#about lancefer

The cook was busy bustling away in the kitchen, trying to prepare dinner for the Aurifore household. Miss Charlotte was about late 50s but quite skilled in the kitchen. She had been on staff for the Aurifore family for at least fourteen summers now, having been hired around the time Lady Aurifore was due with the family's first child.

Miss Charlotte didn't miss a thing that went on in her kitchen. Especially two boys up to no good. But she was curious to see what the young lads were sneaking into the kitchen to do.

Lance peeked around the corner of the doorway. His four year old baby brother was clinging to his arm. They knew the cook had just made a fresh batch of cookies earlier in the day. Lance knew their mother would make sure they didn't see any of those cookies if she had her way. Their mother was like that. Rarely let them have any little rewards like a fresh baked cookie. Well Lance was always on his mother's bad side somehow. So he was determined to get one of those cookies anyways. If he was to get punished, at least he would get a cookie out of it. He'd make sure his baby brother got one too. If he had brought his sister though... She'd tattle on them.

Lance held his finger to his lips as he looked down at Loth. Slowly they crept into the kitchen and made their way towards the cookie jar. They ducked down out of sight when the cook turned to get more ingredients. They waited to continue till the cook was backing to readying dinner without obvious signs of turning again. Lance was trying to put some of his training to use as best as he could by watching cook's body for movement.

They waited at the end of the counter just opposite of the counter with the cookie jar. When it looked like Miss Charlotte was safely distracted, Lance lifted up his little brother. He placed Loth on his shoulders and pointed out to the cookie jar. It took them two attempts and a near miss of being caught but they managed to get the jar. Quickly they ducked down behind the safe counter to open the cookie jar for their prize.

"You do know you could have just asked me." Miss Charlotte teased the boys as she poked her head over the top of the counter to smile down at the lads. She'd caught them red handed with cookies halfway in their mouths. "Sneaky little boys."

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STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

ᴄᴏʙʙʟᴇsᴛᴏɴᴇ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛs / ʟᴀᴍᴘs sʜɪɴɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏɢ / ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʀᴍᴛʜ ᴏғ ᴀ ғɪʀᴇᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ / ᴜɴᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙᴏᴛᴛʟᴇs ᴏғ ᴡɪɴᴇ / ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴsɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs sᴇᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴀʀᴇ / ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛʜʀɪʟʟ ᴏғ ғʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ / ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ ᴏғ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ / ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ / ɢᴜɪʟᴛʏ ᴠɪᴄᴇs / ᴛᴏᴘ ʜᴀᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ sᴛɪᴄᴋs / sᴇʟғ-ᴅᴇsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ / ᴏʟᴅ ᴅᴏᴄᴜᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴛᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ɪɴ sᴀғᴇs.

FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

ʀᴀɪɴ ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡᴘᴀɴᴇ / ᴄᴀɴᴅʟᴇs ʙᴜʀɴɪɴɢ ʟᴏᴡ / ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴ ʀᴀɴɢᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ, sɴᴏᴡʏ ᴛᴏᴘs / ғʀᴇɴᴢɪᴇᴅ ᴏʙsᴇssɪᴏɴ / ᴀ ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ ᴀᴛ ᴅᴜsᴋ / sʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀʜᴏᴜsᴇs / ᴀʟʟ-ᴄᴏɴsᴜᴍɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪʀsᴛ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ / ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀssɪᴏɴ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀɴᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴛʀᴇᴅ / ᴀ sᴇɴsᴇ ᴏғ ᴅᴜᴛʏ ᴡᴇɪɢʜɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅᴇʀs / ɪɴᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ɢᴜɪʟᴛ / ᴛʜᴇ ғʀᴏᴢᴇɴ ᴡᴀsᴛᴇs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴄᴛɪᴄ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ / ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴄᴋ / ʟɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ sᴘᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴋʏ.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄ ʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ / ᴘᴀɪɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴘᴀʟᴇᴛᴛᴇ / ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴄᴜʀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏsʏ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋs / ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ / ʙᴇᴇs ʟᴀᴢɪʟʏ ᴅʀɪғᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴀss / ʜᴇᴅᴏɴɪsᴍ / ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋɴᴇss ᴏғ ᴀ sᴏᴜʟ / ᴀ ᴅᴜsᴛʏ ᴀᴛᴛɪᴄ / ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs / ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴘᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғʟᴏᴏʀʙᴏᴀʀᴅs / ɢᴜᴛ-ᴡʀᴇɴᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜsʏ / ᴀ ᴅɪᴍʟʏ-ʟɪᴛ sᴛᴀɢᴇ / ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛɪᴏɴ.

THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER

ᴄʟɪғғs ʀɪsɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏᴜᴅs / sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴍʙɪɢᴜᴏᴜsʟʏ sᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʟᴜʀᴋɪɴɢ / ᴇᴅɪɴʙᴜʀɢʜ’s ᴡɪɴᴅɪɴɢ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛs / ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs ᴢᴇᴀʟᴏᴛʀʏ / ᴄᴀʀᴇғᴜʟ ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ / ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʀɪᴠᴀʟʀʏ / ᴀ ʙɪʙʟᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴅɪsᴛɪɴɢᴜɪsʜᴀʙʟᴇ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ / ᴀ ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ sʜɪғᴛɪɴɢ / sᴄᴏᴛᴛɪsʜ ʟᴀɪʀᴅs / sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴɪᴄ ᴍᴀsǫᴜᴇʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀs sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴘᴜʀᴇ.

DRACULA

ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴀʀɪᴇs / sᴜɪᴛᴏʀs ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ʟᴀᴅʏ / ᴄᴀsᴛʟᴇs ɴᴇsᴛʟᴇᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ғᴏʀᴇsᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴs / ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ / ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴡʟɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴡᴏʟᴠᴇs / ᴀʀɪsᴛᴏᴄʀᴀᴛs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇs / ᴀ ᴄᴏɴsᴜᴍɪɴɢ ʜᴜɴɢᴇʀ / ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ʀɪsɪɴɢ / ʜᴏʀsᴇs’ ʜᴏᴏᴠᴇs ᴛʜᴜɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴀᴛʜ / ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ sᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sɴᴏᴡ / ᴄʀᴜᴄɪғɪxᴇs ᴡᴀʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғғ ᴇᴠɪʟ.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

ғᴏɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴏʀs / ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄɪɴɢ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ɪs ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ / ᴀ ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴀʙᴜsᴇ / ᴠɪᴄɪᴏᴜs, sɴᴀʀʟɪɴɢ ᴅᴏɢs / ᴀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ ʟᴇғᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜɪɴ / ᴀ ᴛʜᴏʀɴ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏsᴇs / ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ʟᴏᴠᴇ / ɢʜᴏsᴛs / ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴡʟɪɴɢ ᴡɪɴᴅ / ғʟᴏᴡᴇʀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇɢᴜɴ ᴛᴏ ʀᴏᴛ / ᴡᴀsᴛɪɴɢ ᴀᴡᴀʏ / ᴀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪғʏ.

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Cedrik enjoys a nice hot bath to wind down. Especially with bubbles. Unless he has a current 'fun time' partner like he does right now. Then he'll take a little fun in bed to wind down and snuggle. Maybe convince his partner to take a bath with him if he still wants a good soak too.

Lance usually resorts to physical exercise to wind down. Why? Because it burns off the frustrations of a long day. At least when the frustrations are simple work ones. If it's more complicated he'll bug Tara or her brother to work out with him so he can vent to one of them while working out the frustrations. They are usually a good sounding board for problems. Even if he doesn't always listen to them. (Mostly ignores them about wearing a damn helmet despite his head injuries he's taken a few times.)

Asher likes to sit outside in the fresh air to wind down. Somewhere high with a good breeze is best. He'll sit or lay there with his eyes closed and just breath. Sometimes his captain will join him and they'll just stay there in companionable silence.

Listen, dice are Not Lance's friend. At least not in the rescue of his little brother. He's a knight so his first instinct is to move in to take hits for those he cares about. One such incident was when he teamed up with Tara and Alexois to go rescue Lothaire. One of the enemy was taking a shot at Tara and despite his injuries he stepped in to block the shot. (Darn the low dice roll lol) His shield however didn't survive the blow. Yes he basically pulled a move like our favorite Fortemps knight. Tara was supremely unhappy with him once she was sure he was recovered enough to lecture him. An now is threatening him with the sad eyes of the kids to get him to wear a helmet so that he stops taking head injuries since his body armor stopped most of the other injuries.

