LMM 248: Equipped

Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the one with good influences.

248
Equipped

Jacques could have verbally dismantled the administrator, but to what end? These days, his authority had nothing to do with the lords in his ancestry… and everything to do with the lord he served. Jacques cast aside weapons gone rusty with disuse in favor of fresher inheritances.

From Michael, an unwavering optimism.

From Hisoka, the priority of peace.

From Argent, the longest of long views.

This kerfuffle wouldn’t be a waste of time if Isla learned something. So Jacques opened the nearest window and decorously propped his hip against the sill. “I say! Where’s a Skybellow when you need one?”


Posted: June 8, 2021
Prompt: “waste of time,” suggested by SaintGeorge
Words: 100


Summary: Jacques Smythe brazens his way into Stately House and shows no sign of departing. Like it or not, Lord Mettlebright has himself a butler. An Amaranthine Saga Serial. [Humor, Drama, Family] Begins here. You can suggest a prompt here. To scroll through archived chapters, use the Lord Mettlebright’s Man tag.

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10 thoughts on “LMM 248: Equipped

  1. Pingback: LMM 247: Superiority Complex – FORTHRIGHT

  2. Oh goodness! There he goes! Dropping a name but still not THE names! Well played Jacques! How you have grown! No wonder Argent keeps you close. 🤣🤣

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  3. Pingback: LMM 249: Head of Security – FORTHRIGHT

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