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Sir Rune Halvari (hisactualson) wrote in watchers_rp,
@ 2017-05-26 00:30:00

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#day 007/07 may, freja, rune

Who: Freja and Rune
Where: Freja's room
When: Morning

While he could've waited until later to do this, Rune decided that morning was the best time to find his youngest sister in her room. Otherwise he'd have to trail her around the castle, ask Rona for permission to steal her... it was a hassle that would likely have their mother demanding to know what, exactly, he thought he was doing. Rune decided he didn't want to deal with all that. Instead, he went straight to Freja's room and knocked on the door until she answered. Without waiting for an invitation - what was that between siblings? - he walked in and draped himself on her bed with an air he distinctly hoped was helpless.

"Freja," he informed her, voice muffled a bit by the mattress. "I think I'm in love."

Had he really thought about it, or had he spoken with someone already, he may have used the more appropriate term of 'lust', but Rune wasn't the most logical member of the Halvari family. In his mind he had sat across from a lovely noblewoman who had the proper pedigree and had he mentioned that she was lovely? Clearly she spoke her mind, she laughed freely and she seemed to care little for whether or not he liked her. That was what did it, really, she didn't care what he thought. Rune had gone to many of those little dinners over the years and the woman was almost always overeager, pushed by her family into trying to catch his eye, and someone who didn't care was as refreshing as a cool drink of water when he was hungover.

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hisotherson
2017-06-04 02:19 am UTC (link)

"I don't know if I've ever met a woman that way. It's not like they advertise it on their foreheads," Freja pointed out. "But Sir Flouncing of the Tightpants was most certainly that way. His sense of hero worship with you far exceeded the ordinary. He sighed a lot, too."

She sighed and leaned back in her chair. "It's not even about marrying for love, but you'd be marrying a woman that doesn't want to lay with you! Might not be willing to do the deed at all. You might have to force her, and I don't think you have that in you. By all means, court her if you like, but know what you're in for."

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hisactualson
2017-06-05 04:52 pm UTC (link)

Rune thought he might remember the man that Freja spoke of. Maybe. He didn't pay attention to men outside of the training yards unless they were in a tavern, and if they made him uncomfortable he tended to stop paying attention. "I can hardly blame someone for thinking me his hero," he said anyhow, like he always would have. "I am a marvelous specimen of a man." Which was just why he couldn't understand why a woman wouldn't want him. Or why they might wish to have Synnove in his place.

His stomach tightened unpleasantly at the idea of forcing a woman to sleep with him. Of all the things he'd ever done or planned to do, that wasn't one of them. It was akin to the idea of sleeping with a child. Even those men in the tavern the other day who'd whistled and flirted with him were leagues better than that, for they weren't forcing themselves on him when he was unwilling. "No," he agreed, though his voice was miserable. "I couldn't live that sort of life. All of my intentions once I marry are to be as good as father is, as Bourne and Rona are." For he'd seen them together and they were a good fit. His mind had imagined someone as beautiful as Gia being as good a fit for him. "I may try to see if perhaps you and Synnove are wrong. It wouldn't be the first time."

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hisotherson
2017-06-05 11:48 pm UTC (link)

Freja's jaw dropped. "When?" she demanded, sitting a little straighter. "Name the time. I certainly can't think of one for myself, and Synnove is practically a saint." Had they been born in Tírna there was no doubt in Freja's mind that Synnove would be the undisputed heir, whether she wished it or not.

"At any rate, try if you like. You've been warned, at least." Freja would have liked to say that Rune would look for the signs next time, but if she was as beautiful as it was said, odds were good thoughts and sense would abandon him altogether again.

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hisactualson
2017-06-06 04:42 pm UTC (link)

"Why is it that I claim you have been wrong at least once in your life and you demand proof?" Rune asked, more than a hint of amusement in his voice. "I'm not saying you're lying to me, Freja, I'm saying you could be wrong. The world wouldn't end if our saintly sister was wrong about something. I do believe she once told me that trees change color in autumn to please us rather than because they are dying." He felt himself grin. "And you were a child once. I remember it fondly. Children are often wrong." Himself included.

Rune nodded, pushing himself off the bed and stretching his hands up towards the ceiling, hearing a little crack in his back as he did so. It was a reminder that he hadn't yet been to the training yards yet. "Do you have to go straight to Rona this morning or could you come down to the yards? No one would say anything if you were with me."

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hisotherson
2017-06-07 12:31 am UTC (link)

Any possible insult that could have been dug from his words was forgotten at the mention of the yards. He was right, no one would say anything to the heir of Valhalla. It wasn't quite solving the problem herself, but it would do. Perhaps she could show her worth today, and that would be the end of it.

"Rona would understand," she decided, standing up. "But I have to dress, so you'll have to wait outside."

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