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i_speak_softly) wrote2012-03-24 09:05 am
i_speak_softly) wrote2012-03-24 09:05 am
Fifty-Seventh Theory [Written/Voice/Action]
[It's sunny and warm and spring, and Don can't wait to get outside. Or he wouldn't be able to wait, if he didn't have such impressive self-control.]
[He diligently starts the morning with his usual exercises, then sits down to leave a few messages in his journal before leaving the house.]
[Tutoring Beast in reading has made Don reconsider his own literacy skills, and after much thinking he's decided to do something to improve them. To that end, he easily constructs a filter, then labors through writing a brief message:]
Filtered from Housemates | Unhackable
[In translation-shielded kanji:] I WANT PLEASE: SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TEACH TO READ JAPANESE A SLOW STUDENT.
[There. Anyone who can't read that is automatically disqualifed as a teacher; anyone who can should immediately see the need for some teaching.]
[Reminding himself that lack of knowledge is not a cause for shame, but an opportunity to learn, Don closes that filter and opens another.]
Filtered to Leonardo | Unhackable
Hey, Padawan. If you ever take a break from mastering the Force, call your otouto and let him know you're okay.
[And finally:]
Filtered to SHELL members | Unhackable
The world visit experiment should be happening soon, if we can believe anything that blue man says. After that I'd like to have another meeting.
I'm taking nominations for other topics of discussion or club activities.
[Don will check for replies later - for now, he closes the journal, takes his gear, and quietly leaves the house. He'll be spending the next few hours meandering among the cherry trees, looking for early blooms.]
[Anyone who meets him may notice he now wears a silver chain around his wrist, half-visible where it laces through the leather wrappings.]
[He diligently starts the morning with his usual exercises, then sits down to leave a few messages in his journal before leaving the house.]
[Tutoring Beast in reading has made Don reconsider his own literacy skills, and after much thinking he's decided to do something to improve them. To that end, he easily constructs a filter, then labors through writing a brief message:]
Filtered from Housemates | Unhackable
[In translation-shielded kanji:] I WANT PLEASE: SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TEACH TO READ JAPANESE A SLOW STUDENT.
[There. Anyone who can't read that is automatically disqualifed as a teacher; anyone who can should immediately see the need for some teaching.]
[Reminding himself that lack of knowledge is not a cause for shame, but an opportunity to learn, Don closes that filter and opens another.]
Filtered to Leonardo | Unhackable
Hey, Padawan. If you ever take a break from mastering the Force, call your otouto and let him know you're okay.
[And finally:]
Filtered to SHELL members | Unhackable
The world visit experiment should be happening soon, if we can believe anything that blue man says. After that I'd like to have another meeting.
I'm taking nominations for other topics of discussion or club activities.
[Don will check for replies later - for now, he closes the journal, takes his gear, and quietly leaves the house. He'll be spending the next few hours meandering among the cherry trees, looking for early blooms.]
[Anyone who meets him may notice he now wears a silver chain around his wrist, half-visible where it laces through the leather wrappings.]
[Action]
Hoping has sometimes worked for us, but Leo will kill me if I don't have a Plan A.
[Action]
What would you s-suggest, beyond... trying to bring something w-with us to mitigate the circumstance...?
[Action]
[Don murmurs something to that effect, to catch Robert up with his train of thought. He then falls silent, ruminating on the problem, before adding:]
If we do remember... we should just tell them we're friends.
[Action]
... They... w-would not understand...?
[Action]
They didn't understand when they were here.
[Action]
... Th-then... then it would be... prudent...
[Despite that, though, he hesitantly grasps Don's arm, staring down at the table before glancing back up at him, as though the table might have some answer for their predicament.]
... I... I s-still want to... to see your life, though. To... [- he struggles for some method of conveying this complex idea -] ... b-be a part of it, even... even briefly...
[Action]
You already saw it, during that hologram experiment. Or... something close to it.
[Action]
...
... But at the same time... it will be different, if your entire family is... present...
[Action]
You haven't really met us until you've seen us all together in the Lair.
[Action]
... Th-then I... look forward to it. I... only hope we r-retain our memory...
[Action]
[Gesturing to the books:] What have you learned?
[Action]
... I used these to... d-discern a general picture of what pre-Terran - Earth - [- he caught himself there -] - geography looks like, and, I... am currently r-researching both countries that... comprise your culture...
...
... Are these texts... accurate? [It's hard to believe some of these things really happened. And there are specific parts of history he might have not even seen yet. (What will he think about Stonewall, one wonders?)]
[Action]
I'm not the history expert, but this looks about right.
[A neutral statement. He can guess Robert's reaction, but he doesn't want to put words in the man's mouth.]
[Action]
... I see...
... No wonder your family found me so... strange. [And he smiles. It's an odd smile, though - a little sad.]
It... all seems so violent to my perspective, but... [But his world is so different. Even Luceti is different.]
[Action]
History books are mostly about the violent parts.
[Action]
... So it seems...
[His gaze slides over pictures of riots, and he gently bites his lip again.]
... Were things... r-really so... impaired, in terms of rights...?
[Action]
They're getting better. For most people.
[Action]
He protectively moves a little closer to Don at that.]
... someone like myself... would be at r-risk...
... A-According to this, anyway... [And perhaps it's out of date, but he worries. (Don's own risk is obvious enough that he doesn't need to note it.)]
[Action]
You?
[White, male, and human. The most equal people in America, as far as Don can tell.]
[Action]
[And of course Robert picks the most subtle thing.
He's not used to the others, except maybe species, being privileges. Feel free to point that out, Don.][Action]
[Gay people hadn't really been on Don's radar back home, so he hadn't particularly noticed any discrimination against them.]
Are you worried about it?
[Action]
[Never mind that the attitude of 2003 is quite a bit different from the attitude of 1960.]
[Action]
It doesn't matter. You won't be going outside.
[Action]
... Hopefully that will avoid most of the issues, then...
... I would rather be with you, anyway. [If they remember.]
[Action]
It's been a long evening. I think I'd better go to bed.
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