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cottonwoolsocks · 5 years ago

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All The Kingdom For You

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@whumptober2019 - prompts: 2 (explosion), 4 (human shield), 5 (gunpoint), 17 (“Stay with me”), 31 (embrace).

Summary: There are some battles even Roman can't win. “It was only supposed to be a game.”

Word Count: 1283

Genre: angst, Kingom/Medieval AU

Characters: Roman, Remus

Relationships: sibling creativitwins

Warnings: major character death, guns, blood

If I need to tag anything else, let me know!

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Roman’s eyes slid to one side, searching for a means of escape although he knew anything he tried would likely end in ruin. The hilt of his sword was just visible over the edge of the broken rubble that was once a mighty castle, his shield lost and probably buried somewhere nearby—both items firmly unreachable, and not a shred of use to him now.

If he stayed still, he would die for certain. If he moved—well, there was certainly nothing worse that could happen.

He took a shaky breath, raised his trembling hands, and stood up, revealing himself from where he had been wedged uncomfortably against the edge of a tumbled wall, to face the gun now trained directly at his chest.

“You don't have to shoot,” he said, although he knew how foolish he sounded.

The green-cloaked figure raised the barrel, hardly heeding his words, and then three things happened very fast and very suddenly.

An explosion went off from beside Roman’s right ear, beginning a ringing in his ears that he'd never quite be rid of.

The gunshot might have fired, although it was hard to tell over the sound of the explosion, and Roman judged by the lack of searing pain that irregardless he hadn't been hit.

From somewhere nearby, somewhere Roman would never quite find out precisely, Remus appeared in front of Roman, knocking them both to the ground just as a wave of searing heat and rubble tore over them.

A moment later it subsided, although it took another moment for Roman’s head to stop spinning and his brain to catch up.

He blinked his eyes open to see an ashy grey sky flecked with dust and cinders, and a weight on his chest.

He shifted, patting his brother’s head insistently to try and remove the other man from him. They weren't exactly on the best of terms, what with Remus having practically led the attack focused here on Roman’s ground, but that didn't mean Roman wasn't maybe, perhaps, just a little relieved to see his only blood relative, still alive and well.

Remus shifted slightly with a groan of protest, sending Roman’s mind reeling back to childhood days spent trying to drag his slightly-older-but-only-by-seven-minutes-so-it-doesn't-really-count brother out of bed so they could go play in the castle grounds. Taking a leaf from that particular book, he rolled his eyes good-humouredly and hefted both himself and Remus upright, setting his twin in front of him and heaving a deep breath to try and reinflate his rib cage.

Remus raised his eyebrows and scrunched his nose, shaking his head a little to rid his hair of the small white flecks of ash now lodged there. “Fancy seeing you here, dearest prince.” The nickname struck a chord with Roman, a smile spreading across his face.

“You're the one storming my castle, oh brother of mine.” Roman gestured widely to the destruction and debris surrounding them. “It's a shame I couldn't offer better hospitality to my favourite sibling.”

“I'm your only sibling,” he replied, but he seemed distracted, distant, voice uncharacteristically soft and face eerily pale. A trembling hand touched his stomach and came back sticky with something dark, and red, and very, very bad. Roman's heart jolted, and he barely time to process the nausea as Remus’s knees gave out from under him, gaze unfocused and blinking rapidly. Remus tried to say something again, an attempt at something humorous as the ghost of a smirk danced across his features, but it was gone a moment later and replaced instead with a hacking cough, spraying Roman’s shirt dark.

Remus’s smile was strained. “Does that mean I'm also your least favourite sibling?”

Roman took a deep breath, trying to hold himself together and not think about ten seconds from now, five minutes from now, when it would be... “Don't speak, Rem, you're going to be okay,” said Roman, although he knew every word was false. There was no one alive within shouting distance, and certainly no one with medical knowledge. The only thing they could do was— was—

Remus’s laugh was short, and coarse, and pained. “Now, brother, you know lying is bad.”

The tears were coming, the tears were coming, but Roman refused to let them through. Refused. If he cried now, he'd never hear the end of it from Remus, Remus would tease him about it tomorrow, they'd laugh about it. They would.

