A Guarded Surprise

[tummyflowers]

Who: King Richard (tummyflowers) & Magnus Burnsides (ruffboi) & The Royal Guard!
What: Magnus and Richard have concocted a plan to train the new trainees. It's worked so well, why not try it on the other newbies?
When: This week
Where: Throughout Olympia, along several patrol routes
Warning(s): idk, maybe language and blood?


[It starts with an idea. Every great moment does, when two minds come together and realize that they can accomplish great deeds together. This is what had happened to Richard and Magnus some days ago. Now it was time for them to put that brainstorming effort to work. Since being assigned responsibility of the armory, Richard had been lending a hand in helping outfit and train some of the new recruits drawn in from the Olympian natives. They'd been young and keen lads who didn't entirely seem to grasp Richard's lessons, but they were still trying their hardest. And finally, after all the drills and strange parables of heroic valor, they were off on their first real patrols throughout the city. Richard had kindly volunteered to accompany them, even though he was very likely less equipped to do the job than they were.

Only once they were in the heart of the city did their real training begin, because Richard had enlisted the help of the swolest man he knew, a musclebound ginger with a brawny, hairy chest and an axe to match. He'd play the part of the violent criminal and give a chance to give the recruits some real hands on experience. Richard couldn't be more proud!]

OPEN PROMPT

[After some success(??) with the recruits, the two decide that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to help their fellow refugees who are equally new to the guards. It's a bit of a boring job, so something like this would surely spice things up and provide some motivation. So using his access to the patrol schedule, Richard has gone out to the city to join some of his fellow guards on their patrols all while a silent, lurking figure waits in the shadows... ready to strike.]

(tl;dr: fellow guards can have Richard show up on their normal patrols, only for Magnus to jump out and attack them! They're more than welcome to fight back and even beat up the poor guy! And yell at Richard too! It's for morale, right?)

Comments

[ruffboi]

[Oh, huh. So this is the shitty guy Richard was talking about? Maybe? He can't really tell some of these guys apart. Magnus sizes him up from where he's hiding (on a balcony immediately above them). His facial hair game is pretty weak. Seems like kind of a dick. But also, he doesn't have strong feelings about this kid.

So, naturally, he leaps down from the balcony and brandishes his axe.]

Sneak attack!

[reek]

I couldn’t care less about what sort of place it is so long as it pays we—

[ Theon doesn’t have time to finish his sentence. Someone who apparently has it out for him and his weak facial hair game is leaping from the balcony in an impressively ironborn-esque manner. Theon stumbles in a less than graceful manner, but reacts quickly enough, whirling away from Richard to face his new opponent.

Your facial hair game is pretty weak too, Magnus. All sides, very little middle. Doesn’t matter, though. Theon laughs as he draws his sword, smirking his insufferable smirk. ]

He needs a bodyguard now?

[tummyflowers]

My gods, kook at the size of him!

[Bodyguard? What? Richard has no idea who this unwieldy ruffian is! Richard even draws his own sword for effect, despite not actually doing anything to help.]

Away with you, foul criminal, or my fellow guard will have no choice but to cut you to ribbons!

[ruffboi]

[Yeah, but it's a look he chose for himself. He clearly can grow a luxurious beard if he chooses. Can the same be said for Theon???

Anyway, he's not here to hurt anybody, so he's starting to think drawing his axe was maybe a mistake. After all, there is a non-zero number of people he's accidentally cleft in twain when he was supposed to be being non-lethal. Oh well. If he kills this guy by accident it will really teach the other guards a thing or two.]

Exactly. I've never met either of you before in my life, but you'd better cut me to ribbons first before I ribbon you!

[And with that, he charges Theon, shield over one arm and axe in the other. Although Theon may notice he doesn't appear to be preparing to swing the axe so much as he's preparing to block any strikes of the sword on his shield.]

[reek]

[ …The same cannot be said for Theon, no. His facial hair is just…woefully sparse by nature. He cannot compare to Richard or to Magnus’s facial hair capabilities. They need to give him some pointers.

For all his arrogance, Theon really has no intention of hurting anyone unless it comes down to necessity. The trouble is that he’s too proud, and too quick to act. He doesn’t think things through, and it often lands him in hot water, or ends with people upset with him. So he does charge forward as well, striking with his sword, steel against steel.

He never was the best swordsman. His true skill lies with a bow and arrow, but he knows when someone isn’t even trying. He glares at Magnus, looking irritated. ]

I know he's hardly worth it, but at least put up a proper fight!

[tummyflowers]

[Oh good. It's HAPPENING. Richard is eager to see this play out, which is why he doesn't do so much as a single thing to help his 'comrade'.]

Kick his ass, Mag-- I mean, Theon! [Yes! He's cheering for THEON! Not Magnus. Obviously.]

[ruffboi]

Uh, if that's what you want, sure!

[Well, okay, then. He shoves back hard with his shield, trying to knock away Theon's blow, takes a quick step to the side, and tries to swing at him with the axe. Hopefully he's wearing armor, because otherwise that will probably hurt.]