Knights

Todays prompt comes from Reddit. At the time of writing this it was the 5th prompt of the new page. I really like the subreddit Writing Prompts because its like I get to write a story tailored exactly to what that reader wants, I however dont get to post on there very often.

This one will probably be longer than a few paragraphs simply because I intend to use some dialogue in it, so here goes.

"Two Knights meet on a field to fight a "Duel of Honor". They each have a second, and a herald. What are they really fighting over? How does it go?"

There is a long rich history to dueling, many rules too. There are seconds and heralds and lanterns and so many rules and etiquette. You duel when your honor has been threatened or taken. You duel for love, life and happiness. Well usueally; that is not the case here. A knights honor has been threatened, he does not know that he has no honor eft, being the worst knight in a kingdom will do that to you.

Sir Reginald had finally found riches! A bounty on a local thug had been tripled since the killing of some dukes sheep. Dead or alive the paper said, and Sir Reginald happened upon him dozing in a barn on his rounds of a neighboring village. He stappeed him through the heart then took his head as proof. It was a clean kill, he was proud of himself. The folks back home would be too, his dad taught him that move and Reginald never had a chance to use it.

Trotting up to the tower he passed an fellow knight.

"Good day to you, what business do you have at the dukes?" Reginald asked.

"Im turning in a bounty, planning on making myself rich I am!" the fellow knight responded "And you?"

"Im turning in a bounty as well, a local thug I happened upon this morn." They then said their goodbyes and went to stable their horses. Reginald had a bit of a time getting off his steed and when he finally had, he dropped the thugs head several times on the ground. "Curses" he said to himself "I cant show the Duke a dirty head, what will he think of me! I'll be no better than a peasant coming in to show him their unwashed spuds, no I better clean this thing off. Plus its beginning to smell rather badly." Reginald walked to the well and pulled himself up a bucket of water, the carefully washed the thugs head. He made sure to get behind his ears as well, his mother taught him that when he was young.

He saw the other knight passing by and waved "Already on your way?" he called

"Aye, it was as simple as showing him the head! He had his guards take it and then his treasurer counted out my gold and gave it to me" the other knight replied, holding up a a heavy sack as proof. "Say what is your name, when you strike it rich we could meet in the tavern and tell the stories of our bounties"

"Im Sir Reginald," he replied "And you?"

The knight replied "Sir Brutus." He mounted his horse and waved again, "Well until then, good luck!"

Reginald was giddy with excitement. His first kill, bounty and fellow knight friend all in one day! This was something he would never forget,  he thought to him self. "Well, better get on with it, dont want to keep his Lordship waiting. Dont want to keep my gold waiting either!" He waltzed into the throne room, head held high. The head in a sack clanging against his armor. As he approached the throne he untied the sack and held it at arrms length.

"Your Lordship, I have came to claim bounty on this mans head!" Reginald said in his most royal and sure sounding voice.

The duke looked at him for a moment "I dont see a head Sir..... what is your name?"

Reginald realized then he had forgot to take the head out. He flushed with embarrasment and started fumbling to take it out of the sack "I...err... my name..... its...." he couldnt believe it, he forgot his own name! "its...uhhh... it is... R-R-R-Regina..ld your lordship!" He had finally got the bag unloosed and flourished the head.

"And who is this supposed to be?" The Duke asked, looking quite confused.

Reginald balked "I...err... the thug who killed your sheep you lordship" he said, his voice noticably more meek. He produced the bounty poster "See, this is him, I found him asleep in a barn this morning and stabbed him right through"

"Im sorry sir.... Reginald, but this bounty has already been claimed. The knight before you took his life this morn. He also brought his hands as well, as this man has been known to wear ruby rings on every finger. Now, I dont know who that poor soul is but this is not the thug we seek. So take that stinking thing out of here this instant!"

Sir Reginald was dejected. He had never felt such shame before, and it was all because that other knight had gotten to the king before him. Why he probably tied Reginalds' ropes up himself so that he would fall from his horse and have to clean up the head! As Reginald got on his horse he thought to himself "I am going to that Inn to meet with Sir Brutus and deal with this once and for all! That gold should be mine!"

As Reginald rode up to the inn he spotted Brutus' horse, eating oats out of a merchants stall. Reginald chuckled to himself "Even his horse is a thief, figures." He rode on and stabled his steed as far away from the other knights horse as possible. He then grabbed the sack with the head, the bounty and marched in the doorway, but not before tripping over a stick in the walkway. "Brutus!" he shouted as soon as he spotted the other knight at the bar. "I need a word with you!"

"Why of course fellow Sir!" Brutus replied joyously, "Has the his lordship served you as well as he served me?"

Reginald grew red with rage. "You stole my bounty!" he shouted loudly, and although he tried to make it sound like a roar, his voice broke and he rather sounded like a jester making fun of a damsel in distress. The pub laughed and laughed, this was not going as planned, he needed to do something before his reputation was really tarnished. "I....I challenge you to a duel!" 

Avocado

Todays post comes from the writing prompt generator at Language Is A Virus. 

I thought this would be a pretty funny one so here it goes.

 "1 Minute Word: Choose one of the following words and write everything that comes into your head about this word for exactly one minute. (Avocado, Twilight, Clown, Egg, Billboard, Streetlight, Fireworks, Bed, Lipstick, Hand)"

Avocado:

I like avocados. No wait scratch that, I LOVE avocados. They are so amazing tasting. Creamy, fatty, green and with a texture that is unbelievable.My favorite way to eat them is cut in half with a bit of salt and some balsamic glaze drizzled over. There is no better way. There are recipes for turning them into fries or hollowing them out some and baking an egg in them, you can wrap them in bacon, bread em, fry em. But there is no simpler or better way to enjoy everything they have to offer than raw. Mmmm, delicious.

So, I spent 2 minutes on this instead of the one they say to do, but I had to go back and redo a lot of my typing and spelling mistakes along the way. And this keyboard is known for doing double letters, grr. But anyways, short, sweet and about food. My favorite type of post. :P

Addicted

I looked around at other blogs to see what I should do for a first post(jump right into it or do an introduction). It was about half and half.  I thought about doing an intro post with an about me and all that fancy stuff but I didn't want to bore my readers either. I mean people don't come to this blog to read about me. They will probably come for the content first, especially if I am appealing to a reading audience. So without further ado I will get on with my daily paragraph.

Today I am pulling from a random subject generator on the site Writing Exercises.

I clicked a few times until I found one I like that I could write about. It also seemed strangely appropriate seeing as how I am starting this to fulfill a challenge on a site called HabitRPG.

"What are you addicted to? How does it affect your life?"

Im addicted to games. Video games specifically. I would probably be addicted to board or card games if I had more friends to play them with. My boyfriend and I play an MMO called Vindictus. It is an excellent game and so far removed from the more traditional mmos out there. I also play an mmo called Tera:Rising, it is more popular so you have probably heard of it.

Now if you play video games or more specifically mmos, you will notice how much work they require you to put it to get worthwhile things out of it.  Especially at high levels. It almost seems like you are working at a part time job on the side just to be able to stay at a decent level in the game. Free to play mmos are even worse at this. You put in huge amounts of time for little to no reward and you like it. It demands my time. I schedule around this game. My boyfriend and I have cancelled plans because of this game. This free to play game also costs us money. Now we dont go as far as spending hundreds of dollars a month on outfits and tattoos but we have put a couple hundred into it in the last 3 years. We worked hard for that 25 million gold scroll and if it doesnt work it will blow up my 100 million gold weapon which I have had to work towards for about 4 months,, so we spend out money on a rune that protects my time investments in this game. Other ways that it affects my life are the act that I put off chores to play it more. Its not something I like you know? I do like a clean house but it has been put on the back burner. I am working to fix this now. I still like to have a few hours a night to play and would love to be able to get on and chat with friends but I need to learn priorities. My chores are daily quests, my job is my story quest and the game is a side quest. Now to just put that in practice.

Another paragraph tomorrow. If you would like to see anything specific comment or contact me and I will keep it in mind.