[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: A Vice-Captain's Tale - Suggestion #1
Title: A Vice-Captain's Tale - Suggestion #1
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1218
Summary: The vice-captains of the Twelve Holy Knights never thought that their jobs would differ so vastly from their expectations. Tyler has really been missing out.
Notes: My thanks to the reader who inspired this chapter quite some time ago in one of the comment threads here. I only got around to writing this now! I will be addressing some of the vice-captains by their positions as "Vice-Captain Storm", "Vice-Captain Blaze", etc, since they don't have official names.
Prologue: Behind Every Great Captain...
Suggestion #1: Get a Girlfriend
"So, what did you need me for?" I asked with a frown. I had been practicing my sword when Vice-Captain Storm pulled me away. "And why is your girlfriend here?"
Next to us stood a cleric from the Sanctuary of Light. She haughtily tossed her long hair over her shoulder when I mentioned her.
The man beside me wagged his finger. "Tyler, don't be so suspicious. We're just trying to help. We thought you could use some pointers, considering how you're new to this business of being a proper vice-captain and all."
Who is "we" and why do I need pointers? Surely his girlfriend has no interest in helping me?
I looked at her suspiciously, and she sniffed, clearly not impressed with me.
Even though I hadn't had a captain until now, I had never stopped being a vice-captain. I looked glumly at the hilt of my sword.
Have I been that bad a vice-captain that I need intervention? Even Adair has chided me about my behavior...
I looked up. That still didn't explain the cleric's presence, so I decided to ask. "I'm sorry, but what does this have to do with your girlfriend again? I'm still not getting this."
He breathed out. "Tyler, it is of utmost importance for vice-captains to have girlfriends!"
"Really," I said flatly. I didn't recall Adair or Vidar having girlfriends, and they seemed like they were doing just fine as vice-captains.
"Yes, in fact, you should have everyone in your platoon get girlfriends!"
"You've completely lost me."
"Sigh. Do I really have to spell everything out? Fine, just watch this."
Confused, I followed along as we sneakily made our way through the corridors. I noticed that even though we were sneaking along, we managed to acquire a number of storm knights as we made our way to wherever our destination was. The curious thing was, they had also brought along several women who were possibly their girlfriends.
This isn't a group date, is it...?
Finally, after sneaking through several corridors as best as we could with such a large group, we came out to an open plaza near the entrance of the Holy Temple. There was a sizable crowd milling about the place.
"Good, there are lots of witnesses- I mean, people about. Honey, it's all yours now," he cooed to his haughty girlfriend. After he finished speaking, he hid behind a pillar.
I frowned. What is he doing...?
I didn't have time to wonder about him for much longer. In the middle of the crowd was a head of blue that could only belong to Knight-Captain Storm. Undeterred by the crowd, the cleric pushed her way through until everyone finally got it and moved out of her path.
The Storm Knight looked up with a wide smile and winked, but instead of falling for his charm, the cleric yelled, "Storm Knight, you heart breaker!"
My eyes widened when she followed that up with a resounding slap. Unfortunately for the Storm Knight, his hands were full, holding several sheets of paper, which was perhaps the reason why he had made no move to defend himself. That, and he was the Storm Knight after all. He would never raise his hand against a lady, right?
The expression on Knight-Captain Storm's face didn't change much; he still had a smile on his face, though it did look a little...frozen.
"Ow," said the man who had brought me here, the one who had brought his girlfriend here to yell at his captain.
"What was that?" I hissed at him, eyes darting at the pillar beside me. Don't tell me that vice-captains are supposed to let their girlfriends slap their captain! A hand appeared from behind the pillar, making some sort of shushing motion.
The cleric sniffed.
I hurriedly glanced back at the scene that was playing out before me.
For those who didn't know her, she might have sounded like she was about to cry, but I thought that her sniffing sounded awfully like how she had sounded when she had looked down on me not too long ago.
"Do you think that's enough?" one of the storm knights whispered. I noticed that like their vice-captain, many of them had taken to hiding, some behind bushes, some behind pillars, some behind me... "Or should I send my girlfriend in too?"
"Don't you think we're overdoing it a little..."
"Nah, this isn't enough!"
"Send her in! Send her in!"
I watched dumbly as another woman walked over and started telling the Storm Knight off. Then, she was followed by another, and another, almost like an endless stream.
The storm knights hiding behind me winced. Some were even dabbing at their eyes or clenching at their hearts. The bushes rustled.
"Oh my poor captain," one bush said.
Why did you let your girlfriend yell at him then?!
I did not understand what was going on at all. After the parade of women had all taken their turns recounting how the Storm Knight had broken their hearts, I started hearing the crowd around me murmuring and sighing.
"What a flirt the Storm Knight is!"
"Such a footloose charmer."
"Always breaking women's hearts."
