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[Aug. 19, 2006][original] Red Pepper
Title: Red Pepper
Day/Theme: Aug. 19, 2006 "Injustice calls to God for pardon; ask him to pardon your injustice."
Series: original
Character/Pairing: Rowan, Ginjo, Kiralesca
Rating: G
Rowan watched curiously as Seif prayed in the clearing. Rowan prayed too, but only a bit- not like this. Seif prayed at least three or four times a day. No one, Rowan decided, could possibly be as religious as a Messinan Holy Knight. It hovered somewhere between inspiring and ridiculous on the Cambrian's personal scale.
Withdrawing silently so Seif would not catch him peeking, Rowan rounded a pond, hopped over a tree stump, and nearly tripped over a dead branch on his secretive way back to camp. Ginjo sat near the fire, huddled in his striped cloak, sniffling. Kiralesca glanced up at Rowan as he approached, then gave the red-nosed swordsman-sorceror an exasperated look and resumed her useless task of combing the knots out of Tetsu's wild black locks.
Rowan plopped down on the twisted, gray log beside Ginjo. "Are you coming down with a cold?" he inquired politely.
Ginjo sniffed and grimaced, "No, I don't believe so." He rubbed his bleary eyes distractedly and poked the orange flames with a pine twig. A snapping sound was accompanied by several flying sparks that dashed away like fireflies in a hurry. Ginjo watched them vaguely and his pinkish, teary eyes began watering. He blinked and winced.
"Are you sure nothing's wrong with?" Rowan asked uncertainly, fighting the impulse to stand up or scoot away from the less-than-healthy-looking at his side.
"I breathed in some ground red pepper," Ginjo admitted softly, following his statement with a cough.
The smallest corners of Rowan's mouth turned up in a grim smile.
"He doesn't do the tale justice," Kira chuckled. Tetsu turned around to look up at her. The tall woman put down her comb to gesticulate more freely. She waved her hands about expressively as she added more details to the story. "Ginjo thought he'd make some kind of fabulous soup, so he was looking in Seif's pack for some spices. Now, inside one bag were paper packets and what did this fool do but start by opening one and taking a huge whiff of it without peeking in or reading the label, so he breathes in enough pepper to stun an olb and falls over float on his back. Been whimpering and sneezing the whole time since."
"Humph!" breathed Ginjo huffily.
Day/Theme: Aug. 19, 2006 "Injustice calls to God for pardon; ask him to pardon your injustice."
Series: original
Character/Pairing: Rowan, Ginjo, Kiralesca
Rating: G
Rowan watched curiously as Seif prayed in the clearing. Rowan prayed too, but only a bit- not like this. Seif prayed at least three or four times a day. No one, Rowan decided, could possibly be as religious as a Messinan Holy Knight. It hovered somewhere between inspiring and ridiculous on the Cambrian's personal scale.
Withdrawing silently so Seif would not catch him peeking, Rowan rounded a pond, hopped over a tree stump, and nearly tripped over a dead branch on his secretive way back to camp. Ginjo sat near the fire, huddled in his striped cloak, sniffling. Kiralesca glanced up at Rowan as he approached, then gave the red-nosed swordsman-sorceror an exasperated look and resumed her useless task of combing the knots out of Tetsu's wild black locks.
Rowan plopped down on the twisted, gray log beside Ginjo. "Are you coming down with a cold?" he inquired politely.
Ginjo sniffed and grimaced, "No, I don't believe so." He rubbed his bleary eyes distractedly and poked the orange flames with a pine twig. A snapping sound was accompanied by several flying sparks that dashed away like fireflies in a hurry. Ginjo watched them vaguely and his pinkish, teary eyes began watering. He blinked and winced.
"Are you sure nothing's wrong with?" Rowan asked uncertainly, fighting the impulse to stand up or scoot away from the less-than-healthy-looking at his side.
"I breathed in some ground red pepper," Ginjo admitted softly, following his statement with a cough.
The smallest corners of Rowan's mouth turned up in a grim smile.
"He doesn't do the tale justice," Kira chuckled. Tetsu turned around to look up at her. The tall woman put down her comb to gesticulate more freely. She waved her hands about expressively as she added more details to the story. "Ginjo thought he'd make some kind of fabulous soup, so he was looking in Seif's pack for some spices. Now, inside one bag were paper packets and what did this fool do but start by opening one and taking a huge whiff of it without peeking in or reading the label, so he breathes in enough pepper to stun an olb and falls over float on his back. Been whimpering and sneezing the whole time since."
"Humph!" breathed Ginjo huffily.