[Console | Video/Action?] did I disappoint you (possible spoilers)

[edgeoftheknife]

[The man in the video is gorgeous. True, there are dark circles under his eyes as if he hasn't slept well in weeks, but it kind of gives him that "I just stepped off a movie set and wow am I tired from being beautiful all day" look. If you've been around the Midnight Hotel at all over the past couple of weeks you've probably seen him there, shadowing after Anton Shudder like a lost puppy--which is pretty nearly the expression on his face most times as well. He looks lost.

He looks like he's forgotten what he came on here to say, as a matter of fact.

After a few more seconds he perks up, looking up at the camera instead of off to the side as he had been. When he speaks it's with an Irish accent.]

Right, hello. Ah, sorry about that. I seem to have misplaced my... brain, today. Anyway, I've met a few of you already, but for those I haven't, my name is Erskine Ravel. I also answer to "Grand Mage" or possibly "hey you."

[He gives a little two-fingered salute and a slight smile.]

I was hoping...

[He goes quiet, frowning.]

What was I hoping, again? I.... Mm, nope, it's gone. Ah well, if it was important it'll come 'round again. At any rate, I hope everyone's having a lovely day. Pay someone a compliment and don't forget to tip your waitress.

[The video abruptly stops.]


((ooc: possible spoilers, please mark comments as needed!))

Comments

[stonebird]

I... (Good job, Alayne. She sounds even more like a mouse. A talking mouse.) Forgive me.

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[edgeoftheknife]

A very polite mouse, Anton. Even the little ones in the Hotel are well-behaved. How do you do it?

[gistful]

Exceptional interpersonal work relationships.

[edgeoftheknife]

Meaning you've frightened them all into submission?

[gistful]

Meaning I have been indescribably helpful as well as charming, unlike some I could mention.

[edgeoftheknife]

Now now, there's no need to drag Skulduggery into the conversation. We were doing just fine without him.

[gistful]

You admit you're not charming, then.

[edgeoftheknife]

What? That's not what I said. You're putting words in my mouth now.

[gistful]

Simply reading between the lines.

[edgeoftheknife]

What lines? There are no lines. I am devastatingly charming. Skulduggery isn't half as charming as he likes to think.

That's what I meant. End of story, no lines. No in betweens of lines.

[gistful]

Yet yours wasn't the first name to jump to your own mind when I mentioned some unidentified person being charming.

[edgeoftheknife]

No, you referred to yourself as charming, unlike some other person. The unlike person being....

Ugh, I'm giving myself a headache.

[gistful]

You poor thing.

[Amused.]

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[edgeoftheknife]

[To Alayne this time:]

Nothing to forgive. Can we help you with something?

[stonebird]

I didn't mean to...

I wasn't spying.

[gistful]

[Gently:]

Of course you weren't, Lady Stone. It is a public feed. You've no need for concern.

[stonebird]

But sometimes people forget. I didn't know to look away.

[gistful]

There was no need for you to look away. It would have defeated the purpose of my humiliating my friend if there was no one to see it.

[edgeoftheknife]

What my friend here is trying to say, Lady, is that he's a giant git and you've done nothing wrong.

Although it would help if you laughed. Maybe a smile, at least?

[stonebird]

I... Oh. (It was for a spectacle. Alayne doesn't find humiliating anymore particularly amusing, but since he doesn't seem too dispirited, she attempts a smile.)

So you are friends? I'm not certain what I would do if my friend embarrassed me.

(Or her fiancee. Or his mother. Or the whole court.)

[gistful]

Humiliation runs in the family. In fact, I seem to recall it being tradition to punch newcomers assigned to the unit.

[He also seems to recall it was Erskine who was the first recipient of that, before Anton's time.]

[edgeoftheknife]

Oh come on, that was by far the least humiliating part of the unit. Or have you forgotten Saracen altogether?

[gistful]

I agree, he's rather difficult to forget in any case. I shudder to think what his condition might be after a century out of practice.

[Yes. Yes, he went there.]

[edgeoftheknife]

Oh no, it's beautiful. You'd almost have to see it to believe it, though.

He's gotten fluffy.

[gistful]

Fluffy, or fat?