H.I.H. Starbridge Xavier Neramani (gildedcage) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-19 17:26:00

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Half asleep and wide awake.
It was late. Starbridge sat in one of the rec areas, reading a Shi'ar sacred text and wishing the goddess Sharra would distract him from a certain goddessesque person who as not his and probably not going to be.

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smallestbear
2011-03-20 03:51 pm UTC (link)

It seemed that they got along pretty well. David wished that this whole thing was less complicated. Corey had been David's best friend while he was still here and David hasn't yet formed a friendship in which he feels very close to the other party.

Part of it has t do with the fact he feels like an old man in a young man's body.

David wanders to sit down. "So what were you reading before?"

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	gildedcage 2011-03-20 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	He holds up the book, clearly written in Shi'ar. "It's a religious text. The most informative translation of the title would probably be 'The Sacred Shotgun Wedding.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2011-03-20 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	He blinked lightly. That was like reading the Bible before bed then. Which to David is faintly amusing. He isn't sure he believes in the Christian God that he was taught to as a kid. He wonders what Starbridge's religion is like. "Well. What's your religion like?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2011-03-20 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	Starbridge points out some of the elaborate illustrations of a beautiful and scary-looking couple clutching each other. "The goddess Sharra and the god K'ythri. They provide an example of Strength Through Unity." He sighs. "A spiritual underpinning for the fact that we're a bunch of fascists." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2011-03-20 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	He looked at the picture. It was strange and lovely at the same time. But he looks sharply at Starbridge again. "You actually think that." That is a statement. "Do you plan on trying to change things someday?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2011-03-20 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	"It's a hard system to change. Did you know we have no written constitution? Just the sovereign and the Council. Who don't always even talk to each other about what's going on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2011-03-20 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	"So. It's a case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing?" That's a good way of putting it. David thinks it doesn't make sense. "That's a little messed up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

gildedcage
2011-03-20 05:21 pm UTC (link)

"Yes. And since they are the only existing restrictions on each other's power, it's extra messed up. When mother tries to change expansionist policy, the council just does things behind her back. So my options in life are staying here in easy exile while they shove one of my unwilling or insane cousins on the throne -- it doesn't matter that the insane ones have been ruled out of the succession; they'd do it to prevent a civil war -- or going back and trying to make a real transition there, and accepting that it's going to be hard and annoying and that nice girls don't want to be Shivarn'n Halanau."

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smallestbear
2011-03-20 05:29 pm UTC (link)

"Dude." David shakes his head. No wonder Starbridge has a huge thing for Rachel. She's a freaking goddess and doesn't care about stuff like that.

"No wonder you're here. At least you can get a break from all of the fake-acting girls your age until you figure out what you really want. Not that I'm encouraging you to make a choice, man. You gotta decide all of that on your own."

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	gildedcage 2011-03-20 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. Thanks for listening, David." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2011-03-20 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	He shakes his head lightly. "Not a problem man. What are friends for?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gildedcage 2011-03-20 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Apparently, sharing the attentions of the brightest and most radiant of girls." Starbridge says drily with a thin smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2011-03-20 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	He finds himself smirking. That's true enough. "Well like you said, at least we're being reasonable. Would hate it if we couldn't be friends because of this." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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