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well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart [Brennan/Any] - Tantalize - 08-17-2015 tantalize RE: well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart [Brennan/Any] - Brennen - 08-18-2015 the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
great clouds rolling over the hills and if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing's changed at all? It feels like a lifetime ago, the battles of the Alliance and the time surrounding them. It had been the second time Brennen had ventured onto the blood-soaked Plains to represent his Kingdom. The first time, the three-year old stallion had been naught more than a child, eager to go into the Gladiator ring and prove himself a worthy son to the King-father he’d just found and also to prove himself worth a second look from the beautiful Lucitania. Despite his youth, he’d prevailed there, taking home both glory and a newfound ability to manipulate bone. The Alliance had come later. It had come after he lost his father – after his lover left him to bear a prince and then returned, claiming no real feelings for the stallion whose heir she had provided. Brennen had been uncertain of the boy-King he served, half-brother to his own children, because though he later came to like Diresong he was never a fan of the boy’s father. Still, when the chance to represent the Tundra in battle had come, he’d allowed himself to be volunteered, and he’d gone to the fight for King and country without hesitation. That first round, both of the Brothers had faced women of the Jungle – and both Brothers had prevailed, though a secret part of Brennen had hoped Landen would fall to his lady opponent (he was happy then, when Landen failed to beat the stallion he faced in the second round of fighting). It is hard to remember everything, but the battles stick with him, as do his feelings about the strange politics and people of that era. But despite the passage of time, it’s hard to forget a lady with spots. He doesn’t remember her name, but he can place her face. He had, after all, watched Landen and Tantalize duke it out that first day of the Alliance after his own battled with Echion. He had not cheered for her – not on the outside, anyway – but he had hoped for her to put Landen in his place. The warrior is still vaguely disappointed that she did not. He watches her from the shadow of his ice wall, watches her cross the border with little hesitation, and wonders if he’s gone back in time. Time does not always flow quite right in the Tundra – a side effect of having a non-discriminatory time machine in occasional residence. While Cagney does little with his trait, Kellyn has been known to manipulate time around others just to mess with them. Brennen blames the capricious part of his granddaughter on her crazy mother. But – no. The scent of Errant is still fresh along the border along with his own, and Diresong’s grandson hadn’t been a thought in anyone’s heads when the Tundra last sent representatives to the Alliance. She may be a face from the past, but they are firmly in the present. Straightening, he gives his wings a great shake, dumping flurries of snow that had been effectively camouflaging him against the ice wall to the ground and walks towards her. There is familiarity in his gaze though he can’t quite summon a name. “It’s been a long time.” he says instead, with an inquisitive tilt of his head. brennen immortal, winged, bone-bending, ice-manipulating Tundra warrior
RE: well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart [Brennan/Any] - Tantalize - 08-24-2015 tantalize |