[ There's a pause before she responds--however upset she is, she really mustn't allow it into her voice. She really mustn't. And so, forcing cheerfulness and wiping away tears, she's just a little breathless: ]
Isaac! From the chapel. [ Yes, that's rather better. Play dumb, for the moment. ] Have I met your countrymen?
[ which has nothing to do with how he found matters. niceties. ]
But Ghislain has never done us a deal of credit. Too many skirmishes to sprout culture, even before the Imperium marched in. I thought you might do with a better view — are you acquainted with Mssr. Bastien?
He is un Royan, and I understand something of a poet,
[ is that what we're calling musician spies now. sure. ]
And whether our return to Kirkwall should afford the detour, I imagine he would pleased to make recommendations of the city. I have too seldom been to offer them myself — but we've come so far south, it seems a waste to send you home with only a war to show.
[ Pleasant, poetic, and potentially willing to suggest locations worth visiting within Val Royeaux? While she has her own mental list, no doubt an actual Royan would have ideas her studies would never have lead her to. ]
I shall be sure to find time to speak to him. Thank you for the suggestion, Isaac, and for your kindness.
[Lady Lamonia's papers are, at best, halfway sorted before someone demands that Betrys and Wysteria relocate from the library floor proper to one of the smaller ancillary study rooms so that the poorly muffled gasps and giggling might be less of a distraction to anyone requiring a more peaceable environment for their work. And so here they are, amidst a great sea of journals and bundles of letters and the occasional keepsake card stock invitation to parties long past.]
As I was saying before we were so ungraciously relocated, I have been debating with myself which would be the best way to catalog everything. My first instinct is to see it done chronologically, but there would be benefit - I think - to curating it instead based on the relationships of the correspondence as I believe that is likely far more useful to anyone who might investigate the collection after us.
[ With all of Lady Lamonia's documents spread out, the extent to which she'd documented her social entanglements truly becomes clear. It's such an incredible wealth of information--such an incredible wealth of utterly silly information.
Is this really the sum total of the life of a Marcher woman of quality? Something about looking at all of these social entanglements, turned from murmured intrigue to dusty papers, leaves Betrys disquieted. Fortunately, Wysteria's question is suitable distraction. ]
Perhaps we could do both? [ The merits of both options seem clear enough. ] Sort them by relationship and create a list of every item in chronological order. Someday, we might need to know who she associated with in a given month or year.
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Date: 2020-09-13 04:48 am (UTC)[ dry. oh, right: ]
This, ah — Isaac. I believe we spoke.
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Date: 2020-09-13 02:13 pm (UTC)Isaac! From the chapel. [ Yes, that's rather better. Play dumb, for the moment. ] Have I met your countrymen?
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Date: 2020-09-13 06:22 pm (UTC)[ so they may leave it at that, unless she wishes to discuss. ]
But I hoped to apologize for my prior distraction. Did you accompany us to Ghislain?
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Date: 2020-09-13 08:31 pm (UTC)I did. [ How in the world to describe it? Hm. ] It was...quite interesting, I must say. My first sight of Orlais. How did you find yourself there?
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Date: 2020-09-13 09:21 pm (UTC)[ which has nothing to do with how he found matters. niceties. ]
But Ghislain has never done us a deal of credit. Too many skirmishes to sprout culture, even before the Imperium marched in. I thought you might do with a better view — are you acquainted with Mssr. Bastien?
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Date: 2020-09-13 09:54 pm (UTC)[ The things you must have seen. She hadn't known he was a mage. But anyway-- ]
I believe we might have spoken once. Is he a friend of yours?
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Date: 2020-09-13 10:16 pm (UTC)[ is that what we're calling musician spies now. sure. ]
And whether our return to Kirkwall should afford the detour, I imagine he would pleased to make recommendations of the city. I have too seldom been to offer them myself — but we've come so far south, it seems a waste to send you home with only a war to show.
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Date: 2020-09-22 03:28 pm (UTC)[ Pleasant, poetic, and potentially willing to suggest locations worth visiting within Val Royeaux? While she has her own mental list, no doubt an actual Royan would have ideas her studies would never have lead her to. ]
I shall be sure to find time to speak to him. Thank you for the suggestion, Isaac, and for your kindness.
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Date: 2020-09-24 09:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-25 02:38 pm (UTC)Your secret is safe with me.
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Date: 2020-09-26 05:59 pm (UTC)As I was saying before we were so ungraciously relocated, I have been debating with myself which would be the best way to catalog everything. My first instinct is to see it done chronologically, but there would be benefit - I think - to curating it instead based on the relationships of the correspondence as I believe that is likely far more useful to anyone who might investigate the collection after us.
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Date: 2020-09-30 03:34 pm (UTC)Is this really the sum total of the life of a Marcher woman of quality? Something about looking at all of these social entanglements, turned from murmured intrigue to dusty papers, leaves Betrys disquieted. Fortunately, Wysteria's question is suitable distraction. ]
Perhaps we could do both? [ The merits of both options seem clear enough. ] Sort them by relationship and create a list of every item in chronological order. Someday, we might need to know who she associated with in a given month or year.