The Hero of Bowerstone

LOW ACTIVITY Sparrow of Bowerstone, the hero of Albion. Known at the end of her life, as the Old Hero Queen.

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ancientofaeons:

     Xiro cast his eyes heavenward, growing weary of this constant prodding for answers. “Gods above, do I have to spell it out for you? I’m not talking about bandits and hobbes and balverines, Hero,” he hissed. “I’ve killed because I wanted to, because I needed to reach my goals and they were in the way. Because I wasn’t a good person. There. Are you happy?” 

     He still wasn’t. Hell, if he had to, he’d tear Sparrow and her family limb from limb to make sure he was never found. He hoped he wouldn’t have to resort to such measures, but he wouldn’t hesitate if she left him no choice. 

     “Is it not enough that I’ve stated that I mean you and your family no harm? That I’ve committed no sin since? Or are you going to throw me to the wolves when I have come to you seeking shelter?”

Not everyone could be such a bringer of light, even Sparrow herself had such trouble doing so at times.”Would be cruel if I were to throw you out after giving you hospitality.” It not against her better morals to betray him as such. 

“As long as you are not allied with Lucien, I suppose I shall help you.” She paused for a moment, before glancing up the stairs frowning. “Gail, go back to bed.” The stern mother tone came from within and the patter of feet sped quickly across the top floor. 

Sparrow took a breath then. “No one is free of sin, not even me. Whoever hunts you, should have to go through me before they claimed you, I can promise you that.” She said, before looking back at Xiro.

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toprotectandscrve:

            “Wow, that’s pretty impressive.” He was genuine; he couldn’t imagine doing something like that in his shoes, so that she did it and so well in hers was remarkable. But, he supposed, it was just like her. “Jimmy must not’ve been much of a talker, eh? Or did you just improvise and get lucky?”

“More so he was much more homosexual than I anticipated.” She replied honestly, laughing at the memory. “Those were some good bandits, I daresay I let that band stay together.” She admitted to her friend. She believed to this day they still were around.

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"Mixed signals, they're killing me."-Walt

“Same.” She turned to her friend, giving him a confused look. “I don’t understand what they’re trying to tell us.” Usually this was a bad sign. “I haven’t felt this played with since I had Thersa as a guide...” Mixed signals everywhere... 

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"I'll be your fighter if you say so."-Jas

“Oh Jasper.” She rubbed at his cheek, smiling fondly. “You are a sweet soul, I pray you never have to do any fighting.” 

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“What if I’m just broken?"

“Nobodies broken.” She said, shuffling herself closer. “Sometimes a little bit bent, or hurt, but never broken. You’ll be alright.“ 

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toprotectandscrve:

            He began picking the rest off, licking his finger at one point to help it clump together and rubbing at her face like a tolerant mother. “Is that so?” he asked, amused with the thought. “Jimmy must have been rather…” What was another way of saying effeminate and gay without coming across as an asshole? “…foppish. How long did that disguise last?”

“Foppish.” She laughed at the word, shaking her head slightly, making no face as Walter began rubbing at her face to get the whiskers off. “It lasted for a little while actually... I don’t recall getting caught  Spent a night with bandits, it was wonderful. Someday though, someone’s gonna walk into a camp and get called Jimmy, and it’ll go bad.” 

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ancientofaeons:

     Xiro hesitated. He didn’t wish to reveal his true nature to her and risk being tossed out on his ear. After all, Sparrow was not the type to knowingly let the most dangerous man in Albion’s history into her home. Her child was here, her family, and while Xiro did not intend to harm them, Sparrow had no way of knowing that for sure. 

     No, it would be best if she remained in the dark.

     “Not your average teacher from Brightwall,” he responded with a tight smile. “I was a warrior, and I’ve… Well, I’ve killed many. That doesn’t tend to win you many friends, if you catch my meaning.”

She listened, alternating between focusing on the breath of her child, and Xiro’s words. He spoke in riddles, answering and yet not answering her question. It frustrated her. 

“As if surviving the Spire has won me any friends. I catch your meaning sir, but I’d rather if you spoke plainly to me, before I threw you out to whomever was looking for you, and collect whatever bounty they would offer me.” She wouldn’t truly, but she had to keep Gale and her husband safe. 

“You aren’t the only killer here.” 

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toprotectandscrve:

            “Well, I’m glad I can be that tool for you.” Really, most of his wit came from trying to keep up with her—she likely serviced him in that way far more than the other way around. “Seriously though, whiskers aren’t a good look for you. Let me get the rest off, aye?”

“Oh fine, you soft hearted fool.” She said, giving him leave to take the rest of the whiskers off. “I’ll have you know, back when I was younger I used to suit a beard so well, i could pass for a man. Walked right into a bandit camp as Jimmy.”

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Safe Haven sentence starters

"I don't know what we're heading towards, but I know my heart is all yours."

