shadowsong26: (sorell)
shadowsong26 ([personal profile] shadowsong26) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2012-05-01 11:30 pm

Emerald #9, TARDIS Blue #12

Story: Three Kings of Feredar
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Emerald #9. Time is making fools of us again., TARDIS Blue #12. He sometimes talks to himself, mostly because he's the only person who knows what he's talking about.,
Supplies and Materials: miniature collection, photography, canvas (Sorell's), frame (Andrell's), stain, novelty beads (Terribly dull day), charcoal
Word Count: 300
Rating: G
Characters: King Sorell, King Kellom, King Andrell
Warnings: Brief reference to fertility difficulties.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. Posting twice today because the stain that demanded these three.


941 FY

Sorell resisted the urge to drum his fingers on the table, or twist his pen in his fingers, or do anything that might give away how bored he was. The Minister of Agriculture had been droning on and on and on for what felt like hours. Something about unusually low rainfall in the northernmost province of the kingdom. Sorell knew this was important, and he was trying his best to pay attention, but something about the Minister's voice, or his word choice, or...

The Minister had another whole page of notes left.

Sorell really, really hated council meetings some days.


988 FY

Kellom had been King of Feredar for less than a month, and he already had a much higher opinion of his father's patience, talent, and sheer stamina than he ever had before. When he'd been Crown Prince and sat in on council meetings from time to time, the way some of the ministers seemed incapable of brevity hadn't been nearly this aggravating. He had even found it amusing.

As surreptitiously as he could, Kellom checked the nearest timepiece, counting down the minutes until the meeting was over and he could stop talking himself out of strangling the Minister of Agriculture.


997 FY

Andrell counted his blessings. At least the council wasn't pestering him about why he and Nolani still had no children, or trying to push him to a more aggressive response to the occasional uprisings, or arguing with him about ambassadorial appointments.

But the man talking had to be at least a hundred years old (all right, eighty-six), and for some reason was still refusing to retire.

As much as Andrell admired the man's stamina, as the Minister of Agriculture went into his sixteenth minute of droning, he wished he'd inherited his father's remarkable talent for getting people to stop talking.
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[personal profile] leia_solo 2012-05-02 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ah I feel bad for the poor Minister of Agriculture though. But I know how boring it can be listening to people drone on. Good work!
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-05-02 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahha, it's all the same Minister of Agriculture? Ouch. All I can say is that he must be really good at his job. Nice story!
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[personal profile] finch 2012-05-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, very nice. I like how you used the Minister to show off the different personalities in their reaction to his lengthy speeches.
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[personal profile] clare_dragonfly 2012-05-03 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ahaha, poor guys, same old boring Minister XD