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lowficharm) wrote2021-07-19 12:32 pm
lowficharm) wrote2021-07-19 12:32 pm
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This is Martin. Just leave a message and I'll get back to you.
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This is Martin. Just leave a message and I'll get back to you.
text | voice | video | action
I HAVE TO ASK:
ARE YOU MARTIN OF MARTINAISE?
*THE* MARTIN MARTINAISE?
ARE YOU MARTIN OF MARTINAISE?
*THE* MARTIN MARTINAISE?
I knew that!
[No he didn't.]
My name is Martin Blackwood. I suppose you're someone from ADI if you have my number?
[No he didn't.]
My name is Martin Blackwood. I suppose you're someone from ADI if you have my number?
YES.
I FOUND YOU IN THE DIRECTORY.
NOT THAT I KNOW YOU.
OR MAYBE I DO?
DO I?
I FOUND YOU IN THE DIRECTORY.
NOT THAT I KNOW YOU.
OR MAYBE I DO?
DO I?
Maybe?? That kind of depends who you are.
I'm Martin, by the way. Martin Blackwood. If we have met...?
I'm Martin, by the way. Martin Blackwood. If we have met...?
I AM TEQUILA SUNSET.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY USERNAME.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE KNOW EACH OTHER, MARTIN.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER NOW AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS MOST OF ALL.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY USERNAME.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE KNOW EACH OTHER, MARTIN.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER NOW AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS MOST OF ALL.
[There's like, a solid 5 minutes before a reply comes through.]
I guess??????????????
Do you need something from me or was this just
whatever this is
I guess??????????????
Do you need something from me or was this just
whatever this is
[Mercy has been informed of the nature of gift-giving, and even with everything going on (maybe because of it), she's been moved to press forward with the holiday spirit, even if this isn't one of her holidays. There is a small parcel with a letter atop. The parcel contains a kosovorotka top that should be close to Martin's approximate measurements, with any luck.]
Dear Martin,
I have been meaning to reach out to you about a conversation I had a little while ago. It was with a man who said he is the one dearest to your heart. I am so happy for you, my friend, knowing you have that joy here. (Even if I may find myself the slightest bit jealous that he should be the reason you are unavailable for courting.)
We had a discussion regarding his eating habits. I fear for his health over this cold winter, sir. I mean no insult, but he is a very thin fellow and I would like to see him well fed and warm. I thought, perhaps, that I could bring food to him during work as he appears to be a most dedicated scholar. He kept trying to wave this off. I am worried for him. Perhaps we might band together, if you have need of a compatriot, to see some meat put onto his bones?
Kindly,
Mercy
P.S. Please let me know if I need to tailor the shirt for you. I was not certain of your measurements and guessed a bit.
Dear Martin,
I have been meaning to reach out to you about a conversation I had a little while ago. It was with a man who said he is the one dearest to your heart. I am so happy for you, my friend, knowing you have that joy here. (Even if I may find myself the slightest bit jealous that he should be the reason you are unavailable for courting.)
We had a discussion regarding his eating habits. I fear for his health over this cold winter, sir. I mean no insult, but he is a very thin fellow and I would like to see him well fed and warm. I thought, perhaps, that I could bring food to him during work as he appears to be a most dedicated scholar. He kept trying to wave this off. I am worried for him. Perhaps we might band together, if you have need of a compatriot, to see some meat put onto his bones?
Kindly,
Mercy
P.S. Please let me know if I need to tailor the shirt for you. I was not certain of your measurements and guessed a bit.
[He's surprised to actually find a gift, though is utterly charmed to see what it is and read the note, even if the full hit of the word 'jealous' won't hit him for another fifteen minutes. In the meantime, he's going to try on the shirt, smile a bit, and then take a selfie of him in it and text it to Mercy.]
Thank you for the gift!! It fits great :) Come by sometime and I'd like to repay the favor with some tea I've imported.
Also, I'm glad to hear you spoke to Jon. You're right, and he needs to eat more, and has quite the habit of not doing so. I try to bring him tea and cookies whenever I can but he often squirms his way out of eating. Anything you can do is much appreciated,and you can tell him as much it's from me if he protests.
Thank you for the gift!! It fits great :) Come by sometime and I'd like to repay the favor with some tea I've imported.
Also, I'm glad to hear you spoke to Jon. You're right, and he needs to eat more, and has quite the habit of not doing so. I try to bring him tea and cookies whenever I can but he often squirms his way out of eating. Anything you can do is much appreciated,and you can tell him as much it's from me if he protests.
You look wonderful! Very handsome, sir. I would gladly sup with you whenever might be convenient. Remind me which apartment you are in?
I will chide him most well, if given leave. He is not the first ornery scholar I have had the pleasure to know. My favored tutor, Brother Ainsley, was the Abbey's archivist. Your gentleman love reminds me of him; though, Mr. Jon does seem to be younger. Or he's kept his hair more favorably in his golden years.
