Imprints in Stone [AU]

[Carver Amell]

Carver draws his sword as he runs, flat out, not thinking, not questioning, ready and willing to stab anyone and anything that's hurting Beth.

[Bethany]

As he gets closer, fine details seep in. Specially, tone and wording.

"-you think you can come here and say this bullshit just because Dad and Helene aren't here? Please bitches, I might not be my brother, but I can still kick your skank ho asses anyday," Bethan finishes with a sneer. When Carver comes around the corner, he's treated to the sight of his sister standing with one hand on her hip and the other clutching a blue glowing club. About twenty feet away, Raynare and a friend are scowling. Well, Raynare is scowling, her friend is clutching her stomach and trying not to vomit from the looks of things.

[Carver Amell]

"Beth," he barks, darting toward them. "I'll handle this."

[Bethany]

Bethany scoffs. "Please," she sneers, sounding eerily like Leandra at her worst. "Trash like this isn't worth your blade. Ray-ray here was just leaving anyway. Weren't you dearie?" 

[NPCs]

The elf gives her a look of loathing, but she also takes a few steps back, eyeing their weapons warily. "Thuggish humans," she mutters. "Always so quick to violence."

[Carver Amell]

"Damn right," snarls Carver. "At least when we stab someone, they see it coming."

[Bethany]

"Merrill should have been your sister, your friend. She was entrusted to your village by fate and the gods and you hurt her instead. So go fuck a beehive," Bethany finishes in the same tone as she'd started, scolding and dismissive.

[NPCs]

"You have no idea what you're talking about. That- that freak isn't one of us. Moon-touched, broken. Probably not even a person anymore, just some kind of monster walking around in-"

[Bethany]

Raynare's insults are cut off by someone running off around the side of the wagon. Bethany curses ripely, then rushes off after Merrill, leaving Carver behind to deal with the bitches.

[Carver Amell]

For Beth's sake, he uses his off-hand to slap Renare, then spits at her feet. "Coward." That's all he says before he heads after the girls.

[NPCs]

"Brute!" 

[Bethany]

By the time Carve catches up to the girls, it's to find Bethany straddling Merrill. At a guess, the human had tackled the elf, preventing her from continuing her flight. Merrill doesn't have much fight in her though, so instead of struggling, she's gone limp and crying. "Filthy liars, the both of them. All of them. You're not a monster." Hearing Carver's approach, Beth twists around to see who it is. "Tell her Carver. We think she's great, don't we?

[Carver Amell]

"Get off her," he says, concerned. "Is she okay? Are you okay, Merrill? Did they hurt you? Should I have stabbed them?"

[Bethany]

"Not until she promises not to run unarmed into the woods again, half blind from tears," Bethany says mulishly. "Unless you want to sit on her?"

[Tethras Clan]

"Ummm." The elf, despite her tears, looks conflicted by that suggestion. He's heavier but... I like it when he's close.