The Book of Styx Part II
May. 22nd, 2004 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzI finished writing the book of Styx, part II. Finally. I started on it a long time ago, but now that my computer is in a comfy position for me to type in again, and NoKey is keeping me company here by tinkering on the server, I wrote the second half in just a day.
For an excerpt, read this:
"I'd also like to speak on mister Prudhomme’s behalf." Gilles stepped forward. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Gilles Della, priest of Trostamon. If I may your honours?" Lord Thoronghil nodded to show he agreed to the priest speaking also.
"Thank you. I have recently arrived on this world, and though I do not know a lot about the House of Light, and I have only recently met mister Prudhomme, but I do know a lot about priests. Let me assure you that a priest will always make an effort to help those in need. They are very abiding, never daring to break the law. I can not begin to imagine a priest stealing, for instance."
"Is this speech going somewhere?" the Ambassador demanded.
"Ah, yes. What I was trying to tell you is the following. As a priest you are bound to certain codes. These do not permit you to break the law. As a priest, Mister Prudhomme, can not break the law, for his codes and honour forbid it. Therefore, if he had known that marrying these two women was a crime, he would not have performed the ceremony. Is it justice to convict a man who did not know he was breaking the law, when there was nobody there to correct him? Nay, it is justice when the true crimes, those willingly committed by a villainous mind, are convicted. Let justice be served and set mister de Prudhomme free."
Gilles bowed slightly, and faced the questions of the court. The Krey Ambassador asked him some. "You have met the accused, when exactly?"
"This night. I was asked to speak on his behalf, as a fellow priest."
"Are you a member of the House of Light?"
"No, not yet. I have met Rhinos, head priest, though. He invited me to join the House of Light."
"Is the accused a member of the House of Light?"
"I have no idea."
The heads turned to the Chevalier, who admitted that he was indeed not a member of the House of Light either. Then the Krey Ambassador spoke. "So you, a human who has just arrived through the rifts, not even a member of the House of Light, are trying to defend another human, who is not a member of the House of Ligt either, while you just met him, because somebody asked you to do this?"
"That is correct, your honour."
"I have no further questions." The Krey Ambassador sat back with a baleful grin.
Exciting, isn't it?
The entire story will be up on Janestarz.com soon, in the appropriate place (the library) ofcourse. It's just that I'd rather write html that will work in stead of having to correct a thousand " and ' that MS Word FUBARs for me. Hence, I will have to write the html on the linux machine, which NoKey is now tinkering on for the server.
For an excerpt, read this:
"I'd also like to speak on mister Prudhomme’s behalf." Gilles stepped forward. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Gilles Della, priest of Trostamon. If I may your honours?" Lord Thoronghil nodded to show he agreed to the priest speaking also.
"Thank you. I have recently arrived on this world, and though I do not know a lot about the House of Light, and I have only recently met mister Prudhomme, but I do know a lot about priests. Let me assure you that a priest will always make an effort to help those in need. They are very abiding, never daring to break the law. I can not begin to imagine a priest stealing, for instance."
"Is this speech going somewhere?" the Ambassador demanded.
"Ah, yes. What I was trying to tell you is the following. As a priest you are bound to certain codes. These do not permit you to break the law. As a priest, Mister Prudhomme, can not break the law, for his codes and honour forbid it. Therefore, if he had known that marrying these two women was a crime, he would not have performed the ceremony. Is it justice to convict a man who did not know he was breaking the law, when there was nobody there to correct him? Nay, it is justice when the true crimes, those willingly committed by a villainous mind, are convicted. Let justice be served and set mister de Prudhomme free."
Gilles bowed slightly, and faced the questions of the court. The Krey Ambassador asked him some. "You have met the accused, when exactly?"
"This night. I was asked to speak on his behalf, as a fellow priest."
"Are you a member of the House of Light?"
"No, not yet. I have met Rhinos, head priest, though. He invited me to join the House of Light."
"Is the accused a member of the House of Light?"
"I have no idea."
The heads turned to the Chevalier, who admitted that he was indeed not a member of the House of Light either. Then the Krey Ambassador spoke. "So you, a human who has just arrived through the rifts, not even a member of the House of Light, are trying to defend another human, who is not a member of the House of Ligt either, while you just met him, because somebody asked you to do this?"
"That is correct, your honour."
"I have no further questions." The Krey Ambassador sat back with a baleful grin.
Exciting, isn't it?
The entire story will be up on Janestarz.com soon, in the appropriate place (the library) ofcourse. It's just that I'd rather write html that will work in stead of having to correct a thousand " and ' that MS Word FUBARs for me. Hence, I will have to write the html on the linux machine, which NoKey is now tinkering on for the server.
