[luceti] - Appointments

[captainhornblower]

Messages and meetings for Cpt. Horatio Hornblower.


(Please title and date as appropriate.)

Comments

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[captainhornblower]

Once is hardly a guide for one's luck. [He tries to say it lightly, but there is a darker tone to it. He's well aware of the possibility of treachery. And as he thinks it, one hand touches his uniform.

Outwardly, he smooths the cloth, as if to provide himself an excuse for the movement. Inwardly, he's well aware of the scar under his clothes, where a coward's bullet was still buried in his flesh.]

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[simplestgift]

Twice, if you'll remember.

[Except the first time your second knocked you out and took your place.]

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[captainhornblower]

Twice.

[A pause.

A long pause.]

Archie.

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[simplestgift]

[Another pause. Then, the barest shake of his head.]

No.

[He won't try anything. Not unless she tries something first.]

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[captainhornblower]

...Thank you.

[action | Cullen House | June 27th]

[simplestgift]

[An inaudible exhalation, only apparent because his lips open and his chest deflates.] Please do not thank me.