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[lionrampante]

I keep hearing mention of a Prohibition.

I remember there was a Prohibition act in America a few years ago, but not much beyond that. I was sure it had ended. And after seeing Blue's apartment the other day...

What year is this?

[ooc: for clarification, I'm not assuming Peter remembers the prohibition. More of an assumption that it was

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[playstheblues]

It's a curse.

It's actually 2008.

[lionrampante]

2008?

...That's nearly sixty years into the future.

[playstheblues]

Is it any consolation that you don't end up speaking German?

[lionrampante]

Why would something like that happen?

Did you?

[playstheblues]

....Germany....didn't...manage to invade?

No, I lived in New York.

[lionrampante]

Not Britain. We endured heavy bombing, but Germany never managed to take over.

[ooc; My European history is slightly rusty, so if that's historically incorrect, I apologise and I'll change this comment D:]

[playstheblues]

Yes, that's what I meant! It's a consolation that you're not speaking German...

...anyway.

You and Caspian are settling okay?

[lionrampante]

It sounded as if you had implied Britain loses the war.

Caspian and I are settling in fine. It took some time to get used to everything, but I'm sure we'll be all right.

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[playstheblues]

I didn't mean it at all, sorry, sorry!

[playstheblues]

I don't doubt you will. But things are a bit...different. You're sixteen, right?

[lionrampante]

You don't have to apologise for it. It was just a misunderstanding between us.

I am sixteen, but I have been around for many more years that that.

[playstheblues]

Okay.

...don't I know how that goes.

Well here, sixteen year olds get free room and board, which is why it's important - no need to find a job right away unless you want to.

And Caspian's sixteen too, right?

[lionrampante]

That's quite a deal. Even though it's unnecessary, having a job would help out in any unexpected circumstances.

I believe so.

[playstheblues]

There are a lot of jobs around here, based on skills; and it's probably best anyway since a lot of little expenses aren't covered, like the fact that you're going to need to get more clothes.

By the way, Prohibition was boring; a lot more boring than this, anyway.

[lionrampante]

I'm sure I'll find something I'm good at.

Was it? I'll admit I didn't pay too much attention to it in class. It didn't seem that important.

[playstheblues]

Yeah....nothing much really happened during that time.

Except the birth of Jazz. Really, that's the most important event in the entire 20th century.