treadingdawn: (Destrier the Getaway Vehicle)
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[The sound of twigs and grass bending underfoot. Then...]

... Destrier?

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Date: 2008-06-23 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
Well yes, but carports are usually reserved for automobiles. I'm not sure the neighbors would approve either.

[Idly pets Destrier. Peter knows he'd slow them down by walking, but he still doesn't relish the idea of riding with Caspian.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 01:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
Automobiles?

[Another pet to Destrier's neck, to ease the horse along at a slow walking person's pace, ie. Peter's. The horse snorts.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 01:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
Like the Vespa. Motorized transportation.

[Walks in silence for a few minutes, before speaking again.]

I guess we could modify the carport. It's not as if it would get much use otherwise.

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Date: 2008-06-23 02:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
Blue's Vespa?

[Blue's blue one, as equally unoriginal as Destrier's name.]

Do you know how to operate an automobile?

[Looking down at Peter, curious and not facetious at all.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
[Peter nods.]

His Vespa is more of a scooter than an actual car, though.

No, not yet. There were more pressing issues at home than getting a driving licence.

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Date: 2008-06-23 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
You require a 'driving license' to operate such a contraption?

[Even Destrier looks confused by the concept.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
Of course. They're dangerous if the person behind the wheel doesn't know how to operate it.

It would be like allowing an unskilled rider to use a warhorse.

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[Caspian can't resist.]

That is not why you are on foot is it?

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
[Stops to shoot Caspian a look.]

No.

I don't want to overburden Destrier.

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[Destrier snorts for he is a destrier and thus cannot be overburdened by teenage boys. Caspian pats the dark stallion.]

Destrier is a strong horse. Even my elders thought him too capable of battle for a young prince.

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
I prefer walking. If you feel my pace is too slow for you, then I'll accept a ride.

[Pats Destrier on the nose. It's not you Destrier!]

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[Destrier's breathing eases when Peter pats him but he also beats a hoof on the ground. Caspian is absolutely certain that while he didn't live in the Narnian era of Talking Beasts, he knows exactly what Destrier is saying.]

Mount.

[He offers Peter a hand, whether he needs one or not.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
[Ignores Caspian's hand in a polite way, climbing up on Destrier without much trouble.]

Alright, then.

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[Polite way? Now that's a first! Well not completely, but he notices the polite decline and pats Destrier once Peter's behind him.]

Hah.

[Destrier breaks into a brisk trot, then a gallop, taking them to the urban edge of the City much faster.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
[Just holds on as best he can, trying to ignore the thought about how strange it is to dual ride with Caspian.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[He doesn't think it's strange to dual ride, though he does find some sort of pleasant victory in persuading the hard-headed High King to take the backseat. He slows Destrier with his heels when they reach concrete and asphalt.]

Good horse. We will walk from here.

[It's better on the hooves until Caspian can shoe Destrier properly. He waits for Peter to slide off first.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
[Slides off with ease, giving Destrier a pat as a thank you.]

Do you still want to keep him in the carport?

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
[He hops off, light on his own feet too.]

... Perhaps we should leave him at the stables... until the 'carport' is suitable for him.

[Conceding.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
That's probably the best suit of action. It will give us time to organise things, and I'm sure he'll enjoy the company of the other horses.

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
Yes, I suppose you are right, Peter.

[Walking Destrier in the direction of the stables, close to the horse but careful not to get in the way of his hooves.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
It is a bit strange to keep a horse at the flat, but it did take a lot of effort to bring him here.

[Walks by Destrier's side, totally safe from the threat of being stepped on.]

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Date: 2008-06-23 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
He should have a place where he can run freely and frequently.

[Nodding, because a carport is not that kind of place.]

You do not think I gave too much of an effort?

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Date: 2008-06-24 03:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
Well, if you're fine with the deal.

I still thinking bargaining with the deities was quite foolish though. Now they have something they can use against you.

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Date: 2008-06-24 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treadingdawn.livejournal.com
They wield the same power over everyone.

I have learned that the Lady Virginia prefers 'dry vermouth'.

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Date: 2008-06-24 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lionrampante.livejournal.com
Dry vermouth?

That isn't the most useful of information, Caspian.

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