Two things: Beware that a royalist in hiding amont the choice, and someone else is there two times 🤭
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‘If I’d known,’ said Marcurio, ‘that we’d make it through Pale Pass and our only reward would be this, – I think I’d rather have gone up Frostcrag again.’
‘It’s nice bread,’ I protested.
‘Not just the bread,’ said Marcurio: spread his hands.
I must admit though I was halfway through my third slice of rye-bread, that the situation was not ideal. Fort Neugrad had after all, looked like a little village on the map, shaded in a mountain-cirque. But the maps had been published too long ago, or else been a propaganda piece; and the place now being an ice-house held together by a snow-drift, the legionnaires inhabiting it had resigned themselves to becoming half-starved icicles, and we must though footsore, follow suit.
‘If I were a legionnaire,’ said Marcurio at last, ‘I think I’d abandon international security and go and guard a nice tavern instead.’
‘We have a fire,’ said I.
It was a fine word, for a thing spitting from damp old logs: but regardless, Marcurio had gone for the fire-tongs, and spearing a slice of bread and more butter than we’d seen in a month, tried to make himself a palatable meal.
‘There’s that,’ said he: ‘You know, I used to think this was the height of cuisine, back at university, when my term’s money had run out. And it was nice bread, too, not the preserved remains of someone's old boot, –’
‘Oh!’ I laughed: ‘you will be hanged in Skyrim, for that, –’
‘At least I wouldn’t have to eat any more rye-bread,’ said Marcurio: but fell at once silent, when he heard footsteps in the corridor. He had judged right, and it was our Nordic friend of earlier, who took two steps into the room, and cried in indignation:
‘Is that toast?’
Marcurio looked up, and perfectly in his Cyrodiilic sensibilities, blinked at him.
‘It’s damn cold even in here,’ he protested.
Hadvar waited while he unhooked a slice; while he inspected the consistency of the butter; and until he had brought the offending article to his mouth; whereupon he informed us:
‘Must be a southern thing. We usually use the tongs for drying socks.’
Marcurio spluttered and dropped the toast in the fire. Hadvar chuckled and said what he’d meant to say: only that he’d wanted to know how we were getting on, and whether we were warm enough, – considering the capabilities of the place, – as warm as was possible, at least. He would check on us later, with bedding-things, and perhaps a bit more bread. Marcurio could not help but react as though the bread were a threat; and our soldier went away laughing.
‘I hate Skyrim,’ said Marcurio, scowling at him until he’d disappeared.
‘Oh!’ said I nibbling my fourth untoasted slice, thus far uncontaminated by socks: ‘it will not all be like this.’
‘Bloody well hope not,’ said he: ‘well! this can’t taste any worse, –’
And taking up the fire-tongs again, he announced that he’d not given the soldier enough credit for the idea; and spearing one each on the prongs, set his socks nicely toasting over the poor belaboured fire.
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Avery: *a blind Breton healer* Khash, as much as I appreciate your help, you don't have to hold my hand everywhere we go if you don't want to. I know you like to explore. Besides, I have my familiar with me, I'd be fine.
Khash: Huh? But I like knowing that you're right here. What if you walk too far away and I don't notice and we get separated?
Avery: I can almost guarantee I'd notice your distance before it comes to that, little one. I'm not as helpless as you think, you know.
Khash: I know.. You are very strong. Much stronger than me, but..
Avery: *kneels down and places a hand on the kid's shoulder* You have nothing to worry about. I have lived my whole life without sight. You only worry because you have known me for a short amount of time. I always manage to find my way around.
Khash: Mm.. Promise to use my summon spell if we ever get separated?
Avery: I swear. Now go explore. I heard quite a few woodland creatures scurrying about, I'm sure they'd love to play.
Khash: Okay! Thank you!
Avery: ... Right, shall we do a bit of exploring ourselves then, Styx? *the wolf familiar barks, pressing itself to her side insistently* Hehe. Yes, yes, I know you won't let me get lost.
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La rencontre d’André Breton et de Guy Debord n’a jamais eu lieu. Selon Debord, il allait de soi que l’un excluait l’autre : Breton et le surréalisme appartenaient au passé, celui-là même que la Seconde Guerre mondiale venait d’engloutir, en sorte que tout était à recommencer. Ce jugement expéditif à l’égard du surréalisme méritait d’être reconsidéré dans un esprit étranger à tout règlement de compte.
Car tout en rejetant avec mépris le surréalisme vivant, les lettristes radicaux qui ont pris en 1957 le nom de situationnistes n’ont pu échapper à toute forme de ressemblance ; c’est avec le sentiment d’être en terrain connu que de jeunes surréalistes de la dernière vague (1946-1969) sont entrés en relation avec Debord et quelques-uns de ses amis au milieu des années 1950. Ça commence bien, disait le tract qu’ils rédigèrent de concert... mais ça finit mal.
Divergence fondamentale ou intime parenté occultée par des rivalités de façade ? Une histoire détaillée des relations mouvementées entre surréalistes de Paris et de Bruxelles avec Guy Debord et ses amis restait à écrire pour comprendre, notamment, un des ressorts de la construction de l’identité situationniste.
Surréalistes et situationnistes, vies parallèles contient des tracts, une dizaine d’illustrations et des textes de Jean-Louis Bédouin, André Breton, Claude Courtot, Adrien Dax, Tom Gutt, Simon Hantaï, Gérard Legrand, Marcel Mariën, Benjamin Péret, José Pierre, Jean Schuster, Jan Strijbosch, Raoul Vaneigem et Joseph Wolman, et des lettres inédites de Guy Debord. Il permet de remonter le cours tumultueux de ces vies parallèles.
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That very strange moment when Guy Breton, the 1960s writer who reads like 19C bullshit, is more interested in telling stories for shit and giggle than in historical accuracy, and wants everyone to have had lots of heterosexual sex because that's his idea of fun, is more sensible than 21C Historians:
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