[ He almost laughs aloud. Is this what you think of him, Clary, that he spends all his time twirling around palaces as though he's nothing better to do? ]
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
You must have mistaken me for royalty. I prefer horseback to carriages, they're too slow. Balls happen, but if I were there, I'd be guarding, not dancing.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
And dueling is illegal, Mademoiselle. That's the official line. I've never turned it down yet.
[ He doesn't reply for quite a while. What is she talking about? It's fairly usual for him to not know what people are talking about here, but this is especially strange. ]
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
I use a main gauche, not a shield. I don't know the man you mean.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
The King's flag is white, with his coat of arms surrounded fleurs de lis. There's no red. I didn't know America had a flag of its own?
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That would be so cool.
[ She remembers having to ride behind Sebastian before. How would it be to not have to rely on anyone?
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Oh! Yep. I guess I'm going to have to be careful with my words around here. Cool is good.
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Cool is good. So is it bad to be hot? I wouldn't have thought so, but it's your language. Your rules.
WHERE WAS THE NOTIF FOR THIS JFC.
No. Hot's totally okay also. Actually, being hot is meant to be great.
YOU READ IT I KNOW YOU DID YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT
The future's language doesn't make any sense, you do know that don't you?
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
Maybe something's lost in translation.
I KNOW. i bet it was in that lump of accidental deletes i had.
'Cool' is basically when you're the guy everyone wants to be? 'Hot' is when you're the guy everyone wants to be *with*.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Or girl.
[ ... Trying not to upset 17th century dudes with sexually fluid talk??? ]
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FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
I see. Well, a woman's tastes are her own concern. Where I'm from, I'd just call her beautiful. You could try that, it's less confusing.
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FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Yeah, I guess? People should compliment other people more? I'll remember that.
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Usually only when they mean it. Thanks for the tip, though. Are there other words like this, with skewed meanings, that I should remember?
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Probably a whole bunch. Tell you what, if you come across one you don't know, just message me and I'll explain.
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I'll do that. You'll be sorry you offered. And, actually, I'll go ahead and apologise for all the inevitably stupid questions ahead of time.
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Hey. Don't worry about it. Maybe you can teach me about your world too. I'd love to know more. I bet it's amazing.
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Wouldn't that be like a glorified history lesson, for you?
[ He can't imagine why it would be interesting to someone like her. ]
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It'd be from the real deal's perspective. None of the boring facts that nobody needed to know. Just stuff about how it was.
FROM: fray.clary@cdc.org
Besides, it sounds romantic. You had duels and balls and carriages then, right? There's nothing like that in our world.
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FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
You must have mistaken me for royalty. I prefer horseback to carriages, they're too slow. Balls happen, but if I were there, I'd be guarding, not dancing.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
And dueling is illegal, Mademoiselle. That's the official line. I've never turned it down yet.
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FROM fray.clary@cdc.org
Rules are made to be broken, right? That's what I've heard.
[ That's what she's also taken part in. ]
FROM fray.clary@cdc.org
So you're not like a knight?
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Knight is a title you inherit. I'm a Musketeer, commissioned by the King to protect him. We're soldiers. A military branch of the Royal Guard.
FROM: d'artagnancdc.org
Rules are usually there for a reason. I may not always agree with the reason.
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I think that still sounds cool. So you fight with a sword, right? What about a shield?
From: fray.clary@cdc.org
Is the guy with the red, white and blue one like you? I thought he was American but I guess your flag's that colour too?
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FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
I use a main gauche, not a shield. I don't know the man you mean.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
The King's flag is white, with his coat of arms surrounded fleurs de lis. There's no red. I didn't know America had a flag of its own?
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From: fray.clary@cdc.org
Oh. My geography's really bad. I must've got it wrong. Don't listen to me!!
From: fray.clary@cdc.org
We do. Have we only been discovered by your time? We have a government and everything. And cheeseburgers.
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They're colonies, that's all. Governed by the parent country.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
You have your own king now?
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He isn't really a king. We have a president? We vote on who we want to be in control.
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The people vote for their own ruler?
And that works for you?
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Yeah. America's the land of the free. I guess everyone thought having a queen or a king would go against that.
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