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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 1:12:50 GMT
"My mother hasn't been the same since Da-- since Erikur left. She can hardly feel anything but bitterness anymore."
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 1:18:09 GMT
"I'm sure she'll come round," he said softly. "It must be hard to lose a husband in that way."
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 1:23:12 GMT
"She was both a wife and a mother," Evalda murmured, her face a mask. "When she lost one duty, she abandoned the other."
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 1:28:00 GMT
"You are so strong," he murmured, almost absent-mindedly. "To have gone through so much, and to still be fighting."
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 1:29:56 GMT
"I'm not fighting," she sighed, closing her eyes. "I'm enduring. It's all I can do, at this point. Bear my burdens, by myself."
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 1:36:13 GMT
"You don't have to do it by yourself," he told her. "You're a full Viking now. You have a whole tribe supporting you, and nobody will think less of you for any of this."
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 1:37:22 GMT
She closed her eyes, smiling to herself. "Thanks, Cheif."
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 1:41:22 GMT
"I'll let you rest," he said softly, covering her hand with his briefly before turning to exit the house.
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 1:45:17 GMT
She felt her cheeks color slightly. With a frustrated sigh, Evalda drew herself deeper into the pillows that were placed for her.
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 1:48:33 GMT
Rikard arrived at his own house and sat down on his bed with a sigh. It was then he realised thaf Erikur's journal still lay on his bedside table, and he had a sudden urge to burn it. Perhaps he ought to let Evalda do it though, he thought. It might help give her some closure, after all. He would ask her at some stage.
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 2:00:14 GMT
A convenient wind ruffled the pages, allowing them to settle on a sketch of Evalda-- about twleve years old, swinging her battleaxe. Next to it, in neat script, was a simple caption. Daddy's Little Girl.
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 2:03:01 GMT
He gritted his teeth, recognising the words instantly, and slammed the journal shut with a force that shook the table. The man was insane, there was no other explanation for it. And somehow, Rikard thought, as he changed into his nightclothes and settled beneath the bedsheets, he would make him pay.
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Post by Copper on Dec 31, 2014 2:08:34 GMT
Evalda sighed, staring up at the roof of the house. She knew that she wouldn't be able to fall asleep. The nightmares would be too much. It wasn't as if she could move to go training. Her battleaxe was ruined, anyway. She sighed, turning over with a wince. The cuts were deeper than she thought, and now that she had become accustomed to comfort, the pain struck her like a slap in the face.
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Post by Silver on Dec 31, 2014 11:06:46 GMT
"Morning!" Kaia greeted brightly as she leant against her brother's window frame and smoothed down her windswept hair from her perch on Astor's back, her breathing more erratic than usual. "Don't expect to sleep in all day, you sounded pretty angry yesterday before you went to sleep. Is something up?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 11:16:02 GMT
He groaned, rolling over and grabbing one of the pillows from under his head to toss at her. "How's a Chief supposed to lead his people if he's up at the crack of dawn every single morning?" His training would wait, after all, and he felt the weight of his responsibilities pushing him slowly into hibernation. With Berk's ridiculously long winters, that could prove to be slightly problematic.
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Post by Silver on Dec 31, 2014 11:32:10 GMT
She laughed a little, batting away the pillow back into his room somewhere. "Like how every Chief is supposed to lead his people, namely by not lying around all day. Anyway, there isn't much work on the agenda today, remember? Last time I checked, the ceremony was a pretty big deal so everyone's going to be drunk by nightfall."
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 12:02:03 GMT
"Good," he grunted, sitting up and yawning. "Drunk Vikings are generally happy Vikings. Just keep the dragons away from the ale this time. Astra set fire to my wardrobe twice last time I held a ceremony, and I don't want a reprise of that."
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Post by Silver on Dec 31, 2014 12:07:31 GMT
She simply shrugged, a sheepish grin adorning her face. "It's your call... And it definitely wasn't my fault that time, they're giant fire breathing dragons. What can you do to stop them when the rest of the island's too incapacitated to do anything?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Dec 31, 2014 12:24:30 GMT
"Astra is a nanodragon, Kaia," he said with a smirk. "Surely an intoxicated Viking can keep away a creature the size of a butterfly. As for the other dragons, perhaps it's time we invested in a vault for the ale. Anyway, I should check on Evalda. There's still a lot of things I need to ask her."
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Post by Silver on Dec 31, 2014 12:35:21 GMT
"You'd be surprised..." She muttered, pulling a face. "And you should probably take care of that bedhead of yours before you do anything else."
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