o1 ✍ sharpe's introduction ✍ voice + video

[sharpe]

voice;

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.

Comments

[crystalia]

Apparently so. _{( her smile is small, but it's there. )}

Crystalia--that is, Crystal.

[sharpe]

[ He tips his hat slightly. ]

That's a pretty name, ma'am.

[crystalia]

Well, thank you. Mr. Sharpe, was it?

[sharpe]

It is, ma'am.

[crystalia]

Crystal, please. There's no need to be so formal--we're all stuck in the same situation, after all.

[sharpe]

[ Long... pause.... ]

Pardon me, ma'am. [ He lowers his eyes for a moment, then looks up. ] You seem a little too highborn fer a man like me ta use yer name so freely.

[crystalia]

Oh, you're almost certainly not. _{( that's said pretty easily, practically no one is her equal that way. )} But my point still stands.

[sharpe]

That won't be quite mannerly, ma'am. [ Dryly. ]

[crystalia]

Which is less polite: to do as a person asks, or to stick to convention despite their wishes?

[sharpe]

That ain't a fair question.

[crystalia]

Which is a response that neatly gets you out of answering.

[sharpe]

[ Chuckles. ]

'Tis truth, ma'am.

[crystalia]

And irritating in that I can't quite be mad at you, for it.

[sharpe]

[ A chuckle. ]

You can't blame a man fer trying ta be mannerly, ma'am. [ Beaaaaat. ] Or do you prefer milady?

[crystalia]

I told you what I preferred, didn't I?

[sharpe]

Will milady Crystal do? [ He might just be flirting. Or teasing. Something of that sort, oops. ]

[crystalia]

It might be marginally more acceptable.

[sharpe]

Then milady Crystal it shall be.

[crystalia]

For now, at least.