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Enjolras (barricadeboy) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2019-10-19 10:47:00

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astrid, beast, brynhild, john constantine, ~enjolras

Thank you to all who assisted me upon my arrival. I am forever in your debt.

To everyone else, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Enjolras, I am a scholar and a printmaker from Paris. My English is primarily theoretical, not conversational, so your patience with me is appreciated.

I hope to make myself useful. I am not a person who is idle.

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	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-24 09:21 am UTC (link)
	Yes. Especially then. It was a good cause Enjorlas. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-24 10:01 am UTC (link)
	I know. I don’t regret it. I can’t, it would be like spitting on those who gave their lives for the cause. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-24 11:05 am UTC (link)
	You know, that kind of makes it your duty to live the very best life you can, since you have a slight reprieve from the fight, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-24 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	If I had to return, I estimate I have thirty seconds before I am martyr. I believe that it is necessary, but I will savour my borrowed time while I am allowed it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-25 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Yes. I wish I could say otherwise, but most will be martyred. Some get away, but... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-25 04:57 am UTC (link)
	Most already are. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-25 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Well this conversation went somber quickly. Are you a drinking man, Enjolras? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-25 09:59 am UTC (link)
	Sorry. It has been a dark time. Sometimes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-26 07:28 am UTC (link)
	I know. I'm sorry if I made harder being here. I have good French wine stocked, and I probably have some from your era. You are welcome to it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-26 07:54 am UTC (link)
	No, it is best to keep talking about them. And you are being right, it is a reprieve for now. Maybe years, it seems. Thank you, that’s very kind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-26 10:56 am UTC (link)
	They live as long as you keep them in your heart. And share their best stories. I run the club here [location] and if you ignore anything beyond the large wooden doors, that cover the alcohol, it's not to shockingly modern. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-26 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	~~I feel completely lost without~~ The wound is fresh. In time I will speak of them properly. We I am grateful for your support. I do not know which currency you are using here, or how to acquire it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

brynhild_ingouf
2019-10-27 02:56 am UTC (link)

Of course. I didn't mean now. When you can think of them and their antics before the Revolution, and smile, that's a good tell for when your ready.

There is no currency here. I ask, if you drink from the top shelves, that you preform a service for your fellow men on the station. But that is only because the drinks up there are rare and very hard to refill, once they are gone.

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	barricadeboy 2019-10-27 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Then I will get back to you when it is so. I see. It is good to know I am therefore not in debt already for my meals and medical care. I am understanding now why you would be on the side of revolution. It sounds like the community of which Saint-Simon would desire. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-28 04:40 am UTC (link)
	I look forward to it. Not at all, for some your health and your simple enjoyment of the meal is payment enough. I can't speak for all though, because that would be presumptuous. And I don't know about Saint-Simon, he might think this was just a weird sex cult. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-28 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Ah, it is this kind of service? Perhaps I will stick to lower shelves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-28 07:25 am UTC (link)
	Haha. Not one that I offer, here, no. There are a lot of people with a lot of children. Some with more than one spouse, and some samesex couples too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	barricadeboy 2019-10-28 07:38 am UTC (link)
	And this is generally accepted? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

brynhild_ingouf
2019-10-28 07:49 am UTC (link)

Yes. They love each other, and more important than if they are man and woman that dislike one another.

I would love to say that it us universally accepted by this year nearly everywhere, but there are still a lot of ignorant people. The phrase "It takes a village to raise a child" has been around a long time, but they still don't realize it is best if that village cares one another.

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	barricadeboy 2019-10-28 07:56 am UTC (link)
	Of course. There are always ignorant people about something. It would be too much to hope they will ever be completely eradicated. Thank you for explaining. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-28 08:05 am UTC (link)
	We can hope, some day, that they will be. But for today it is only here. I don't think I've heard of a single person degrade something that is so beautiful. But the people that are together? They would more than likely only have to look them funny and they'd regret it. You're welcome Enjolras. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

barricadeboy
2019-10-29 06:52 am UTC (link)

The French are not so concerned with sexual morality as the English. All their “gentleman” end up in Paris to “find themselves”, but just end up finding a lot of other people along the way.

I have... or had... two friends who shared one woman. I’m not sure that love was the right word, but everyone knew and no one cared. But outside our small circle, there are other things that we’re no less ignorant than the English about.

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brynhild_ingouf
2019-10-30 04:49 am UTC (link)

~~I remember~~ Yes but even in France it was not legal for them to marry, not back then. Though I will give it to you that at least they weren't killed if caught. But I'm not English, or Christian, so it's a subject that makes me... Passionate? If it's not something that harms you in anyway, why go out of your way to make it illegal, and damning someone else's happiness? I could debate about it for hours. But not with people that can make the changes because they still don't care. They prefer unhappiness and stryfe.

Sorry.

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	barricadeboy 2019-10-30 07:00 am UTC (link)
	Ah. I didn’t even think about marriage. ~~I understand~~ ~~I never dared~~ Don’t be sorry. ~~I appreciate~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brynhild_ingouf 2019-10-30 07:17 am UTC (link)
	I mean some were only interested in sticking it in. But some. Some wanted more. Well, I did get a little carried away. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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