abidinglaw: (⚓ east indiaman)
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?

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
And what of the virtues of a hard, honest day's work? What of men's duty to serve?

[Perhaps this - this 'convenience' - has some part in the responsibility for the more irksome differences between this place and his home world.]
Edited 2011-06-13 20:20 (UTC)

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[identity profile] gravity-splode.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Because the electricity is powering a motor that sucks the heat out.

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[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't I know it. [This isn't a new complaint of Kay's; the world turns a little more slowly than she'd prefer, most days.] Well, good luck with it. And if you have any more questions about the technology...[She shrugs.] Well, I'm around.

[voice]

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He expects that he should feel foolish here, but he doesn't. The existence of a motor wasn't obvious, nor does he know what a motor even is. He can assume, however, that it works on principals of 'motion'.]

Perhaps I shall understand these devices better in time. Meanwhile, I thank you. You have done me a service.
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[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Much obliged.

[He nods]

If you should need to call upon me for anything - anything at all - then please do not hesitate.

[identity profile] crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
These appliances don't affect job performance. At least they've never hindered mine.

[voice]

[identity profile] gravity-splode.livejournal.com 2011-06-13 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, no problem. I mean, I'd be confused too if I were in your shoes.

[identity profile] cuteobsessed.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. A foreigner. 8| Heisuke hasn't run into many of those yet.

Eh, people are people.
]

Nice ta' meet you, Norry. Man, your name is looooong. And that's sayin' something. You should hear some of the names from home.

[video]

[identity profile] poorneedyand.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Very kind of you. I'll keep it in mind.

[identity profile] stilldontgotit.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Technology's really advanced. Just plug in a machine, and it'll work most of the time.

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You have given me much to think on, but I expect that I would profit most from experimenting with these devices further on my own. I am sure you understand.

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Excuse me? Norry?
Edited 2011-06-14 15:46 (UTC)

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
May I be so bold as to ask, then, what your job might be?

[identity profile] crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
In Luceti I work on commissions at the smithy. Back home I was an engineer and technician for prosthetic limbs - er, replacements for arms and legs lost in accidents and battles.
all7seas: (Erm...)

[voice]

[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-14 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
A dangerous place to be, if you know Teague...

Til our bit of spar, then, eh?

[voice]

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Until your next sound thrashing.
all7seas: (me? Never!)

[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-14 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Guess what remark Jack will only laugh softly at rather than deigning to give an actual retort?]

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[The bit about the sun and the sorcerer?]
all7seas: (you're believing this right?)

[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-14 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[You might bloody him, Admiral, and you might push him harder than most fighters here could, but thrashing? We think not.]

[identity profile] abidinglaw.livejournal.com 2011-06-14 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, true, but only because the blasted pirate will rely on dirty pirate-tricks to win his battles for him.]
all7seas: (I want my jar of dirt)

[personal profile] all7seas 2011-06-14 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[A fact both sad and true.]

[identity profile] cuteobsessed.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
What? It's a good name.

[identity profile] stilldontgotit.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I get it. Besides, I'm no expert.

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