Now that I've gotten settled here, I suppose I ought to introduce myself by what appears to be the customary method. I'm Susan Sto Helit, but please call me Susan. I'm from the Discworld, and I'm a Warden, as yet unassigned.
Hmm. Well, I've got A Childe's Historie of Ankh-Morpork and Historie of thee Ankh-Morpork City Watch if you'd like to borrow them. You might not like it, though.
Less rebellious? I'm not even sure what you mean by that. It's much as it ever was-big old melting pot with lumpy bits in.
I take it by that comment that Winder is no longer Patrician in your time. no wonder, he couldn't last without me I shall like to read them, then. If nothing else, I can take comfort in the fact history is written only by the victors.
I mean, is it ordered? The rest, I expected, but is it ordered? Is there insurrection at every corner, or is it not so rebellious?
We're two Patricians down from Winder. He was succeeded not long after your demise by Mad-pardon me, Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase, and he in turn was succeeded by Lord Havelock Vetinari.
Who, I would say, runs the city quite well. I daresay no one has felt the need for insurrection in quite some time.
I'd better just send you along the books. No sobriquet for Vetinari yet; I think he's simply been too effective.
"Order" is, as always, an overstatement for the running of Ankh-Morpork. It's more a matter of controlled chaos and the playing of various rival factions against each other into stasis.
Where are your quarters? I'll drop them off after I'm done here.
Oh, there's definitely a rule of law. Even the City Watch has made enormous strides in the last several years, under Commander Vimes and Captain Carrot. Of course, Vimes is a Duke now, but he feels about as fond of that title as I do.
she's not particularly sorry, alassensiblesusanDecember 14 2009, 02:28:36 UTC
You'll find the books just outside.
Yes, Vimes is the Commander of the Watch, and a person of some import and influence. He's come a rather long way in the last few decades-which answers your question about when I'm from.*
There are bets as to what Vetinari's epithet will eventually be, but I'm pretty sure "Criminally Irresponsible" isn't one of them. I currently have fifty cents on "Indispensible".
*Sort of. A comprehensive Discworld timeline is weirdly hard to come by.
Swing'll live. :DpleasesmirkDecember 14 2009, 02:37:01 UTC
...That's a long way from a scrawny boy in a few decades, I have to say. And Keel? My murderer?
An impressively small bet on an impressively charged word. I should like to know what makes this Vetinari so... powerful. Will that be covered in these books, or will I have to research that further?
Re: Swing'll live. :DsensiblesusanDecember 14 2009, 02:40:00 UTC
Keel died in a dust-up shortly after the Glorious Revolution.
It wasn't a serious bet, exactly. Anyway, I think I can provide you with a copy of Vetinari's The Servant. That might shed some light on the matter for you.
No matter of your thoughts on me, it is good to see another from the Disc. Sto Plains, I presume?
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Duchess of Sto Helit, in fact, but I generally prefer not to stand on ceremony.
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Very well. Do you, though, know Ankh-Morpork?
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I've lived in Ankh-Morpork for several years, working as a governess and schoolteacher. I know the city quite well by now.
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Ah, very good. How is the city in your time? Less... rebellious?
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Less rebellious? I'm not even sure what you mean by that. It's much as it ever was-big old melting pot with lumpy bits in.
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I mean, is it ordered? The rest, I expected, but is it ordered? Is there insurrection at every corner, or is it not so rebellious?
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Who, I would say, runs the city quite well. I daresay no one has felt the need for insurrection in quite some time.
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Order is always a good thing.
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"Order" is, as always, an overstatement for the running of Ankh-Morpork. It's more a matter of controlled chaos and the playing of various rival factions against each other into stasis.
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Interesting way of running a city indeed. It's hardly... a real sense of order, though, a real rule of law, is it?
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Oh, there's definitely a rule of law. Even the City Watch has made enormous strides in the last several years, under Commander Vimes and Captain Carrot. Of course, Vimes is a Duke now, but he feels about as fond of that title as I do.
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...Vimes? Vimes? That boy, that scrawny little boy is Commander of the Watch?
Are you sure this Vetinari doesn't have a prefix to his name? One along the lines of 'Criminally Irresponsible' or something?
How far are you in my future?
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Yes, Vimes is the Commander of the Watch, and a person of some import and influence. He's come a rather long way in the last few decades-which answers your question about when I'm from.*
There are bets as to what Vetinari's epithet will eventually be, but I'm pretty sure "Criminally Irresponsible" isn't one of them. I currently have fifty cents on "Indispensible".
*Sort of. A comprehensive Discworld timeline is weirdly hard to come by.
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An impressively small bet on an impressively charged word. I should like to know what makes this Vetinari so... powerful. Will that be covered in these books, or will I have to research that further?
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It wasn't a serious bet, exactly. Anyway, I think I can provide you with a copy of Vetinari's The Servant. That might shed some light on the matter for you.
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