Wait until the bitch had stopped barking or at least started to bite. Standing unwavered by the hisses and spits, Maxence could only sigh and shake his lofty mane as the grey of equal height continued to grumble, his tirade continuing around the courtyard until Maxence was certain every Solterran inhabiting the walls would hear it sooner or later. The fairer gentleman who was just that, a gentleman, still stood quiet and confused until he offered a shy jumble of words in what seemed like an attempt to diffuse the situation.
Just like Velorca Maxence would have to disagree, though he still nodded Eik's way in acknowledgement. Poor sod, perhaps Avdotya ought to take him to find some real company.
It was Lorca's next words that brought Maxence's attention to the barking stag once again, his eyebrows raising in amuesement when he was told that foreign kings never last. A smirk fell easily upon his scowling face, one that glanced from Avdotya, then to Eik, then to the subject of his ammusement.
"Then why are you shitting boulders?" Maxence spoke "If what you say is true you will have nothing to worry about."
And with that the king was off. He had grown more than tired of this conversation and exhausted with the vile company it held. Perhaps Eik would care to follow and they could have a proper conversation, though truth be told Maxence had had enough conversation for one day.
She looked to Eik through the side of her molten eye and shrugged an idle shoulder. "Solterra is a volatile land, dear Eik," her voice was almost akin to a coo, though it was laced with a hint of venom that so easily dripped from her tongue, "as are its people." He would be wise to heed her words if he sought to survive the Day Court. If the altercation he was witnessing now - as crude as it was - did not bear enough proof of that, he would surely find out with time. The desert nation was no place for the weak of heart; it did not hesitate to weed out those unfit for life among the dunes.
Avdotya had tuned Maxence and Velorca out for the moment she spoke with Eik, but she began listening in time to hear the cinereal stallion's reflection of ill-fated past kings. It left the conversation hanging in dead air, sending the winged sovereign away after one final retort.
The viper of a mare awaited Maxence's disappearance. She held her tongue until he was out of earshot, then turned her gaze to the silvery man once more as if Eik was no longer standing beside her. "You must truly yearn for death, Velorca." She said scornfully. It would have been evident to her fellow Davke that she was holding back, that there was plenty more Avdotya wished to say, but this was not the time nor place. "We will talk later." The woman turned, pausing to look at Eik one more time before her departure. "It was a pleasure." A snake-like smile curled her lips and away she went. There was other business to attend to, today.
"Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls."
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They leave just as quickly as they came, leaving Eik wondering 1) what the point was and 2) if anyone here is actually pleasant to be around. The conversation(? argument?) leaves him frustrated.
"Why don't you fight him?" It is another genuine question. This is the way his people fought- with their bodies, not with words. Only the very wise and the very foolish wield words as weapons, and Eik is not sure which one this man is. He thinks perhaps foolish, although that could simply be the echoes of his wounded pride. He is not used to others being so rude to him.
"Perhaps someday I will show you how." It is hard to tell if he is joking or not, his face is expressionless. Although he is smaller than the stallion before him, it is clear from his blanket of scars that he has a wealth of experience. "Farewell, Vel..." Its not every day he can make a rhyme, even a poor one, and a small smile flickers across his weary face. (Its the little things) ((... also he may have forgotten Velorca's name already)) (((not senile okay, just unfamiliar with all the long, harsh-sounding names here)))
He continues the path he had been walking before stumbling across the snide, slinky younger stallion. It is a good day to be alone.
@Eik / @Rae has claimed signos for 1st time threading with Kay, Meverrnind, and Spaced.
@Velorca / @Spaced has claimed signos for completing this thread and 1st time threading with Rae.
@Maxence / @Meverrnind has claimed signos for completing this thread.
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09-06-2017, 01:20 AM - This post was last modified: 09-17-2017, 01:29 AM by inkbone
