scourgeofpiracy: (facing Beckett)
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He has a room, above the bar, but he's out of it as much as he is in at present. Either working on the Pearl or, as now, just walking the lakeside and trying to pretend it's a real shoreline, and it's salt water he smells, not fresh.

Sometimes it even almost works.

Date: 2006-10-18 10:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
He smiles slightly, looking out over the lake.

"A former commodore, at least. But I suppose that's better than nothing."

Date: 2006-10-18 10:28 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (looking out at the water)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Oh. I'm sorry," she says, softly, and looks at her hands.

Date: 2006-10-18 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"It was hardly your fault", he tells her after a moment's silence.

Date: 2006-10-25 07:01 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Well, no," she agrees and smiles over at him. "But I still am."

Date: 2006-10-25 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"And I thank you for it", he says sincerely.

Date: 2006-10-25 07:08 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"And how should I best address you now, then?"

Date: 2006-10-25 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
He gives that a moment's thought, then smiles.

"I think James would suit, perhaps."

Date: 2006-10-25 07:12 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Far simpler than Commodore, too," she says cheerfully and offers him a hand.

Date: 2006-10-25 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"Simpler and more accurate, it's nothing but advantages."

He takes her hand and bows over it, just slightly.

Date: 2006-10-25 07:20 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (She had a very merry face)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
And she drops a bit of a curtsey--slightly too formal, for a moment, but old habits die hard, harder than old memories, and she laughs.

"For the best, then. Have you been here long, James?"

Date: 2006-10-25 07:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"I've been in and out for... perhaps a year or more. More recently, just in... a few months, that."

Date: 2006-10-25 09:12 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (looking out at the water)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Do you like it here?"

She likes to find that out.

Date: 2006-10-25 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"It's not a bad place. Though I think I liked it better when I was free to leave."

Date: 2006-10-25 09:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] called_lioness
She has to laug hat that.

"Aye, well, I should like it better that way too."

Or, rather, if she were free to leave for a place she could go and come back from easily.

Date: 2006-10-25 09:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"Have you ever visited other worlds?" he asks, curious.

Date: 2006-10-25 09:25 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (Glistening Eastern Sea)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"A few. I was born in London, but I've been to--at least one other London, that wasn't my own, and to two or three other worlds. I liked them better than England, really," she says after a moment.

"I always feel badly admitting that."

Date: 2006-10-25 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"I don't think you should", he says thoughtfully. "It's really not so different from moving to another country, except in scale."

Date: 2006-10-25 09:44 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (She had a very merry face)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"I think it's the feeling of how you should be loyal to King and Country," she laughs.

But then, she is.

Just...different King, different Country, than that she was born to.

Date: 2006-10-25 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"Should be? Perhaps. But when did the whole world do what they 'should'?"

Date: 2006-10-25 09:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Never. Only ever what it had to," she says, reasonably, and bends to pick a stone and send it skipping across the lake.

Date: 2006-10-25 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"And sometimes... circumstances change, and what one has to do changes with them."

Date: 2006-10-25 09:55 pm (UTC)
called_lioness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"Aye. Be it kind or cruel, we all do what we must, though."

It's simple, really.

It always, she thinks, a bit ruefully, has been simple.

That doesn't make it easy.

"And sometimes you can't tell which."

Date: 2006-10-25 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"You can very rarely tell with any certainty", he agrees quietly. "And sometimes it's harder still."

Date: 2006-10-25 10:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] called_lioness
"But that's life, isn't it? Or maybe something more," she muses. "I'm not sure it's so different should you die. Not in this place, anyway."

Date: 2006-10-25 10:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scourgeofpiracy.livejournal.com
"This place removes all kinds of certainties", he says wryly. "Before death and after."

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