Six Knives

[prettyknives]

[honestly Clove could care less about pony rights. All she heard was the word "winner" when the announcement came]

Please tell me we're ignoring this ridiculous protest and building a chariot.

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[i_got_this]

Someone always has to ruin the fun, huh?

You got any plans? I can't say I've ever built a chariot. Or been in one.

[prettyknives]

I haven't either, but I want to be the one fighting.

[i_got_this]

Instead of protesting, right? [She snorts. That whole thing was just ridiculous.] So, you got a team yet or what?

[prettyknives]

I was hoping the others in our cabin would want to join in.

[i_got_this]

You can count me in. [It's not like South had anything better to do, plus this could be fun, if they could win.]

[prettyknives]

I just hope we get good competiton.

[i_got_this]

Heh, that's right; it's nothing without a challenge.

The name's South Dakota. [sticking her hand out for introduction.]

[prettyknives]

Interesting name. Mine's Clove.

[i_got_this]

[South shrugs.] It's a codename, actually, but I've gone by it so long it's just instinct now. Could say the same about yours, isn't that a plant?

[prettyknives]

Yes. My parents thought cloves were lucky.

[i_got_this]

Well, let's hope they're right.

[prettyknives]

May the odds be ever in our favor.

[i_got_this]

Haha, yeah!

[honorinflames]

[hey Ares buddy]

...You actually care about the chariot thing?

[prettyknives]

It sounded like fun.

[honorinflames]

What about it sounded fun?

[prettyknives]

Riding in a chariot while knocking out your opponents.

[honorinflames]

...

[...okay, that does sound kind of fun]

...But it's just some stupid game that the castle wants us to do.

[prettyknives]

So does that stop you from having fun?

[honorinflames]

[yes. ...yes it does. all the time.]

No.

[prettyknives]

Come on, we should at lest try. Something interesting might happen if we win.

[honorinflames]

[ugh why does this sound tempting]

...Does anyone even know how?

[prettyknives]

I can help build it. I know a lot about masonry, so we can incorporate stone in the design.

[honorinflames]

Stone? In a chariot?

[prettyknives]

Why not? It'll make it more difficult to break apart if it has stone to enforce it.

[honorinflames]

Metal is more durable than stone. [might have a slight bias]

[prettyknives]

Then we'll use stone for something else.

[honorinflames]

What about driving it? Does anyone know how to do that?

[prettyknives]

I don't mind doing it if no one else knows how.

[shepherdsveritas]

[Connor smirks]

Was thinkin' that meself. Never built a chariot, per se, but I've built other things so it can't be that hard.

[prettyknives]

Glad someone agrees.

[shepherdsveritas]

[He nods] I know 'bout horses as well. So if no one else wants t'drive th'thing I'd be more'n happy to.

[prettyknives]

Good, now we have a driver and a fighter.

[shepherdsveritas]

A fighter, aye? [He raises his eyebrows, curious.]

[prettyknives]

The rules say you can have a fighter to beat back the other racers.

[shepherdsveritas]

Izzat so. An' have we got a fighter all picked out, then?

[prettyknives]

I volunteer.

[shepherdsveritas]

[Well he knows her story by now, but he's not about to tell HER that]

You? Fightin'? Now I think there're plenty've folk who'd have somethin' t'say 'bout that.

[prettyknives]

No one else in our cabin seems interested.

[shepherdsveritas]

Don't ya think it'd be a bit more intimidatin' t'th'other competitors if you drove and I was th'fighter?

[He's not going to come out and say BUT YOU'RE A WEE LITTLE GIRL but, well, there is that.]

[prettyknives]

I don't know. How good are you at throwing a javelin?

[shepherdsveritas]

I'm a fair hand at it, if I'm honest.

[prettyknives]

Hm. One of us can be defense, one can be offense, and someone else can drive.

[shepherdsveritas]

[He nods]

I think that sounds fair, aye.

[prettyknives]

We're going to win!