Fantasy A PRELUDE IN SCARLET - moonlight b-side

[AnemoVictorious]

Harley Ellis

Temperamental Steel

tags:

Kavan Dragomir ( blue tea )

cs link:

Here

location:

Cindervale Wilderness, Sanguinia

image credits:

kikugetu (og post not found)

In other places, the autumn air was crisp and cool. Cindervale was hot, however. It didn't help that they had just started a fire to cook some meat they'd nabbed from a butcher's shop along the way.

Well. Harley had started the fire. Marley was cooking. Every time he did anything related to cooking, it ended up a disaster. (He was certain Marley would never let him live down trying to cook a potato in molten metal and making it completely inedible...)

“It’d be better with seasoning,” Marley mumbled softly as he slowly took the steaks off the fire. “Let it cool a little, don’t burn yourself. And then we’ll put the fire out.”

“It’s hot though,” Harley complained, taking his skewer and begrudgingly waiting for it to cool. He knew Marley felt uncivilized just digging into it straight off the skewer but they already had enough things crammed into their backpacks, like clothes and water and preserved foods. Utensils and a cutting board would be way too much.

The slight sense of thirst was starting to kick in, and Harley sighed at the same time his brother did. “We’re gonna have to go hunt for blood soon,” the younger twin sighed. “But that means we can stock up on more stuff. Which does not mean more shirts, Harls. We don’t need any more..”

Harley mimicked him in a mocking manner, rolling his eyes and digging in, tearing a piece of the steak off with his teeth and then making a content noise. Meaty goodness was always the best. “Maybe we should become game hunters. I want to eat it fresh,” he grinned, speaking with his mouth full of food.

The other rolled his eyes, slowly taking small bites of his meal. Marley swallowed before he spoke, always having better manners than his twin. “As if you’d ever work a day in your life, lazy ass. Your loud mouth would drive every animal away within seconds anyways.”

“Hey, what’s-”

Harley suddenly cut himself off and met his brother’s gaze as they heard noise, signifying someone approaching. They both stiffened, now alert and searching for this new presence.

Perhaps they should have doused the flames earlier…

"Speech - Harley" | "Speech - Marley"

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