The storm knights hiding around the scene seemed to collectively sigh in relief.
"Phew, that worked! So whose turn is it next week?"
"I don't think my girlfriend has had her turn yet."
I was still stunned when the Storm Knight smiled a crooked smile and started speaking, bringing my attention back to him. I didn't know why he had been silent until now. "Alas, my ladies, I am afraid that you must allow me to drift like the wind, for that is my nature."
He bowed and followed that up with a wink. "It was my honor that you allowed me to accompany you in the short but beautiful time we had together. If only the wind had not my attention, it would be yours."
After that, all of the females in the crowd started clamoring and going, "Pick me next! Pick me!" and all animosity toward the Storm Knight vanished just like that. Even most of the women who had marched up to him to accuse him were also staring at him with dreamy eyes. I thought I heard the storm knights cheer and say, "That's my captain!"
I was very confused, but I came away from that thinking that Storm Knight was indeed as footloose a charmer as the rumors claimed. After all, it looked to me like he had flirted with the girlfriends of his entire platoon, considering how so many of them had come to yell at him, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why all of the storm knights seemed so happy about that.
"That, my fellow vice-captain, is why you should get a girlfriend."
"So that she can yell at my captain?" I asked, still not understanding. Don't even get me started on the messy relationships of your platoon. Just what is going on...
"Exactly. It does wonders for my captain's reputation."
I furrowed my eyebrows. "Did your girlfriend really go out with your captain? Isn't that...kind of weird?"
He looked at me with a funny look on his face.
I didn't think I would ever understand, so I decided to stop asking.
The First Suggestion for Serving Your Captain: Get a Girlfriend (so that You Can Have Her Yell at Your Captain to Help His Reputation)
to be continued
I went back and forth over what POV to use in this fic and decided in the end to go with Tyler's POV in 1st person, mostly because it was really hard to write about all the other vice-captains without addressing them by name. ^^;; With Tyler in 1st person, at least that makes one less character I need to use "he" with.
In the first version of this story, Tyler wasn't going to be involved at all, and the fic was going to be in second person with "you" being whichever vice-captain was featured, but then Tyler came along and I thought, aha! You will be the one experiencing everything!
...Except, now we're limited by how much Tyler can find out. :'D;; Unfortunately, Tyler does not know the real identities of most of the Knight-Captains... Maybe I should have gone with omniscient 3rd person... OTL
Here I thought the first long story about the vice-captains I would write would be about Adair. 8D;;
Suggestion #2: Clean All Cabinets
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1218
Summary: The vice-captains of the Twelve Holy Knights never thought that their jobs would differ so vastly from their expectations. Tyler has really been missing out.
Notes: My thanks to the reader who inspired this chapter quite some time ago in one of the comment threads here. I only got around to writing this now! I will be addressing some of the vice-captains by their positions as "Vice-Captain Storm", "Vice-Captain Blaze", etc, since they don't have official names.
Prologue: Behind Every Great Captain...
Suggestion #1: Get a Girlfriend
"So, what did you need me for?" I asked with a frown. I had been practicing my sword when Vice-Captain Storm pulled me away. "And why is your girlfriend here?"
Next to us stood a cleric from the Sanctuary of Light. She haughtily tossed her long hair over her shoulder when I mentioned her.
The man beside me wagged his finger. "Tyler, don't be so suspicious. We're just trying to help. We thought you could use some pointers, considering how you're new to this business of being a proper vice-captain and all."
Who is "we" and why do I need pointers? Surely his girlfriend has no interest in helping me?
I looked at her suspiciously, and she sniffed, clearly not impressed with me.
Even though I hadn't had a captain until now, I had never stopped being a vice-captain. I looked glumly at the hilt of my sword.
Have I been that bad a vice-captain that I need intervention? Even Adair has chided me about my behavior...
I looked up. That still didn't explain the cleric's presence, so I decided to ask. "I'm sorry, but what does this have to do with your girlfriend again? I'm still not getting this."
He breathed out. "Tyler, it is of utmost importance for vice-captains to have girlfriends!"
"Really," I said flatly. I didn't recall Adair or Vidar having girlfriends, and they seemed like they were doing just fine as vice-captains.
"Yes, in fact, you should have everyone in your platoon get girlfriends!"
"You've completely lost me."
"Sigh. Do I really have to spell everything out? Fine, just watch this."
Confused, I followed along as we sneakily made our way through the corridors. I noticed that even though we were sneaking along, we managed to acquire a number of storm knights as we made our way to wherever our destination was. The curious thing was, they had also brought along several women who were possibly their girlfriends.
This isn't a group date, is it...?
Finally, after sneaking through several corridors as best as we could with such a large group, we came out to an open plaza near the entrance of the Holy Temple. There was a sizable crowd milling about the place.
