Death and Rebirth: Roleplay with TheNovaSwag #2

Chapter 8

N:  "Hmm, I agree," Maria nodded, "but hopefully means that they are doing something meaningful." However, outside, Heinrich was holding onto Johann's legs as he dangled from the roof and used the crook to loop around a bunch of carrots in the garden. "Why didn't you get the carrots from, I don't know, the ground?" Heinrich asked.

"Because I feel cool when doing this," the other grinned, finally able to get a solid hold on some carrots, "All done, now pull me up." As the knight pulled him up, he peeked into the Prussian's room and asked, "Why do you have muskets mounted on your wall?"

"They're my Vater's" he grumbled as he tugged at him quickly so he doesn't continue peeking into his room, "was it all worth it?"

"Yup," Johann nodded, cleaning off the dirt before taking a bite, and giving one to Heinrich. The two of them chatted as they sat on the roof, enjoying the other's company when they began to smell the pumpkin pie, so Johann got an idea. "Lower me next to the kitchen window."

"Are you out of your mind," the knight whisper-shouted, but when his friend began to pester him to help he sighed, "Fine, but I think you gained some weight from all the carrots." Earning a punch in the arm, he chuckled as the pair went to the edge of the roof.

Heinrich slowly lowered Johann down, and since the kitchen window was on the ground floor, he too was lying down on the roof so the other could actually reach the window. When Johann did, he saw Maria and Rowen inside, although their backs were turned, and he shouted through the window, "HALLO!"

M:   Rowen was startled so bad he jumped, causing some of his coffee to spill, then he took a step back to see where the voice came from and slipped on the spill, landing on his tailbone and hitting his head on the floor fairly hard.

"Johann Hemsworth Kress," he shouted, rubbing his head, even though his last name was Winter he still used Johann's real last name as he never felt it right to change it. "What in the five realms of Jastrum are you doing, get down before you get hurt!"

N:   Johann felt bad from what happened, shocked by the events that occurred from him scaring Rowen, "ok," he said quietly before yelling up to Heinrich, "Heinz, pull me up."

"Heinz is up there," Maria shouted. She was about to pour the filling into the pie dough when Johann's scare caused her to spill some of it. Although there was plenty left, she was still mad and was even so when she heard that her son was helping out, "Tell your accomplice, Johann, that he needs to get down too." The Mandorian nodded and disappeared from view as he was hoisted up.

Maria knelt down next to Rowen, handing over a cold wet cloth to him, "Here, have this for your head, and go to the living room and rest while I finish this off." She made sure that the former captain was alright before leading him out of the kitchen, just in time to see Heinrich and Johann walk in, heads lowered.

"Not even a week after seeing Johann and you are back to your troublemaking days," the mother shook her head in disappointment, "Heinrich, you are going to tidy up the spill in the kitchen while I cook."

"Ok, Mutter," he replied before following his mother, quickly apologizing to Rowen before he left.

After a while, Johann spoke up, "Sorry, Hezyka. I didn't know it was going to be that bad."

M:   "It's ok Johann, guess I'm just a bit jumpy is all," Rowen reassured him, then said in a serious tone, "that was very dangerous though, if Heinz lost his grip and you fell you could have been seriously hurt or worse. You're a young man now Johann, not a child, you can't get into trouble like this anymore, our lives are on the line right now and you need to start acting more seriously if we're going to survive."