{M} Seekers of Village Vengeance. {Oddysen & ScottishGal}
Rated M for various reasons. You know, violence and stuff.
OOC.
Seekers of Village Vengeance; Part 0:
The Cliche Before The Storm.
Alick awakened to the sound of a rooster. He got out of bed and joined his family for breakfast. Despite no longer being a part of the “core family”, and working off the farm, he still lived with them, and shared breakfast and supper with them, in exchange for some of his wages of course. Even so it was a bit unusual, especially since his brother Gus had taken over the farm two years ago, due to their father's back injury, but Fenella, Angus' wife, had practically insisted, and Alick had seen little reason to refuse. The only one opposed to the current arrangement was their grandmother, who insisted it was “not the way”, and that Alick should have moved on his own years ago. Alick however, figured he'd find himself a wife first, though he supposed he should perhaps get around to that.
Breakfast passed in relative silence, as Kirstie, his brothers youngest child, was still asleep for once. As always, wee Gus, the oldest of Alick's two nephews, tried to get Alick to stay and play with him, but tempting as it was, Alick had work to do. Picking up his hatchet as he left, Alick started the 20 min walk to the part of the forest they were currently working in.
He spent most of the rest of the day, working alongside the rest of the logging crew, the two sons of Mr Miller, Mr Miller himself, the Campbell brothers and Moray Wilson. By the looks of it, they'd be rending the Grantham's farm horse tomorrow or day after, to transport the logs down to the mill, and the firewood into town. Around midday, they took a break when Ms Miller brought them a simple lunch and they took a longer break later to eat dinner together.
After a long day of work, Alick, the Campbell brothers, and Moray Wilson joined some of the other local bachelors for a few quick beers. As they talked, Ualan, one of the other young men, eventually told them that he and Leslee had finally gotten engaged, and would be getting married round midsummers. This of course warranted another round of beer and several heartfelt congratulations.
After a slightly longer than planed get together, Alick bid the rest of the guys goodnight, and headed home to share supper with his family. Fenella, who was had been a good childhood friend of Leslee, was delighted at the news, and imminently made plans to go visit and congratulate her tomorrow morning.
After a long day of work, made slightly longer by the good news of Ualan's engagement, Alick didn't have any trouble falling asleep, and quickly fell into a deep slumber, readying body and mind for tomorrow, and what would certainly be another perfectly normal day and peaceful day in Sioda...