-🦊⚰️
I will chide him most well, if given leave. He is not the first ornery scholar I have had the pleasure to know. My favored tutor, Brother Ainsley, was the Abbey's archivist. Your gentleman love reminds me of him; though, Mr. Jon does seem to be younger. Or he's kept his hair more favorably in his golden years.
-🦊⚰️
Jon and I are in block B, apartment 4! And thank you for doing that for him. We're actually about the same age, but everyone things he looks much older. It's the grey hair, I think. But it's cute so I'm glad he has it :)
Is he really? I think it is more his disposition that lends itself to thinking he may be older. He speaks as I might expect a man who has seen the seasons turn thrice as many as mine might. I spoke to him of the small concerns: his health and comfort, and he seemed to dismiss them for larger troubles. Ones that lurk on the horizon, but have no bearing on his life from one day to the next.
-🦊⚰️
-🦊⚰️
Well, we have seen a lot back at home. But he's always sounded like that. He just tends not to think of himself. Or worse, badly of himself, so he doesn't deserve the kindness of others. Which is why I sincerely appreciate anytime someone offers to go a little over the necessary to be nice to him. He doesn't exactly go out of his way to be nice either, but it's mostly stress.
[He loves Jon. He loves Jon so much. But also, Mercy is quickly becoming the perfect candidate for 'make Jon feel better' whenever Martin can't be around, and damn right he's going to take that when Jon sometimes seems determined to be miserable.]
I'm really thankful you see the good in him. More people should.
[He loves Jon. He loves Jon so much. But also, Mercy is quickly becoming the perfect candidate for 'make Jon feel better' whenever Martin can't be around, and damn right he's going to take that when Jon sometimes seems determined to be miserable.]
I'm really thankful you see the good in him. More people should.
He is the one you love. I count your judgement well, Martin. Even if I were to see every flaw, it would seem to me there must be some hidden goodness within to have your heart. I will be a pest to him, even if he does not much appreciate it.
-🦊⚰️
-🦊⚰️
Thank you, Mercy. It means a lot.
Thanks again for the gift, and come by for some tea sometime soon :)
Thanks again for the gift, and come by for some tea sometime soon :)
You know, you and your boyfriend seem to have an unusual amount of entity knowledge.
[Do you ever just casually check your texts and then feel like you're going to absolutely die? Because that's him right now. He's absolutely going to die. That said, he is Not An Idiot, and since he has time to craft a response he lets it sit for a bit before responding.]
We have been here a couple of years. And Jon's pretty smart. Did you have a question you needed answered or something?
We have been here a couple of years. And Jon's pretty smart. Did you have a question you needed answered or something?
Oh, is that all? You seem to know, or at least act like you know, a lot more than the natives... at least going by what the natives are willing and able to explain.
(Suspicious. Still...)
Alright, I'll bite. Any thoughts on why the entities have so much influence over advanced technology?
(Suspicious. Still...)
Alright, I'll bite. Any thoughts on why the entities have so much influence over advanced technology?
I mean, we've been actively researching it. But as for tech... what do you mean by advanced? Like the sort of thing you're from, or like, cell phones and such?
My world's stuff mostly. Cell phones and basic dumb AI work just fine, but I can't connect directly to a network without it counting as some kind of magic? Seems like an arbitrary line if you ask me. Or do you think it's based more on the perception of what's possible than any actual point of advancement?
(Go back far enough and even something as simple as a lighter would be seen as witchcraft, after all.
...More importantly, Cortana is so interested in this topic she no longer cares about the topic of Martin and Jon's entity knowledge source. At least for now.)
(Go back far enough and even something as simple as a lighter would be seen as witchcraft, after all.
...More importantly, Cortana is so interested in this topic she no longer cares about the topic of Martin and Jon's entity knowledge source. At least for now.)
[Oh good, a successful distraction. It does take him a little bit to think about it, though.]
I think it's less about hard lines and more about what's understood as common. The Entities feed off technology because things that aren't understood often make people afraid. So.. yes, perception is a good way to put it, I would imagine.
I think it's less about hard lines and more about what's understood as common. The Entities feed off technology because things that aren't understood often make people afraid. So.. yes, perception is a good way to put it, I would imagine.
Hmmm...
So, what about technologies that people know are possible but just haven't quite been realized?
Do you think the perception of what's possible could be changed?
(Someone has ideas.)
So, what about technologies that people know are possible but just haven't quite been realized?
Do you think the perception of what's possible could be changed?
(Someone has ideas.)
I'm not sure, really. I think even when perception of something has changed so things are more common, anything can produce fear, even if explained. There will always be people who don't know about something and people who are afraid because they don't know.
Not to say that you shouldn't try, though. A world with less fear is less power for them. And just a nicer place.
Not to say that you shouldn't try, though. A world with less fear is less power for them. And just a nicer place.
That would be useful.
A part of me is also thinking that releasing and patenting designs for functional versions of technologies that are currently still being worked on would be a great way to earn money.
(She wants to feel again. Let her have money to buy nice things.)
A part of me is also thinking that releasing and patenting designs for functional versions of technologies that are currently still being worked on would be a great way to earn money.
(She wants to feel again. Let her have money to buy nice things.)
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