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[sharpe]

[ 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. ]

a little bit later, 10% (crappily) encrypted to morgana

[ Awkwardly: ] How fares you, milady?

Comments

Re: (video)

[iorhael]

More like a great-great-great-great-grandfather.

[have an odd look] Funny names? His full name was Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took; I see little funny about it.

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[sharpe]

In me world, people have common, easy names like Arthur, Patrick, Daniel, and Richard. [ Driest of dry. ] Or John and Peter and Thomas. Even rich bastards have simple names. Nothing as complicated or odd as yers.

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[iorhael]

I suppose it is a Big Folk thing. I knew of a Bill and a Tom at the very least, but then you have men such as Boromir, Elendil or Isildur. I imagine those of more noble comings or character tend have such names.

As for hobbits, those are about normal for a hobbit. Perfectly reasonable names.

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[sharpe]

Bill and Tom? And who are those with these reasonable names in yer world?

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[iorhael]

Bill was a unsavory sort back in one of the towns. As for Tom...

[Frodo seems to have for once found himself at a loss for words]

Well..Tom is. I suppose that is the only way one can describe him. He just is.

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[sharpe]

That Bill seems common 'nough. [ Chuckles. ] Not much so fer this 'Tom' fellow you know, it seems.