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ᴀᴛʜᴏs ❝ ᴄᴏᴍᴛᴇ ᴅᴇ ʟᴀ ғᴜᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ❞ ([personal profile] desequilibre) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2015-11-03 07:33 pm

( video o4 )

[ The man who first appears on the screen is easily recognisable thanks to the very prominent scowl between his brows. People may have seen it before. Usually it comes about when he’s forced to do something like this. In his hands are varying sheets of paper that he rifles through as though to ignore d’Artagnan and his eager camera.

Athos waits a moment, then two, before he sighs.
] Go on then, I know you’re dying to announce it. Let’s not keep them waiting.

[ That’s all the cue d’Artagnan needs. The camera wheels around to show his face, where he’s looking altogether too pleased with himself. ]

We have something to tell you all. [ The camera lingers on his face for a moment and then shifts up, fixing on a sign bearing a symbol that will be familiar to anyone who’s met the Musketeers. D’Artagnan’s voice accompanies the picture. ] We’d like to welcome you to our new offices.

The thing is, we’re Musketeers. This may not be our world, but we’re still able to work. We’d like to help, in the best way we can. And let’s be honest, I was never going to help anyone at the Renaissance Faire.

So, we’re opening an agency of our own.


[ The camera pans around the office itself, showing a mostly wooden interior, a desk, several chairs, and what looks like a modern coffee machine hidden in one corner. There are several doors, including one that leads out to a yard. A couple of horses can briefly be seen there. ]

We want to do our part, here in De Chima. We’re here to protect you. We’ll be your guards, if you need us. We’ll investigate crimes that you bring to us. You can come to us in confidence, and we’ll do all that we can to help you. This is our work, and we want to get back to it.

[ A large hand grasps to reposition the camera and in looms a set of curls and not much else before the camera settles on a desk and Porthos comes into the frame. ]

Not like we get all the praise and glory, despite it being something that’s been well-deserved by our regiment, in my very humble experience. Only, there’s the bit where we take the best. I mean, I’d accept mediocre if I could train it out of you, but I think Athos might have my head first.

[ Which is actually a good point. Athos makes a noise like clearing his throat and waits until one of his companions angles the device again to get him in it. ] We’re taking anyone who wants to learn and seems as if they’d be capable. Men and women. [ And that’s at least one sign that he’s becoming one with the times. And that he’s not as bad as all that, thank you Porthos. ] We only ask that you be over sixteen and that you are prepared to learn. It is not an easy life, you do not make it without dedication. We would expect much of that. But I can guarantee that it is worthwhile. And if you trust us to teach you then you will not be let down.

[ After all that, d’Artagnan pulls the camera back to himself. All of that seriousness has not gotten rid of his excitement. ]

You can let us know if you’re interested. We open for business two weeks from today. If we can help you, you should get in touch.

( nb: the occ information post is here and sign-ups are here. Athos is black, D’Artagnan is teal and Porthos is purple. )
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
God you're annoying.

Maybe I'll tagalong sometimes. Just to make sure you're not getting yourself killed.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course not!

[ She could never be banned from anywhere. Besides which, she's their most prominent client.

Albeit, one they'll never charge for the service.
]

I'm merely warning you of the state it's in.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's more like it. If she's already finding him irritating, the smug little smile that generates is probably even more so. ]

Good. So I can put your name on the list?
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No.
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[personal profile] illuminescent 2015-11-03 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You have never seen my royal brother's room when we are at sea.

I will be most practical. Men are known for their poor behaviors when it comes to cleanliness, when left to their own devices.

But truly, I am so pleased! Although if you should like it, I can play as though I were a jealous girl, when you know that to not be my nature.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You're wary of soldiers.

[ It doesn't take a genius. Honestly, Kitty seems wary of authority in general. D'Artagnan has a lot of friends like that. He's not entirely sure how. ]

None of us fight for the sake of it. We're honourable men, and we'll act to help these people in the same way we would our own. I would not make that promise if I did not believe it.

You have my word. Your trust is not misplaced.
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You better hope no crimes need to be solved by reading chatspeak or you're both in a lot of trouble.

[ Just as d'Artagnan pseudo-recruited her....... ]
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That makes him laugh quite suddenly. ]

I would not think such a thing of you.

We are still preparing the place, but there is space for the horses outside. You could ride to us, if you wish.
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[personal profile] illuminescent 2015-11-03 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I should have your attentions all for myself.

[A pause.]

Isn't it so that a queen may choose her interests at a whim?

[He knows, too, that she doesn't believe that in the least.]
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It was the smile, wasn't it. ]

Why not? You just said you would help.
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't actually use chatspeak. I was just doing that to annoy d'Artagnan.

But plenty of people do.


[ this is the start of a beautiful friendship athos. embrace it. ]
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[personal profile] illuminescent 2015-11-03 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I will, gladly, and often, and I would assist you if you should let me.

I would be glad of the task, that is to say.
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I said I would save *you*.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I could not ask such a thing of you, my Lady.

Besides, you have your patients to think of. It would not be right to take you from them.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...Wait. ]

What, me, personally?

You know I don't need saving.
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You are very fragile.

Plus heroic. Eventually someone will have to save you.
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not fragile.

[ This is not what he had in mind. ]

I'm putting you on the list.
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Was I just conscripted?
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[personal profile] mousquetaire 2015-11-03 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rude, Hayley. This has not killed his smile. ]

I asked nicely, didn't I?
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[personal profile] increscents 2015-11-03 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine.

I'll help watch *your* backs.

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