Eternal
“…and so that’s what Warrick and I have been up to. Just making things difficult as best we can for the Felkan Kingdom.” Gerald says.
“I’m just surprised that put you on these sneaky commando raids, Warrick I can understand, he’s always been a stealthy individual, but you were usually rushing into battle like the rest of us.” You reply.
“Hey, I’ve changed a bit since you last saw me. Besides, it’s not all sneaking around. Some of it requires just enough to get in and then we can raise as much havoc as we need to. Still, if it’s a mission that requires a lot of covert operations, then Warrick goes in by himself. I’d go to, but I’m too damn tall and stick out like a sore thumb sometimes.”
“Heh, maybe they should put Edgar on your missions, he’s short enough.” Roldan laughs.
“Yeah right, he’d go charging in screaming at the top of his lungs for the entire Felkan Kingdom to attack him.”
“Oh I don’t know about that, he’s changed as well last time I saw him. He’s a lot better disciplined now. Speaking change, how the hell did YOU get married?” You ask Roldan.
“Well you see, when a man and a woman love each other…”
This causes a bit of laughing from Gerald and Roldan, but you’re as serious as ever.
“You know what I mean, Roldan.”
“Yes, I know what you mean, sheesh. I see some things haven’t changed. Well it’s rather simple. Brenda and I spent so much time together and our thoughts, our actions, and just I dunno everything about us seemed to be in relative harmony. It only seemed natural that we end up together. It was like…what other people call love I guess? Hard to know for certain, I mean I think we all know that wasn’t something we were trained to for. Anyway we just ended up taking the next logical step, but we were pretty worried that the Empire would frown upon it and possibly even split us up. Turned out of course they just made us fill out a bunch of annoying paperwork. I don’t even think whatever pencil pusher was in charge even realized we were Eternals. Just bureaucracy as usual.”
“Bah, you just got lucky you had no real competition. Had I still been stationed there, things would’ve been a lot different!” Gerald remarks.
While Roldan gives Gerald a light punch to his arm, you’re about to ask further questions about Roldan’s marriage when Gruz suddenly asks you a strange question.
“Tell me Eternal, what are you going to do when you get old?”
“Huh? Get old?”
“Yes, when you get old, you do realize it will happen right?”
“Well…uh yeah.”
“Okay then, what are you going to do?”
“I guess I never thought about it.”
“Hm. Sounds about right. Most young people don’t.” he replies and goes back to his ale.
This odd interlude is interrupted once again by Gerald and Roldan who were so preoccupied with their little playful banter that they didn’t even hear Gruz’s remarks.
“So… big bad Bane of Rask! Heh.” Gerald says and does a little drumming motion on the table. “Heard a lot of stories about some of stuff you’ve done. Maybe you can clear up some of the rumors and truths.”
“You mean like Kane?” you bluntly say.
“Er…well actually I got some of that story about that from Edgar last time I saw him. I was certainly surprised how bad it was when he told me directly, but after one of the letters I got from Kane months before, it did have an odd tone to it…”
“Wait a minute. Hold on. Kane sent you a letter?”
“Yeah, I assumed he sent one to all of us. Warrick got one the same time I did.”
“Brenda and I received letters as well. Very odd. Kept referring to us as his brother and sister throughout the thing.” Roldan adds.
You’re at a loss that you didn’t receive one considering when Kane first met you he was very eager to have you on his side. You initially chalk it up to Cyrus’ meddling, but then Gerald asks another question.
“You know speaking of letters, how come you never answered any of mine? I had a few sent to Rask a few months after we all got split up, but never got a reply. I was sort of worried you were dead for a while until deeds of your exploits started popping up.”
“Letters? I never got any letters. Never got any letters from anyone.” You say.
“Well that would explain your surprise at Brenda and I getting married because we made sure to send one to everyone on the team. Hell, even Edgar wrote back to congratulate us.”
Gerald makes a remark to Roldan that maybe Rask has shitty mail service, and then Gruz pipes up again while they’re talking with each other.
“Don’t worry about it lad. Isolation makes one stronger anyway.”
“What?”
“Teamwork, cooperation, greater good, its all bullshit. In the end it’s just about survival and who crosses that finish line between life and death last is the winner. Just sucks about those last laps though when you’re practically crawling towards it just to get the shit over with.” Gruz says taking another drink.
You aren’t exactly sure what Gruz is going on about, but you’re getting the impression that he’s had more than enough to drink. You decide that you all need to start wrapping up this little get together soon so you can concentrate better at the true task at hand.