"Good, there are lots of witnesses- I mean, people about. Honey, it's all yours now," he cooed to his haughty girlfriend. After he finished speaking, he hid behind a pillar.
I frowned. What is he doing...?
I didn't have time to wonder about him for much longer. In the middle of the crowd was a head of blue that could only belong to Knight-Captain Storm. Undeterred by the crowd, the cleric pushed her way through until everyone finally got it and moved out of her path.
The Storm Knight looked up with a wide smile and winked, but instead of falling for his charm, the cleric yelled, "Storm Knight, you heart breaker!"
My eyes widened when she followed that up with a resounding slap. Unfortunately for the Storm Knight, his hands were full, holding several sheets of paper, which was perhaps the reason why he had made no move to defend himself. That, and he was the Storm Knight after all. He would never raise his hand against a lady, right?
The expression on Knight-Captain Storm's face didn't change much; he still had a smile on his face, though it did look a little...frozen.
"Ow," said the man who had brought me here, the one who had brought his girlfriend here to yell at his captain.
"What was that?" I hissed at him, eyes darting at the pillar beside me. Don't tell me that vice-captains are supposed to let their girlfriends slap their captain! A hand appeared from behind the pillar, making some sort of shushing motion.
The cleric sniffed.
I hurriedly glanced back at the scene that was playing out before me.
For those who didn't know her, she might have sounded like she was about to cry, but I thought that her sniffing sounded awfully like how she had sounded when she had looked down on me not too long ago.
"Do you think that's enough?" one of the storm knights whispered. I noticed that like their vice-captain, many of them had taken to hiding, some behind bushes, some behind pillars, some behind me... "Or should I send my girlfriend in too?"
"Don't you think we're overdoing it a little..."
"Nah, this isn't enough!"
"Send her in! Send her in!"
I watched dumbly as another woman walked over and started telling the Storm Knight off. Then, she was followed by another, and another, almost like an endless stream.
The storm knights hiding behind me winced. Some were even dabbing at their eyes or clenching at their hearts. The bushes rustled.
"Oh my poor captain," one bush said.
Why did you let your girlfriend yell at him then?!
I did not understand what was going on at all. After the parade of women had all taken their turns recounting how the Storm Knight had broken their hearts, I started hearing the crowd around me murmuring and sighing.
"What a flirt the Storm Knight is!"
"Such a footloose charmer."
"Always breaking women's hearts."
The storm knights hiding around the scene seemed to collectively sigh in relief.
"Phew, that worked! So whose turn is it next week?"
"I don't think my girlfriend has had her turn yet."
I was still stunned when the Storm Knight smiled a crooked smile and started speaking, bringing my attention back to him. I didn't know why he had been silent until now. "Alas, my ladies, I am afraid that you must allow me to drift like the wind, for that is my nature."
He bowed and followed that up with a wink. "It was my honor that you allowed me to accompany you in the short but beautiful time we had together. If only the wind had not my attention, it would be yours."
After that, all of the females in the crowd started clamoring and going, "Pick me next! Pick me!" and all animosity toward the Storm Knight vanished just like that. Even most of the women who had marched up to him to accuse him were also staring at him with dreamy eyes. I thought I heard the storm knights cheer and say, "That's my captain!"
I was very confused, but I came away from that thinking that Storm Knight was indeed as footloose a charmer as the rumors claimed. After all, it looked to me like he had flirted with the girlfriends of his entire platoon, considering how so many of them had come to yell at him, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why all of the storm knights seemed so happy about that.
"That, my fellow vice-captain, is why you should get a girlfriend."
"So that she can yell at my captain?" I asked, still not understanding. Don't even get me started on the messy relationships of your platoon. Just what is going on...
"Exactly. It does wonders for my captain's reputation."
I furrowed my eyebrows. "Did your girlfriend really go out with your captain? Isn't that...kind of weird?"
He looked at me with a funny look on his face.
I didn't think I would ever understand, so I decided to stop asking.
The First Suggestion for Serving Your Captain: Get a Girlfriend (so that You Can Have Her Yell at Your Captain to Help His Reputation)
to be continued
I went back and forth over what POV to use in this fic and decided in the end to go with Tyler's POV in 1st person, mostly because it was really hard to write about all the other vice-captains without addressing them by name. ^^;; With Tyler in 1st person, at least that makes one less character I need to use "he" with.
In the first version of this story, Tyler wasn't going to be involved at all, and the fic was going to be in second person with "you" being whichever vice-captain was featured, but then Tyler came along and I thought, aha! You will be the one experiencing everything!
...Except, now we're limited by how much Tyler can find out. :'D;; Unfortunately, Tyler does not know the real identities of most of the Knight-Captains... Maybe I should have gone with omniscient 3rd person... OTL
Here I thought the first long story about the vice-captains I would write would be about Adair. 8D;;
Suggestion #2: Clean All Cabinets