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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]
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.
[Action]
... Yes.
Do you wish for me to... clean up?
[Action]
[He's learned that the OCD sufferers in his life sometimes prefer cleaning things themselves, but that doesn't mean he feels good about leaving messes for them.]
[Action]
[That much is true; Robert offers a reassuring smile as well.]
And you are... tired. You should rest.
[Action]
[Action]
... Goodnight, Don.
[Gently:] See you in the morning...
[And he turns off to deal with the remainder of the dishes, before putting himself to bed.]