Vir! I just got your card! Valtoo to you too, and I look forward to the brivari. I'm sure 2213 was a good year and I hope this one will be for you too. [raises a glass of Avon's b Lindor brandy in the meantime]
Have an RP coming up and was wondering if you'd like to play Dr. Franklin (and probably Vir later) for it. If not, is b5_extras still open and is the password the same?
I am very sorry to disturb you but *rubs the back of her neck softly* I was hoping you would have a few free moments to talk with me. I know you don't know me, or anything like that, but we have mutual friends and...
*sigs*
Would you mind telling me some things about your culture? I understand if you say no, I really do, but I could do with some help on your customs and the like.
The lady's question comes as something of a surprise to Vir, but his response is cheerful and polite.
"No - no, I don't mind at all."
Then he thinks of something else: "But perhaps a booth would be more suitable for that kind of conversation than a seat here at the bar."
And with that, he gets up from his stool and signals a waitress. After speaking quietly with her for a moment, he turns back to the mystery lady and asks, "May I ask your name?"
"My name...Oh," She laughed softly, "My name is Iris." She followed along beside him for a moment, toying with her hair.
"I know it is just strange, me appearing here like this," although it wasn't, her being a Goddess and all, "But I do need to know some things. How are women seen in your culture?"
Vir slides into the booth and folds his hands nervously, not completely comfortable with the question. Even though his service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been relatively brief, he has had enough contact with aliens to know that many species - including the Humans, a race of which this lady appears to be a member - consider Centauri customs inexcusably retrograde. And he doesn't necessarily disagree.
How to put things, then?
"Well - " He bites his lip. "Centauri women are almost universally honored for their beauty. Many poets have praised the perfection of their form, and all young men are scolded to make themselves worthy of them. And we're all expected to take on the responsibility of caring for the women we marry - in fact, if any Centauri should abandon his responsibility to his wives and his household - or treat his wives violently - tradition says that he's a man without honor and should be shunned
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Um, hello.
I am very sorry to disturb you but *rubs the back of her neck softly* I was hoping you would have a few free moments to talk with me. I know you don't know me, or anything like that, but we have mutual friends and...
*sigs*
Would you mind telling me some things about your culture? I understand if you say no, I really do, but I could do with some help on your customs and the like.
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"No - no, I don't mind at all."
Then he thinks of something else: "But perhaps a booth would be more suitable for that kind of conversation than a seat here at the bar."
And with that, he gets up from his stool and signals a waitress. After speaking quietly with her for a moment, he turns back to the mystery lady and asks, "May I ask your name?"
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"I know it is just strange, me appearing here like this," although it wasn't, her being a Goddess and all, "But I do need to know some things. How are women seen in your culture?"
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How to put things, then?
"Well - " He bites his lip. "Centauri women are almost universally honored for their beauty. Many poets have praised the perfection of their form, and all young men are scolded to make themselves worthy of them. And we're all expected to take on the responsibility of caring for the women we marry - in fact, if any Centauri should abandon his responsibility to his wives and his household - or treat his wives violently - tradition says that he's a man without honor and should be shunned ( ... )
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