Week 28

[scurveydog]

Hain't gonna have the weather this time 'round. Hope ye lot are doin' well wi' the navy or not gettin' yerselves too hurt. I'll be takin' a leave of absence ta see if I can help stop this bedamned plague from spreadin'. We haven't had an outbreak like this fer thirty years-- fortunately we know how ta stop it but I'd keep a fair distance from Dermaevern if I were ye. I wouldn' take a risk on Blackfisk either.


Afore I set out, I hae a little time fer a question ta which ye know the rules of. Ta be specific, though since damned near all 'o ye seem ta hae this problem. I hain't here ta be yer nursmaid or explain ta ye th' ups an' downs 'o friendship. In other words, if ye can ask any 'o yer mates the same question and expect to get answer, do it and don't waste me time.

Comments

[grizzly_tea]

Oh? Perhaps he's less brash than I thought, and perhaps I simply manage to bring out the worst in people.

[hostclubshadowking]

You did act rather selfishly, Lady Maribelle.

[grizzly_tea]

[That earns a bit of a sigh from Maribelle.]

I suppose I did, yes...

In my hurry to be the first one to ask a question I neglected to finish reading everything that was said, and as such I hadn't thought to stop and think about asking about the plague or any other questions for the greater good. Perhaps next time I will act with a little more wisdom and consideration when asking my question rather than with the ambition and greed I acted with in this situation.

[hostclubshadowking]

I'm glad you understand, Lady Maribelle. I know and respect that you have your own aims -- we all do. However, in this situation especially, the lives of not only a great deal of natives but potentially of every outsider pulled here are in danger.

[grizzly_tea]

[Well that made her wince.]

You must understand Kyouya... if I had known even for a moment that there was a plague that was deadly enough to take lives, I never would have asked such a selfish question... but I've only just returned, and many of the questions I've seen asked have been far worse in comparison.

[hostclubshadowking]

If you had known even for a moment? And yet, it is the third sentence. You acted hastily, yes, which you have admitted to, but please do not speak as if it wasn't stated that there was a plague.

[grizzly_tea]

Yes... but you see, I had not known simply from his words that it was a lethal plague... and I may have asked the question before reading what was said.

[hostclubshadowking]

Thus why I consider it hasty and selfish and beneath the class I have seen you show.

Consider it in the future, that is all I suggest.

[grizzly_tea]

[Another sigh from Maribelle as she swallows her pride.]

You are right of course... and as much as it pains me to say this, I am sorry. I shall take your words to heart Kyouya, and see to it that it does not happen again.

[hostclubshadowking]

I'm glad to hear it, Lady Maribelle. We all make missteps. What matters is how we choose to react to them.