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Lucien Enjolras ([personal profile] untamedantinous) wrote2024-02-24 07:18 pm
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open: don't let the wine go to your brains

It shouldn’t be this hard to prepare for a meeting. He’s done it countless times before. However, this time, it somehow is difficult. He’s never really had to set things up at times like this; and he knows as well as anyone else that he is not the best at social niceties. Granted, this meeting is in a much more well-appointed cafe than any he had ever been accustomed to holding space in in Paris. At least they have the benefit of a larger space. Consequently, Enjolras has spent much of the day of the eighth of Menestheus preparing, a little uncertain of how to plan a social gathering that is not immediately centered around planning a revolution. He is trying his best, at least.

Most of the tables and chairs have been pushed a bit more to the center of the room; the couch is arranged off to the opposite side. There are even various pillows scattered about, should anyone choose to sit on the floor. Arranged on a few of the larger tables and the counter there is a modest spread of food: of course, some of Laertes and Galahad’s pastries; but Enjolras has also procured what amounts to a few charcuterie platters: sliced sausages and meats, a selection of (mostly French) cheese, and various sliced loaves of bread and crackers are laid out for perusal, and spreads to go along with them. In an effort to provide multiple options of entertainment, Grantaire has set up a table somewhat near the food, with an assortment of wines and liqueurs. Off to one side, there are a few pots of brewed coffee, cream, sugar, and whatever else anyone might like to add to their beverage of choice. If anyone is drawn to the liquor cabinet, they will find three cups filled with various pieces of paper sitting atop it.

Enjolras himself is lingering on the couch with a glass of wine and some bread. He’s not sure how many people were even informed about this gathering, though he had done his best to advertise. If no one arrives then perhaps he will try again another time; but at least a few in attendance other than himself and Grantaire would certainly be welcome.
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[personal profile] quote_gentle_unquote 2024-03-04 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"This is what the future holds?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-03-04 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
A memory sparks. "I've heard that The Lion King is a musical," he offers.
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[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-03-04 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, we also don't have war, or, like, scarcity, or ecological collapse," Tally says, trying to avoid another Georgia situation. "It's not all bogus."
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[personal profile] quote_gentle_unquote 2024-03-04 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"At the cost of compulsory medical procedures resulting in brain damage?" Susan has strong (negative) feelings about this sort of thing, honed sharply in the process of keeping abreast of the news in the aftermath of the War.
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[personal profile] futaille 2024-03-04 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"A reasonable percentage, I would say."
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[personal profile] socialjusticedragon 2024-03-04 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Did you not like the robe? I thought the green was quite pretty, it almost matched Laurence's coat."
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
He's ever so thankful he wasn't taking a sip of his drink at that moment, because he definitely would have choked. "Who told you about The Lion King?!"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-03-04 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Several people," says Laertes. "Shen Yuan most prominent among them--and someone told Claudius, who spoke on it with me."
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[personal profile] socialjusticedragon 2024-03-04 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Temeraire preens a little, pleased. "It is quite fine, isn't it? My captain gave it me, and here I am small enough to wear it again."
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"You haven't... seen it, have you?" Obviously not the stage musical, but maybe there's a copy of the film here somewhere? At least Nala survives to the end of the show, that's a relief.

Unless she dies in the movie?

He hasn't seen all of the movie.

Oh no.
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
He has so many questions.

"You used to be even bigger?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-03-04 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nay, never," says Laertes. "All I know of it is that I do not appear, as a lion or otherwise--and that Claudius's character has the best songs."
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[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2024-03-04 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
He does catch it, and as he considers how to answer Mangus' question he opens it and takes a sip. "Much better," he says, raising the bottle in something like a toast. Mead is familiar, and something he likes.

After another long moment Lancelot says, "I know only what Sagramore and Galahad have told me." Susan, he thinks, might know even more but she hasn't mentioned that in a long time, which suits Lancelot just fine. "You have seen, you say, what happened at Corbenic. I'm told that, some time later -- I know not when, but before Galahad came to court -- Elaine came to Camelot and... it happened once more. I'm told it drove me from my own mind. That I ran mad and was lost from court for quite a long while. That after that I was never the same. Sagramore tells me I was always angry, which many saw as arrogance, and that I kept myself apart from nearly everyone."

He takes another sip of mead. "I know what it felt like the first time, before I came here. I know what it feels like now. I cannot imagine living in that for... years. Decades. I do not doubt that I'm worse for it."

Without thinking, he adds, "Here, Galahad asked if I resent him, if I see his mother in his face. I do not. He has done me no wrong and I recall little enough of Elaine herself. In his time, though, I think it's much different. I acknowledged him as my son but gave him nothing else. I imagine it was too painful. I don't know. I cannot change it, but-- I would."
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He tries not to make his sigh of relief too obvious. "I admit Scar -- that's the lion's name -- his main song is wonderful, but the best? I don't know, Hakuna Matata is probably my favorite, but there are too many to narrow it down too much. Shadowland is great, there's also They Live In You, ah! It's such a good musical. You should see the costumes!"
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[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-03-04 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I obviously totally don't support it," Tally says, a little defensively. "Like, duh, I got brain damage just to test the cure." After getting Maddy's husband killed and betraying her son, her brain unhelpfully adds. And now Maddy can't even get her results, because Tally is in a bogus pocket dimension. "I'm sure once the cure is widely available, we'll have good things and freedom." She's not sure, actually, but she has to believe it.
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[personal profile] mothwingofriverclan 2024-03-04 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Interesting." Mothwing will have to meet this Enjolras and see if he's anything like Spotfur. "It seems chaotic, but sort of fascinating."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-03-04 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Dionysus's enthusiasm is infectious; Laertes can't help grinning. "Speak to Susan and Nina," he says. "They mean to put on a play. And I know Kade has some skill with a needle--he may be able to recreate the costumes of thy memories."
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[personal profile] socialjusticedragon 2024-03-04 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yes, at home I am the size of a frigate-ship at least: here, why, I am scarcely bigger than a hatchling."
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[personal profile] futaille 2024-03-04 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it was quite a fine robe! It's just... very different from anything I'm used to wearing, if you'll excuse my French barbarism."
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you -- you think we should do Lion King? Ahhhhhhh, well. I'm not sure we have the numbers for that show, it's quite a large cast."

And also it's probably just not a good idea. It's different enough, but still.
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-03-04 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Heavens! That must be why you keep mentioning a crew!" He pauses, a realization coming to him. "Do... do they treat you like you're a ship?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2024-03-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do," says Laertes. "I think Claudius would love it."
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[personal profile] futaille 2024-03-04 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it is indeed both chaotic and fascinating. More fascinating because it's chaotic, in my opinion."
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[personal profile] socialjusticedragon 2024-03-04 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He huffs out a sigh and takes a sip of tea, shaking his head. "I am a part of the aerial corps, in England -- that is what is done with dragons there. In China, where I am properly from -- it is not so, Celestials such as myself are companions to the imperial family, and dragons are treated the same as men."

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