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

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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.]

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[Hear the relief in his voice.]

Nothing, just...I've heard there have been experiments that make you tell secrets. If Horatio were to find out one of them, he'd... [No, he's not going to go any further down that train of thought. The man was suffering enough guilt over what happened.]

[she won't push him...she'd never do that. But it worries her]

Even if you had told me anything, I wouldn't pass it on. Not if you wanted it kept.

But... if experiments happen, they happen. You can't carry that burden, too.

[There's a pause.]

It isn't my burden I'm worried about.

I know.

But right now, whatever secret you have is safe. And worrying that it'll change doesn't do anything except worry you about a future that might never come.

You don't need to do that to yourself.

[it's easier said than done, and she knows it, but it bears being said]

[He lets out a breath.]

Borrowing trouble. I know.

[softly] It'll be okay.

[and, for once, she doesn't have any problem making an open promise. Because she's listened to the two of them together, now, and she believes it. Whatever happens...they'll be alright]

[He gives a few false starts, wondering if he should tell her the secret that's been lurking over him since the draft and is weighing heavily on him now that Horatio is here. But if Jilly knows, that increases the chance of Horatio finding out. Not that he doesn't trust her--he trusts her completely, and that can't be said for anyone else he's met here. But if something unpredictable happened, as they always happened in Luceti...]

We'll see.

[lightly] Cheer up, Archie-me-lad. You just got him back. Don't start looking for things to fuss over now.

[Yes, he does have him back. And that doesn't just cheer him up--it reminds him that he's actually happy now.]

You two seem to be getting along.

[It isn't really spoken suggestively, but...he's thinking.]

[she, on the other hand, is not. At all. It doesn't even occur to her that Archie might be]

Why shouldn't we? We have you to talk about.

[she knows it might panic him, but it's said with all the teasing and familiarity they'd gained during their week as family. Unfortunately for Archie, he was now fair game]

[Archie has thicker skin than that. Not to mention both these two are his twins, each in their own way. He knows what it's like to really have his name kicked around in the mud, anyway.]

You do, do you? I suppose it's only fair. I had four months to talk about him without him even here to defend himself.

Of course. It's just evening the balance.

[with herself kept out of it. Because that's fair.]

Yes, yes. What's he told you?

Oh, now I'm supposed to share?

I wanted to make sure he told you the correct version of events. His memory isn't always quite accurate.

Funny...I wonder if he'd say the same thing about you?

Only to make you believe his is the only accurate account.

You have a more honorable motive, of course.

I only want you to know the truth.

Then I'll consider myself warned.

I'd best get back to practicing.

Still training with Jack?

Yes. Whenever he's irritated, he gives me more repetitions.

...what's bothering him?

My lack of practice, usually.

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