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eames (_eames) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-03-24 21:05:00

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!open, ~john mitchell (oe)

Awful lot of ex-servicemen and women here...

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	gatz 2013-03-24 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	~~Women?~~ Yes, indeed. Is that unusual? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	No no, not unusual. But there are a lot of people here who once fought for their country or land or beliefs and some point. Lots of people with experiences in wars. It's just interesting. Especially since so many of them don't talk about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-03-24 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps it is something that connects us together. Where I am from, most everyone had seen some service. It's just not something terribly pleasant to discuss over brunch, I suppose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	No, no, I suppose you're right there. It's not mandatory, where I came from, so I was surprised to find so many people from my time had been in the army. What were you? 1920s, you say? Must have been the Great War then, hm? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gatz 2013-03-24 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	You volunteered for service? That is most admirable. That's right, old sport. I had reached the rank of major by the time the war was over. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	charlieprice 2013-03-24 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing like a bit of trauma on top of your trauma, you know? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	'I heard you had some trauma. Here's some trauma in your trauma so you can experience your trauma in a trauma.' Good times, Captain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	charlieprice 2013-03-24 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly so. Good times, indeed! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry, I didn't introduce myself formally. You were a captain, weren't you? I don't know where I heard that. I, too. But RAF. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	onmyown 2013-03-24 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	Servicemen? Forgive me, I'm not sure I quite understand the term. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I mean someone who has fought for their country or who has been to war for something. And service women. You're equally as important, keeping all of us rowdy chaps in line. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onmyown 2013-03-24 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	..You think women your equal? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Oh of course. My commanding officer was a woman. Brilliant lady, very charismatic. Still bossing everyone around long after I had to leave for being weak and injured. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	ill_fated 2013-03-24 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Aye. It's a wonder we don't war amongst ourselves. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	I was thinking more along the lines of us being rather well protected. As long as none of us have conflicts or were on opposing sides. That would be most unfortunate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ill_fated 2013-03-24 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Oh I think it more difficult. It isn't enough to say we have experience. We have no leader and no cause for which to join together. Protected, certainly, but protective of only our own interests. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	I think there are few enough of us that survival is our common cause. I think if something came to threaten us here we would work together without question, but your opinion on this is very valid, yes. I understand what you're saying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	hamrammr 2013-03-24 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	War needs its canon fodder, I guess. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	Whilst that is true, that doesn't really explain why so many of us were in armies, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hamrammr 2013-03-24 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Are there? All of my close friends have never been touched by war. You've just focussed on the guys from the wrong centuries and wrong worlds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not focusing anywhere in particular, my friend, I'm just looking around. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aikanaro 2013-03-24 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	If by that you mean warriors, yes, there are a fair few of us here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_eames 2013-03-24 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	I meant anyone who had seen war, anyone who had fought bravely for something they believed in. So yes, warriors indeed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aikanaro 2013-03-24 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Is it bravery to fight? Sometimes I wonder. I have done my fair share of it, but sometimes I wonder if the bravest are not those who sue for peace against all odds. (Reply to this) (Parent)

cover_story
2013-03-24 11:27 pm UTC (link)

Indeed, it does seem that way, doesn't it, monsieur? I, too, was in a war - though - an entirely different sort of war... A civil war, in fact, i believe it would be termed in muggle terminology. [Sorry for the tautology, there; my brother would have nitpicked it out, but... I don't know...!]

[Apologies for any missteps with my fingers [mis-fingers, i suppose you'd call them?] here, as I am only just getting used to this... Keyboard thingummy! I mean, honestly, we didn't have this sort of thing back in my day...!]

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