"All my friends tell me I'd be better off on my own, and sometimes I believe 'em."

"I can never leave him."

"Mixed signals, they're killing me."

"You knock and I let you in."

"Loving you is my greatest sin."

"I see it in your eyes, you wanna run."

"I don't know why I love you."

"I don't know why I stay."

"I don't know if its worth the pain."

"Even when you slam the door and drive away, I still set the table for two."

"Babe, you know I'm waiting on you."

"I believe you every time."

"I've never known anybody like you."

"I've never dreamed of nobody like you."

"I've heard of a love that comes once in a lifetime, and I'm pretty sure that you are that love of mine."

"I'm in a field of dandelions, wishing on every one that you'll be mine."

"I see forever in your eyes."

"I feel okay when I see you smile."

"I think that you are the one for me."

"It gets so hard to breathe when you're looking at me."

"I've never felt so alive and free."

"When you're looking at me, I've never felt so happy."

"I feel bad inside knowing this is all built on lies."

"I feel like an awful person."

"We're forcing love that don't exist."

"This is so unrighteous."

"This is so not like us."

"Love at first sight that was gone at the end of night."

"We both know that this is going to end."

"No chance we're going to make it."

"Can we fake it?"

"Even though I know you're not the one, this has really been a lot of fun."

"I don't really like you, but I still choose to stay."

"You still play the part so well."

"You're really cute, I must admit."

"I need something deeper than this."

"I wanna know when I'm looking at you that you don't only see the things you want to."

"I'm not perfect, I'm flawed, and if you don't like that, get lost."

"I don't want it if it's fake, I don't want it if it's just for show."

"I just want it if it's real."

"This superficial love thing got me going crazy."

"Baby if you want me, then you better need me."

"I'm so done not being your number one."

"If you wanna keep me, then you better treat me like a damn princess, make that an empress."

"Fun at first, I won't deny, but I want more than just what meets the eye."

"I want authentic, not just for fun."

"If this love is plastic, it'll break on us."

"I can feel you on my lips all the time."

"I just wanna feel you in my heart and on my mind."

"This ain't right."

"I feel broken, shattered, and blue, and it's all because of you."

"If this is love, why does it break me down?"

"It's been a long time since I felt the way that I do now."

"I need you, but I don't know how."

"It's been a while since I smiled and I meant it from my heart."

"The idea of leaving this behind, it tears me apart."

"Kiss me now and remind me why I ever wanted to make you mine."

"If this is love, why do you break me down?"

"You're the other half of my broken heart."

"There was a time when I was alone, nowhere to go and no place to call home."

"My only friend was the man in the moon, and even sometimes he would go away, too."

"He came to me with the sweetest smile, told me he wanted to talk for awhile."

"I promise that you'll never be lonely."

"Lost boys like me are free."

"I realized I finally had a family."

"You are my perfect story book."

"You are now my home sweet home."

"Tonight hope fills our lungs and I can see it in everyone."

"The songs use to make us sad, tonight they don't sound so bad."

"It feels so good to be young."

"I think I'll stay awhile."

"I am obsessed with being a mess."

"I am in love with being young."

"I don't know what the future holds."

"I can't believe its been all these years."

"My friends tell me I should've moved on a long long time ago, but what do they know?"

"I don't mean to be selfish, but my heart breaks every time that I see you smile 'cause I know that it's not me

Who brings it out of you anymore."

"You found somebody new, you put me in the past."

"I don't know if our memories will last."

"If by chance it doesn't work out with her, you'll always have a chance with me."

"I wonder what happens when you hear our song, do you brush it away or do you sing along?"

"Do you talk about the future the way we did?"

"You'll always have a chance with me in my world."

"Is it so wrong of me to hope she breaks your heart?"

"Is it so wrong of me to pray she tears you apart?"

"I know in the darkest part of you, you pray and hope and wish for it, too."

"You don't mean to be selfish, but your heart breaks every time that you see me smile 'cause you know its not you who brings it out of me anymore."

"So casually you walked into my universe."

"Hey, you got some pretty brown eyes."

"I couldn't help but smile and I think that's the moment it all happened."

"Love turned into games, and games turned into heartbreak, and heartbreak turned into war."

"Darling, all is fair in love and war."

"You meant the world to me."

"I'll be your fighter if you say so."

"I don't get why we're meant to fall in love, then say goodbye."

"Gave you all my heart and all my precious time."

"I can picture you in your blue jeans, looking right at me with that gorgeous smile."

"I couldn't see the lies and the things that you would hide."

"You love so mercilessly."

"Here's to everything we ever were."

"I got the greatest weapon of all - a broken heart."

"Let me hold you for the day and let you know that its okay, give you all the love and peace that you usually send my way."

"When its dark for you, don't know what to do, just know you're my light."

"When the world is caving, baby you're my safe haven."

"On my darkest day I know you'll be my shine."

"You're my safe haven."

