My duty

[priderock]

the bodyguard shipping meme You're a pop star, or a royal, or maybe even the last of your kind who will bring about the Earth's redemption. Whatever the case may be, you're in a position that may be a bit dicey if you attract the wrong kind of attention. And you're a bodyguard, a soldier, a knight - a protector. Somehow, you've been roped into protecting this person. You'll be rewarded, of course. The work may be cut out for you, but just do your job, keep your head down, and it'll go smooth. Except for when the two of you break the bounds of professionalism and feelings begin to flourish. Being in such close quarters may get you to see the other in a different light, and saving someone's life just may be the ultimate form of intimacy. Could this be the real danger? To feel so strongly for the one you've sworn to protect...are you compromised? How to Play 1. Comment with your character and preferences, being sure to put if you want to play the guard, the guarded, or either. Also, you may want to put if you prefer fluffy, angsty, or smutty interaction - or have no preference. 2. Comment to others. 3. There are no prompts, because there are so many potential options there could be a hundred. Feel free to play anything: the beginnings of the relationship, just meeting, getting used to each other/not getting along at first, the obligatory first time, a threat on the protected's life and how their protector responds, how the feelings between the two has changed the protection, etc. Your only limit is you.

Comments

[theyseemeroland]

[Roland crosses his arms thoughtfully, looking out into the distance as he considers the variables in play.]

This terrain is pretty good for traveling. Monsters are a thing, but I think we can handle them without much trouble. So....

[He bobs his head at her with a smile.]

As long as the weather holds, I think we should be fine. It shouldn't take longer than a few days to get there.

[eloquentness]

[ A few days. That's manageable, especially since they're headed back home to Evermore. Iris gives him a nod, thinking back to the monsters they had seen on the way. As big as they were, they could handle them together.

(It was almost as if those guys had a sixth sense for humans - but that would be a different story.) ]

Plus there's plenty of hiding places, in case we run across the bandits, like they posted on Leafbook...

[ Well, now there's a thought. Iris pauses, pulling out her own tablet - ]

Hey, I wonder if they tagged their location. If they did, we can probably detour around them...

[theyseemeroland]

You really think they'd be dumb enough to do that?

[The only bandit he knows of that would do that kind of thing is Tyran. Still, he peers over her shoulder at her tablet curiously. No harm in checking, eh?]

i am so sorry, friend

[eloquentness]

You say "dumb," I say "technologically incompetent," but yeah. It's worth checking.

[ She scrolls down Leafbook, checking for geographical tags in their area. Most are fairly standard, with tourists oohing and awwing at the sights. Nothing too exciting until - well, one of those Broadleaf hipster tourists liveblogged an actual mugging. Complete with selfies as they tried to reclaim their stuff.

Iris gives that hot mess a blank stare before turning her tablet over to Roland, in case he wants to see this for himself. ] Well... I didn't think the tourists would be the dumb ones, but I guess that answers that question.