Kingdom Come

X. Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene

With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean

She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene

With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean

She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene

Jaehaera stood with the others in front of the men her father had. Her father decided that he both wanted to have fun while everyone, so he and Finan had snuck off thirty minutes ago to hide two small flags in Coccham. The game that the two had decided on was called capture the flag. The explanation of what they were going to be doing was in the name, her father explained. They just couldn't kill each other, this was to be training only. Her father chose Sihtric first, and Finan chose Jaehaera first then the two captains went about choosing more people for their teams. She knew it was meant to be a fun training game, but no game where there would be a clear winner and loser would ever just be fun to her. She wanted to win, and she got what she wanted. Between Jaeahera, Finan, Uhtred, Sihtric, and Osferth Jaehaera had to be the most competitive of the group. There were never 'friendly games' with her. They had separated everyone into red and blue. Her and Finan's team were red.

Osferth and Jaeahera were instructed by Finan to stand guard for their flag. They had stabbed their flag into a tree with one of Jaehaera's knives on the far side of the creek. The creek separated Osferth and Jaehaera, and with the battle training, their opponents would have to cross the creek to get to them. She, Osferth, and their new Saxon friend Rickon sat in the trees. Jaehaera in the tree with the flag, and the other two in the ones on either side of her.

After about thirty minutes since the training had begun the three saw Sihtric running towards the creek, she smirked when she saw him. Jaehaera had hoped he would be the one to find them. Sihtric crouched down at the bank to cool himself off, then he raised his head when a flash of red caught his attention. Sihtric smiled with a look of shock gracing his face. He didn't think Finan would be stupid enough to leave his flag unattended, but it was Finan, so he wasn't all that surprised actually.

Jaehaera let him cross the creek, and get about four feet away from the flag before she dropped down from her tree. Sihtric's smile wavered for a second when he saw the menacing girl in front of him, but then he smiled again, of course, she would be the one guarding the flag. "Did you truly think it would be that easy?" she asked him while beginning to circle him, turning his attention from the flag as his back now faced it. Gods he loved her accent that only seemed to get thicker he thought as she distracted him.

"Well, I was certainly hoping," he teased back through his smirk. "I will be taking that flag now, dane." The group often teased each other with the 'insult'.

"Is that what you're calling me now?" she asked him with a smirk as she walked him away from their flag. She tutted at him. "That's not the way to win my affection, dane, you know that." she shot the insult back at him.

He held up his hands slightly, "you might want to step aside, love," he told her with a teasing look. "This might end badly for you."

Jaehaera grew bored of his talk. She grazed her sword on his palm, drawing blood as he winced. She raised her sword, pointing it under his chin as he stood tall. He looked at her and the situation casually as if this was just another one of their interactions. Sihtric tilted his chin up, with an amused look on his face as he raised his sword slowly and ran the metal along hers. The smooth sound of metal dragging on metal singing in the breeze as he moved her sword away from his throat.