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Methos (_methos_) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-01-10 16:23:00

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I guess I should get out with it now, since I'm not thinking clearly these days. I don't remember the name I was given, but certain people throughout history have started to call me Adam or Methos. So I go with those, even if the irony's not lost on me. I'm five thousand years old, if not more. My diaries only go back so far, back to the time when people discovered the written word in all its various forms. Makes sense, yes?

The things you should know about me include the following;

I'm not looking to get hitched, nor am I looking to date anyone- man or woman. Why? Because my dearest Alexa died only a month ago. Should a former ex, wife or husband of mine show up, I'll deal with it from there. But honestly, if the Island knows what is good for itself and all the inhabitants here, there shouldn't be a sudden influx of all of Methos' exes, wives and husbands here. I've had enough of some of my worst nightmares coming true, thank you very much.

I love my beer. The reasons for it are quite self explanatory, although the concoction was quite different from what is served nowadays. Think Egypt. Think slave. Think Pyramid. But I can definitely assure you that no aliens built these. And I always get a little nervous when archaeologists have discovered a new mummy. Stop. You never know who you might unearth.

I sleep with my sword under my bed. I always sleep with one eye open. As much as approach me when I'm asleep and you will feel my sword against your neck. So, do yourselves a favor and knock. I'm also not opposed to using handguns.

So there you go.

I think I'll be going for a walk now. It's a rather beautiful day, isn't it?

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	_methos_ 2013-01-10 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	There's bravery in staying alive, you know. Even if you considered that weak. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-10 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	Is there? I considered it weakness, bearing the pains that I was forced to bear, giving up my very autonomy just so I could awake on the morrow and do it all over again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-10 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Getting up in the morning over and over again, fully knowing what to expect and never giving up by means of - let's say, suicide, that's bravery. I think you remind me of my second wife. Or is it third- (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

of_lyrnessus
2013-01-10 11:50 pm UTC (link)

You have had many wives? I had only one husband. He was not cruel, but I didn't love him, either. He was nearly fifty when we married, and was angry that I did not give him a child in the first year of our marriage. He never treated me the same after that.

And then, of course, there was Achilles. And after that, I shall never have another husband - of that, I am quite sure.

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	_methos_ 2013-01-10 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	I've never been able to father children. That might be a rather good thing, considering I've had 68 wives. ~~At that rate, half the world would've been related to me~~ Not all men are like Mynes and Achilles. Or at the very least, they actually grow up at one point in their lives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-10 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	I, perhaps, cannot bear children. I don't know. It seems unlikely, in that I have not had any yet. I should hope that they are not. It seems terrible to say it, but Achilles caused many deaths with his temper-tantrum over me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-11 12:00 am UTC (link)
	And do you regret that? Well, even if I've been guilty of claiming women as war prizes in the past, I ~~finally~~ know better now. He should bloody well grow up and be told that you're not a commodity. That, and I know his weak spot. And I have a sword I know to use extremely well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

of_lyrnessus
2013-01-11 12:04 am UTC (link)

Perhaps? I should have liked to have children, I think. But I am glad they were not at Lyrnessus to be slain, or on the battlefield with me. But that time is past. I shall never have a husband now, not as I am. I am disgraced.

It was...the time. It perhaps was not right, but it was what was done. I knew it would be my fate when Lyrnessus fell, and now with Achilles gone, I would have been sold off or given away with the rest of his possessions. I am glad that instead I am here. I might not have been as lucky with another man. At least Achilles did not beat me often.

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_methos_
2013-01-11 12:09 am UTC (link)

No, no, darling. You're far from disgraced. You're just a bit scarred. As you should be, after all that you've been through.

I always let them go, whenever they tried to escape. Never beat them, either. Can't say the same of my brothers. I certainly don't miss those days, but it was the times.

~~You would have~~ Yes. You can relax. No one is going to claim you. And if anyone tries, you just point them right at me.

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	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-11 12:18 am UTC (link)
	I would be seen by all good men as a harlot, and that cannot be changed. I was property, and there is no going back from that. Did many try to escape? I knew but a few and their fates were not kind. It is hard to believe, that I am free. I know it in my mind, but my heart is still afraid to accept it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-11 12:23 am UTC (link)
	I was property. Are you aware of the slaves in Egypt? And I was a Roman slave, bound to the whims of my mistress. Trust me. It doesn't matter. Not here. Yes. I can't blame them. It'll sink in eventually. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-11 12:25 am UTC (link)
	How can it not matter? Men cannot have changed so awfully much? Perhaps I did not try to escape because there was nowhere else to go. After all, I had no home to go back to. I hope so. I think I should like it, being free. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_methos_
2013-01-11 12:30 am UTC (link)

Most of them, yes. Conceptions, ideals and customs have changed a lot since you were alive last. There might be cultural differences, but Greece, Italy and all that's West, commonly share the same ideals. Which means that there's no slavery any more and that women are free to choose.

They had no homes to go back either. We made sure of that. Still didn't stop some of them.

It's bloody brilliant, isn't it? I like it a lot.

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	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-11 12:35 am UTC (link)
	am glad that slavery is gone - for all who suffered it. Is it too much to hope that men no longer force women into intimacy as well? Where would they go? I think I like it, although it is still very strange. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-11 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Rape happens still, although it's no longer an accepted practice. Last I heard, someone was actually sentenced to death for such a crime. Another village. Another after that if necessary. I remember that. Give it time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-11 01:02 am UTC (link)
	As they should be. It is a wicked crime, it steals not only your innocence but your very autonomy. I should hope that from now on, my favor will be bestowed only on those whom I choose...if anyone at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-11 01:35 am UTC (link)
	That is understandable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	of_lyrnessus 2013-01-11 01:37 am UTC (link)
	I want to thank you for being so kind to me. You've truly made it easier for me to adjust to being here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_methos_ 2013-01-11 01:41 am UTC (link)
	It was my pleasure, ma'am. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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