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impure_tale ([personal profile] impure_tale) wrote2011-01-24 03:04 pm

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I might or might not have left that poor man without a job, but at least now he might have a little self-respect.

[Private to Iago]

You've been quiet of late.

[Private to Henry West]

I took note of your...revelation while in port, but was regrettably unable to comment.

...How are you feeling?
ext_956366: Malcolm Jamieson as Armand in the Scarlet Pimpernel wearing waistcoat and cravat nodding his head and closed eyes (bow) (amused irony)

[voice]

[identity profile] young-idealist.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I left them with a full cupboard though.

And cleaned up the mess in the kitchen.

[After a pause.]

You never did quite tell me what you did.
ext_956366: Malcolm Jamieson as Armand in the Scarlet Pimpernel wearing waistcoat and cravat nodding his head and closed eyes (bow) (well darn)

[voice]

[identity profile] young-idealist.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Stubborn man! [But he doesn't sound annoyed.]

[voice]

[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
We share so very little as spouses, my sweet; I should think you accustomed to this by now.
ext_956366: Malcolm Jamieson as Armand in the Scarlet Pimpernel wearing waistcoat and cravat nodding his head and closed eyes (bow) (earnest)

[voice]

[identity profile] young-idealist.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
You do not honestly strike me as a man with deep concerns for privacy.

[voice]

[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Each of us must withhold something.
ext_956366: Malcolm Jamieson as Armand in the Scarlet Pimpernel wearing waistcoat and cravat nodding his head and closed eyes (bow) (hand to mouth)

[voice]

[identity profile] young-idealist.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
And there is where you draw the line?
ext_956366: Malcolm Jamieson as Armand in the Scarlet Pimpernel wearing waistcoat and cravat nodding his head and closed eyes (bow) (well darn)

[voice]

[identity profile] young-idealist.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
So now I will burn with curiosity.

Private

[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. I've been thinking of taking a lover.

Maybe having someone around will alleviate my boredom.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Not that mutual pleasure shouldn't be gotten when it's mutually desired, Iago, but if you are simply bored you might think of making more friends.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want friends.

I enjoy the ones I have now anyway. I don't require any more.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Then why not spend time with them?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I do. But they have their own to worry about.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
What are you doing to busy yourself of late?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Learning chess.

Most recently, though, I was trying to figure out what exactly that man in port, the one I was, did for a living.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
What did you manage to learn about that man? And how are you progressing in chess?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
As well as can be expected.

He has two children, a brother with two children, and is very successful financially.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
But you're uncertain what he did to become so successful.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
He had business in something called the "stock market."

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Merchant class garbage, no doubt.

So you are thinking of taking a lover. Did you have one in mind or are you simply considering looking for one?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I thought I might look for one, as I have none in mind. The pursuit should keep me entertained for a while.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Use caution, Iago.

As I said, if it is a mutual endeavor, there is no harm in it.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
What do you think I'm implying?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
If I knew, I wouldn't have asked.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
I care not what manner of lover you take so long as they know your intentions for what they are and similar views.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Marquis...give me more trust than that.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
You're dodging, my treasure. Remember that I wrote the book on such things. I wrote several, in fact.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no plans at all. And that is...beneath me, anyway. So you have no reason to worry.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I should hope so, Iago. It never panned out for you in the past; best not to pursue old habits.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You're quite amusing, Marquis.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I try.

Have you been steering clear of the Master?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely.

[identity profile] bunchasavages.livejournal.com 2011-01-24 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you get fired?

[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
You expect me to tell you?

[identity profile] bunchasavages.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Why not?

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[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Surprised.

...

I rather expected to be drawn and quartered by now.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I doubt any such thing will occur.

People that know you know that you are not the man that circumstance made you for a time, whether you've chosen to face it or not.

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[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, true. But you know as well as I that people here are often prone to violent overreaction.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I know. But I think you are likely well protected.