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[impure_tale]

Thank you for the use of your room during the flood, Henry, and I apologize for leaving it so late. It is yours again, however.

Doctor Jackson, and to all others that have contributed, thank you for the reading recommendations.

And now that all those pithy formalities have been taken care of, I wish to put the question to anyone who wants to give it some serious thought beyond "The Admiral enjoys making us suffer" because this can already be assumed:

What purpose does having our personalities forcibly changed serve?

And is this not the intention from the start? Why does the Admiral not simply make us the way he thinks we should be, if the whole point of this experience is to change us?

(ooc: once the flood wore off, the Marquis came back to himself and promptly realized he was sleeping in a bed that smelled like West. It got him a bit agitated. So there's now some long, flowery, pissed off letter written on West's bedsheets -- likely to be posted later -- the details of it, at least)

Comments

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

Well, it was primarily what you seemed interested in.

I'm not. I would still defend you, if you needed it.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

And continue to whine at me when your friends do not look at you favorably for it, no doubt!

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Fine. I'm sorry. That was unfair of me.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

...I apologize for ruining your bedsheets.

I needed to write.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

If you'd written a story, instead of something about me, I wouldn't have minded.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I had no stories. All I had was you.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Why me?

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying terribly hard to be melodramatic, Henry. I was in your quarters. It just affected me more than I expected it to.

I'd actually forgotten what you smelled like

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I know I've been a prick lately.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I could not help you, Henry.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you. I wasn't expecting rescuing from anybody.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

And I apologize for calling the good doctor names. He's a safe choice for you certainly better for you than any of your other friends.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

He is. He's done so much, and I haven't done anything to deserve it.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

If it had been Charlie Prince I might have put you out of mind entirely.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I've got standards, you know.

Besides, Billy is just a friend.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Of course he is.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I really don't like it when people say that.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Why do you care what other people think or say?

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Because it's important to me. That's all.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Sometimes you are so very English.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Well, I am English, so I'll take that as a very accurate statement, if not a compliment.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Someday, mon ami, this ship is going to put into port in France, and on that day, you and I are going to go out and have a little fun.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I've been to France before. I stayed in Lourdes for a week with a friend.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Yes, in your time, I'm sure it has changed a good deal, however. Your modern amenities make you lazy. You've done nothing in France unless you've done it the old fashioned way.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Oh? Like what?