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desequilibre) wrote in 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. )
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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The Vatican does not take that lightly.
[ D'Artagnan's words are careful. He is from a profoundly religious world, but his own observance is far more casual. He's not obsessed with this, by any means. ]
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Well, that sounds like a brilliant bloody way to make people want to murder each other.
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[ Is he joking? His voice is dry enough for that, but he sounds serious all the same. ]
It's not just women that have more freedom in this world than mine. The rules are very different there.
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[ She huffs out a sigh of frustration. ]
I wish your Constance would come here. So that then she could have a proper career. And generally be - strong and admirable and really cool, and be free and not subject to the stupid rules that your society puts on women. That'd be even better. 'Cause, yeah, when women don't have full rights, that degrades and demeans men, as well.
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My Constance is Lady in Waiting to the Queen of France. She is among those closest and most trusted by the Queen, and she has proven her bravery, her intelligence and her loyalty time and time again.
I miss her more than I can tell you. I would like it very much if she were here with me, but more than that, I wish I could be there with her. My world is not perfect, by any means, but do not imagine that Constance would want to leave that career behind. The thought of it would offend her like nothing else.
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[ Yeah, all of that's a fair point. Although - ]
But I bet the Queen she serves isn't a reigning queen, is she. I bet it's the King who makes all the choices. And that's a little rotten, isn't it.
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No. That is the nature of monarchy. The King of France was born to inherit, and the Queen was wed to him. She is the younger sister of the King of Spain, but today, she is the Queen of France, and I follow her as readily as I do my King.
She is a Queen who deeply loves her people. I'm proud to serve her. I am proud to serve both of them, and will always be.
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[ She offers a little smile, slightly wry. ]
But it'd be pretty cool if Constance were helping out the woman in charge, don't you think?
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No, Kitty. I don’t think it would be ‘cool’ to replace the rightful King with someone else.
Nor will I belittle the role of the Queen, or the work Constance does for her.
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Fine! I won't joke about replacing the king. I take it back.
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Thank you.
I should return to my duties now. There’s a great deal we must do before we open our doors.
[ Or in other words, he needs an exit door. This isn’t the first time he’s realised how far his values are at odds with the people of this world, but he still doesn’t like it. ]
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