"Love at first sight, it exists."

"I've had my heart broken so many times before."

"I'll call you in the morning if I see you in my dreams tonight."

"I don't even know your name."

"I vowed not to let anyone enter my heart."

"I know love at first sight can't exist."

"Maybe we'll meet in a different dimension and you can tell me all the things you didn't mention."

"Maybe we'll meet in a different dimension."

"I saw you in my dreams."

"I guess that I was scared of what I was before us."

"Guess you were my only blemish."

"For the first time I don't mind that you found somebody else."

"For the first time I'm totally fine being by myself."

"I was my best when I was with you."

"Would you believe me if I told you that I'm over it?"

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Melodrama starters

"I wanna scream the truth.”

“I’ll come get my things, but I can’t let go.”

“But my hips have missed your hips.”

“We pretend that we just don’t care, but we care.”

"I think that you might be the same as me.”

“I guess we’re partying.”

"Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do.”

"I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind.”

“You're a little much for me, you're a liability.”

"I do my best to meet her demands.”

"Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through.”

"I care for myself the way I used to care about you.”

"I'll start letting go of little things until I'm so far away from you.”

"Know you won't remember in the morning.”

“Oh, how fast the evening passes.”

“I'll love you until you call the cops on me.”

“Sorry I was never good like you.”

“When you see me, will you say I’ve changed?”

“In my head I do everything right.”

“I’ll be your quiet afternoon crush.”

"But you're not what you thought you were.’

“Maybe we just do it violently.”

“We are young and we are unashamed.”

"But when we're dancing, I'm alright."

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toprotectandscrve:

            “Oh, I hardly think that necessary, madam, but thank you for your consideration.” She never failed to flatter him, and he did his best to treat her in kind. “They do say the pen is mightier than the sword, but I’m not certain that guns were around to measure up to either. Of course, you are quite adept at all three.”

“I am more than adept at many things, but thank you for the flattery Jasper.” He had to be her favourite of all the workers in the castle, and there were many. She just could no longer remember all of their names. “Whenever you wish to spew poetry, the courtroom is open to you.” 

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ancientofaeons:

     “I don’t know who,” he told her, and that was true. He’d never seen their faces, never spoke to them. But they had attacked him on more than one occasion, even managing to wound him once or twice. “I only assume it is because of my past that they are coming after me. Why else would they target a teacher from Brightwall? I’ve done my best not to make waves, have kept to myself for many years. I’m nothing like I used to be, and made sure to bury that past as deep as I could. But here we are.

     “No one saw me come in here, as far as I know. I was careful. I took them on a wild goose chase before finding my way here. I’m fairly certain I managed to shake them.” 

Her brain was spinning as she narrowed her eyes. He was not what he had first seemed. “You are no ordinary teacher from Brightwall, then.” She had had her suspicions, but she wasn’t quite sure her suspicions had actually amounted to anything at all. 

“Who are you really? You’ve not made a target for yourself, true, but you have a past that people wish harm on you for. You bring danger here, and it is down to your past. Who were you, should i ask instead?” 

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toprotectandscrve:

            “Oh, don’t I know it,” he said with a roll of his eyes and a smirk. “It’s just one of the many unpleasant things about you that I admire dearly. Always one nasty step ahead of me—that’s how you keep me humble.”

She was very pleased with herself. “I like to think that’s due to all the nasty gargoyles. Had to be on my toes to find them all.” As well as fling some just as nasty insults back at them. “I need to keep sharp with someone.” 

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toprotectandscrve:

            “While that is true–and I lament neither fact–I fear my poetry has suffered.” He took in a dramatic sigh and looked off to the side. Indeed, the truth was his poetry was never very good in the first place, but it was always much more satisfying to blame it on someone in jest.

She leaned her hand on her chin, interested now. “Shall I promote you to Court Poet for a day then Jasper?” Just a day, Avo forbid if he was terrible at poetry, but knowing Jasper she doubted it. He was likely even better learned than Sparrow herself. 

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toprotectandscrve:

            “Woah–Hey!” he exclaimed, throwing his hands up in a gesture of confusion and surrender. “I go an’ let you know, like the good friend I am, that you’ve got bits of hair on your face, and you go and insult me. I find that rude and uncalled for.” He feigned offense, but it was a thin veil; he knew just how old he’d been looking lately and wasn’t as ashamed to admit it as he let on.

“Tis my job to insult you, Walter. As your good friend, I need to keep you humble.” She said as if it was perfectly reasonable and obvious. “I am generally rude and uncalled for, you’d think you’d have learnt this by now?” She grinned, sticking her tongue out. 

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toprotectandscrve:

            “One time, when I was very young, I gave my father a book of poetry I’d written for father’s day. His reaction? Show me how to use a gun.”

“Oh dear.” Sparrow tutted. “Well he’s dead now, and you know how to use a gun.” The queen in her failing health turned to the side, taking a swig.