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maskormenace2019-07-11 01:12 pm
beautifullies) wrote in maskormenace2019-07-11 01:12 pm
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[ Claire may be from America, and she may be from the 20th century, but 1957 certainly didn't have devices that let you send your image to people in real time, or send words to a screen. Computers were only for NASA, which had large buildings to store them.
She's a little behind.
And so there's a woman squinting at the screen until she realizes she is actually recording and sits up straighter. ]
There. If I'm doing this correctly, I suppose I'll hear from someone. At least, I think I will. My name is Claire Fraser, newly...imported.
[ At least she's givingg her own last name correctly these days. There are some she introduced herself to as Mrs. Randall. That was before herpreferred husband dropped in. ]
I was wondering how easy or difficult it might be to change professions? For my husband, primarily, he--
[ How to put this delicately. ]
'Renaissance Fair actor' isn't quite in his wheelhouse. He doesn't even realize what that is. The 18th century wasn't exactly looking to begin recreating the past just yet. [ Even for her it's a very new concept. ] In any case, he does enjoy working with his hands and with horses. I like to think I know my husband, so if you have any ideas for employment, I would be grateful, even if it's simply to guide me toward a better source.
[ She pauses, eying the information she's written for prospects she already has in mind to follow up on before looking back toward the device. ]
If anyone works at the hospital, I'd like a word too, please. I enjoy working in medicine, and my assignment did get that correct. I would prefer not to work overnight shifts, but I wasn't sure if I'm there because there's an urgent need for it, or if there's another facility that could better fit a daytime schedule.
[ Claire has no idea how to end this and fumbles until she actually stops transmitting. She's trying. ]
She's a little behind.
And so there's a woman squinting at the screen until she realizes she is actually recording and sits up straighter. ]
There. If I'm doing this correctly, I suppose I'll hear from someone. At least, I think I will. My name is Claire Fraser, newly...imported.
[ At least she's givingg her own last name correctly these days. There are some she introduced herself to as Mrs. Randall. That was before her
I was wondering how easy or difficult it might be to change professions? For my husband, primarily, he--
[ How to put this delicately. ]
'Renaissance Fair actor' isn't quite in his wheelhouse. He doesn't even realize what that is. The 18th century wasn't exactly looking to begin recreating the past just yet. [ Even for her it's a very new concept. ] In any case, he does enjoy working with his hands and with horses. I like to think I know my husband, so if you have any ideas for employment, I would be grateful, even if it's simply to guide me toward a better source.
[ She pauses, eying the information she's written for prospects she already has in mind to follow up on before looking back toward the device. ]
If anyone works at the hospital, I'd like a word too, please. I enjoy working in medicine, and my assignment did get that correct. I would prefer not to work overnight shifts, but I wasn't sure if I'm there because there's an urgent need for it, or if there's another facility that could better fit a daytime schedule.
[ Claire has no idea how to end this and fumbles until she actually stops transmitting. She's trying. ]
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[He repeats. Well. That is an explanation... of a sort.] Though I suppose in the end better that then the secret of your actual journey explained.
[Too many humans moving back and forth through history sounds, well, ill-advised at best.]
Nothing to thank me for. You're here, after all. With what you've gone through to exist at this particular moment, that's evidence enough.
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I've been trying to wrap my mind around knowing he was alive, all that time I let myself think he wasn't. I know I can't blame myself for it, and he doesn't. [ She smiles, just a little at Aziraphale. ] Guilt is a fickle thing.
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[Humans and apparently the more supernatural beings alike in that one.]
But you and your husband know the truth of it.
[And they have each other, all the various complications that may come with it, there is that.]
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We do. [ Said after she exhales. ] And now, here, I can reclaim some of that lost time. We know one another less now than we did when we were first married, but we're also on equal footing now. I know a bit more, but this century is still far in my future as well. This time, we get to learn together.
[ Her tone suggests she isn't taking it for granted, either. If this is to be home, why waste time fighting it? Might as well make up for lost time, make new friends, try to build something, finally. ]
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[Which is good, he thinks. For all the complications of it, Claire seems happy. And Aziraphale is glad to see it. He may have only met her a short time ago, but he's finding himself quite fond of her already.]
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[ Free from Frank, first of all, unless he shows up, then God help them all. But in the same breath, Brianna could arrive, and that's the best hope Claire has for Jamie ever meeting his daughter. ]
What I need to do, is try to find foods that won't overwhelm him with being too rich or fatty. He's had quite a...lean diet the fast few years. But beside that, food has changed so much. I don't want him to resent his stomach with too much, too soon.
[ Still, she can't wait to introduce him to all sorts of things. ]
We might try ice cream tonight.
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[That's the basic trend in these modern times. But she sounds like she has a good handle on it.]
Ice cream is a delightful idea though. I imagine that will be fairly novel.
[Given the complete lack of refrigeration in that period of Scotland.]
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[ It very well may be her favorite, simple meal. Brianna loves going with her to Carmi's, and for a moment, a smile touches Claire's lips, though it fades to something a little melancholy before taking a sip of tea. ]
My daughter and I like--liked to share a meal at a little diner near her school. He might like it, to try something she loves.
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[The teasing is gentle, because Aziraphale can certainly understand the appeal in a good burger.]
I'm sure he would.
[That small, simple human connection, even literal worlds away.]
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Well, I'm raising an American daughter and have only American colleagues. I had to adapt to survive, though I'm sure my arteries won't thank me for it.
[ But that doesn't mean all fondness for good British food has fallen away. ]
I tried for fish and chips once in Boston, considering the location. I don't know why it was so different compared to what I used to get at the chippy when I was younger. After that experience, I realized it might be better to leave the comfort foods of the UK where they belong.
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When in Rome, as they say.
[A pause.] Though beef was never what I'd have recommended in Rome.
[Anyway.] No quite right. Certain foods are best in the places where they were conceived. It's the same with crepes; they're not the same anywhere outside of Paris.
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[ The champagne she'd had on the street the day the war ended, and somehow, after that--but two-hundred years in the past--candied fruits had become a favorite. So much so, that when she was pregnant, he'd taken to bringing them to her every evening. ]
What would you recommend in Rome?