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Tell me a secret/Theatrical Muse Challenge
Sure as I breathe iffin I were tae tell most tha truth of where Claire came from they would think me drunk or daft. Likely too, iffin she were still here they would accuse her of being in league wi' tha devil. For ye see, Claire was nay of this place, nor e'en of this time, she came tae me as she left, through tha stones ( Read more... ) -
Describe a perfect day/Theatrical Muse Challenge
I'm not sure tha good of wishin' on things ye canna hae, but iffin there were such as a perfect day, it would be one tha' made sure tha' Culloden had ne'er happened. Tha day would be one tha' was spent among family and clan, sharin' music, tha stories of battles and those long passed, and tables heavy wi' food ( Read more... ) -
174 Would you ever kill a human being/Theatrical Muse Challenge
Would I, d'ye mean hae I? For iffin tha' be the case then the answer be aye ( Read more... ) -
Time/Theatrical Muse Challenge
After Culloden, time became mi enemy, e'en moreso than the English e'er were. Layin' in tha' tiny cave wi' only mi thoughts for company I was taken places I hae no desire to revisit, places tha' left mi face wet with shed tears. It wasna tha' the memories themselves were bad ones, for tha' wasna the case at all, in many cases the memories tha' ( Read more... ) -
Night/Theatrical Muse Challenge
There be sae many night tae remember, some bring a smile tae mi lips, some a tear tae mi eye. Many come tae me when I sleep as nightmares, leavin' me soaked in sweat and breathin' sae hard ye'd think I'd jus' run a race wi' the devil hisself. Still others come as reminders of those things I've lost. I cherish those memories for wi'out them I'd nae ( Read more... ) -
The Mornin' After/Theatrical Muse Challenge
Iffin' I were dead, how was it then that I hurt so much? Tha' was the thing that came tae me first on tha' mornin' after. I mean, I dinna think it likely tha' I had done things so dire in mi life tha' I would spend eternity in hell, but, neither did I think I should be in pain if I were in heaven. So, that left Purgatory ( Read more... ) -
157 - What is your worst quality as a significant other?/Theatrical Muse Challenge
Tha' I couldna be the husband she deserved ( Read more... ) -
155 James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser vs Jack Randall, It's War!/TM Challenge
I dinna think I would e'er see an end tae it, an end tae him. It was as if I had been cursed but it wasna only me tha' was tae suffer for the harm of it. I look back at all the times I faced him, the times he hurt those close tae me. The times I tasted his blood and failed at takin' his life, and I canna forgi'e mi'self for those failures. For ( Read more... ) -
152 Sunrise/Theatrical Muse Challenge
It isna easy for me tae look at a sunrise without thinkin' of Claire, for it was in tha' early mornin's light tha' I last saw her. I had taken her back tae the stones so she could go back tae where she came from, back tae where she and our bairn could be safe ( Read more... ) -
TM #149: What do your ancestors mean to you?/Theatrical Muse Challenge
All tha' I am, all tha' I e'er will be, is do tae wha' those tha' hae come before hae done and left tae us. We are a people steeped in culture, in the strength of Clan, of honor, of deed, and tis to them we owe all of this ( Read more... )