http://daath-vader.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] daath-vader.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] gocirclegogo2011-10-01 01:36 am

Taking this muse box's virginity like a Fon Master

[Ion actually looks pretty cute in 1880's England fashion. Nothing fancy, street kid clothes, and without the official robes and girly ornaments of the Fon Master... His gender is still pretty ambiguous. But as he's been staying with the Children of Perpetual Care he's been doing his best to blend in and be useful.]

[As much as he can at any rate. He's been trying to learn the language the proper way. And it helps that he is honestly and sincerely a people person. It may not be wise to walk around London and chat up strangers, but it's also something he truly enjoys.]
clinical: (why would you make it easier on me?)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, it's Ion. And because it's Ion, Jade is quickly slipping into that protective deference he gives to the fonmaster.] Where have you been staying?
clinical: (in letting go I am so proud)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Long enough to gain employment and a house. [His smile becomes just fractionally more amused, one of those hints of emotion that passes for expression.] A household, in fact. [And that fraction vanishes.] I'd prefer it if you weren't staying at a church. They have unsavoury reputations. Would you be willing to stay with me?
clinical: (you whisper prayers into the dark)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
It has been [was] my honour to assist you, Fon Master. [And another one of the smiles.] If you're done looking around for the moment, I could show you to my house now.
clinical: (it's crystallized; so am I)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Then this way, please. [With appropriate deference, he gestures for the Fon Master to come along.] If you'll forgive the intrusion, Fon Master, may I ask you what the last thing you remember is?
clinical: (it's crystallized; so am I)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah. Jade's eyes flicker down for just a second before he speaks clearly.] ND2020 Lorelei-Decan 48. Luke's coming of age ceremony.
clinical: (why would you make it easier on me?)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-02 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's an interesting question. What was it like? Jade could think of only one word.] Surprising. [He thinks about adding "I'm not even sure if Luke would show up," but decides that is tasteless and selects another elaboration.]

Tear sang the Grand Fonic Hymn. With your help.
Edited 2011-10-02 23:56 (UTC)
clinical: (your structure's fine)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-03 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It seems she came to understand another component of it at your funeral. [If it is indelicate to raise the subject of a person's own funeral, Jade is either failing to notice this element of courtesy or has decided that Ion wouldn't mind.] We'll have to have her sing it if she appears here.
clinical: (light the eyes of all the sociopaths)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-03 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
It has been abolished. Anise is working hard to reform the Order. [That edge of amusement slips back into his voice.] She has intentions of becoming Fon Master.
clinical: (so sweet to lose a friend)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-03 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[The faint happiness Jade feels is an echo of Ion's. It isn't empathetic happiness; it was the vague contentment he felt when those who mattered to him were happy.] She'll certainly be one of the more interesting ones. Perhaps as tasking on her attendants as some other Fon Masters I've known.
clinical: (so sweet to lose a friend)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-03 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree. They'll do good work. [Jade's mind skims over who else Ion might be interested in. The rest of the party, of course.] His Imperial Majesty is happily running Guy ragged. We've been trying to get him married. [By which he means they've been messing with Guy by threatening to marry him off to every clingy noblewoman they can throw at him. Messing with Guy is a team sport that Peony and Jade love playing.] Natalia has been doing excellent work in Kimlasca. She'll have a very popular rule when her time comes.
clinical: (never you mind death professor)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-03 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It's doing well. The new world order may have a few hurdles to leap over, but remarkably, cooperation between the nations appears to be very productive towards that end. We old soldiers are feeling quite out of work.
clinical: (you whisper prayers into the dark)

[personal profile] clinical 2011-10-04 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[a pause, and then]

I've started to research fomicry again.

[Jade Curtiss is a man who is good at not saying what he ought to. Ion has not asked about Arietta, so Ion won't be told about Arietta. Ion never asked the right question to be told the truth about Luke. But this announcement he offers Ion in almost a vacuum. He offers it up for judgement from one of those he sees fit to judge him.]

[After a moment, he is compelled to explain.]
I want to raise the status of replicas to more than mere replacements. They can't be left to flounder in a world without any infrastructure for their support.