Verse 09 - Video

[poeticverses]

[Here's a seldom seen face on the network. Jehan's been sick and it shows--he's paler than normal and he sounds a little stuffy.

(The illness was actually convenient. He hasn't been feeling very sociable and this gave him a very good reason to not be sociable.)

But he is feeling better and he supposes he'd best let whoever may have been looking for him know, as well as see who all has shown up in his absence. In the background, you can hear his panpipes playing 19th century Christmas carols]

I had forgotten that simply because I am indisposed does not mean that the world at large is equally indisposed. I have been largely unavailable for the last month, for reasons I suspect are obvious [and here he turns to cough] and I am afraid I have no idea where we are or what has happened. Would anyone be so kind as to, ah, inform me?

For those who may have joined us in the last month, or for those who may have forgotten my face, I am Jean Prouvaire, formerly of Paris.

Comments

[lecentre]

You are better at listening than I am...

You know we do not need anything for the holiday, we understand.

[poeticverses]

Nonsense. It is the holidays.

[lecentre]

And you are ill and on bed rest.

[poeticverses]

Yes, and? I am recovering quite nicely. I know precisely what I would like to give everyone. I will be fine.

[lecentre]

You've had more than enough time to think about it, have you?

[He grins a little, laughing.]

[poeticverses]

You have no idea. I have not had the brain to write, Courfeyrac! I have been miserably bored.

[lecentre]

Oh Jehan. Had I known, I would have been here to bother you much sooner.

[And he means it. Even if Joly would have had a fit.]

[poeticverses]

I would have been worse company. It is quite alright that you did not visit, Courfeyrac. I am not sure you would have been allowed, anyway.

[lecentre]

As though that could have kept me away. As we both know, I'm not the best at following instructions.

[poeticverses]

You? Follow directions? Don't make me laugh, I may cough again!