![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Bonds of Destiny (Virrow arranged-marriage-gone-wrong AU)
As Viren told his own story, he watched her face, stopping when he noted Delfina's great displeasure and concern.
"He treated you cruelly, but you... you burned everything! I'm not willing to make a home and a family with someone I'm afraid of, not again!"
Viren sighed.
"I don't know, then, if I can be what you need. But if you'd consider it, magic could offer some options..."
Virrow vs. zombies screenplay thing
H: Don't do this!
V: It's for the greater good.
H: You might be the biggest asshole in the history of human relationships.
V: Like you said, we got divorced for a reason.
H: We got married for a reason, too!
V: You're making this harder.
"For Luck"
Custom decrees that any two people caught in the rare glow of the heartsblood crystal who are free to do so ought to kiss, as this will bring good fortune to them and their folk. It is a custom of the capital region, and Viren, newly arrived from the western uplands, has never heard of it. The High Mage smiles when she mentions it, and the lesson meanders off on a tangent about her beloved late wife's odd relationship with luck and games of chance. Apprentice mage Viren files the bit of folklore away as foolish sentimentality that could, like any knowledge, prove useful in the right circumstances.
He isn't expecting to be quizzed about it the next evening by the heir to the throne.
As Viren told his own story, he watched her face, stopping when he noted Delfina's great displeasure and concern.
"He treated you cruelly, but you... you burned everything! I'm not willing to make a home and a family with someone I'm afraid of, not again!"
Viren sighed.
"I don't know, then, if I can be what you need. But if you'd consider it, magic could offer some options..."
Virrow vs. zombies screenplay thing
H: Don't do this!
V: It's for the greater good.
H: You might be the biggest asshole in the history of human relationships.
V: Like you said, we got divorced for a reason.
H: We got married for a reason, too!
V: You're making this harder.
"For Luck"
Custom decrees that any two people caught in the rare glow of the heartsblood crystal who are free to do so ought to kiss, as this will bring good fortune to them and their folk. It is a custom of the capital region, and Viren, newly arrived from the western uplands, has never heard of it. The High Mage smiles when she mentions it, and the lesson meanders off on a tangent about her beloved late wife's odd relationship with luck and games of chance. Apprentice mage Viren files the bit of folklore away as foolish sentimentality that could, like any knowledge, prove useful in the right circumstances.
He isn't expecting to be quizzed about it the next evening by the heir to the throne.
