Forty Days of Flash Fic: Day Eight
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jeriendhalAnd back to Tez and Maria.
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Tez stood on his feet, hands clasped behind his back, glaring at the goat folk surrounding them and giving them his best I am insane and you do not want to be within a mile of me rictus smile. Which wasn't his first choice of expressions, but it was the only one he could use without bursting out laughing, as Maria continued her rant at the village elder.
"You are naughty, naughty people!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, which given her size in comparison to the goat folk was extremely impressive. Still gripping the naked blade in her bleeding palm, she waved the pommel in the village elder's face. "I am very disappointed in you! I come all the way from another world and the best you can think of is to make some stupid blood sacrifice to appease me? Where are the flowers?! Where's the food? Where is the epic poetry?! Where are the children singing traditional ethnic songs off key?!" She went on, sounding less like "Angry Goddess" and more like "Scolding Mother". "Further more I'm still half naked, my hand hurts now and I'm running out of insults." Still, she had worked herself up enough that she was managing get her eyes blood engorged, to the point that they were appearing red, which was always impressive to the uninitiated who knew nothing of early onset retinal hemorrhaging.
Still smiling, Tez stood up and stood behind the village, resting his chin on top of the goat man's head as he felt the elder start trembling in fear. "Perhaps we can dial it back a bit, Mistress," he answer in an evil tone. "Try some reconciliation."
"Right!" She sat back down, flipping the blade around so she was holding the pommel, and tossed it back at the elder, where in a bit of luck it stuck in the ground blade first between his feet. Lowering her voice a bit she said, "Tez, get the poor kid over here before the elder gets any more stupid ideas."
"Yes, Mistress." He grabbed the boy who had first found them, pulling him by the horns and pushing him down until he knelt at Maria's left, while Tez sat on her right. The poor boy was nearly frozen in fear and didn't dare move.
Maria made a fist with her bleeding palm and as the elder began to kowtow, said in a much more relaxed tone. "I'm so glad we had this discussion. Tez, why don't we take this young fellow back to our camp while we figure out what to do next."
"Good plan, Mistress."
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Tez stood on his feet, hands clasped behind his back, glaring at the goat folk surrounding them and giving them his best I am insane and you do not want to be within a mile of me rictus smile. Which wasn't his first choice of expressions, but it was the only one he could use without bursting out laughing, as Maria continued her rant at the village elder.
"You are naughty, naughty people!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, which given her size in comparison to the goat folk was extremely impressive. Still gripping the naked blade in her bleeding palm, she waved the pommel in the village elder's face. "I am very disappointed in you! I come all the way from another world and the best you can think of is to make some stupid blood sacrifice to appease me? Where are the flowers?! Where's the food? Where is the epic poetry?! Where are the children singing traditional ethnic songs off key?!" She went on, sounding less like "Angry Goddess" and more like "Scolding Mother". "Further more I'm still half naked, my hand hurts now and I'm running out of insults." Still, she had worked herself up enough that she was managing get her eyes blood engorged, to the point that they were appearing red, which was always impressive to the uninitiated who knew nothing of early onset retinal hemorrhaging.
Still smiling, Tez stood up and stood behind the village, resting his chin on top of the goat man's head as he felt the elder start trembling in fear. "Perhaps we can dial it back a bit, Mistress," he answer in an evil tone. "Try some reconciliation."
"Right!" She sat back down, flipping the blade around so she was holding the pommel, and tossed it back at the elder, where in a bit of luck it stuck in the ground blade first between his feet. Lowering her voice a bit she said, "Tez, get the poor kid over here before the elder gets any more stupid ideas."
"Yes, Mistress." He grabbed the boy who had first found them, pulling him by the horns and pushing him down until he knelt at Maria's left, while Tez sat on her right. The poor boy was nearly frozen in fear and didn't dare move.
Maria made a fist with her bleeding palm and as the elder began to kowtow, said in a much more relaxed tone. "I'm so glad we had this discussion. Tez, why don't we take this young fellow back to our camp while we figure out what to do next."
"Good plan, Mistress."
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Date: 2012-06-27 03:46 pm (UTC)Oh man, fortunately there are few people nearby in the office right now. :)
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Date: 2012-06-27 04:10 pm (UTC)missing letter there, possibly
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Date: 2012-06-27 04:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-27 11:52 pm (UTC)Have you by any chance ever seen The Road to El Dorado, Royce?
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Date: 2012-06-28 08:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-28 11:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-28 03:26 pm (UTC)Great classic comic plot device, and I like your version of it, too [g].