Good Company and Warm Hearts
Nov 22, 2015 18:36:17 GMT
Post by Tweek on Nov 22, 2015 18:36:17 GMT
Yesterday was a Sirandian day quite like any other. The torrential storm outside still raged, as if Umberlee herself wished to wash away the entire island. The sodden walking dead were still omnipresent, their feral cries and hungry howls a macabre choir to accompany the thundering rain. That thick, murky darkness outside still hung overhead like a sodden cloth blanket, stifling and oppressive.
It would be a lie to say it was exactly the same, however. In spite of the island's occult-branded ecosystem, any who passed through the survivors' ramshackle safe house would have noticed a different humor in its dusty depths. The fires were stoked, drinks were flowing, and laughter and music drowned out the chorus of the dead outside. It began in the early morning and went on until the following morning, the band of rag-tag circumstantial companions caught up in the merriment that they all remember from a better time. Between the gleeful roars, the clinking of wine and ale bottles, and lewd guitar-song, this sundered home seemed, at least briefly, not so desolate for a day.
It would be a lie to say it was exactly the same, however. In spite of the island's occult-branded ecosystem, any who passed through the survivors' ramshackle safe house would have noticed a different humor in its dusty depths. The fires were stoked, drinks were flowing, and laughter and music drowned out the chorus of the dead outside. It began in the early morning and went on until the following morning, the band of rag-tag circumstantial companions caught up in the merriment that they all remember from a better time. Between the gleeful roars, the clinking of wine and ale bottles, and lewd guitar-song, this sundered home seemed, at least briefly, not so desolate for a day.
There was a knight who longed to wield a more impressive lance
To carry into battle, and to aid him with romance.
A wizard overheard the knight and granted his request.
The knight at first was overjoyed to see how he was blessed.
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's coming through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes may come true.
The knight went to a revel with his weapon thus enhanced.
The lance made dining difficult and tripped him while he danced.
The next day at the tournaments he won the jousting meets,
For all who faced his fearsome lance fell laughing from their seats.
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's coming through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes may come true.
The knight romanced a lady who admired his staff of oak.
They'd scarse begun their gentle joust before the staff had broke.
The knight sought out the wizard, who replied when brought to task,
"Your wish bespoke how long it WAS, and not how long 'twould LAST!"
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's just come through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes do come true!
To carry into battle, and to aid him with romance.
A wizard overheard the knight and granted his request.
The knight at first was overjoyed to see how he was blessed.
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's coming through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes may come true.
The knight went to a revel with his weapon thus enhanced.
The lance made dining difficult and tripped him while he danced.
The next day at the tournaments he won the jousting meets,
For all who faced his fearsome lance fell laughing from their seats.
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's coming through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes may come true.
The knight romanced a lady who admired his staff of oak.
They'd scarse begun their gentle joust before the staff had broke.
The knight sought out the wizard, who replied when brought to task,
"Your wish bespoke how long it WAS, and not how long 'twould LAST!"
Hey there, ho there,
A lesson's just come through:
Be careful what you ask for--
For your wishes do come true!