How Engaged Couples Bond

[king_of_flames]

Who: Roy Mustang and Cornelia li Britannia
What: Fighting off assassins. Possibly some Rift monsters, too.
When: Before the assault on Imperial City
Where: Poemond
Warnings: Lots and lots of fire, swording, and witty banter dripping with subtext.

Poemond's castle held two VIPs. One was a general, and the other was a colonel and her fiancé. Both commanding officers had plenty of live battle experience and were clever tacticians. It made for a ripe opportunity.

Which is why a small group of cultists were sneaking their way into the castle, intent on an assassination. Sneaking past the guards was no problem, and it didn't take them long to locate the two officers' quarters.

They decided to go after Cornelia first. She held the higher rank, and they believed that she meant more to Roy than the other way around. Once she was eliminated, he'd despair too much to properly fight back...or so they thought.

Comments

[queen_sacrifice]

"Since when have you ever shown patience? You were all too quick to barge in on my party and now it'll take weeks before the smell of burnt flesh leaves this room." Pulling her sword back, she whips it hard enough to let the blood splatter to the floor in an attempt to clean it, before moving onto another.

"Mustang, you do have the second best quarters in this area, don't you? I suppose a game of musical beds is in order."

[king_of_flames]

"Oh, but why would that be necessary? We have a cleaning crew, don't we?" Roy shoots another narrow line of fire, but the assassin avoids it -- though it does catch his full attention. "If you'd like to sleep in my room, you shouldn't try to make an excuse for it!"

[queen_sacrifice]

"Are you really the type to allow a woman to remain in a room that reeks of this smell? Where are your manners, Mustang?"

Once the assassin's attention has been snagged by the other party, Cornelia will move in for what she believes will be quite the killing blow.

[king_of_flames]

"Now, when did I say I would do that?"

The assassin turned in time to avoid a blow that would immediately kill him, though the wound was still fatal. However, as he fell to the floor, he pulled a rune out and applied his blood to it. A portal opened up in that spot -- one leading to the Rift. The moaning of zombies could be made out.

"...We've got a problem here."