Twelve Bells: [WRITTEN/ACCIDENTAL VIDEO/ACTION] The winter of our discontent.

[simplestgift]

[Filtered to Dawn Summers 40%]
Meet me this evening? I'll come by your flat to walk you to dinner. I've a surprise for you.
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It has come to my attention that every copy the library has of Richard III is missing bits of his famous speech. I've noticed it in other places as well. Romeo and Juliet is lacking the lines when she wakes up and they reunite before he remembers he took poison. All for Love is also just a bit different from what I remember. Far as I can tell, The London Merchant is whole, but quite a lot of older tragedies are missing bits and pieces. Can anyone explain this?

There's something about the fight between Tybalt and Mer

[The writing stops. A second later, the journal hits the floor, showing a lovely view of the carpet in one of the many apartments in the village. In the background, Archie's voice begins, sounding a little flustered.]

Horatio, I'll be back in a few hours. Damn, damn.

Archie? [The immediate confusion is quickly replaced with a concern that he tries to make sound less pressing than he felt it.] What is it? Where are you going?

[Archie's voice comes back, less frantic but still speaking quickly as some jangling is heard from picking up his sword.] Nothing. In trying to get you settled this week, I completely forgot to practice. I'll be out back, behind the building, wishing I was dead.

Ah, of course. The pirate.  [A beat.]  Shall I wait here, then?

[A pause.]  I suppose two could practice.

If he'd prefer to deal with only one, I would be content to just watch.  [Not that he's trying to put off the inevitable-- that sooner or later, he has to let Archie out of his sight for more than a few minutes. ...To distract from that idea, he chuckles.]  Besides-- would be hard for two to practice when only one is armed. Perhaps once I have a sword again, you can teach me what he's taught you.

I don't have a lesson today, Horatio. We could stop by the weapons' shop and find you something more than suitable. [He sounds slightly wistful.]

[The thought of not yet having to deal with the pirate whose boat he borrowed? Perks him up.] I'd like that.

Very well, Mister Hornblower. I challenge you to a duel!

And, as a gentleman, I cannot refuse.  I am afraid, Mr. Kennedy, that in a matter as serious as this-- [the smile on his face is betrayed by his tone] --there can, naturally, be no quarter given.

[What follows behind CH1 is two navy boys gleefully trying to chop each other up.  It's more akin to horseplay than practice, but it appears that "the twins" are having fun, at least. Onlookers feel free to look on.

Later, Archie will do a little honest practice on his own in the same place.

OOC: Anyone whose character knows stuff about lit history can point out that a lot of older plays in the 18th century were rewritten just a little to update them for a "modern" audience.]

Comments

[written]

[poorneedyand.livejournal.com]

Juliet waking up before Romeo dies? I don't remember that happening — doesn't she wake up just after?

[written]

[simplestgift]

When I saw it, it was before.

[written]

[poorneedyand.livejournal.com]

And when I saw it, it was after. They change a lot of things for Broadway, but I'd think they'd leave Shakespeare intact.

/in RI at my parents' this weekend so tags will be slow for now [VIDEO]

[all7seas]

.........."Completely forgot to practice," Kennedy? That won't do at all...

[Video] Not a problem!

[simplestgift]

[...Damn.]

In my own defense, sir, I was helping a friend to settle in.

[He doesn't sound, or look, very remorseful.]

[video]

[all7seas]

Oh? [His voice takes on a studied, disinterested tone.] A friend?

[action]

[captainhornblower]

[No currency? Still very strange. But not having to worry about affording his sword? Makes up for the oddity.

As Archie said, if the sword in his hand wasn't his own... It was damn similar.

Horatio grinned at Archie, one hand on the hilt of his sword and the sheath at his side.]

Well then, Mr. Kennedy let's see what [that damned pirate has taught you] you've learned.

[action]

[simplestgift]

[Archie draws his sword and holds it with an awareness Horatio wouldn't have seen in him until now.] Aye-aye, Mr. Hornblower, let's see how many seconds it takes for me to disarm you.

[action]

[captainhornblower]

Quite sure of yourself, aren't you? [Horatio draws his own sword, watching Archie. There may well be a bit of pride in his gaze as he watches the hold.

...Perhaps he may have to reconsider his thoughts about this pirate. Perhaps.]

[written]

[paladinlost]

Perhaps the version found in the library comes from a world that is similar but not identical to yours? That could explain small differences in the story.

[written]

[simplestgift]

Many copies of one play, and all of them from the same world? I doubt it.

[written]

[paladinlost]

Are they all different editions? If that is not the case, it would indeed be much harder to explain.

[ voice ]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

[ with his attention fixed on researching a new feather's unique medical condition, McCoy's only half-listening to Archie's broadcast as his journal lays open on the side counter, although he looks up at the exchange between him and Horatio.

he smiles slightly hearing he's here, but he still finds the time to address the journal and drawl sarcastically: ] Good God man, can you go one week without provoking someone into a fight?

[ voice ]

[simplestgift]

Clearly not. Perhaps they are envious of my dashed good looks.

How've you been, Leonard?

[ voice ]

[hippocraticly.livejournal.com]

Or they just can't resist the chance to pop that inflated ego of yours.

Fine. [ he's not even trying. ] What about you, kid? When did your friend get here?

[ voice ]

[herotypical]

I think someone's gotta call a moratorium on duels.

[ voice ]

[simplestgift]

That wasn't meant to be heard. At any rate, to be a proper duel, there must be a grievance to settle, and I don't settle my grievances with duels.

[He knows she's joking, but someone should set her straight anyway. Next time he speaks, Buffy can probably hear a grin spreading over his face.]

Have you met Horatio yet?

[ voice | same filter ] /passes out now, sob i was gone the last two days

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a surprise?

[ voice | same filter ] /holds

[simplestgift]

A surprise. I'll meet you around five o'clock?

[abidinglaw.livejournal.com]

[Norrington does look on. He had heard the sound of battle and come rushing to help - uselessly given that he hasn't picked up a sword yet - but he determined the tone of the situation long before he came upon the "twins" and slowed his pace to a more measured stride. Given that he is in full uniform he finds it all too easy to adopt the authoritative bearing which he would have used on duty at Port Royale and aboard any vessel besides. With his arms crossed behind his back, he observes.]

[simplestgift]

[After the fight, Archie tells Horatio to go ahead and go inside while he does some serious practice. Glowing and grinning, he takes a moment to catch his breath, pacing in a small circle once and swinging the sword a bit to test his wrist. It's during this circle that he sees Norrington and stops, taken aback.

...That's a pretty outdated uniform, wig and all. The man dressed like an old admiral, but surely wasn't more than a decade Archie's senior. And here's Archie, stock untied, coat lying somewhere over there, waistcoat unbuttoned, shirt open, looking for all the world like the sloppiest lieutenant ever.]

[ voice ] the placeholder that held a thousand places.

[idkmybffroy.livejournal.com]

[ Pff. Kids. of roughly the same age, but those are mere details. ]

Try not to lose any limbs! They're typically more useful than not.

[ voice ] That is a lot of places.

[simplestgift]

Typically. [As a guy who lived in a time and place where gangrene was a major cause of death? He doesn't find this spectacularly funny.] How have you been, Mister Hughes?

[voice] so late.../sob

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[sounding amused as she listens to the banter finish]

You two honorable gentlemen better not cause any serious damage.

[voice] /clings

[simplestgift]

To each other?