Mar 13, 2007 14:15
So this is death? Or the afterlife? Underworld? Hm? I think I'm lost for words, but only because I don't know of one that combines 'dull' and 'irksome' as well as I'd like.
Hm...
I wonder if Bartimaeus is here. That'd be fitting.
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...Bartimaeus?
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Yes. He goes by Sakhr al-Jinni sometimes, and some other ones, if that rings any bells.
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Bartimaeus. About 5000. Bit on the sarcastic side. Tends to be a little full of himself. Mentions speaking with Solomon a lot. Prefers the form of Ptole a young Egyptian boy.
...That Bartimaeus?
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The very one. You summoned him, I take it?
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...You're a djinni, I presume?
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That I am.
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If you don't mind my asking, where were you before you came here? Where in London? What were you doing?
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'Unique' is a good way to describe any relationship with Bartimaeus.
I was summoned by Ffoukes to watch the National Gallery for any... problems. Turned out to be a golem, and, well... that was the end of me.
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...How long have you known him?
Ffoukes. Worked in Internal Affairs, didn't he? So Bartimaeus didn't know me when he was with you. And you... oh. The golem. I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better... I got rid of it.
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Mm, we go back a bit, since Prauge. Or, the seige of it, anyway.
I don't know if he knew you or not, we don't generally talk about commoners durring jobs. He described his master as 'having a girl and a bottle in the same hand'?
You defeated a golem? Good on you.
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A girl in one... right. That would be Na-- John Mandrake, yes? Well, I think Bartimaeus was overestimating his girl-related abilities. And his abilities to hold alcohol. And I wasn't that girl, no. If that girl existed. Which I doubt. But I'm sure you must have talked about me a little, if indirectly. The Resistance?
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