Username: Jormandugr on NaNoWriMo, fenrischained here.
Any background information: Jonathan's an FtM transvestite, Tir's a skyship captain and admiral of the Fleet, and the Fleet are meeting on some icy, rocky island in the Arctic circle. And I didn't realise my accidental title-reference until long after I wrote it.
Excerpt: After a moment’s consideration, Tir nodded. “Agreed. And, while we are on the topic of worthwhile men...”
I was no longer listening, frustrated by how little I understood, and it took a sharp nudge in the ribs from Grace for me to realise that he was looking directly at me – and that, since his gaze was so pointedly fixed on me, so were those of most of the gathering. I swallowed, hard.
“Doubtless,” he continued, and there was something of a hard edge to his voice, “a number of you have seen Dr. Wells aboard the Managarmr. Doubtless you have wondered what a man was doing aboard. I have wondered the same. This very morning, I asked it of Kali – and her answer was an astonishing one.
“Friends, the doctor is more than valuable to us. The compact states that no man may set foot aboard the women’s ships, nor a women aboard the men’s. This, we all know, else such meetings would be almost meaningless. The men are among men. The women, among women.
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Any background information: Jonathan's an FtM transvestite, Tir's a skyship captain and admiral of the Fleet, and the Fleet are meeting on some icy, rocky island in the Arctic circle.
And I didn't realise my accidental title-reference until long after I wrote it.
Excerpt: After a moment’s consideration, Tir nodded. “Agreed. And, while we are on the topic of worthwhile men...”
I was no longer listening, frustrated by how little I understood, and it took a sharp nudge in the ribs from Grace for me to realise that he was looking directly at me – and that, since his gaze was so pointedly fixed on me, so were those of most of the gathering. I swallowed, hard.
“Doubtless,” he continued, and there was something of a hard edge to his voice, “a number of you have seen Dr. Wells aboard the Managarmr. Doubtless you have wondered what a man was doing aboard. I have wondered the same. This very morning, I asked it of Kali – and her answer was an astonishing one.
“Friends, the doctor is more than valuable to us. The compact states that no man may set foot aboard the women’s ships, nor a women aboard the men’s. This, we all know, else such meetings would be almost meaningless. The men are among men. The women, among women.
“But Jonathan Wells is among both.”