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[ The video opens to a pair of hands. Hands, paper, and a line of tobacco. A cigarette being rolled before the camera is tipped upwards and Sharpe comes into view. He drags a hand through his hair, which is more than slightly wet by the rain. It's obvious after a while that he's outside, sitting below the awning of one of the houses in the Hold. His rifle, leaning against his shoulder, is completely dry.

He takes out a lighter and snaps it on, lighting the homemade cigarette and taking a drag. ]

Convenient things, these. [ Tosses the lighter up, and catches it again. ] Works better than any flint. [ Pause, and he shrugs. ] But I ain't here ta talk 'bout fires.

I'm a soldier and I ain't use ta just waiting 'round here. Even travelling and sightseeing [ he grins at this, because going out to the Outlands was fun but not the kind of sightseeing and travel most gentlemen go for ] gets tiring after a while. [ He leans a bit further back against the wall. ] There any books 'round? [ Beat, then he clarifies, because his accent tends to mark him as illiterate: ] Fer reading, I mean. English'd do, but if there's something in French or Spanish, I ain't going ta say no.

[ He takes a drag of the cigarette contemplatively. ]

Stories'll do as well, if no one's got any books ta read.

[ He makes to switch off the transmission, but then he seems to remember something. Scramble, scramble, oops, ash and burnt paper on the camera, which he brushes away irritatedly. ]

Can someone explain ta me how a man and a woman can share the same house without being married or related ta each other? [ He tips his head ta the side. ] It don't say much for decency or the woman's reputation, no. [ Beaaaaaaaaaaaat. ]

And what's those noises on the thirteen floor of that damned building we've been housed in, eh?

[ This is actually Sharpe's point in making the transmission but he wants books as well. Whatever. Look, it's shut off for real now. ]

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[ Awkwardly: ] How fares you, milady?

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Dark sorcery? [ He chuckles. ] Why, there's some 'light sorcery' 'round here as well?

[he does not appreciate being laughed at, so his voice thins a little.]

I wouldn't know. But as there is sorcery, there might be-- ghosts and shades and things as well.

[ Sorry Arthur, but you're damned amusing. ]

You have such things in yer world?

Unfortunately, yes. Camelot has seen such infestations before, but we always rid ourselves of the things before very long.

Aye? And how do you do that?

[....well actually it's always Gaius that tells them what to do. or else things work themselves out. or Merlin comes along with a dusty old book and oh look they have to travel here to this deserted island to rid themselves of whatever threat there is. which likely won't work here, as Gaius hasn't seen fit to come to the city.]

It depends on the spirit. If it is some manner of spirit, and not someone purposefully tormenting you.

Edited 2013-01-09 16:26 (UTC)

Most of me enemies are flesh and blood, and they aren't much fer screaming in the nights when they can try ta kill me instead. [ Wry and matter-of-fact. ]

Do you know any possible way ta shout up a ghostie, milord? Any at all?

[ He doesn't think so, pfffft. ]

[oh my god don't be dumb]

When did I say you should shoot them? I said they could be dealt with. If your only way of dealing with anything is to shoot at it, you're going to find yourself in some eventual trouble. [which is pretty rich coming from Arthur. pot kettle black, et cetera.] It might be someone attempting to drive you out of the rooms you've selected, out of malice or boredom--which is rather like someone trying to kill you, as I understand it, except when it's not.

[ He snorts. ]

Aye, highness, he's trying ta drive me out, that much is clear. But I ain't moving, so you have any solutions ta offer other than telling me it's no good shooting it?

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