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paradisa2012-01-27 09:15 pm
thetrudger) wrote in paradisa2012-01-27 09:15 pm
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Chapter Four- The Complaint of Chaucer to his Glass
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Hello. My name is Geoffrey Chaucer. I’m conducting a survey of sorts, and I was hoping you would participate. I would just like to know your name and age. I’d also like to know about your stay at Paradisa.
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Pardon me, sir. I wonder if you could conduct your experiments and other loud activities at a more decent time. It has come to my attention that you’re keeping other residents up at night.
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Filtered to Conan
Has the noise stopped?
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[He writes the following slowly, frustrated and bored.]
To you, my friends, I do apply
For an answer to my cry.
Does not the wine taste awry?
I drink and drink, yet no ill effect
Happens that I can detect.
Sober as the day I was born,
I raise my tasteless glass, and mourn.
This castle seems to have done me in,
For it will not allow me a single sin
I know I shall be quite forlorn
If I am forced into celibacy in the morn.
[Geoff is sitting in the library, writing the above poem, and working on other writing. He’s a bit annoying, knocking his foot against the table, ripping up parchment and throwing it to the side, and muttering to himself. He’s also a tad grouchy today. He’s been drinking to control the withdrawal symptoms from not gambling. He has a glass of wine next to him that he keeps testing every few minutes, making faces whenever he does. ]
[ooc: Loss start! Open over journals or in person! As it says, he’s grouchy. You have been warned. Also, if I’ve dropped any convos by accident, give me a poke. I’ve been sick, and I think a few fell through the cracks.]
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Mr.Geoffrey, there's nothing to apologize for.
I meant to say, by the way...a long time ago, actually. Thank you for the christmas present.
[Cause let's say the whole exchange thing totally happened at some point.]
Your poetry is just as good as I thought it would be.
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Oh. You're most certainly welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And I must also thank you for the present. I had to do some research, but I discovered it is a 'katana'? It is really too much, Ryotaro.
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I never thought I'd be giving it to someone in a situation like this though.
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What do you mean? In a magical castle? [There's a hint of teasing in his voice.]
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That's right. And to someone from the a different time, too.
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I wouldn't be able to make friends [At all, but he'll leave that part out] with people like you if it weren't for the castle.
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[He doesn't know what to make of that really.]
Don't speak like that. You're a good person, Mr.Geoffrey.
Plus everyone here at the castle is too, from what I've seen. It doesn't matter how good they are. I don't think...you could...or should, really, measure how good a person is. It seems unfair.
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1/2
[There's a pause here, but it's not the usual kind of pause...it's...almost like he's a bit hesitant.]
But I can't lose my faith in the ideal that everyone, at heart, is a good person.
Sometimes I feel like it's the only thing that keeps me going.
Everyone has a reason for doing something...you don't know! Maybe they regret it! Or...or maybe they needed to do it for some reason...maybe they were protecting something or..or..!
Just...!
[Another pause.]
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To think that way I mean. You...don't have to say anything. You're probably thinking it already...heh...and I wouldn't blame you for that.
But...please. Don't make me question this.
It's one of the few things I have left I can believe in. I can't...afford to lose it.
Plus it isn't like I'm blind to the truth...if someone admits they did something terrible and don't feel badly for it even I wouldn't ignore something like that...
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Sorry.
[Laughing...a little...]
I suppose I worry too much about...well, everything.
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You really do, Ryotaro.