A little introduction to Animus
Alindor smiled to himself as he left the castle behind, his fingers tightly clutching the heavy pouch filled with his reward as he strode down the wide street. Word was already spreading about what he and his team had managed to do, no one had to know it was a complete accident.
“Alindor! Slow doooown!” Grumbling the half-elf slowed his pace as his teammate came huffing up to him, “Alindor we need to talk about this!”
“About what? Our biggest score yet?” His fingers clasped the pouch tighter. “What about it?”
The small gnome next to him hissed in dissatisfaction. “You know what! What we did was unforgivable!”
“I don't see how returning the missing princess to her family is unforgivable Kimmy. If any thing it was a very rewarding experience.” He chuckled at his pun.
“We killed her soulmate!!” Kimmy growled. Anlidor stopped and stared down as his teams arcanist. Her long ears twitched in agitation and her eyes darted around looking at everything in her line of sight. He had only seen her like this once before shortly after they started their adventuring careers six years previous.
“Her 'soulmate' was a fucking monster Kimmy. We kill monsters, or did that slip your mind?” He scowled as her eyes snapped back to his.
“Are you sure? Like one hundred percent sure she was a monster?” Kimmy fiddled with the pouch in her hands. “Because the rest of us are not so sure. We were not even hunting her, but we still told everyone in the village that their monster problem was over. What happens when more of them die because we fucked up and got the wrong one?”
Alindor grumbled and rubbed the bridge of his nose in exasperation. “We were contracted to kill a monster and we killed a monster. Whether or not it was the 'right one' is irreverent, besides, what is the princess going to do about it? Tell everyone that she was in love with and spent five years living with a monster?” Alindor pulled a cigarette from its pack and light it with the tip of his finger, inhaling happily. “No, I doubt that. Besides I doubt they will let her out of her rooms until she is married off. Having lost her for five years has the King and Queen on edge.”
“You didn't see her eyes Alin. It wasn't just hurt and pain lurking in them, there was something else and it terrified me.”
Alindor coughed and started laughing. “The pampered princess scares you?”
“YOU DIDN'T SEE IT!” Kimmy shrieks causing people passing them to jump in shock. “There was something so wicked in her eyes when she realized we had killed her partner, yes I am scared of her.”
“By the Gods Kimmy, nothing is going to happen. She'll stay locked away in the castle for the rest of her life, or until she is married off. It's done, just forget about it” Alindor was about to turn and continue walking when Kimmy shoved the pouch with her reward into his hands.
“Keep it, I want nothing to do with this. We killed an innocent being and I can not reconcile that fact.” Kimmy fiddled with one of her long braids. “Look, Tad and I are leaving the country, they saw the same thing I did and we agree it would be best if we put as much distance between us and the princess as possible.”
Alindor felt his mouth drop open, the cigarette falling to the ground. “You're leaving?! Seriously?! Over some princess and her pet monster?” Kimmy simply nodded. “Fine, whatever, I guess six years of being a team means nothing to you. Have a good life Kimmy” The tall half-elf turned on his heel and began walking away.
“Come with us Alin!” The only response was a rude gesture flung up over his shoulder as he melted into the crowd. With a sigh Kimmy turned and ran in the other direction towards the docks. Tad should have their passage booked by now and the sooner they left the better. The sudden blaring of trumpets startled her and she stared up at the castle, only for a cold shiver to travel up her spine. Turning back to the docks she increased her pace. They needed to get out now.
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I was rolling around this post in my brain, considering the manhole cover-shield scene and I had this...thought about a fun, semi-angsty off-screen scenario after the general hullabaloo from Bowser's incursion into Brooklyn has calmed down.
We know from the movie that Mario is injured during the final fight with Bowser, that he had a plethora of cuts and nasty bruises that would need attention. We also know from the movie that Luigi, our unhinged king, picked up a metal manhole cover to block fire.
Basic science would tell us that this manhole cover likely reached some excruciating temperatures rather quickly, and that Luigi's gloves/outfit (which, considering their junked-up van), were probably not the highest quality. Meaning, I have a feeling our green hero might have accumulated a few burn injuries and, given what we know about his character, might have neglected to say anything about this.
Anyway, cue Mario and Luigi getting ready for bed after the whole crazy day, and Luigi, who is so tired he isn't even thinking about what he's doing at this point, absently changing into his sleeping shirt. That's when Mario notices the burn marks. That's when Mario freaks out like the highly protective older brother he is.
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