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[snakeofaguy]

[This time there's nothing but blue sky in view of the video camera as it clicks on. Again, Snake is in the Phantomhive gardens, though he's on the patio, keeping close to the house should something happen within. He's been jumpy, unusually so, for the past couple days. Nights have been sleepless and abandoning Elliot's bed to wander the corridors

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[ferventknight]

A second name.. You can say it's like a family name. Something they share.

[A pause before raising an eyebrow.]

Why the sudden curiosity, Snake?

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[snakeofaguy]

[Video is okay, since it's you, Elliot. He angles the device so his face can be seen, looking a little tired.]

A family name... [A moment to think about it, his eyes dropping away from the screen.]

'It is something that is strange to Snake, so he wants to understand,' says Wordsworth.

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[ferventknight]

Does this curiosity mean that you're wanting one? After all, we're a family. Aren't we?

[And then a pause... a small change of subject for the moment.]

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[ferventknight]

[His tone stooped lower; Elliot looked just a small bit worried.]

Have you been okay, lately..?

[ibreakrules]

A last name. It denotes family. Usually you get a second name from your parents. Though, where I'm from, not everyone does. The lower classes don't have as much of a need for family names.

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[snakeofaguy]

'What if one doesn't know their parents?' asks Wordsworth.

[Though the word lower class puts a tension in Snake's tone.]

[ibreakrules]

[He's not bothered by it. It's not that he couldn't counter that he's lower class as well.]

Well, if it means that much to you, then pick one for yourself. Pick something that has meaning. That's unique to you.

[snakeofaguy]

'Snake is unsure how much it should mean to him. He has never thought about these things,' says Oscar.

'Others are saying that you get this second name from a family. How can he choose one for himself, if he it is to be given to him,' asks Wilde.

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[beatrolliche]

It's usually a family name, or a title. Usually one is born with a family name or acquires one through marriage~

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[snakeofaguy]

'Snake's family didn't have such a name,' says Wordsworth, 'And there are a lot of second names in the family he is in now.'

[beatrolliche]

Then pick one or pick them all?

[snakeofaguy]

'That would be a lot of names,' says Wilde. 'If he were to pick them all.'

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[tinderfoot]

[Tyrell remembers this guy with all the snakes from the last time they spoke, so he's a bit leery, but hey! At least it's a question he can (kind of) answer.]

Don't know what they're for, really. To complicate things, I guess. We didn't have them where I'm from, either.

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[snakeofaguy]

[Oh, it's you.]

'How would a family name complicate things?' asks Wilde.

[Pausing to think.] 'So then you don't have one as well,' says Wordsworth.

[tinderfoot]

Nope, just Tyrell! From the Goma Plateau, if people ever asked for clarification.

And it's just a lot to remember, that's all.

[snakeofaguy]

'So then your name incorporates where you are from,' says Wordsworth.

[He thinks for a moment.] 'Snake is unable to do that as well,' says Oscar.

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[littlest_lord]

It's a name that ties you to family. An individual with a family name takes on the responsibility one has to uphold that family name and the respect and reputation that may be tied to it.

Usually one obtains a family name by becoming part of a family, either through birth, adoption or marriage.

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[snakeofaguy]

[Leave it to Ciel to explain things completely.

And it leaves Snake just staring for a minute.] 'What about those without family names?' asks Bronte.

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[littlest_lord]

Well, if Snake really wants another name, he can always simply take one.

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[snakeofaguy]

I can?

'Even without meaning behind it?' asks Bronte.