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rainbowfic2013-08-21 07:35 pm
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Summertime Blues #8, Caput Mortuum #5, Feldgrau #6
Name: shadowsong26
Story: What Dallu Did
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Summertime Blues #8. I thought I could trust you., Caput Mortuum #5. Autolysis, Feldgrau #6. peacekeeping force
Supplies and Materials: graffiti (lint roller, dray's question: Dallu, what are you most proud of and most ashamed of -- and do you have any where you're a little of both?), frame, watercolors, chalk, yarn, glitter (restrict)
Word Count: 340
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Dallu, Elder Ranti, Elder Listu
Warnings: References to war, mass death, and genocide
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.
“You exceeded the mandate of the Wanderers,” Elder Ranti said. “You unleashed storms on Southern ships outside our borders.”
“I do not deny this,” Dallu said quietly.
“Explain yourself.”
“The Captain I was Called to, and her ship, and her crew, were in mortal peril, as were the other ships allied with us. If I had stayed within the strictures of the Wanderers, there would have been no survivors, and the horrors in Feredar would likely not have ended as swiftly as they did.”
“You believe this was justification for murder?” Elder Listu cut in.
Dallu didn’t flinch. “I believe that I saved more lives than I took. I believe that the circumstances should lighten my punishment. I believe that what I did was necessary.” He spread his hands. “I believe I committed a murder that was just, but there is no justification for murder.”
The two Elders trying his case exchanged a long look, then Elder Listu spoke again. “You will not be exiled or executed. We will have to confer with others to determine exactly what punishment you will suffer.”
Dallu bowed slightly in assent. “Thank you, Elders.”
They dismissed him with a brief gesture, and he slipped out the door. No exile, and no execution—that meant that, whatever they decided for him, Taz would be welcome. Which meant that they intended to bring him back to the fold, likely in time to greet the sun next spring with the rest of his people—he and Taz weren’t legally married here until she was formally accepted among them, which would have to happen then or else there would be another year of waiting.
He had committed a crime, and he would never deny that, or speak of it with pride, but nor could he regret it. He was only grateful that the Elders had seen it his way.
He and Taz were together and would be fully married, and they were settling down, and he would survive his punishment. Everything was going to be fine.
Story: What Dallu Did
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Summertime Blues #8. I thought I could trust you., Caput Mortuum #5. Autolysis, Feldgrau #6. peacekeeping force
Supplies and Materials: graffiti (lint roller, dray's question: Dallu, what are you most proud of and most ashamed of -- and do you have any where you're a little of both?), frame, watercolors, chalk, yarn, glitter (restrict)
Word Count: 340
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Dallu, Elder Ranti, Elder Listu
Warnings: References to war, mass death, and genocide
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.
“You exceeded the mandate of the Wanderers,” Elder Ranti said. “You unleashed storms on Southern ships outside our borders.”
“I do not deny this,” Dallu said quietly.
“Explain yourself.”
“The Captain I was Called to, and her ship, and her crew, were in mortal peril, as were the other ships allied with us. If I had stayed within the strictures of the Wanderers, there would have been no survivors, and the horrors in Feredar would likely not have ended as swiftly as they did.”
“You believe this was justification for murder?” Elder Listu cut in.
Dallu didn’t flinch. “I believe that I saved more lives than I took. I believe that the circumstances should lighten my punishment. I believe that what I did was necessary.” He spread his hands. “I believe I committed a murder that was just, but there is no justification for murder.”
The two Elders trying his case exchanged a long look, then Elder Listu spoke again. “You will not be exiled or executed. We will have to confer with others to determine exactly what punishment you will suffer.”
Dallu bowed slightly in assent. “Thank you, Elders.”
They dismissed him with a brief gesture, and he slipped out the door. No exile, and no execution—that meant that, whatever they decided for him, Taz would be welcome. Which meant that they intended to bring him back to the fold, likely in time to greet the sun next spring with the rest of his people—he and Taz weren’t legally married here until she was formally accepted among them, which would have to happen then or else there would be another year of waiting.
He had committed a crime, and he would never deny that, or speak of it with pride, but nor could he regret it. He was only grateful that the Elders had seen it his way.
He and Taz were together and would be fully married, and they were settling down, and he would survive his punishment. Everything was going to be fine.
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He'd actually be more concerned if he got off the hook completely, in some ways. He knows he committed a crime--and while he'd do it again, because of the context, he believes he should be punished anyway. Just less than if he hadn't had the reasons he did.
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(ps they should get one in the PotC universe toooo)
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(They do, more or less :D Taz and Dallu always have a happy ending. I Decree It So.)