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occultis2020-10-08 09:14 am
ceremonious) wrote in occultis2020-10-08 09:14 am
bodyguard au / ciro & rune.
It's been a long three weeks.
Rune hadn't wanted to agree to this journey in the first place, not when the parameters of it weren't specifically laid out. His Order had simply taken the money and demanded he escort one of the High Cleric's best to a country not even in their domain for an arranged marriage to seal an alliance he'd never heard about. Then again, he cared little for politics, and so, he hadn't cared to deliver a stranger where they wanted him. But that had been over a fortnight ago. In that time, they'd been ambushed several times and had lost everyone else in their party to unfortunate circumstances, certain now that any direct path would result in death or worse because someone didn't want him to succeed.
It's why they're on horseback in the middle of nowhere.
Which might or might not have anything to do with how aware he is of Ciro's hands around his waist.
But he tries not to think about it.
Their horse is a surprisingly sturdy mare for as old as she is, one that had taken them a few days to acquire as they had no money and had quest. In fact, outside of their own clothes and Rune's weapons, they don't have much of anything besides a day or two of rations and a couple blankets. The setting sun doesn't help either, pulling their ride to a stop near a clearing just short of another patch of forest they'll have to travel through. Rune turns his head, his hood slipping down as he does so he can better see his companion.
"We'll sleep here tonight." Not that he's happy about that, but they have little choice. "Unless you know this area, it's better to wait until morning."
Rune hadn't wanted to agree to this journey in the first place, not when the parameters of it weren't specifically laid out. His Order had simply taken the money and demanded he escort one of the High Cleric's best to a country not even in their domain for an arranged marriage to seal an alliance he'd never heard about. Then again, he cared little for politics, and so, he hadn't cared to deliver a stranger where they wanted him. But that had been over a fortnight ago. In that time, they'd been ambushed several times and had lost everyone else in their party to unfortunate circumstances, certain now that any direct path would result in death or worse because someone didn't want him to succeed.
It's why they're on horseback in the middle of nowhere.
Which might or might not have anything to do with how aware he is of Ciro's hands around his waist.
But he tries not to think about it.
Their horse is a surprisingly sturdy mare for as old as she is, one that had taken them a few days to acquire as they had no money and had quest. In fact, outside of their own clothes and Rune's weapons, they don't have much of anything besides a day or two of rations and a couple blankets. The setting sun doesn't help either, pulling their ride to a stop near a clearing just short of another patch of forest they'll have to travel through. Rune turns his head, his hood slipping down as he does so he can better see his companion.
"We'll sleep here tonight." Not that he's happy about that, but they have little choice. "Unless you know this area, it's better to wait until morning."