Old Habits Die Hard Part Six, some old habits never die Options

[haute ecole rider]

Hello all, and welcome to the final thread of Old Habits Die Hard. Those of you who are familiar with the Main Quest know that we are fast approaching the end game. Only three more artifacts to obtain, then we can recover the Amulet of Kings and light those Dragonfires and see Martin to the Dragon Throne at last. Right?

For those who are coming late to the party, here are the links to the other five threads:

Chapters 1 − 7: From the Prison to finding the Path of Dawn.
Chapters 8 − 13: From Dagon’s Shrine to Bravil.
Chapters 14 − 18: From Sheogorath’s Shrine to the start of the Grand Tour of Cyrodiil.
Chapters 19 − 22: From Leyawiin to Skingrad.
Chapters 23 − 25: From returning home to Anvil to the final Mages Guild recommendation.

Here in this last thread we will see the Main Quest through to its tragic conclusion. Some questions will be answered, including who is the man Julian loves? Other questions will be raised, including what’s next for Julian? Those of you who have suspected a second story in the making, you are correct.

After a year and a half of writing this story, I am happy to bring this to a close, yet I am sad to bid it adieu. Hopefully I won’t let any and all of you down as we wrap up.

This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Jun 26 2011, 01:10 AM

[SubRosa]

This time the blade sparked against his spine and ribs before his recovery knocked it away.
If only he were mortal! Julian would have won the fight there.

"Take a cut to break a bone." Once again Jelin's voice saved me. All right, Blademaster. You're right. Resist the urge to parry. Go for the greater strike.
As Captain Adama would say: "Sometimes you gotta roll the hard six."

Alain's brows rose beneath the helm. "Valdemar too?"
Yep, you certainly keep the ambiguity here, while at the same time maintaining the implications as well. If Destri never gets around to finishing Interregnum and letting us know which way they swing, someone is going to have to write a Valdemar/Alain slash...

Those last four fights were simply stunning. *Phew* I feel as if I have been through the ringer as much as Julian has. Thank goodness she has gotten past the Fab Four, umm Fantastic Four, I mean eX-Men. She had to be one Iron Woman to become their Avenger.

Hopefully things will slow down a bit now for Julian, and she can just go pick up the bloody tin suit and be done with this place. She has already moved Aetherius and Nirn as it is!

But, even her current mission aside, I noticed the pitter-patter of foreshadowing feet. Once again in the form of Julian's bracelet.

Or did he mean more than enchanted gear?
Methinks he did Julian... I so love to see her squirm like this. After such dazzling displays of heroism, it keeps so well grounded in her humanity.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 19 2011, 12:48 AM