Introductions are so useless...

[seventhpillar]

Greetings

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[sic_et_non]

Or did I suffer from hand cramps for nothing?

You're not the only one, it seems.

[seventhpillar]

Well, that discomfort is nothing. I once trekked 1000 miles through Syria entirely on foot. My typist contends that I am lying, but you will learn to ignore her.

[dasafrikakorps]

Any sympathy I might've had I have to put into perspective, given the headaches you caused us. You were a soldier. Pains are therefore as nothing.

Still, if you're a sensible sort we might trade war stories some time.

[seventhpillar]

Pains are therefore as nothing.

Exactly! I agree with you perfectly, which is why those headaches were to be dealt with a grin. I'm grinning now, in fact.

Well, I'm not entirely sure that I'm a sensible sort, but I would be glad to share war stories.

Wüstenfuchs, right? I'm sorry, but I predate you a bit, though not entirely, of course.

[dasafrikakorps]

Correct! Your knowledge of friend and foe alike is legendary and deservedly so, it seems. But no, you don't predate me by that much. We both participated in the Great War. I was just a junior officer at the time.

[mmebahorel]

Can I call you Ned? Or was Indiana Jones the only one allowed to do that? *g*

(also, freaky here, you and Bakunin were played by the same actor. I'm not sure that ought to be allowed.)

[seventhpillar]

Of course you may call me Ned, but no pet names; it makes me nauseous when women do that. Lawrie, blech.

As for the actor, which one are you referring to? My curiosity has been piqued. Oh god, is he tall and masculine?

[m_bakunin]

An adventurer! And an anti-imperialist! I suppose I should be pleased to share an actor with you. He is tall and masculine - he had to play me, after all! See my icons - I use him because there are no pictures of me from before prison, and you know well enough what prison can do to a man.

Tell me - is the air force obsessed with playing at soldiers, or is that only the army? And why would you voluntarily join the very imperialists you'd been fighting?

[seventhpillar]

Excellent. Then this actor must not resemble me in the least!

I can't tell you much about my fling with the Royal Garrison Artillery, but as for the RAF, my reasons for joining were complicated. I suppose to get to the core of the matter, I just wanted to be anonymous again. Imperialism...hm...well, I can't say that I tried to dam the river of imperialism, only to sway its flow away from my Arabs.

[malignedmaestro]

Mr. Lawrence,

In your introduction, you asked, "Where’s the blatant masochism?" Perhaps you ought to speak to that detestable Marquis, who seems to have disappeared as of late.

Best Regards (and a happy welcome to our bizarre community!),

~A.S.~

[seventhpillar]

Why, thank you, signore! I believe I know of which Marquis you speak of and will definitely seek his er...company.

[mr_publius]

(Interjection from the typist: <3 <3 <3 LAWRENCE! I suffered through The Mint for his sake, because I liked Pillars so much XD)

I know all about the difficulties of being, as they say, a "natural child", sir. I hope the shame of it didn't follow you throughout your life, as it unfortunately did in mine.

You remind me rather a lot of my dear friend Laurens (besides the interesting coincidence of names).

[seventhpillar]

Hm...I might have liked to have had that known, just for shock value. But of course, it might have lost its charm after a while.

[eliza_hamilton]

Well, Papa didn't seem to mind!