📦 Very curious about chat you have in this wip folder!!😊
Thanks for the ask :)
The following is 400 words from a 700 word very rough draft of a one-shot that will likely turn into a stand alone fic called Pendleton. I first wrote Pendleton as King Burt's personal valet in the first two fics of the Everybody's Naked & There's a Country To Run verse. When writing Passageways, I came up with the idea that there are actually many Pendletons. They're a family that serve, in various capacities, the royal Hummels through many generations. The senior-most one is always simply known as "Pendleton." I felt they deserved their own story because I can't stop world building this verse that started out as a crack fic and became a whole world that made sense. At least to me. lol Enough yapping from me. Onto the excerpt. The senior Pendleton is speaking first.
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“Would you like to meet King Hummel?”
“What? Now? I thought I needed more training first.”
“You do, but he’s coming upon us now.” Pendleton bowed low when she was approached, pleased to see that her charge had done the same. “Your Majesty, how may I be of service?”
“You training another one?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. My [relative relation].”
“Glad to have you with us, Pendleton. I’m real grateful to your family.”
“That’s very kind of you to say, King Hummel. It’s an honor to be here and I promise to do my best.”
“I’m sure you will.”
[Older Pendleton:] “Was there something you needed, Your Majesty?"
“I was just heading down to the gym for a workout.”
“Would you like me to fetch your athletic clothes?”
“Na, I’ll just use whatever’s in stock there.”
“Of course.”
“It was nice to meet you, Younger Pendleton."
“You too, Your Majesty. It was my honor.”
When the older Pendleton saw that King Hummel had stepped away, she whispered, “There’s a stash of his gear in the fourth locker from the left in the changing room beside the gym. Take a set and place them on top of the generic ones for general use. Use the Staff Corridor B, Route Three and you’ll get there before he does.”
“You’re not coming with me?”
“No. I have other duties to attend to. Quick now.”
“Yes, Senior Pendleton.”
When her [relative relation] had hurried away, Pendleton walked down to the security station and nodded to the guard seated in front of the screens showing the views from the security cameras.
“New Pendleton Day?”