Subj: [ffml] [MW] A King's Burden Date: 00-06-28 15:30:25 EDT From: skyhall@hotmail.com (Sky Hall) Reply-to: ffml@egroups.com To: ffml@egroups.com "Well, at least he apologized for disobeying specific orders," said General Wang. He put down the communication from Tim that he had been reading to those gathered in the command tent. "But sir, how can we continue to have Tim as an officer?" asked Colonel Mekkes. "He is ruining the cohesion of the army. And his behavior is a terrible example for other officers." "What behavior?" asked Wang. "The fact that he acts for the benefit of Doma? The fact that he'll go out of his way to further our reconquest of home? The fact that he trains his men the best, disciplines and trains them to the best of their abilities?" Mekkes fumed but said nothing. "What you need to remember is that Colonel Tim is Lord of All That Kicks Ass, not because he won that honor in a duel, but because we told him to be," said Wang. "But why sir? Why have us 'believe' in a myth?" asked Mekkes. "Myth? Tim is flesh and bone. I have seen him bleed, seen him fight, shook his hand, made him flinch when I yelled at him. Tim is real, Colonel Mekkes. Remember that." "Yes sir, I know. But why dramatize his rank and position?" "Why not?" retorted Wang. "Tim is capable and loyal, that has been proven beyond a doubt. And his example and sacrifices spread like wildfire through the ranks. His exploits are known to every soldier. And they think of him as Lord of All That Kicks Ass, not merely as Captain Tim. And that is the benefit he holds. "Even now, Tim has continued to serve our goals and our ends, by taking Hiel Keep. Everyone knows that it is near impossible to take Hiel Keep, but Tim did it. In fact," said Wang, holding up the letter, "he did it in one night and with the loss of twenty men. He even sent instructions to the other battalions to use Hiel Keep as a focus to draw in the enemy. Everyone knows about what he did, and this will inspire them to achieve greatness as he has done." Mekkes nodded. "And that is why he is now a colonel," said Cyan. Everyone turned to look at their king, who had been sitting quietly in a corner. "Tim's success equals Doma's success. This much is certain now. If we trust in Tim, we shall succeed." Wang furrowed his brow, but said nothing. "General Wang, I want you to give Tim more men as soon as possible," continued Cyan. "Another battalion even. Have the Lance Henriksens take and hold Hiel Keep. I want Tim mobil as soon as possible. He works best in the field. "And hopefully he has no problems with those avariel." --Sky ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hope this isn't too offensive- trust me, it's better than the Elian one. Click Here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Final Fantasy Mailing List: Now available in Cherry, Strawberry or Tofu ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <.sentto-5708-60046-962220371-raumkatze2=aol.com@returns.onelist.com> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:30:25 -0400 Received: from jj.egroups.com (jj.egroups.com [208.50.144.82]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:30:04 -0400 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-5708-60046-962220371-raumkatze2=aol.com@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by jj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 28 Jun 2000 19:26:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 3321 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2000 19:26:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 28 Jun 2000 19:26:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.32.181.115) by mta1 with SMTP; 28 Jun 2000 19:26:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 31979 invoked by uid 0); 28 Jun 2000 19:26:10 -0000 Message-ID: <20000628192610.31978.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 128.111.162.132 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:26:10 PDT X-Originating-IP: [128.111.162.132] To: ffml@egroups.com From: "Sky Hall" <.skyhall@hotmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list ffml@egroups.com; contact ffml-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list ffml@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <.mailto:ffml-unsubscribe@egroups.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:26:10 PDT Reply-To: ffml@egroups.com Subject: [ffml] [MW] A King's Burden Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit