KingSandy
Star
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2010
- Location
- In your blankets, looking for a hug
The day been such an agreeable one. Fair skies, a cool breeze. Bright and sunny. A fine day for a picnic. Plenty of food and leisure for all, really. The country was a peaceful place, the only troops seen were the border patrols who were not very many in number or very trained. The people, however, remained happy and content. Families out for the day, a day of celebration. The anniversary of the day of the founding. The royal family declared all work ceased. Even the patrolmen got a break today. In those rose-tinted times, one could be forgiven for thinking that there was little danger out in the world. That man no longer was primitive or savage enough to kill his fellow.
But in truth, all this peace made it so much easier for tragic incidents.
Jack had been minding his own goddamn business. The son of a minor noble, he hardly had any duties to begin with and today meant he had even more liberty. He had eaten and drank well, more than he probably should have. He was not a terribly robust youth, slender yet with a wiry strength to him. His skin was sallow, not-quite pale and his hair was a deep, warm brown. He cut a dashing figure, wandering the edge of the neighboring village with no more than a pocketful of pennies and an empty wine bottle. For a long moment there was an uneasy quiet. His nose twitched. A smell of smoke but not meat. Burning. . . hair.
He heard screaming, laughter.
Rough, raucous laughter that was so out of place.
Heavy steps behind him, Jack wasn't armed. He ran but not quite fast enough
Getting closer and closer, his pursuer chuckled.
Thick hands grabbed him tight and there was a sickening thud. Jack slumped in his captor's grip. He dragged his quarry back towards the main part of the village. Cages upon cages were there, holding as many people as could be captured. A good haul, some were definitely very pretty and possibly virginal. Trainable.
It was hours later that Jack woke, cold and shivering. The young noble had been stripped of his clothes, his rings, everything. The only thing he wore were shackles and a thick leather collar to which the shackles were attached to. He had no idea where he was or what was happening. Vulnerable and exposed, Jack huddled. He looked around and realized he was in a cell. Footsteps. The door swung open. Men, large ones, picked him up despite his wriggling and struggling. Effortlessly, they brought him into another room. He was washed carefully, his head wound treated and covered up.
His heavy restraints were exchanged for more refined and delicate looking ones, a collar that accentuated the slenderness of his neck, slender silver plated chains.
He was then carried again, this time into an antechamber and made to kneel at the foot of a dais. His head was forced down, warned carefully not to look up until told. He spat at the foot of his captor which oddly did not earn any retaliation . . . Yet.
"What the fuck is going on here?" Jack made sure he could be heard, "I demand you let me go, you useless barbarians!"
But in truth, all this peace made it so much easier for tragic incidents.
Jack had been minding his own goddamn business. The son of a minor noble, he hardly had any duties to begin with and today meant he had even more liberty. He had eaten and drank well, more than he probably should have. He was not a terribly robust youth, slender yet with a wiry strength to him. His skin was sallow, not-quite pale and his hair was a deep, warm brown. He cut a dashing figure, wandering the edge of the neighboring village with no more than a pocketful of pennies and an empty wine bottle. For a long moment there was an uneasy quiet. His nose twitched. A smell of smoke but not meat. Burning. . . hair.
He heard screaming, laughter.
Rough, raucous laughter that was so out of place.
Heavy steps behind him, Jack wasn't armed. He ran but not quite fast enough
Getting closer and closer, his pursuer chuckled.
Thick hands grabbed him tight and there was a sickening thud. Jack slumped in his captor's grip. He dragged his quarry back towards the main part of the village. Cages upon cages were there, holding as many people as could be captured. A good haul, some were definitely very pretty and possibly virginal. Trainable.
It was hours later that Jack woke, cold and shivering. The young noble had been stripped of his clothes, his rings, everything. The only thing he wore were shackles and a thick leather collar to which the shackles were attached to. He had no idea where he was or what was happening. Vulnerable and exposed, Jack huddled. He looked around and realized he was in a cell. Footsteps. The door swung open. Men, large ones, picked him up despite his wriggling and struggling. Effortlessly, they brought him into another room. He was washed carefully, his head wound treated and covered up.
His heavy restraints were exchanged for more refined and delicate looking ones, a collar that accentuated the slenderness of his neck, slender silver plated chains.
He was then carried again, this time into an antechamber and made to kneel at the foot of a dais. His head was forced down, warned carefully not to look up until told. He spat at the foot of his captor which oddly did not earn any retaliation . . . Yet.
"What the fuck is going on here?" Jack made sure he could be heard, "I demand you let me go, you useless barbarians!"