Research: Blood of the Fold Chapter 9

[seriousfic]

So Cara goes for a walk. There are no survivors.

Nah, it's Richard going, with his Mord'Sith, the boy-bodyguards, and Gratch, driving everyone into a panic. Of course, Cara is used to people screaming when she's out in public, so coo-coo.

Like this, only cooler, because Cara > elephants.

By the way, if you're bored of Richard and his awesomesauce posse going around impressing people, set yourself in for the long haul. There is less entouraging in the show Entourage than in this book.

They visit the local D'Harans, who are presently on the side of Jagang like I told you, and the Mord'Sith deliver the message "bow down, bitch," and I guess the bodyguards say "you got served." Or maybe it's like The Last Dragon and Richard's going "Ain't I the prettiest?" and the Mord'Sith go "Sho nuff!" Either way, it's very impressive, especially since Richard uses his invisibility cloak to show-off his magic. The General is still playa-hating, so the Mord'Sith give him some straight-up Agiel. But even so, the cloak plan goes to shit. Shoulda let Cara work something up. She came up with Operation Cleavage in Princess, you'll remember.

Anyway, fight scene, pow! The bodyguards practice saying "you just got knocked the fuck out!" while Cara and co. cut bitches. Some mriswith bust in too, and Richard takes them on. After killing them, the general buys that he's the Lord Rahl.


How conveeeeenient…

Richard is a little disgusted with his own evil overlordness… enjoy it while it lasts, folks… but he goes with it. One of the Mord'Sith has died, though. Richard bucks tradition to give her a funeral with full honors and screw the devotionals! Because if there's one thing the Mord'Sith hate, it's tradition, so she'd probably appreciate that.

Cara, probably thinking about how lame it is to have a boss who also wants to be your pal, like, c'mon man, just let me do my job and cut me my check, tells Richard that Hally would've wanted to die protecting Richard and he replies "I'm 3-1 and I plan on keeping it that way!" Or words to that effect.

ETA: Calvin & Hobbes FTW.

Comments

[ivanolix.livejournal.com]

Richard and his far-too-sexy entourage do amuse me, in a "This is kind of unfair to the Midlands" way. I keep wondering what Kahlan would say, were she there. Especially given later antics of Richard's...

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

It amuses me that for the TV show, they threw all that out and put in Tabrett Bethell and she ended up being more badass than four dominatrices, two bodyguards, and a flying bear.