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morgynleri) wrote2007-04-16 01:33 am
morgynleri) wrote2007-04-16 01:33 am
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A Long Journey Home
Title: A Long Journey Home
Fandom: Mummy
Status: In Progress
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG13
Scenes 1&2
Commentary: Any.
Notes: Read the first couple of scenes first, and the liner notes are there. Or read them to refresh your memory before reading this scene. Anyway. Might update this post if I get another scene done before I work on other stuff. So, enjoy.
Sale'ah frowned when Ardeth paled, keeping silent when his gaze darted toward the desert she'd wandered for the last three days, despite her curiosity. Too much a risk, no matter how kind he appeared, that her curiosity would be unwanted, and punished.
"You must come with me." Ardeth reached out to tug at her arm as he spoke, pulling her closer to the strange creature he had arrived on.
"I will not get on such a creature!" Sale'ah dug her heels into the sand as best she could, her gaze darting between man and beast. She wished she could understand him, or have him at least understand her when he gestured to the creature again. "I do not understand, and I do not trust your riding beast. What if it does not like me?"
"The horse is to ride upon. It will take too long to walk back to the camp otherwise." He reached out to hold the contraption on the creature's back, gesturing once more, as if encouraging her to climb onto the beast.
Sale'ah shook her head again, backing away. "No. Please. I am frightened." She snatched her arm away when he reached for her again, scrambling away in a circle, keeping one eye on the animal. "I will walk beside it, but not ride it."
"She's perfectly safe to ride. She won't bite you." Ardeth frowned, watching her with an unreadable expression on his face. "Do you not know how to ride?"
"I don't understand what you are saying!" Sale'ah pressed the tips of her fingers to her forehead in frustration, closing her eyes for a moment. "Even your gestures are alien to me, more than not. And you do not know what I am saying anymore than I know what you are saying."
Fandom: Mummy
Status: In Progress
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG13
Scenes 1&2
Commentary: Any.
Notes: Read the first couple of scenes first, and the liner notes are there. Or read them to refresh your memory before reading this scene. Anyway. Might update this post if I get another scene done before I work on other stuff. So, enjoy.
Sale'ah frowned when Ardeth paled, keeping silent when his gaze darted toward the desert she'd wandered for the last three days, despite her curiosity. Too much a risk, no matter how kind he appeared, that her curiosity would be unwanted, and punished.
"You must come with me." Ardeth reached out to tug at her arm as he spoke, pulling her closer to the strange creature he had arrived on.
"I will not get on such a creature!" Sale'ah dug her heels into the sand as best she could, her gaze darting between man and beast. She wished she could understand him, or have him at least understand her when he gestured to the creature again. "I do not understand, and I do not trust your riding beast. What if it does not like me?"
"The horse is to ride upon. It will take too long to walk back to the camp otherwise." He reached out to hold the contraption on the creature's back, gesturing once more, as if encouraging her to climb onto the beast.
Sale'ah shook her head again, backing away. "No. Please. I am frightened." She snatched her arm away when he reached for her again, scrambling away in a circle, keeping one eye on the animal. "I will walk beside it, but not ride it."
"She's perfectly safe to ride. She won't bite you." Ardeth frowned, watching her with an unreadable expression on his face. "Do you not know how to ride?"
"I don't understand what you are saying!" Sale'ah pressed the tips of her fingers to her forehead in frustration, closing her eyes for a moment. "Even your gestures are alien to me, more than not. And you do not know what I am saying anymore than I know what you are saying."