19-Voice

[jimfromit]

[Wow two Moriarty posts in the space of a week? Aren't you people lucky?.

Except he's in a bit a mood, the castle's habit of sending home people he considers fun and smart has continued...as he found out when he made a house call to Clove earlier.

You all get a voice post...sod being a creepy troll towards the newbies for a change.]

Ding-Dong

Just a quick public service announcement that Miss Clove has left the building.

I repeat...Miss Clove has left the building.

Comments

[heloise]

Will you miss her?

[jimfromit]

Probably...maybe, I don't know.

She was intelligent company but I'm not going to get all emotional about it.

I'm not the sentimental type.

[heloise]

[ She inhales and holds her breath. ]

That is easier, is it not?

[jimfromit]

It is.

I'd say more so in a place like this. You bring in a weakness such as emotion to this volatile little world then you're really just asking for a fall.

[heloise]

A fall? Do you mean a broken heart?

[jimfromit]

Yes...if you want to be so black and white about it.

[heloise]

What would be the gray?

[jimfromit]

I find investing too much emotion in something or someone shows your pressure points...weaknesses to your enemies.

Best to cut it out entirely.

Anyway, you've been having all the fun with these questions deary. I think it's my turn now.

How did you come to know Clove?

[heloise]

[ She chuckles. ]

If I told you, I might betray my pressure point.

[jimfromit]

[He gives a cheeky gasp.]

Heaven forbid.

[heloise]

You would be a gentleman to let me keen such things to myself.

[jimfromit]

Somebody has to be around here.

[heloise]

And this gentleman's name is?

[jimfromit]

[He considers his answer for a minute.]

Jim...Just call me good old regular Jim.

And you are my lady?

[heloise]

I am Lucrezia Borgia. You may call me Lucrezia, Jim.

A pleasure, surely.

[jimfromit]

Charmed to speak with you.

...Sorry did you say Borgia?

[heloise]

Indeed.

I have heard our name is recorded in history.

[jimfromit]

It indeed stands the test of time my lady.

Oooh my first conversation with a figure of historical importance...I'm getting goose bumps.

[heloise]

You have mistaken me for my father or one of my brothers, perhaps. [ She will hardly earn so much importance as someone's wife. ]

[jimfromit]

Come now. It's still a name to be respected, one way or another.

[heloise]

Certainly. [ That is a matter of conviction for her. ]

Tell me, Jim, what do these books say of us?

[jimfromit]

That you became prominent during the Renaissance. You were patrons of the arts, and your support allowed many artists of the Renaissance to realize their potential.

You also produced two popes...not bad as far as positive contributions go to modern civilisation.

Of course they also take about the odd misdeed here and there...but you know people. They're so keen to find fault with everything.

[heloise]

[ She giggles. Those sound much better than what she's been imagining! ]

I should conduct myself with care then, lest I prove these odd misdeeds.

[jimfromit]

Very sensible.

You know what people are like for gossiping.

[heloise]

Tell me the worst of them then?