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Apr 28, 2010 13:56


The question-and-answer aspect of the nexus has always entertained Martel - mostly because he's a sick bastard who enjoys other people making idiots of themselves now and then - but it's been a very rare occasion that he'd indulge himself, and rarer still that he'd indulge it stone cold sober.

He'd like very much not to be stone cold sober, ( Read more... )

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Adding to the dogpile of replies... knightsdaughter April 28 2010, 03:22:16 UTC
Molly's answer has some snark, but there's a quieter undertone to it that belies the flippancy. "Is this like a 'one hand clapping' kind of question, or were you being more specific?"

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errantknights April 28 2010, 03:25:22 UTC

Martel's eyebrow raises. "Specific how?"

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knightsdaughter April 28 2010, 03:29:10 UTC
"Like in the 'I have a situation or two in mind' sense. I mean... I always thought reform was something forced by other people. Like someone broke the rules, better make 'em get in line. But... maybe it depends."

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errantknights April 28 2010, 03:30:24 UTC

"I might, but I don't think any situations I might have in mind are relevant to what your opinion of the words happens to be," Martel says, diplomatically. "What do you think it depends on?"

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at_thy_hearth April 28 2010, 03:35:14 UTC
"What brings you here to ask that?"

Why no, Hestia is not answering that question - not unless Martel turns solely to her for it, and she doubts he ever will. She wouldn't be any help to someone who sought the answer, anyway; it is, in her divine opinion, mortals should decide for themselves.

Perhaps why she is at the Agora: to observe the questions and answers mortals have for each other.

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errantknights April 28 2010, 03:37:35 UTC

"A combination of boredom and curiosity, my lady," he says, smiling and not pressing the fact she hasn't answered; he isn't likely to cop to the personal nature of it out loud, particularly when he suspects she can guess why the subject might be on his mind, as it were. "May I greet you?"

There's an added layer of respect in that question, a weight to it; ritualistic.

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at_thy_hearth April 28 2010, 04:09:32 UTC
"Of course." She extends her hands for him, smiling.

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errantknights April 28 2010, 04:12:25 UTC

Until this point, Martel has been sitting down - on a stool at the front of the amphitheatre - but when she offers her hands, he rises.

...and then he kneels, taking one knee at her feet, and kisses her palms one after the other; his own hands are roughened by the nature of his work but perhaps surprisingly gentle, capable of care. It's a simple ritual and one that he's fond of (both for honest reasons and reasons of 'charming the ladies'), but it's been a long time since anyone has given him a blessing.

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northseaflotsam May 3 2010, 02:15:39 UTC
The place seems to have had a makeover since he was here last, Mordred thinks; but the guy with the hair is vaguely familiar, and the subject happens to be one that interests him. He stops, gazing up at Martel thoughtfully. "Well, if we're making distinctions -- I'm inclined to say the former is an end to which the latter is a means, and most of us take some time in transit."

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errantknights May 3 2010, 02:18:20 UTC

It's really quite spectacular hair.

"A sliding scale of morality." ...Martel is making a joke, it's just that it's hideous and inappropriate.

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northseaflotsam May 3 2010, 02:32:15 UTC
"If you like," unruffled. "I was thinking more of a sort of indefinite calendar, but I suppose that doesn't allow for reverses."

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errantknights May 3 2010, 02:39:58 UTC

"I'm sure there are backsliders." Martel, for example, should probably not be allowed as much free reign as he has- not that he's backsliding, mind you, but how easy would it be if he did?

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