Roman’s fists clenched tighter onto the material of Remus’s shirt.

“You're gonna be fine,” he said, although he wasn't sure if it was more for Remus’s comfort or his own. “You're gonna be fine, Rem, you're gonna be fine, and then we're gonna laugh about this afterwards. You still have to get me back for the last duel, remember? We still have to- to- to—”

The tears began.

Remus drew in a breath, a breath that wheezed terribly and sent him into another coughing fit, and he couldn't hold back the groan of pain at the movement. He raised a wavering hand and thwapped Roman gently across the forehead. His next words were quieter, although Roman didn't want to think about the implications of that. “I thought I was supposed to be the emotionally unstable twin.”

Roman laughed, although it sounded more like a sob. There was a smile on his face and he wasn't sure why. “Then, then prove it! I—I'm supposed to— This isn't— It can't… like this...” And suddenly the words wouldn't stop, and Roman’s feelings were spilling from his mouth like the blood from the gunshot wound, both too fast, both unexpected, both with no signs of stopping. “We're supposed to keep fighting for ever and ever, we’re supposed to pretend we hate each other even though we don't really, we’re supposed to capture each other and then let each other get away, we’re supposed to have a duel that settles everything and then— and then realise we have a bigger common enemy, and fight them instead, together, and we’ll finally be a team, and we can forget all about this stupid game we’ve been playing, it's— it was only supposed to be a game.”

“And my piece is out. Yours isn't, brother—keep playing. We were—” Remus paused for another hacking cough and Roman flinched, watching as Remus’s face contorted in momentary pain, unable to tear his eyes away, terrified he'd disappear if he even glanced to the side.“We were naïve. Forget about Dad. Forget about the feud. Help the people, unite the kingdoms. Maybe… Maybe this was meant to happen. Maybe I have to die, so the kingdoms can be saved.”

“No! You don't have to die! There's always another way. There's always another way.”

Remus’s hand squeezed Roman’s gently, unable to pull the energy that would have been required to give his brother a light cuff across the cheek.

Remus blinked. And then he didn't.

No. No, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no—

“Stay with me, Remus, stay with me–”

Someone was wailing, someone somewhere, and Roman felt a surge of unbridled rage wash over him— why weren't they helping?! Why was nobody here? Someone had to save Remus, goddamnit, he wasn't letting this happen again—

“Remus, you can't, you— we have to fight together.”

Remus didn't move. Roman collapsed, holding his brother to his chest in a desperate embrace as the true reality of the situation cascaded over him, heart torn grotesquely from his chest, and he begged to whomever would listen, please, please, bring his brother back, or else let him die, too, and escape the pain.

Quietly, despairingly, his voice fell to a whisper as the sky came crashing down.

“We have to fight together.”

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prasanttricolour · 5 years ago

