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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]

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.

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[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.

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

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

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[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.

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

Oh? Like what?

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[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Theatre, for instance. And parties. The games. The sport. You cannot appreciate the ingenuity of truly bored and disgustingly rich individuals until you have seen what lavish entertainments can be concocted in a world where things like television do not exist.

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[major-west.livejournal.com]

Perhaps some of that spectacle ought to be brought onto the Barge. It's become so dull here.