voice Ϯ 01

[iphigeneia]

[The voice is that of a young woman speaking in a crisp English accent. She sounds entirely unamused, though not necessarily resigned to her situation.]

If the circumstances here are truly as they've been presented to me, it would seem that my travel plans will need to be revised and that I shan't be leaving for Paris in the morning after all. More pressing, however, is the lack of access to my own finances. I find this irritating, to say the least.

[A girl's gotta have some cash. Real money, too, not this fake stuff they're touting. This is absolutely ridiculous. She sighs, voice taking on a slightly more sympathetic tone.]

As I said, if I can't go to Paris tomorrow, I shall have to alter my plans. I am in dire need of a tailor. Someone skilled. Not a dressmaker. I shall impart the details of my commission to said tailor, if and when we are introduced.

At present I have nothing to barter with aside from my good name and promise of repayment at a future date. And with all these witnesses, that ought to be enough. My name is a very good one, if that matters to anyone at all.

[There's a deliberate pause before she speaks again.]

Though if anyone should have pertinent information on how one might go about securing passage away from this this... settlement, I should be much obliged for your assistance.

Comments

[wolfchild]

[ a beat and then- ] what is a corset

[iphigeneia]

It is a garment. Or more accurately, it is a device of torture meant to confine women and keep them from livingly freely. It cinches in the waist and thrusts forward the bosom. And once my trousers are delivered, I intend to never wear one again.

[wolfchild]

why do you wear it at all

[iphigeneia]

I had to, to secure my independence.

[wolfchild]

that makes no sense

[iphigeneia]

Where I come from, it is expected that women should obey their fathers, and after they are married, they are to obey their husbands. I'm never going to marry, but until I reached majority, I had to obey my father.

[wolfchild]

your father could not have understood?

[iphigeneia]

He never cared to understand. [Which suits her just fine. He's awful.]

[wolfchild]

then he is an awful father

[iphigeneia]

He's an awful man.

[wolfchild]

[ something tells her not to pry. so she changes the subject. ]

how old are you

[iphigeneia]

I am eighteen. It is a good age.