“I’m just surprised that put you on these sneaky commando raids, Warrick I can understand, he’s always been a stealthy individual, but you were usually rushing into battle like the rest of us.” You reply.
“Hey, I’ve changed a bit since you last saw me. Besides, it’s not all sneaking around. Some of it requires just enough to get in and then we can raise as much havoc as we need to. Still, if it’s a mission that requires a lot of covert operations, then Warrick goes in by himself. I’d go to, but I’m too damn tall and stick out like a sore thumb sometimes.”
“Heh, maybe they should put Edgar on your missions, he’s short enough.” Roldan laughs.
“Yeah right, he’d go charging in screaming at the top of his lungs for the entire Felkan Kingdom to attack him.”
“Oh I don’t know about that, he’s changed as well last time I saw him. He’s a lot better disciplined now. Speaking change, how the hell did YOU get married?” You ask Roldan.
“Well you see, when a man and a woman love each other…”
This causes a bit of laughing from Gerald and Roldan, but you’re as serious as ever.
“You know what I mean, Roldan.”
“Yes, I know what you mean, sheesh. I see some things haven’t changed. Well it’s rather simple. Brenda and I spent so much time together and our thoughts, our actions, and just I dunno everything about us seemed to be in relative harmony. It only seemed natural that we end up together. It was like…what other people call love I guess? Hard to know for certain, I mean I think we all know that wasn’t something we were trained to for. Anyway we just ended up taking the next logical step, but we were pretty worried that the Empire would frown upon it and possibly even split us up. Turned out of course they just made us fill out a bunch of annoying paperwork. I don’t even think whatever pencil pusher was in charge even realized we were Eternals. Just bureaucracy as usual.”
“Bah, you just got lucky you had no real competition. Had I still been stationed there, things would’ve been a lot different!” Gerald remarks.
While Roldan gives Gerald a light punch to his arm, you’re about to ask further questions about Roldan’s marriage when Gruz suddenly asks you a strange question.
“Tell me Eternal, what are you going to do when you get old?”
“Huh? Get old?”
“Yes, when you get old, you do realize it will happen right?”
“Well…uh yeah.”
“Okay then, what are you going to do?”
“I guess I never thought about it.”
“Hm. Sounds about right. Most young people don’t.” he replies and goes back to his ale.
This odd interlude is interrupted once again by Gerald and Roldan who were so preoccupied with their little playful banter that they didn’t even hear Gruz’s remarks.
“So… big bad Bane of Rask! Heh.” Gerald says and does a little drumming motion on the table. “Heard a lot of stories about some of stuff you’ve done. Maybe you can clear up some of the rumors and truths.”
“You mean like Kane?” you bluntly say.
“Er…well actually I got some of that story about that from Edgar last time I saw him. I was certainly surprised how bad it was when he told me directly, but after one of the letters I got from Kane months before, it did have an odd tone to it…”
“Wait a minute. Hold on. Kane sent you a letter?”
“Yeah, I assumed he sent one to all of us. Warrick got one the same time I did.”
“Brenda and I received letters as well. Very odd. Kept referring to us as his brother and sister throughout the thing.” Roldan adds.
You’re at a loss that you didn’t receive one considering when Kane first met you he was very eager to have you on his side. You initially chalk it up to Cyrus’ meddling, but then Gerald asks another question.
“You know speaking of letters, how come you never answered any of mine? I had a few sent to Rask a few months after we all got split up, but never got a reply. I was sort of worried you were dead for a while until deeds of your exploits started popping up.”
“Letters? I never got any letters. Never got any letters from anyone.” You say.
“Well that would explain your surprise at Brenda and I getting married because we made sure to send one to everyone on the team. Hell, even Edgar wrote back to congratulate us.”
Gerald makes a remark to Roldan that maybe Rask has shitty mail service, and then Gruz pipes up again while they’re talking with each other.
“Don’t worry about it lad. Isolation makes one stronger anyway.”
“What?”
“Teamwork, cooperation, greater good, its all bullshit. In the end it’s just about survival and who crosses that finish line between life and death last is the winner. Just sucks about those last laps though when you’re practically crawling towards it just to get the shit over with.” Gruz says taking another drink.
You aren’t exactly sure what Gruz is going on about, but you’re getting the impression that he’s had more than enough to drink. You decide that you all need to start wrapping up this little get together soon so you can concentrate better at the true task at hand.