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Arthur Pendragon ([personal profile] arturius) wrote2012-03-03 01:13 pm
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Three Silver Pieces - [Action/Written]

[Arthur really had no idea what to do with himself. It had been two months now and his various trips had seen every inch around the barrier, save for those that the ocean blocked. The mountains had provided him with a handy way of escaping the village after his humiliation with that experiment. He had already crossed them once, with Cordelia, but he was only now returning again after a long trip crossing them on the northern edge of the barrier only to cross them on the south.

Reluctant as he was to admit it, he really was trapped. There was no way out. Even the excursion out to sea seemed like it would only be a way of confirming what he already suspected. There was nothing that he, even as King of Camelot, could do to escape. Especially when not even magic seemed to make a difference. Upon returning to the village on horseback, he was too weary to prepare his own meal, so his first stop was Seventh Heaven. Some of his clothes had been torn on the trip and with no way of repairing them himself, he made a stop at the clothing shop to find some replacements. Even before being able to return to his own apartment, he had to see to it that he put his horse away and saw to it he was properly fed and stabled for the night. Hard work, all of it. What he wouldn't give for a servant.

Later, in the evening, he writes up a message on the journal.]


It's been two months since I've arrived. If the guide to this place is right, that means more of us will be coming soon. Does it get tiresome, hearing how intent we are on to escape, knowing that we'll soon realize how futile it really is? It seems I may find that out for myself, soon enough.
herotypical: [ neutral ; angry ; snark ; bite me ] (✝ protège moi)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
And what if those people aren't princes or kings? What if they're...say -- a normal girl just trying to get a date to the school dance?
herotypical: [ angry ; snarky ; pout ] (✝ and no exotic dancing yet)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Commoners. They can be born to lead too, right? I mean -- statistically speaking.
herotypical: [ happy ; snarky ] (✝ it's a yam sham)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
So they're the ones we vote for. In theory. Hopefully.

[ this might actually be one of the least confrontational cultural difference conversations the slayer has managed to have on the subject of power and leadership yet. ]
herotypical: [ snarky ; happy ] (✝ learning how to dance the rain)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not as easy as being a dumbass. Which...y'know, anyone can be. Bluebloods and non-bluebloods alike.
herotypical: [ snarky ] (✝ planting trees)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's a nice thought.
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ; neutral ; converse ] (✝ i never had to spend a summer)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing I'm about as convinced with your system as you are with mine.
herotypical: [ happy ] (✝ nothing survives)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Watch it, crowny. I've heard all kinds of...uhm, stories. About how First Mates can make a voyage hell for the crew. Sure.

[ she has no idea what she's doing. ]
herotypical: [ happy ] (✝ they made a statue of us)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a very good swimmer.
herotypical: [ happy ; snarky ] (✝ we're living in a den of thieves)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that threat, your majesty?
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ] (✝ you eat the bivalve anyway)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it was certainly a shame the first time it happened. but those are secrets best not told...yet. ]

Oh, I don't think the good Captain would let that happen. Lose his very valuable First Mate? He's a smarter man than that.
herotypical: [ snarky; happy ] ] (✝ where blood ties are only blood)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. Point. But anytime I've fallen off so far? It's been his fault. I swear.
herotypical: (✝ now tourists come and stare at us)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-03-11 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Never do we horseplay in the line of duty. I swear.

[ liar. probably. maybe. depends on the duty. and the horseplay. just wait until you realize how grumpy she's going to be to not have the captain's cabin to herself on this voyage, arthur. ]

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