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But the river used to be in full spate with swift current. Balaram Dev swam throughout the flooded river and added the mid-wife from her village on his shoulder. With the care and therapy provided through the mid-wife the queen delivered a son who used to be named Hamir Dev. King Narsingh Dev was once considerably thrilled via the valour of his youthful brother Balaram Dev and granted the massive tract of land in his favour which later grew to become the kingdom Huma Desh and later got here to be broadly regarded as the impartial kingdom of Sambalpur. Some years later, the queen-mother requested her son Narasingh Dev and Balaram Dev to accompany her to a location recognized as Kalapathar on the financial institution of the river Anga. Standing at a vantage factor she confronted toward the kingdom of Patna and pointing out the territory to king Narasingh Dev stated that he would be the unbiased king of Patna state. 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Before Kalapahar should begin the depredation, in a nice evening, a lovely milk-maid dressed up in gold jewelry with a basket of milk, curd and cheese on her head, reached the camp of Kalapahar. She bought the articles to Kalapahar and his army. Next morning it is stated that the whole military inclusive of Kalapahar suffered rom cholera and different allied ailments inflicting whole chaos. Kalapahar deserted invasion of the temple and left the territory with surviviors of his navy leaving most of his armoury, the big drum and the brass bells (Hulgullas). It is believed that the Goddess Samaleswari manifested hereself in the structure of a milk-maid and prompted devastation in the military of Kalapahar. Whether this is a reality or fiction no one can say, however for many years, a large drumand a massive quantity of bells used to be saved at the Mukhashala of the Samaleswari temple. Even a massive variety of tombs believed to be these of the lifeless troopers of Kalapahar are discovered in a mango grove close to Samaleswari College constructing on the financial institution of river Mahanadi. There are many legends in connection with the temple and in truth the devotees sense the presence of such strength in the day to day affairs. It is konwn that one individual specifically Krupasindhu Panigrahi and his spouse had been buried in the basis of the temple at some stage in construction. In direction of time human sacrifice was once discontinued and the exercise of sacrificing buffalo was once adpoted. Again in path of time this exercise was once additionally abandoned. The remaining buffalo sacrifice in the temple used to be inside a couple of a long time which is in public memory. It is heard that in historical instances human sacrifice was once provided as soon as in a year. Human sacrifice used to be stopped following miracle of Maa Samaleswari with a saint from Amritsar, who grew to become the Mahanta of Gopaljee Math later on. Maa Samaleswari has a very unique vicinity in the hearts of the humans of Western Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Akhada Hanuman, Bhairva and Mauli Devi are worshipped in separate temples whilst Sitala Thakurani is worshipped in "Sangudi" or Mandap Mandir. A giant measurement Bahana Singha Bigraha has been set up in current years in the center of the temple premises which is supposed to be the largest astadhatu Bahana Singha Bigraha in Asia. The Bhumi Puja of the stated location was once carried out by using his holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Goverdhanmath, Puri, specifically Swami Nischalananda Saraswati. Almost all cities and villages of this location have a temple of Maa Samaleswari. In modern-day Odisha no single goddess has sway over a massive territory after Lord Jagganath. The principal temple of Goddess Samaleswari at Sambalpur is the supply of inspiration. Demographics 100% of the membership of the temple is of Indian descent. A great variety of individuals are employed in medicine, engineering, and computers.; Description of the Temple Samaleswari temple was once constructed some time in the center of sixteenth century. It was once rebuilt by way of the seventh impartial king of Sambalpur specifically Chhatra Sai Deo who reigned at some stage in 1657 to 1665 AD. and endowed considerable landed property for seva and Puja of the deity to a team of sevayats. Some historians say that, the idol of goddess Samaleswari below the simili tree was once worshipped with the aid of tribals because 1/3 century A.D. until the temple was once constructed via Balaram Dev. Legend of Kalapahar According to legend Kalapahar, army commander of the nawab of Bengal, in path of one of his visits to Sambalpur camped with a large navy at a region close to Durgapali on the financial institution of Mahanadi past the temple Samaleswari. Temple Activities It is konwn that one man or woman specifically Krupasindhu Panigrahi and his spouse have been buried in the basis of the temple for the duration of construction. In route of time human sacrifice was once discontinued and the exercise of sacrificing buffalo was once adpoted. Again in route of time this exercise was once additionally abandoned. The remaining buffalo sacrifice in the temple was once inside a couple of a long time which is in public memory. It is heard that in historical instances human sacrifice used to be supplied as soon as in a year. Human sacrifice was once stopped following miracle of Maa Samaleswari with a saint from Amritsar, who grew to become the Mahanta of Gopaljee Math later on. Maa Samaleswari has a very different region in the hearts of the human beings of Western Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Akhada Hanuman, Bhairva and Mauli Devi are worshipped in separate temples whilst Sitala Thakurani is worshipped in Sangudi or Mandap Mandir. A massive dimension Bahana Singha Bigraha has been established in latest years in the center of the temple premises which is supposed to be the largest astadhatu Bahana Singha Bigraha in Asia. The Bhumi Puja of the stated vicinity was once carried out with the aid of his holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Goverdhanmath, Puri, particularly Swami Nischalananda Saraswati. Almost all cities and villages of this location have a temple of Maa Samaleswari. In present-day Odisha no single goddess has sway over a giant territory after Lord Jagganath. The major temple of Goddess Samaleswari at Sambalpur is the supply of inspiration.

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