Captain Horatio Hornblower (
captainhornblower) wrote2011-08-15 09:49 pm
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Seventh Dispatch - [voice]/[action]
[Horatio Hornblower's voice is very calm, very quiet. It sounds... not even curious. He is almost stating a fact, rather than asking a question.]
Lieutenant Bush's things are gone.
Why? What is the meaning of this?
[His housemates... will find him in his own room now, seated at his desk, the journal lying open in front of him-- if they dare disturb.]
Lieutenant Bush's things are gone.
Why? What is the meaning of this?
[His housemates... will find him in his own room now, seated at his desk, the journal lying open in front of him-- if they dare disturb.]
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[She may not know you very well Horatio, but she knows your type very well. In fact, she's good friends with one.]
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[So, so far from being "okay." But he won't admit that.]
I merely... [a pause, and he makes a sound, almost like the clearing of his throat, but not quite] ha--h'm.
I was merely concerned for the well-being of my missing lieutenant. Knowing... that he is safely back where he came from and where he well belongs... I can be at ease.
["Ease" is probably what he's farthest away from.]
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Well, that's one of putting it.
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