003 Strike [Written/Action for Shepherds]

[curries]

[WRITTEN]
what does strength mean to you? and how does a person become stronger?

[ACTION]
[Asbel sits quietly on one of the crates abovedeck. It's not really clear if he's in some sort of "time out" or if he's here for his own reasons, but what's plain is he doesn't have any intention of moving. A few hours have passed, and he hasn't so much as gotten up to stretch or even gotten up to his usual antics. Instead, the eleven-year-old appears to be thinking hard about something.]

[He said he wanted to become a knight someday; he still does. But what does being a knight really mean? How can he serve a king and protect a whole country full of people when he can't even protect his friends or his own little brother from danger?]

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[written]

[curries]

[Ugh... He scrunches up his face at the journal, trying to decide if he really wants to do this. It's a balancing act between wanting to do the right thing for the ship, wanting to gain experience, and really, really not wanting to get stuck with some super lame chores like cleaning out the toilet area or whatever.]

well, i guess i could think about it. that's not a promise, though!

[After a second or two, he adds:]

so which are your chores anyway?

[written]

[failguardian]

[She's about to write down something like "yay!", but on second thought, that might not be a good idea.]

Oh, I have a bunch of easy ones! I sweep up around the deck and clean up after the cooking!

[She doesn't really mind the sweeping; it's mostly just washing the dishes that she dislikes.]

[written]

[curries]

those don't sound all that bad...

you just get the food off the dishes and dunk them in water, then dry them off, right?