[RPG] [SEI][TAS] Tales of Lek & Sennianus: Facing One's Demons

[Kel]

Roleplay from Sennianus the Mad

Sennianus' cheerful expression turned into a serious one. He had hoped 
the subject would never have come up, but he knew that it was an idle 
hope. He sat upright and rubbed his face, sighing deeply before turning 
to his beloved. "I'd rather fall onto my own sword than to leave you 
again..." he said softly.

"Then why did you say you would leave?" she insisted.

Sennianus reached out and played with a lock of Lek’s hair. "Because of 
him..."

"Oh, what a bunch of--" Lek said, before Sennianus put his hand over her 
mouth to silence her.

"I know he was no match for you, my love... I was there," he said, "But 
back in the tent, when he first revealed himself, you were no match for 
him. It took every ounce of my will to stop him from splicing your head 
like a melon... I couldn't risk such a thing happening ever again.  What 
if I could not stop the sword a second time?"

Sennianus the Mad Andrasta
Marshal of the Lunar Invasion Force Elite

Roleplay from Lek

Lek drew back from him. “So, what you’re saying is, you were trying to 
protect me?” He nodded at her, looking hard into her eyes as though 
willing her to understand. In one swift motion she bounced up from the 
pallet. “You—were trying to protect me? Did you think that I was so weak 
and womanly that I could not fend for myself? Did you not feel my blade 
at your throat the night you tried to kill me?” Lek was storming around 
now, “What sort of a warrior do you think me? Would you have run and 
hidden from a man?” She knew that she was making no sense, but she was 
so angry and so…tears were running down her cheeks.

Sennianus sat helplessly, watching her pace naked around the tent; 
which, if she weren't so upset, he would have enjoyed immensely. “My 
love, my only love, do you think I would take such a chance with your 
life? Even now I fear…what if you are sleeping beside me, and he comes 
back? I should never have returned to you, but I could not stay away. It 
is I who am weak…never you, my beloved.”

She sank to her knees next to him. “Sennianus, I love you.” Lek took his 
face in her hands, “You are a beautiful, sweet crazy man, and I thank 
you for trying to protect me,” she kissed his lips gently, “But if you 
ever leave me again or try to protect me for my own good, I will gut you 
with your own sword.” She bit his lip, “Now, what were you saying about 
more?”

Lady Lek Kindon (Lord)