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hadriel2016-05-14 08:34 am
mismanagement) wrote in hadriel2016-05-14 08:34 am
[video]
[The video shows Maketh and Henry sitting next to each other. Maketh’s uniform has been ironed half to death, all of the angles sharp enough to cut, and she quite possibly has never looked so professional in her life.]
Hello, Hadriel. Many of you have been patrolling and protecting the city on your own. It’s time to make that official. We have taken one of the unoccupied buildings to serve as a headquarters and would invite anyone and everyone who wishes to help to come and sign up. We are going to start patrolling on a schedule, with regular reports and check-ins. It appears that we’re going to be stuck here for a while, so we ought to do this right.
We are also looking for anyone willing to teach self-defense to the civilians. Speak to myself or Henry Percy if you are interested.
[Henry wears full plate armour, of late fourteenth century craftsmanship. There is assurance in his posture throughout Maketh's address. He speaks only after she has said all that needs to be said.]
The strength of any community is bestowed in part by its unity. To that end, we aim to make a worthy contribution. Soon those who seek assistance may easily avail themselves of ours.
[Attached to the message is a map, with the location guard headquarters marked.]
Hello, Hadriel. Many of you have been patrolling and protecting the city on your own. It’s time to make that official. We have taken one of the unoccupied buildings to serve as a headquarters and would invite anyone and everyone who wishes to help to come and sign up. We are going to start patrolling on a schedule, with regular reports and check-ins. It appears that we’re going to be stuck here for a while, so we ought to do this right.
We are also looking for anyone willing to teach self-defense to the civilians. Speak to myself or Henry Percy if you are interested.
[Henry wears full plate armour, of late fourteenth century craftsmanship. There is assurance in his posture throughout Maketh's address. He speaks only after she has said all that needs to be said.]
The strength of any community is bestowed in part by its unity. To that end, we aim to make a worthy contribution. Soon those who seek assistance may easily avail themselves of ours.
[Attached to the message is a map, with the location guard headquarters marked.]
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But... ]
I'm sorry. did you say Henry Percy?
[ Priorities. ]
The Henry Percy?
[ Even from the video, he can tell that armor looks authentic. ]
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Henry Percy is. Hotspur. Christ, I can’t believe…
He’s a famous nobleman from my world’s history. There’s been so much written about him, not to mention several very popular plays which take some liberties with the truth, but…
Yes. He is certainly known to me.
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[ These seems important to say, particularly due to the aforementioned liberties with historical accuracy. Shakespeare was, ultimately, an entertainer and not an historian, despite how far his version informs the wider public perception of those events. ]
I never thought I’d actually meet him.
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[She nods, more seriously this time.]
He's a good man. Worth knowing.
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[ They also made him out to be a villain, but that's neither here nor there. It's the historical context Gansey is interested in. ]
Actually, I should have said. This is a very good thing you're doing. It'll make me sleep a bit safer, anyway.
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I'd offer to help if I could, but I'd probably hold you all back. I've never been a fighter.
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I mean, not that I'm sure we are one. I'm not sure of that at all, but. It's something to aspire to, I suppose.
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That would depend on what the implies.
[He cocks his head, intrigued.]
If it be Hotspur, then I am he.
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Jesus, I never thought - !
I mean, I should have, obviously, the possibility was always there what with people arriving from different times, but…
No, what am I doing, I mean to say... My name is Gansey. It's...well, frankly unbelievable to be meeting you. I’ve been studying the period you’re from for a very long time. What year are you from? Have you yet encountered Owain Glendower, of Wales?
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Owain Glendower? [There is recognition in his tone.] Wherefore your interest?
[That Henry's brow creases in puzzlement rather than suspicion suggests that Glendower's rebellion has yet to begin. As he cannot ignore both questions and hope to gain anything, Henry strains his memory for an answer.]
Some years ago. Edinburgh...?
[By which he means the short 1385 English invasion. Considering that Otterburn and everything in France followed, the occasions upon which he met Glendower are comparatively unmemorable. He idly taps gauntleted fingers against his plate. The Scrope-Grosvenor trial aside, it must have been Edinburgh.]
That would be the last time in more than just passing.
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I'm fascinated by his life. My time is some eight hundred years in your future, Sir Henry. I've been searching for Glendower's tomb.
[ Because, clearly, there's some question about that. Gansey moves right along, though. ]
The stories of your time are legends in mine. May I ask how long you've been here?