Knight Time

Who: Eve and Chris.

Where: The AR Simulation area 

When: After the babysitting job 
-----They slowly walked towards the AR area, trying to make their time together last as long as possible.
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"So, um..." Chris stumbled for a topic, "do you like it here?"
Chris's mind instantly kicked itself for the poor choice of question.
Eve smiled, "Well, I've only been here for a day. I'm liking my time here so far." she said, making the link between their hands stronger and more definite.
"It'll only get better, trust me." said Chris, leading Eve into the AR Simulation area.
 
"Ok. What do you want to play?" Asked Chris, punching up a screen which appeared to be a game loading program.
Eve looked slightly uncomfortable, "I don't know, what do you want to play?"
Chris browsed the catalogue quickly. His eye fell on "A Knights Challenge", a medieval style game.
With only a point from Chris and a nod from Eve, the game was decided on.
The couple put their gloves on and their boots on, but just before they put their helmets on, their eyes met for a second, before they pulled away and entered the artificial world.
 
As their eyes adjusted to the video feed from the helmet, a new world was revealed before them. Green grass and trees could be seen outside the window of the wooden dwelling they had started in. An old man stood before them.
He spoke in rough tones with a sense of wisdom about his words, "You have been chosen by the king of this land to lead a quest into the dark lands of the west and recover the lost rune of Tal't Grethan. If you fail, then this world only has a limited amount of time before it is plunged into eternal darkness and the king's evil brother will reign over all you see here."
Chris yawned. The man noticed immediately. "Oh, am I boring you?"
"No, sir." Said Chris, who didn't expect the man to make such a big deal out of it.
"The king trusts you my boy, and to give you a little help (and probably keep you from being too bored) he's sending his daughter with you. By what I've seen of you, you need all the help you can get."
"Thankyou for your confidence, 'O wise one." Said Chris, a bit annoyed.
Eve chuckled. Seeing this, Chris smiled.
"Now be off with you, and don't come back 'til you've cleansed the west of evil and you possess the rune!"
Sir Zodar and Princess Eve walked out of the hut while the man was still speaking, causing him to raise his voice toward the end.
As they left the house, Chris waited until Eve was clear of the door, then slammed it shut behind him.
"He's a bit of a smeg-head." Chris said, trying to look tough in front of Princess Eve.
"You created him didn't you?" Eve giggled
"Ah, yeah." Chris mumbled rather sheepishly, "But only technically".
"How so?" Asked Eve
"It takes real skill to create a bastard like that. Skill that I don't have..."
"Speaking of skills, what skills do you have?" Eve said testing her 'knights' abilities.
"Good question... Hang on." Said Chris as he pulled out his sword
"Put that away before you put my eye out"
Chris, not listening to Eve, starts to show off, swinging the sword around, making fighting motions into the thin air. He thrusts the sword into a nearby tree, splintering the wood and sending bark flying.
"Ow!"
Zodar, still focused on the point on the tree that he had struck, turned around quickly to see Eve covering her eye.
"Let me see, let me see." Said Chris, moving Eve's hand away from her eye, revealing the injury.
Chris noticed that the bark that had flown at her hadn't done any major damage. He also noticed that Eve's eyes were the most beautiful things he had ever seen.
"In this artificial reality, your green eyes are truly beautiful, but my visor still doesn't do them justice." Said Chris, softly, but truthfully.
 
The two locked eyes, lips and hands, the power and strength behind all three were amazing, their lips opened still touching they breathed as one, their eyes closed, trusting one another, using senses they never knew existed.
 
They pulled away, they took each other's helmets off and their eyes locked again.
"Intense" They both whispered, as a million thoughts raced through each of their minds
 
OOC: Jenni, your turn... ;)