Raymond Stantz (
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Ray had a fairly disquieting thought earlier today and wound up spending most of the afternoon in his room. He comes downstairs in search of food and actual conversation, since let's face it, it's a mess up there.
[Summary: Martin Miggs comes around and talks to Ray about food. Because, well- FOOD. But not pixy sticks.
Scribble the baby raptor comes by with her toy! There is tug-of-war and then the rope is torn to bits, so Ray deploys one of his flashyballs and gets himself some protection against pointy bits, and then there is feeding time for the ickle Mesozoic deathbringer.
Lysistrata also pops up, and there is some discussion of things like rings and faked deaths and Spartan idiocy, and on the idiocy theme Ray reveals that he's currently having an envy/jealousy problem, and can't quite seem to get over it. Even though he knows it's stupid.
Scary scary Tim Hunter comes by to ask about borrowing a PKE meter. Ray is somewhat reluctant at first, but when he hears what happened to Ace, he hands the meter over without a quibble.
Hurley comes around to ask Ray what he knows about freakydeaky numbers and good / bad fortune combinations. Ray adds another item to his research queue as a result.
And finally, Akito turns up, and there is discussion of ID cards and communications gaps before Ray boggles a little at the name of Nergal Heavy Industries. Give the man a break, he's been studying Sumerian for the past week...]
[Summary: Martin Miggs comes around and talks to Ray about food. Because, well- FOOD. But not pixy sticks.
Scribble the baby raptor comes by with her toy! There is tug-of-war and then the rope is torn to bits, so Ray deploys one of his flashyballs and gets himself some protection against pointy bits, and then there is feeding time for the ickle Mesozoic deathbringer.
Lysistrata also pops up, and there is some discussion of things like rings and faked deaths and Spartan idiocy, and on the idiocy theme Ray reveals that he's currently having an envy/jealousy problem, and can't quite seem to get over it. Even though he knows it's stupid.
Scary scary Tim Hunter comes by to ask about borrowing a PKE meter. Ray is somewhat reluctant at first, but when he hears what happened to Ace, he hands the meter over without a quibble.
Hurley comes around to ask Ray what he knows about freakydeaky numbers and good / bad fortune combinations. Ray adds another item to his research queue as a result.
And finally, Akito turns up, and there is discussion of ID cards and communications gaps before Ray boggles a little at the name of Nergal Heavy Industries. Give the man a break, he's been studying Sumerian for the past week...]
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Congratulations, Ray, you have completely made Strata tongue-tied.
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"And we're not the biggest country in the world, either. We're not even the most heavily populated country in the world. We're just damn big."
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Strata looks dangerously close to exploding.
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The mun told you so.
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"Did I mention we're a democracy? No kings?"
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"Of course. Only the barbarians have *kings.*" she sneers.
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He pauses a moment, trying to translate the modern map into terms she'll understand.
"Farther to the north and east than Pontos, or Halicarnassus- from the lands at the back of the north wind, among the blood-drinking, horse-riding, hemp-smoking Scythians. Most of them, anyway. My friends' ancestors come from similar places, or from the island that your time would probably call Albion, north of Europe- except for Winston, whose ancestors were brought out of Africa in the time when my country still had slaves. We ended slavery a hundred and forty years ago, though, but I already told you that."
"Only a very few people in my country are actually descended from the natives of the land. Everyone else- everyone- is descended from people who left their native country to come to mine. So, really, we're all barbarians. We just liked your style of government, so we ran with it."
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"I meant more that any other type of government is barbarous. But I'm afraid I must look like a barbarian to you, ignorant and unlearned."
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"Oh, I think it is bed time. Goodnight, Ray."
She kisses him gently on the cheek.
"Sleep well."
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