Seven Bells: [ACTION/WRITTEN] Hat Day.

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[Citizens of Luceti may see Archie Kennedy wandering around with a new hat today. It looks a little like something a magician would pull a rabbit out of, but he seems to be enjoying it. He'll be around town today--the library and grocery store during the day, and Good Spirits in the evening. In the afternoon, he'll sit at the fountain to pen a few words.]

I believe morale might improve if we had some sort of goodbye ceremony for those who were returned home. Not a funeral, mind you, just an occasion to remember them, celebrate their return, and hope to join them soon. Perhaps once a month or so, for everyone who left during the month. It's the little things that help one cope, sometimes.

Also, who left a note under my door? I'm afraid I can't read it, or indeed tell if it was even meant for me. I live in Building One, in the first flat on the first floor.

Comments

[herotypical]

Please, please tell me you're wearing that very ironically.

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[He puffs out his breath and takes the hat off.] What? What's wrong with it? [Brushing any potential dust off it now.]

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...It makes you look like you need a monocle.

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[He puts it back on.] It keeps the sun off my neck.

[herotypical]

Archie, hun? There's barely any sun yet to keep off anything -- necks or otherwise.

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I can wear it through the summer, then.

[herotypical]

...You're serious?

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[Pfft. He takes off the hat.]

[herotypical]

...I was kinda wigging there for a moment.

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[Have a slightly embarrassed Englishman.]

[herotypical]

Where'd you get it, anyway?

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...The shop.

[herotypical]

And you willingly left the shop with it? You...[ she takes a seat next to him. ] Wow.

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I didn't know. It's a little like something I wore as a midshipman. [He turns it in his hands.] Except less practical.

[herotypical]

Did they make you wear it?

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It was part of the uniform.

[herotypical]

I had to wear a funny hat once, for a uniform. It was not pretty.

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I always thought the bicorns made us look crosseyed.

[herotypical]

If I were you, I would've just accidentally lost my hat overboard. Problem solved.

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A midshipman could be flogged for such negligence. A lieutenant might be punished in a slightly more dignified way, but it wouldn't be tolerated.

[herotypical]

...Oh.

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[Well, he didn't mean to make her all serious.] Besides, this thing you call "sunblock" didn't exist where I came from.

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[ no. it's cool. she can swing right back up to good mood. ] All the better to tan with.