[RPG] [SEI][TAS]Tales of Lek and Sennianus: The Weight of the World

[Kel]

Roleplay from Sennianus the Mad

"I... I can't do this... not after what happened.", Sennianus lied, "It 
wouldn't be right..."

Lek looked at him with a mix of surprise, confusion and anger. "So... 
you do remember after all."

"How could I forget..."

"Is that the problem then, that you just can't forget?" She said 
angrily, "That you just can't forgive?"

Sennianus turned his head away. "We Vikings don't take such things lightly."

With his back towards her, he started walking away. "I'll be leaving 
again soon...", he said with a heavy heart. He despised himself for what 
he was saying, but he had no other choice. "And don't follow me or send 
your servants to me."
Sennianus the Mad Andrasta (Knight of Umkinnu)

Roleplay from Lek

Lek felt like someone was squeezing her chest, for a moment, she 
couldn’t speak, couldn’t breathe.  Then, a clean, sharp anger washed 
through her—and energy danced along her veins the way it did before battle.

“Sennianus Andrasta, you big, idiot of a Viking!  Don’t you walk away 
from me, because…I…Am…Not…Finished!”

Sennianus turned to look at her.  Her hands were fisted on her hips, her 
chin was up, and, though she had never been a beauty, in that moment, 
with the colour high on her cheeks, and anger sparking through her eyes, 
she was magnificent.

“You tell me that you love me, and at the first hurdle you balk?  Whom 
did you think you loved?  Was I ever known for being a chaste and seemly 
virgin?  Did you ever see me?  Or only who you wanted to see?

“When I tell you that I love you—be assured that I know whereof I speak. 
  You refuse to wear pants, and I love you.  You bring me stinking 
heads, and I love you.  You are the bravest and fiercest warrior I have 
ever seen, and I love you.  You shake like a leaf in the wind when I 
touch you, and I love you.  You look at me like I am beautiful, and I 
love you.  You worry about people on the moon, and I love you.  You make 
me feel safe in your arms, and I love you.  You try to kill me, 
and—still—I love you.”

Lek took a deep breath, and Sennianus opened his mouth as if to reply. 
She raised her hand to cut him off, “Don’t speak, damn you, listen to me!

“I know that I hurt you—and gods, if I could take it back, I would.  But 
I hurt you out of ignorance and foolishness—and I have never been so 
sorry for anything in my life.  I told you then that I had made you no 
vow, but I will make you one now,”

Lek took her belt dagger and cut deeply into her hand, squeezing it into 
a fist and letting her blood drip onto the ground, “Here is my vow:  by 
all the gods, and by the moon, and on my blood, wherever you go, I will 
go.  If you leave this place, I will follow.  Wherever you make camp, I 
will make camp.  Whosever is your enemy, will be my enemy, and whosoever 
is your friend will be my boon companion.  No matter what you say or 
what you do, I will love you until my last breath—and if I can find the 
way, I will follow you after death to the fields of Valhalla.  You have 
made a woman of me; and, even if you never again enter my tent, I will 
never, ever lie with another man.

“I love every splendid, crazy inch of you; and, unlike you, I will never 
lose faith.  So go ahead and run away, you coward, because mine will 
*always* be the steps you hear behind you.”

Lek stopped there, finally spent, her bosom heaving and blood still 
trickling through her fingers.

Lady Lek Kindon (Lord)

Roleplay from Sennianus the Mad

Sennianus stood there for what seemed like forever. He had so many 
things to say, but he couldn't. He closed his eyes as a tear rolled down 
his cheek and fell onto the ground. He could not give in now. He had to 
turn his heart into a cold stone, for both their sakes. He started 
unsheathing the sword, revealing a glimpse of the sharp blade.

"If you know what's good for you... you'll stay away." he said, "Then 
you'll truly show you love me."

He put the sword back in the sheath, and walked away.

Sennianus the Mad Andrasta (Knight of Umkinnu)