⚓ 011; [video]

[hellburner]

Mornin', Prospero. Been awful quiet lately, hasn't it? Guess that means I'll have to be extra loud to breathe some life back into this place.

I think today I might like to see how insightful you are, or if you're all the braindead idiots you act as. So I'm going to share with you the words of the second greatest poet of my time.

'Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves.
When our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little.
When we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst for the waters of life;
having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity.'

This would be the time when I wait for your input on these words of wisdom, and then shoot it down because your input is stupid.

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[ex_cashcow493]

You intend to test us based on our insight,
yet you choose to not use words of your own, but words of another.
It seems you are not fit to hold such a challenge.

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[hellburner]

[She's laughing too hard to mess with her text right now.]

Am I not, really?

And do you know so well who spoke those words?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Truly you are not fit.
You have told us who spoke those words.
The second greatest poet of your time.

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[hellburner]

But do you know their name as I do?

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[ex_cashcow493]

No, I do not recognize the words.
It must have been after my time admittedly.

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[hellburner]

Shame you never came across them, then.

Those words were ones spoken by flawless navigator, brilliant poet and devilishly attractive Francis Drake.

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[ex_cashcow493]

The name sounds English.
A shame it is then.
I would have liked to meet someone from my land.

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[hellburner]

It is indeed. Queen Elizabeth's most favored privateer, with a list of accomplishments as long as my arm.

[Or her ahoge.]

Who says you can't still meet someone English? God knows we're the only ones worth talking to in this place.

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[ex_cashcow493]

I hear she was well loved as well.
That land surely has flourished since my time there.

As for meeting someone else English,
well, there are plenty of those types here.
They do not understand me all too well though.
It is better for me to remain close to people who were heroes.

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[hellburner]

If they don't understand them, then make them understand.

I wouldn't say I'm exactly a hero, but I've been told I meet a few of the qualifications.

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[ex_cashcow493]

That would be rude.
Selfish even.
I could never do such a thing.

My apologies though.
I meant a specific kind of hero.
The ones who have been gathered from the past to engage in a war.

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[hellburner]

And that's why I'm not a hero in the traditional sense.

[Rider, you're such a jerk.]

...You don't say. How many of us actually are there?

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[ex_cashcow493]

I understand now.
There were many of us, but it seems the number has dwindled down significantly.
I am of the knight class, Saber.

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[hellburner]

Rider. You're a hell of a lot different than the Saber I know.

Not that I mind. Different's kind of interesting.

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[ex_cashcow493]

My apologies.
Although there were four of us running around here at one time.
I can see why there would be some confusion.
I suppose this is where we exchange our real names, is it not?

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[hellburner]

Suppose it would be, wouldn't it? By all means, after you.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Arturia Pendragon.
The child to Uther Pendragon.

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[hellburner]

Holy shit, you're serious.

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[hellburner]

Pretty sure I didn't need the clarification, by the way.




Francis Drake.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Well, many cannot tell the difference between Arturia and Arthur.
So I have had to start adding that bit.
Francis Drake.
I am afraid I have never met you before, but it is a pleasure.
We should have tea some time.

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[hellburner]

Historical figure pretending to be a man when they're not. I get the idea. Know the feeling, even.

[Pictured: taking this completely in stride.]

Sounds like fun. There's almost nobody that actually appreciates a good cup of tea around here.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Do you?
I have only met one other that understands why it had to be done.
Well, I will not turn away a potential ally in that respect.
There is one who has created a tea house of sorts here.
We should meet there sometime.

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[hellburner]

None of my business, and I really don't care. I'm in the same boat anyway, to use the obvious nautical pun.

Is there? I'll have to see for myself if it's any good.

[breatheinthefog]

...What.

[hellburner]

Did I stutter?