Pairing: F!DB Altmer/Madanach, offpage Cicero/Kaie Relationship: het Kinks/warnings: Some slightly rough sex and creative use of Restoration magic Summary: Liriel just can't avoid meddling, and while most of it has a knack of turning out well, one unavoidable decision could ruin everything. A/N: A little bitty, this one, but it was a vitally important bridge to the part where Things Get Interesting.
“You did what!?”
“Found an Elder Scroll,” said Liriel cheerfully, twirling the golden cylinder around for all of Druadach Redoubt to see. “It was hidden in this big machine right at the bottom of this huge Dwemer city called Blackreach. Argis was right there helping, weren't you, Argis?”
“I hate the Falmer,” was all Argis felt like saying. Despite the ebony armour Liriel had found for him down there, he'd still not entirely forgiven her for dragging him through all that.
Madanach had to sit down at this point, pouring himself a large tumbler of jenever.
“So after my specific instructions not to get yourselves killed and to take care, you end up delving into dangerous Dwemer ruins and messing with things humanity was not supposed to interfere with and bring THAT back here? Liriel, I hope there's a good reason for this?”
“It's a very important part of the fight against Alduin,” Liriel protested, before a flash of red behind her caught her attention. “NO, CICERO, PUT IT DOWN!”
Cicero pouted as he closed the Scroll and reluctantly handed it back over. “It was pretty!” he complained. “Pretty and shiny with pretty patterns on it!”
“Sithis' sake,” Liriel swore, reclaiming it before Cicero could do any serious damage with it. He was just fortunate he didn't have a lot in the way of arcane knowledge, not enough to do any damage with anyway. “Can't you leave anything alone for five minutes?”
Cicero kept pouting. “Cicero was curious,” he muttered. “Cicero is never allowed to look at anything interesting.”
“You see plenty of interesting things,” Madanach snapped at him. “Kaie! KAIE! Your friend is playing up again. Deal with him before I do.”
Kaie sighed, getting up from where she was lounging in her tent. “Fine, fine.” She came to sit behind Cicero, snuggling him from behind and ensuring his hands were restrained in the process. “Is that a real Elder Scroll? What are you going to do with it, Liriel?”
“I'm going up the Throat of the World with it,” Liriel said, stroking the Scroll's outer case. “I need to use it to see into the past there and learn the Shout used to defeat Alduin, and then I have to find him and kill him.”
Madanach, already slumped over the table, shuddered and took another swig of jenever.
“Dear gods, why can't I have a queen with nice, safe interests like needlework or gardening?” Madanach muttered. Next to Liriel, Argis started to snicker, before catching Kaie's eye and the two of them lost it entirely.
“Needlework and gardening!” Kaie howled, tears rolling down her face. “Argis, sweetie, can you imagine? Some sweet little innocent maiden ending up with him!”
“Not sure who I'd feel more sorry for,” Argis laughed, recovering enough to take a sip of mead. “The poor girl or him. You know what he's like. He'd be bored to tears with someone safe.”
“Listener is probably very good at stabbing people with needles!” Cicero chirped up, sending them all off into hysterics again. Madanach growled at all three of them, before grabbing the bottle and retreating to his tent. Leaving them to it, Liriel got up and followed him in, taking the Scroll with her. Time to have a few choice words with the King in Rags about his family.
He was lying down on the bed, arm over his face. Liriel secured the Scroll in his chest and and stretched out alongside him.
“I'm sorry, Madanach,” she said, gently placing a hand on his stomach. “But Argis has a point, you'd never have fallen in love with anyone safe.”
Nightshade and Juniper 11.1
Relationship: het
Kinks/warnings: Some slightly rough sex and creative use of Restoration magic
Summary: Liriel just can't avoid meddling, and while most of it has a knack of turning out well, one unavoidable decision could ruin everything.
A/N: A little bitty, this one, but it was a vitally important bridge to the part where Things Get Interesting.
“You did what!?”
“Found an Elder Scroll,” said Liriel cheerfully, twirling the golden cylinder around for all of Druadach Redoubt to see. “It was hidden in this big machine right at the bottom of this huge Dwemer city called Blackreach. Argis was right there helping, weren't you, Argis?”
“I hate the Falmer,” was all Argis felt like saying. Despite the ebony armour Liriel had found for him down there, he'd still not entirely forgiven her for dragging him through all that.
Madanach had to sit down at this point, pouring himself a large tumbler of jenever.
“So after my specific instructions not to get yourselves killed and to take care, you end up delving into dangerous Dwemer ruins and messing with things humanity was not supposed to interfere with and bring THAT back here? Liriel, I hope there's a good reason for this?”
“It's a very important part of the fight against Alduin,” Liriel protested, before a flash of red behind her caught her attention. “NO, CICERO, PUT IT DOWN!”
Cicero pouted as he closed the Scroll and reluctantly handed it back over. “It was pretty!” he complained. “Pretty and shiny with pretty patterns on it!”
“Sithis' sake,” Liriel swore, reclaiming it before Cicero could do any serious damage with it. He was just fortunate he didn't have a lot in the way of arcane knowledge, not enough to do any damage with anyway. “Can't you leave anything alone for five minutes?”
Cicero kept pouting. “Cicero was curious,” he muttered. “Cicero is never allowed to look at anything interesting.”
“You see plenty of interesting things,” Madanach snapped at him. “Kaie! KAIE! Your friend is playing up again. Deal with him before I do.”
Kaie sighed, getting up from where she was lounging in her tent. “Fine, fine.” She came to sit behind Cicero, snuggling him from behind and ensuring his hands were restrained in the process. “Is that a real Elder Scroll? What are you going to do with it, Liriel?”
“I'm going up the Throat of the World with it,” Liriel said, stroking the Scroll's outer case. “I need to use it to see into the past there and learn the Shout used to defeat Alduin, and then I have to find him and kill him.”
Madanach, already slumped over the table, shuddered and took another swig of jenever.
“Dear gods, why can't I have a queen with nice, safe interests like needlework or gardening?” Madanach muttered. Next to Liriel, Argis started to snicker, before catching Kaie's eye and the two of them lost it entirely.
“Needlework and gardening!” Kaie howled, tears rolling down her face. “Argis, sweetie, can you imagine? Some sweet little innocent maiden ending up with him!”
“Not sure who I'd feel more sorry for,” Argis laughed, recovering enough to take a sip of mead. “The poor girl or him. You know what he's like. He'd be bored to tears with someone safe.”
“Listener is probably very good at stabbing people with needles!” Cicero chirped up, sending them all off into hysterics again. Madanach growled at all three of them, before grabbing the bottle and retreating to his tent. Leaving them to it, Liriel got up and followed him in, taking the Scroll with her. Time to have a few choice words with the King in Rags about his family.
He was lying down on the bed, arm over his face. Liriel secured the Scroll in his chest and and stretched out alongside him.
“I'm sorry, Madanach,” she said, gently placing a hand on his stomach. “But Argis has a point, you'd never have fallen in love with anyone safe.”