Voice Testing a new (old?) part of a story and looking at Rekindle

[lytelcniht]

Young lord, I find little reason for your nervousness.

Know you not that a king stands before you? All will be well. No challenge shall best me with the blessing of the sword in my--

...The premise emphasises touch? You must not be serious.

...You are? Young lord- I think you must gravely misunderstand my role here.



[So this Saber is pre-canon, at the time King Arthur would have been a Feudal Lord. As such she will refer to herself as male and as "Lord Arthur Pendragon"! So she's about 15-16 here.]

Comments

[lytelcniht]

[She nods, assuming he must be in training-- but that isn't an unfair assumption. After all, she herself is 16. She can believe he's training for such a job.]

I see. These captors may need aid, but they give you no choice in doing so. Such a deed is most dishonourable. Still, by what magic could one render such a need for touch? Surely its effects cannot be irreversible...

[heroofjustice]

[It's not an unreasonable assumption, and he is in training. Though he's learning on the job, so to speak.]

Exactly! They just take people from anywhere and anytime, and they know what they're doing. It's wrong. Dishonorable, right. It's never okay to kidnap people. And they take a lot of little kids who are scared, or people who really don't want to be there.

[He has strong feelings about injustice.]

I don't know how their magic works. I've gotten sick, but only for a little while. You feel better if you touch someone.

Not that makes it okay. But it could be worse.

[lytelcniht]

[It's okay, Kerry, Arthur doesn't like injustice either. She's already prosecuted criminals! They put the wellbeing of her people in such danger.]

That is absolutely unreasonable. I do not think it unwise that you assume there must be something strange going on. And to disturb people in such a way-- the responsibility of a leader is to ensure their safety.

[...could be worse?]

You speak as though you know of worse conditions to be forced under.

[heroofjustice]

[He nods, pleased to be agreed with.]

Something's definitely up. I'm trying to investigate and find things out, but I haven't found anything so far.

[It's disappointing.]

There aren't any real leaders around. Only the people who brought us here.

[Well, there's America, he guesses, but does that count?]

Uh-huh. If a magus is using people for energy, they'll kill them. Or worse.

[That's why he has to get rid of those magi.]

[lytelcniht]

[This child is aware of magi? They may be much simpler in her time, but they are still no end of trouble.]

A city without leaders sounds little like a city at all. Who is to guide the people in case of wrong?

And what know you of magi?

[heroofjustice]

I don't know. I'm okay without a leader. I'm a freelancer.

[Like Natalia. Sorry, Saber, he doesn't need any kings]

They probably have leaders somewhere, but we don't know who they are.

[As for her question...]

I'm--

[He remembers Waver had called him the "Magus Killer", but he's not about to call himself that. It makes him feel--weird. It isn't right.]

I hunt bad magi. That's what I do. So they don't hurt people.

[lytelcniht]

[In her time there are few jails, thus making the death penalty much more regular. She doesn't seem phased by the idea of a hunter.

She can't help but look confused at the idea he works without a leader, but a mercenary is for hire, she supposes.]

Then an up-keeper of the law, I see. Magi are certainly dangerous to take on. I am lucky to have quite wise and just magus working at my side.