the slippery, though cleared, space to Diziara.
She stepped out into the space, half suspecting it would be slippery, and ended up gliding around in a circle before coming to a stop in the middle. "I don't suppose we have something to fix this small problem? While I don't mind the added challenge, it is harder to teach things to people who are also dealing with unstable footing," she said, hands on her hips. A teenage zhen, who'd been mostly hanging back to watch thus far, disappeared for a moment, and returns with some salt-like stuff to spread across the space and melt the residual ice.
"Hey Red," Pukey greeted Diziara, and her body tensed as she shot him a look. "Do ( ... )
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