Difference between revisions of "Rigel"
(New page: [i]The family trade he must cease For Rigel grew up on high seas To smuggle the goods He never quite could Find the right palms to grease[/i] Rigel felt like the proverbial square peg, ...) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>''Italic text''The family trade he must cease | |
For Rigel grew up on high seas | For Rigel grew up on high seas | ||
To smuggle the goods | To smuggle the goods | ||
He never quite could | He never quite could | ||
| − | Find the right palms to grease | + | Find the right palms to grease''Italic text''<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> |
Revision as of 15:28, 15 February 2011
Insert non-formatted text hereItalic textThe family trade he must cease For Rigel grew up on high seas To smuggle the goods He never quite could Find the right palms to greaseItalic textInsert non-formatted text here
Rigel felt like the proverbial square peg, stuck between the hammer and the hole. Smokkel was a small coastal city that thrived on intersecting trade routes. The Dexters specialized in and prospered on "re-exporting". Despite excelling in his studies, school was not easy for him, like it was for his younger brother, Morgan. Morgan was a chip off the old block, glib of tongue, with an easy, infectious smile that never failed to get him out of trouble with the instructors.
Rigel was excited for his thirteenth birthday, when he would leave school to join his father on the boat. He caught on to the book keeping quick enough, but struggled with the subtleties of negotiating merchandise prices and taxes collected by harbor masters. This defecit in his skill set was only accentuated a year later when Morgan joined the crew. Morgan excelled excelled where Rigel struggled, and it was clear who would make the better captain when their father retired.
It turned out to be the saddest and most exciting day of his life when his father anchored at an unusual port of call. The ile de voquer was home to a temple of higher learning devoted to Avandra. Captain Dexter had taken on legitimate freight expressly to talk with the monks.
Rigel was surprised when his father asked him to join him for the fee negotiations with the monks, more often than not Morgan was chosen for that duty. He was amazed by the vast library where the monks had the crates delivered, and shocked when his father asked if he might like to stay here. He had never seen so many books in his entire life, much less in one place. And then He desperately wanted to stay and read all of them, just as much as he wanted to make his father proud.
It was a sad but hopeful parting as Morgan and his father sailed off, but Rigel was excited about his chance to finally find his true home.
