Summer 17 513 AV It was about time. Marcus had been sitting idly all spring without the presence of his patron, Noah Ka'lor. The damned knight had been assigned some large and grandiose mission. Come to think of it, quite a few knights departed on it. Marcus didn't know the details though, something about it being classified and too sensitive for squires. Whatever. All the mattered was that Marcus had nothing to do all spring but sit on his ass and train on his own. He hated training on his own, because it usually meant having to try and learn from other squires. This was a poor decision because other squires usually also had no idea what the hell they were doing, hence why they were squires. So while Noah had been conquering evil or something in Gods know where, Marcus had been taking swordsmanship tips from novices. Oh, and he still sucked at archery. But today, he would finally be able to stop sitting on his hands and get on with his training, because today, he had been informed that Noah would finally be returning. The morning air was warm as Marcus, among other squires, stood outside the gates of Syliras awaiting the wagons bringing back a squad of knights. They were all adorned in their full plate armor. Marcus didn't know why the order wanted them in it. It made sense to train squires in it, but for just waiting? Why the formalities? Marcus would have preferred to just sit in the dormitory and have Kel obnoxiously barge in as he always did. Marcus shrugged it off and watched as a cart full of armored men and women stopped at the gate. The knights slowly hopped off the cart one by one, and each walked over to their respective squire. And here comes Noah. Marcus stood up straight and saluted his Patron as he approached. And then he braced himself for whatever was about to come out of his Patron's mouth. That man was a firecracker. "Why hello Braeden! Thanks for the warm welcome! Have you figured out how to fire the bow of yours yet?" Noah said with a grin and a nudge. "Fire it? Yeah I can fire it. Whether or not it hits where I want it to is the real issue" Marcus sighed. "Well, we better get on that. Come on boy, there is training to be done" Noah patted the squire on the shoulder as he walked through the city gate. Marcus of course followed Ser Noah through the gates toward the training fields. It was time to get back on track. He glanced down at the shanty sword the order had given him to train with. Maybe I can finally get to making that sword also... Marcus smirked. End |