Royce's Random Thoughts

For ankewehner: "Cooking is easy: Throw stuff in a pot and turn up the heat."

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“Well, on the plus side they didn’t shave us,” Melanie noted.

“It’s the little things I suppose,” Rolas agreed. They were tied back to back, sitting in a… where had a bunch xenophobic islanders gotten a 200 gallon iron cooking pot anyway? He glared at the head chef as the fellow laid logs around the pot and began pour in water. “Got any bright ideas?”

“Yes, complain to the management.” Melanie turned her head towards the chef. “Look, you’re going about this completely wrong!” she called out.

“Dearheart, what are you doing?” Rolas whispered urgently.

“Just watch,” she whispered back. To the chef she yelled, “Look, you’re just going to boil in water, honestly?”

The chef, who spoke a few words of corrupted Basic, glared back at her and said, “What you mean?”

“What, no spices? No vegetables?”

“We gots roots and fruits. That it. You think you do better?”

“Yes, as a matter of fact. Rolas, if you would?”

He got his footpads underneath himself, standing up in the pot and lifting his wife bodily out with him as he stepped over the rim.

“Thank you, dear,” Melanie said. Then she kicked the chef with both feet, shouting. “RUN!”

For aldersprig: "Shackles"

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During his sister's unfortunate mental health struggles, Rolas had learned to moderate his own emotions, to avoid setting one of her panic attacks. So he was definitely not yelling..

"Yes, you are," Melika told him.

"I'm speaking firmly, there's a difference."

"Yes, about fifty decibels. I'm still not letting you up though."

He pulled at the heavy steel cuffs binding his paws behind the chair. "You're going to have to unlock me eventually."

"Yes, after the vote concerning Salli's claim is finished. And no duels declared. In the meantime…" She straddled his lap. "I need to keep your mouth occupied."

For mjkj 's prompt of "Something concerning the Red Vixen ." Also featuring lilfluff 's Madeline and Charles.

( Cut for minor suggestiveness )

So what to you call it when you create an alternate version of an OC that originally appeared in an AU fanfic so that he can appear in the Canon version?

( Aside from confusing that is. )

was trying to finish this scene up before posting again, but it's dragging along, so I decided to just put up another chunk.

( In which Rolas and Rufus chat )

I had most of this morning to work on editing Andrea's Story, so what did I do? Play Fallout and work on a random bit of Melika/Rolas porn.

Short but exciting, I hope.

( And it has a cliffhanger )

I'm quite happy with this bit. We're coming down to the wire on the story now.

( And Salli gets some respect )