Not that it helped he'd already had injuries from fighting not only his own target but from a spell that pit Alexois and Lance against each other. Needless to say... Alexois is very much loved by the dice and he was kicking Lance's ass. XD

Lance smiled over the rim of his cup as he watched Ava and Jas playing nearby. Probably his favorite part of sitting outside here with Tara and Theo. Didn't mean he loved the twins any less than the kids. The Loches were family to him.

But watching the kids be happy and enjoying their time outside was always good. Something he looked forward to someday himself. Maybe with Kyna. He'd make sure to be a better father than his own had been.

First they had to deal with his mother. But he wasn't letting thoughts of her sour such a nice day. Or his cup of Ishgardian tea. Thanalan was still a bit too warm for his particular tastes most days but anything was better than the endless cold of Coerthas.

In the End by Linkin Park

I tried so hard and got so far But in the end it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all

(Thank you @celestialspark - I just want to say curse you playlist lol. With almost 900 songs and it gives me the one that got me through my Senior year of HS. So please have this dark piece of Alexois right after his betrayal of Lancefer... Prolly a little over 10yrs ago? I didn't do the math but Alex is 36 now an this happened in his early 20s. Warnings for blood and violence.)

(For Lancefer and Asher if possible)

Lance is a rather faithful person. It's rather important to him to be trustworthy and pious. Because the way he sees it, being a knight for Haillenarte, his behavior reflects back on the House he serves. Haillenarte suffered a lot for their loss of the Vigil despite the odds against them that day. So Lance does his best to be seen as a good example of the sort of people that serve House Haillenarte. He does his best not to do anything that might tarnish the House or his young Lord. Especially since he's grown rather fond of Lord Francel over the years serving under him. To some degree it's like looking after another brother or looking after Francel in Chlodebaimt's place.

Asher is actually a lot more trustworthy than he acts. He's rather loyal to Captain Celie and the crew. Towards most strangers, he'd rather they seem him as a scoundrel. He's used to being treated as such from his years growing up among bandits in the Shroud. It gives strangers less leverage over him if they believe he's out for himself only. Besides he sees it as mainly making him look bad and no one else. After all, how much worse can you make a group of sky pirates look by having a scoundrel among their number? He's just giving people what they think he is even if he knows he's not. The captain mostly shakes their head before giving him a cuff up the backside of his head for his behavior. Because nine times out of ten, him being a scoundrel has a good reason behind it. Like taking someone for all he can and then giving some of it away to some homeless kids.

More like Tara and her twin, Theo, jointly kindly bullied Lance with the gift of a helmet. It's a very well made helmet, shaped with his head specifically in mind and with slits down the sides for his ears. Why? Because he's already taken two rather serious head injuries over the past few years. One of those head injuries cost him two years of memories. So now they are kindly bullying him into wearing a helmet for his own safety. Since he has a habit of wearing a metal circlet and not a helmet. And the twins are not above using Jas, Ava, or Evelyn as leverage to get their uncle to wear said helmet. Or even get Kyna and Lothaire in on the guilting party.

Theo also gave Lance an embroidery pattern, floss and needles. The pattern is the one that says 'This is Proof that I have the Patience to Stab Something 10,000 times.' This was definitely in an attempt to make him take up a hobby in his free time.

Tara gave him a new whetstone, polishing clothes and oil for his sword and armor.

Stefan gave Lance a few books. Hoping maybe his cousin would learn to relax and read as a hobby. They're mostly heroic knight romance books since he felt that was more Lance's type of story. He thought this was only fair since Lance kept trying to pressure him into learning how to fight. Pressure his cousin into reading seemed mild enough.

Destiney gave him a locket with a picture of Loth on one side and Kyna on the other. (Naturally she gave Loth a matching one but it only has a picture of Lance in it.)

Aunt Elle gave him a new warm scarf. Long enough for him to let Owlvael get snuggly on his shoulder.