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[impure_tale]

I have to say I am somewhat surprised; I have been so long since graduating that I suspected the Admiral was awaiting me to finish the play before he would assign me. It is a special irony that I am not only wrong, but have had my assignment made within theatrical circles just the same. I am surprised and in a way honored.

Monsieur Iago, you and I are going to have to have a little chat.

[Filtered to the Cast and Crew]

To my theatre troupe: Owing to the fact that a vast majority of you are in need of time to recover, group rehearsals are postponed for the time being. If any of you require my aid, or lessons or exercises from me to help you get back into the proper mindset to act, I am happy to provide, should you ask.

[Private to Pavi]

Paviche?

Comments

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

A chat is...manageable. Chat away, good sir.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I believe we've spoken once before, if only briefly.

I am Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade. Most call me the Marquis, and I will ask that you do the same. I have been assigned to be your Warden, so the arduous task of your reformation now falls upon my shoulders.

So we are going to have to get used to each other, you and I.

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember. I did not think then what would have become of it. So tell me Marquis, are you apprehensive about this task? Does it worry you that you will not become "used" to me?

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

My dear Inmate, one thing you will come to learn of me very quickly is that I am neither easily shocked nor easily intimidated. In fact I think that there may be few troubles between the two of us provided we are in agreement on a few things.

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Ah, the conditions. Of course. Go ahead then. What are we to be in agreement about?

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Firstly, what do you wish of your time here? Do you want to return home, to life?

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

I have no more home, as you well know from reading what you know about me. As for returning to life, well yes. But I assume that I cannot have one without the other.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

What you have here is the opportunity to not only return to life, but to have a home returned to you, a better home, possibly. That is one of many possibilities.

But the only way you are ever going to get that far is for me to deem you both ready and worthy to receive such a reward. Do you understand that?

ANGRY writing

[inhumandog.livejournal.com]

Understand that you are in control? Understand that only if I do what you ask, you will "deem" me ready and worthy?

Yes.

Private

[themostdashing.livejournal.com]

I.

Please

Yes?

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

How are you feeling?

Private

[themostdashing.livejournal.com]

I am trying not to.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

I can imagine.

Will it help to have someone to talk to about it?

Private

[themostdashing.livejournal.com]

I don't.

I.

I don't want to talk about it. Or think about it.

...

You were...not taken.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Of course not.

I shudder to think of what insurmountable force would want to add me to their ranks.

Private

[themostdashing.livejournal.com]

...

I am glad you were not hurt.

Private

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Do you want some company? We do not have to talk if you do not wish to.

[captain-jtkirk.livejournal.com]

Good to see you're alive, dear former Inmate of mine.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Kumquat, there is not a single thing on this ship that has managed to kill me yet.

[captain-jtkirk.livejournal.com]

Kumquat? Aren't we passed the strange nicknames yet?

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Never.

[captain-jtkirk.livejournal.com]

I really could not be more happy to be rid of you.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Rid of me? Don't be silly, Captain Kirk. As if you could be.

[captain-jtkirk.livejournal.com]

I would liken you to a bad case of herpes.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

What, so I'm a disease now?

I'm hurt, Captain. Just when we were starting to get along.