Contest Winner: From the Mouths of Maldynados (and Akstyrs)

A few weeks ago (eep, sorry it’s taken me so long to pick a winner!), I posted a contest asking folks to come up with some quirky lines for Maldynado and Akstyr. I’m finally announcing winners!

I’d originally meant to include the winning lines in EE6, but since I’m about to announce the release of the book, ahem, I’ll hold onto them to use in the next book (which is actually the second half of EE6 anyway). The novel should be ready to go at the end of the summer.

The Finalists

Melissa offers: I can imagine Maldynado suggesting that Books (maybe in celebration of finishing his project) “find a new inkwell in which to dip your pen.”

Cathlin suggests for Akstyr: “Chew makarovi fudge.”

CW suggests for Maldynado: “Sail my ship up her channel”

Cassandra suggests for Maldynado: “I’ll have her clothes off faster than Books can fall down.”

Nk suggests for Maldynado: “Mapping her territories.”

Sheree suggests for Maldynado: “Tactical night manoeuvres”

K2N2 suggests for Akstyr: The imperial army ran through barefoot. As in “My mouth tastes like the imperial army ran through barefoot.”

Jay suggests for Akstyr: “Go take a bath with the piss pot!”

Jay suggests for Maldynado: “Have you ever considered crashing your train into her bunker?”

Katya suggests for Akstyr: “…hotter than the sun’s armpit…”

Monica suggests for Maldynado: “rappelling down into a woman’s ravine”

The Winners…

At some point in Forged in Blood II, Maldynado will be saying… “Have you ever considered crashing your train into her bunker?” (I’m already envisioning an exchange between Maldynado and Deret where I can use this ;))

And Akstyr will be saying… Something is “hotter than the sun’s armpit.” (I’m not sure what yet, but it sounds like the classy sort of thing he’d say.)

I’ll be contacting Jay and Katya shortly to arrange for prize delivery.

Thank you all for entering! Until the next contest…