exsilium | o1 ✍ sharpe's introduction ✍ voice + video

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Money in cards and saying me rifle’s been changed.

[ Except that’s not actually how he says it, it’s more like: munneh in cards and sayin’ me rifle’s been changed. Sheffield, Yorkshire haunts the streets of Exsilium now, thanks to one Richard Sharpe. ]

The only cards I know of are those given by weasely merchants looking ta fleece more money out of you. But you ain’t asking for money, are you? Yer asking me to fight with me blood and sweat, and you ain’t even decent enough to give me a half-ration of rum, or even a proper King’s shilling.

[ Thud. The sound of rifle on stone ground. There’s a soft shuffling sound and tapping of fingers on the screen of the tablet. The video switches on. ]

video;

Me name’s Richard Sharpe. [ Blond hair, green eyes, a scar on his upper left cheek. His lips are twisted into a scowl, and at the edge of the screen, you can see the edge of his Rifleman’s jacket. Have a picture.

If you met him during the masquerade, he's a lot cleaner now. Face-wise anyway. You can actually see what he looks like underneath the layers of dirt, and his hair isn't just a layer of dust anymore. ]

If yer name's Patrick Harper, I suggest you get yer arse over here before I shoot it off you.

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Mercenaries, sellswords, freeriders, they're all the same. [ You can always trust them to be untrustworthy.

And have awesome stories. ]

Aye. [ Softly. ] You've got a name, girl?

Cat.

[ It's a fake name. That's obvious enough. But Sharpe doesn't pursue it. ]

You keep looking at me strange, Cat.

That the only reason you wanted to see my face? So you could make japes?

I ain't making japes, whatever those are. [ Dry. What the hell is your vocabulary, Cat. ]

Just sayin' what I see.

[ the best vocabulary, shush ]

You'll want to check your eyes. You're seeing wrong.

[ He ducks his head and chuckles. God, it's been a long time since he's talked to a child this young. Not 15, 16 year old boys in the army, the drummers and cannon rammers, sometimes the young Ensigns if they are moneyed. And a girl, at that. ]

Aye, I'd take yer word fer it.

You know how ta fight, Cat?

Bet I could take you.

[ He bursts out laughing loudly. ]

You really think so?

Yes.

You want ta try?

If you don't mind kissing dirt, old man.

[ He barks a laugh. ]

You have ta promise ta not cry if you lose, girl.

I never cry.

Never in yer entire life?

Crying is for babies.

I've seen boys and men far older than you cry, lass. [ Softly. ] They cry when a shot's found its way ta their stomach, when they're stabbed in the chest, when they know they won't ever go home again.

It ain't a weakness ta cry.

I'm not hurt. And I have no home. So I've no reason to cry.

You'll hurt if you fight me, lass.

No, I won't. Besides, I was brought in here to fight. If I'm to hurt, it'll happen sooner or later.

A lass as young as you are ta be fighting. [ Flatly, then he chuckles. ] Don't think that's what they brought you here fer, aye?

That's what I was told.

[ Muttering: ] Buggerin' hell- [ Then, louder: ]

You going ta keep talking, or will you actually show me what you can do?

You've not told me where to find you.

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