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Sword!

Also, a hungry Robert Bigmouth.

Monsieur Edward - I know he's a horse (of course) - will he start talking too? /snicker/

When I first saw this, I didn't think I'd care for it.

Boy, was I wrong!

I love the way you're interweaving all the L&C characters into the narrative, with their roles being similar to their canon characters without being too close. Lex and Tempus are brothers plotting against the king and against each other? And Jimmy is a bird serving the court magician? Hilarious!

Cat as the mother-figure to the princess? Brilliant. Using Perry as the wise magician-counselor to both Loisette and Clarkent? Also brilliant. And, of course, the other supporting characters (Robert, Esroh Repus, Dwane, Jon and Marta) all flow smoothly into the tale.

All of these characters have a feeling of depth and reality about them. They're stuck in their own social strata, but they're all about to be traumatically unstuck (why else would Clarkent need to learn swordplay?) by someone who may or may not be their real enemy.

This tale draws me further in every time I read a chapter. I'm glad I'm finished with my current offering or I might be inclined to put it aside until you're done so as not to feel too inferior.

Looking for the next post!

Oh, how delightful this chapter was! I love how Peri has become a mentor to them both, Clarkent with his sword and Loisette with her animals. And I burst out laughing at Robert's speech patterns; yup, that's our Bobby!

Is it just me, or did this chapter feel shorter than previous ones? Regardless, more, more!

Kathy

My first first reaction was, ‘why are peasants allowed to own arms?'
And my second that I’ve seen something like this before. An old wizard who only recently disclosed his true identity to the young, orphaned hero raised by a farmers couple and then hands said orphan the sword once owned by the orphan’s father… Hmm. /slaps head/ Right!
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“This was your father’s lightsaber. An elegant weapon from a more civilized age”



And before I forget, if Loisette’s Clark’s sister this story could take a very politically incorrect turn.

/starts excessively hitting 'refresh'/

Michael

Iolanthe-- Mwahahah. Glad you picked that up! I actually looked at that exact YouTube video around the time I wrote "Monsieur Edward," heh.

Terry-- Wow! That is high praise! Thank you so much. I have had my worries with the story starting so slow--but I wanted to set everything up properly, so I felt like I didn't have much choice. It has been so much fun placing L&C characters into the story--when I needed a stable master, I could turn to Wayne Irig; when I needed an archer, I could turn to the dart-throwing Patrick; and so on. The L&C universe has so many great characters, and it has been fun bringing them in.


Kathy-- I'm glad you liked the chapter! And Peri makes a pretty good mentor, eh? And it's certainly possible the chapter was shorter--my chapter lengths kinda vary.


Michael-- Pwahaha. Me, influenced by Star Wars? Now, where would you get an idea like that? :p

Heh heh. Why does everyone keep thinking I'm going to kill off Jon and Marta?

Mice have been known to live up to six years of age , so please forgive me if I'm stretching things a bit. And there's so much magic around, I wouldn't be surprised if someone had helped him out a wee bit. A princess needs her mousey friend....


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Thanks everyone for the responses!
Deja

Well, if it looks like a rat and scurries like a rat and squeaks like rat But then, I'm just going from what I've seen on the silverscreen



Wait, really? I was just goofing off there

Michael

Heh. Maybe Robert Bigmouth is scurrying around and misdirecting everyone? Or maybe not. Guess only time will tell...

So was I......Or was I? In truth, I don't think I ever intentionally pulled from Star Wars in this story.