Tripping (closed)

Apr 19, 2010 17:58

Who: Sir James, Allan, Emmaline
What: Sometimes a man need a little wine to get to sleep
Where: The Trip to Jerusalem Inn
When: 29th September, very late. Or very early 30th September. After a party like this one, it’s hard to tell.

What he needed was a drink-a PROPER drink )

emmaline ulric, nottingham:trip to jerusalem inn, allan a dale, james de molyneux, ep1:michaelmas

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allan_of_dale May 18 2010, 20:22:54 UTC
See, this is right before Robin goes renegade, right? So we all get led out to the noose, shaking in our boots, and Robin goes bloody nutjob, shoots a load of guards and saves our lives - cos, y'see, those ones I said about were from Locksley, and that was Robin's village and stuff, and there was a whole other load of politics that I'm not sure about. But basically, I've just been saved from death and outlawed all in one stroke. Robin had saved my life, so joining up with him seemed like the right thing to do. He was all "steal from the rich and give it to the poor", as I'm sure you're painfully aware of, and a few other outlaws got in on it too form some other gang, and we went round nicking from people to give to peasants. But then one day I got caught by Guy, and obviously I thought I was pretty much done for. But he gave me a choice: die, or start tipping him the wink once every now and again, so the sheriff didn't give him such a hard time. Not like, shopping all the secrets and selling my friends out or anything; I only saw him ( ... )

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jamesoftaversal May 25 2010, 20:51:48 UTC
It had taken many years for the lesson to sink in, but Sir James had finally come to realize that on those occasions when he he didn’t know what to say, he should really keep his mouth shut. Which is why he sat silent while Allan spoke his piece, and then for some time afterwards ( ... )

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jamesoftaversal May 25 2010, 20:52:32 UTC
Still, there’s a fine line between exercising one’s hard-earned judgment and being judgmental towards one’s fellow man, and Sir James was humbled at the thought of crossing it. So he held his gaze steady, and did his best to keep his voice flat and speak without emotion or even sarcasm ( ... )

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allan_of_dale May 27 2010, 09:30:45 UTC
He'd broken off, sort of assuming that James would take up the baton and start talking about Djaq in return. He couldn't bear to dwell any more on the miserable story of how he came to be here; he felt like he'd told it a hundred times already tonight; felt like he'd bloody lived it through again. Somehow, away from the castle, he'd been able to shut away the events of the past few hours. Denial came easily to him, generally, and he rarely had much use for feelings. Allan was expert at living in the moment. But the silence span on, and on, and he looked up at his companion questioningly, wondering about the sudden quiet. James' love of talking had kept back the tide of bleak sickness burning at the back of his throat ( ... )

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allan_of_dale May 27 2010, 09:31:48 UTC
[Ooc - ok sorry for all the flim-flaming, but I posted that other reply when I should already have been in bed, and then when I saw there was a second part I didn't get notification for I didn't have time to figure that bit in. Derp!]

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jamesoftaversal May 28 2010, 18:55:26 UTC
“Don’t give me that ‘you don’t know me’ bullshit, laddie! And don’t try to fob me off with talk about your Saracen friend, either!” Sir James snapped. “There’s only so many ways this game of yours can play out, and I’ve seen ‘em all. Played a couple myself.” A sanctimonious voice in his head said, “Now, this is why we should presume to judge our fellow man,” but he swatted it down quickly enough. He had done his damnedest not to “lay a guilt trip” on Allan. He could have brought out his big guns--he could have made a snide variation on his earlier “It’s amazing how you can lie to yourself about these things” comment, but he hadn’t; he could have pointed out that Allan led the charge up the stairs tonight against Robin, but he didn’t ( ... )

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jamesoftaversal May 28 2010, 22:24:27 UTC
ooc: I just noticed I had Sir James give Allan's shoulder "a heavy sigh," which makes no sense whatsoever, but we've posted and deleted so many times lately, I don't want to delete to edit! Anyway, mea culpa....

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