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[Wild Roses] The Wars

Dec 11, 2010 15:44

Title: here things begin
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses Wars; Etienne, Nicolai
Prompt: 29A "defying gravity"
Word Count: 1723
Notes: Part of the dragon arc. Follows from collared. I think this is the first time I've actually written Etienne, and certainly the first time writing this particular set of brothers interacting.

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( Nicolai's letters, Etienne had thought more than once, wouldn't take much work to become either code or easy to transmit by flags. )

dragon arc, first war, nicolai, etienne, list a, wild roses

Comments 13

coastal_physics December 12 2010, 04:04:06 UTC

was that a real dragon? or some kind of well done fake?

taennyn December 12 2010, 04:05:42 UTC

... Kinda both? >.>

illian December 12 2010, 04:25:50 UTC

I'm afraid to say my sympathy is with Etienne here. I'm trying to imagine what response Nicolai would have gotten from Phaedre or Arianhrod for forgetting a spell link.

Assuming their defenses didn't start melting the mountain beforehand.

taennyn December 12 2010, 04:30:10 UTC

Oh, it's easy to sympathise with Etienne here--he is nowhere near the mage his brother is so there was a very real possibility of getting Et.

Just at the same time, I know what Etienne (and Nicolai, and various other people) get up to later, as a result of this conversation. And I honestly wish he'd got Et. >.>

Nicolai, while an extremely talented and focused mage, is occasionally . . limited. Which is a contributing factor to various Ugly. =\

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taennyn December 12 2010, 18:54:35 UTC

The creation of that dragon would squick most other mages.

Close? He neglected to build a proper subroutine into the change-spells that would cover for the emotional response to that brother--since he'd be upset/furious if the dragon pulped Etienne, he forgot that he hadn't actually said so.

:D Nicely read. For all their mess and mutual flail and hiss, there is never a question as to them being a 'us'. Which, if they weren't quite as fucked up, would be quite admirable. >.>