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[completeglobal]

[Good evening, Thor!  If you're bored and flipping through your guide, you may come across the scene of a rather busy dinner show, in a relatively large theatre somewhere.  And although you can't see the announcer, you may or may not recognize his voice as one of the ship's many refugees...

Not that it matters.  The show is about to begin.]

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[video]

[dalmascanbloom]

[Her Majesty Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca is speechless.]

[Just. One moment please.]

[No, perhaps a bit longer than that.]

[She didn't want to insult her Knight, but just look at this. What was she supposed to say?]

Whoever thought to record this is of ill humor.

[That...was still insulting, wasn't it?]

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[completeglobal]

[Prrrrobably, but it's not like the announcer cares. It's reflected in his tone, too.]

I'm sorry you think so.

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[dalmascanbloom]

What was meant to be accomplished by revealing this to everyone?

[Other than the obvious nightmare fuel.]

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[completeglobal]

Though it's a mere dinner show, the management did wish for it to be broadcasted on the network. Advertisement, you see.

If you're to be irritated, direct those feelings to the performer himself. He's the one putting on the dreadful show.

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[dalmascanbloom]

[Stop encouraging her Wesker. She's trying so hard not to insult Basch and you're not helping.]

Basch is a knight, not some dancer. 'Tis foolish to expect something newsworthy from one ill-suited for this line of work.

Surely someone must have noticed that much.

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[completeglobal]

[Wesker? Be helpful? Surely you jest.]

You're quite mistaken. This is something very newsworthy in its own right.

I'm sure someone did. I certainly did during rehearsals, but I doubt management cared enough to do anything about it.

[video]

[armorumvigiles]

[Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg is similarly at somewhat of a loss for words.

Give him. Give him a moment, as well.

How does he begin to explain this...]

I believe I would have been less...inadequate with a partner.

[video]

[dalmascanbloom]

[She doesn't blame you Basch.]

[Not one bit.]

I remember watching you at the balls; you have never been one for dancing.

['Tis a sad truth.]

[video]

[armorumvigiles]

[A beat.

He didn't think Ashe remembered....sob...]

Social events have admittedly never been a forte of mine.

[video]

[dalmascanbloom]

[Ashe smiles a bit, shaking her head. She is rather fond of those memories.]

When I was younger, I would watch the knights and wonder why that was. But I came to understand. There was never the time to be learning of waltzes when protecting our land from invasion.

It was the skill of a soldier that proved to be of greater value in the days that came.

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[armorumvigiles]

[He hadn't thought she'd be looking so carefully at events from the past in that light-- but the thought that she has humbles him, and he nods.]

In times of peace, one is required to know of recreations away from the pressures of war. Fighting is all I know, Your Majesty-- it need not be the case for others.