Captain Horatio Hornblower (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
captainhornblower) wrote2011-06-21 03:24 pm
captainhornblower) wrote2011-06-21 03:24 pm
Fifth Dispatch - [written]
Tuesday, 21st June
One possession of mine that I am quite eager to have back has yet to appear in the shops here. At least, I have not yet seen it.
If someone would be so kind as to suggest where I might look (if one thinks one shop might be more likely than another) or where I might find a replacement, I should be grateful. The pistol itself has no particular sentimental value, but I do prefer one at hand, should I need it.
[Horatio waits a second, studying what he's written.
Honest enough. He would like a pistol. But, he hopes, noticeable enough to catch the attention of someone. He knows nothing about the filters still, so he cannot hope to privately write to Grell Sutcliffe, and if he writes her name... The others will involve themselves.
Perhaps he can draw her into some communication with this.
Satisfied, he signs.]
Hornblower
One possession of mine that I am quite eager to have back has yet to appear in the shops here. At least, I have not yet seen it.
If someone would be so kind as to suggest where I might look (if one thinks one shop might be more likely than another) or where I might find a replacement, I should be grateful. The pistol itself has no particular sentimental value, but I do prefer one at hand, should I need it.
[Horatio waits a second, studying what he's written.
Honest enough. He would like a pistol. But, he hopes, noticeable enough to catch the attention of someone. He knows nothing about the filters still, so he cannot hope to privately write to Grell Sutcliffe, and if he writes her name... The others will involve themselves.
Perhaps he can draw her into some communication with this.
Satisfied, he signs.]
Hornblower
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[ a simple message. she doesn't even sign her name -- she didn't even really want to write anything at all, given how hard she has been taking giles' death. but she can read between horatio's lines and she is concerned. ]
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[No way he's admitting he's actually thinking combat.
Not to someone who might tell Archie.]
Thank you.
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[ giles. ]
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[A pause.]
I heard about your loss, Miss Buffy. I can only offer my condolences.
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[ but, upon careful reflection and upon leaving enough space for politeness: ] ...Thanks. It -- it means a lot.
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[It's the best he can think to write.]
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Do you know him, Horatio?
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[ kind of a lie. they hadn't been getting along recently, here or home. but this is part of buffy's new attitude regime. win back giles' good esteem. ]
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Then I offer even more sympathy for your loss. That cannot be easy to bear.
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[ oh, sunnydale humour. ]