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Admiral James Norrington ([personal profile] abidinglaw) wrote2011-06-07 10:42 am

[voice] it had been strange, even in a dream

[While over the past few days the draft has been threatening the lives of cast-mates and strangers and acquaintances alike Admiral Norrington has been fighting a battle of his own. He chose the evening of the fourth to investigate the purpose of that odd little bump on his wall. Flick.

At once he murmured a quick curse to himself and spun around. All alone in his apartment he stepped back and drew his sword. There was no-one at the door, of course, no army of pranksters could have simultaneously lit up each and every one of the candles on all the tables and counters in the room. The light was coming from above. He narrowed his eyes at the brilliant bulb and tentatively flicked the light-switch back with the tip of his blade. Darkness. Light. Darkness. Light.

It was quite enough excitement for one evening.

On the morning of the fifth he tried all of the lights in his apartment, and then a few on the landing outside. Buoyed by his success, he then investigated the electrical devices in his residence and the kitchen beyond - strange boxes with nobs and things which he had ignored up until now. Unlike the light these made horrendous droning noises, or else they glowed in unearthly shades of red and gave off uncanny amounts of heat. He aborted his efforts for fear of them.

Today he sits at a table in the kitchen and opens his journal.]


Might I request that someone explain by what force the light above my head is being generated? And, since I hardly believe that mine are the only quarters to be granted them, what on earth is the function of all of these peculiar boxes?

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[identity profile] gravity-splode.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
You want the long version or the short version, then?
emp3thy: ♬ NEUTRAL | (I see)

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[personal profile] emp3thy 2011-06-08 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[This poor man. At least Winry is being helpful. And a few other non-Buffy people.]

Are you still having trouble?

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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the one hand he is being asked to give his home address to a suspicious character - possibly an enemy of Jack's. On the other hand she's wrapping her intrusiveness up with a kind little ribbon. Does she always operate this way? It's quite off-putting.]

I am living in the sixth community building. Second floor, room ten.
herotypical: (✝ half-awake in paisly print)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-08 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'll be there in twenty, okay?

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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[Meanwhile he's going to hang around in the kitchen with the sausage sitting on the counter by the microwave. Toward the end of the twenty minutes, though, he'll return to his apartment and wait outside of the door.]
herotypical: [ slayer ; action ; run ] (✝ go tell eve)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-08 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she is only a few minutes late -- carrying a canvas tote over one shoulder. one measly little microwaved sausage wouldn't do for a true mod-con cooking lesson and so buffy has brought a few other things.

beware, norrington. be so very ware. ]
Afternoon, Admiral.

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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you know of any means that I might employ to make myself a more likely candidate? There is little honour in sitting idly by while other men and women [And, he doesn't say, children] fight on my behalf. Perhaps if I were on the battlefield I might take the place of one more deserving of the peace.

[And maybe, if Jack has a heart, this consideration will persuade him to reveal whatever secret got him sent into the fight this time around.]
Edited 2011-06-08 22:41 (UTC)
all7seas: (this is a conundrum)

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[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-08 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Their criteria is that there is no criteria at all, seemingly. But I'll tell you this, Admiral: we got a sound thrashing out there in the jungle. Your best gamble would be to train hard and be ready, for no man knows when his name will be called up by the Malnosso to fight their war.

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That long? I am sorry.

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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
So I gather.

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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sound advice. It would be foolhardy to strive to reach the battlefield only to be bested once he got there. Jack is one of the best swordsmen he knows. If they could go so far as to thrash him... After some seconds' consideration the admiral draws an audible breath.]

Very well, but my options are limited. Given the circumstances I suppose that yours would be an adequate stone on which to whet my blade. Presuming, of course, that you were game for a second thrashing.
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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I warrant that the crown would pay a fat bounty for exclusive access to these boxes. Poorly kept supplies are the bane of any voyage by sea.

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, to be the fellow who invented the icebox. [That might be a smirk.] There might be books on how they work at the library, but I've never had much interest in appliance repair. Afraid I can't help you there.

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm also the one who can cook. [ AHAHAHAHA no she isn't. ]

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-08 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Ouch. Well, Jack is... Jack. He's very sneaky.
herotypical: [ happy ; snarky ] (✝ contagious)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-08 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
The sneakiest. But I have faith in our good friend the Admiral.

[ trolololol. ]

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[identity profile] stilldontgotit.livejournal.com 2011-06-09 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. Not familiar with electricity?

[He hasn't heard this kinda reaction over the journals in a while.]

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-09 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
He seems very... steady. Almost rock-like.

[ oh god why are these two. ]
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ] (✝ to get drunk in a pub)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-09 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
...Lots of rock-like adjectives spring to mind, yup.
all7seas: (under your nails)

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[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-09 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Are you suggesting, James, that you'd like to give it another go?

[And if pressed with feet held to the fire, Jack would have to admit that the Admiral is the better man with a sword, at least under the conditions of a fair fight. A want of adaptation, though, could be his undoing.]

I'm still a bit done in from the field, but did you have a where and when in mind?

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-09 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Like... craggy. Personality speaking.
herotypical: [ snarky ; angry ; pout ] (✝ our childhood then our youth)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-09 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Stalwartish.

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-09 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Staid.
herotypical: [ happy ; snarky ; mug ] (✝ it's like a bullet to the head)

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[personal profile] herotypical 2011-06-09 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Stoic.

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[identity profile] tothelibrary.livejournal.com 2011-06-09 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
St...eady. [ HAH. ]

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