( 04 ) ( video + action. )

[feigns]

[ when the feed clicks on, it's evident that will is sat somewhere without an abundance of light — there are lamps, though — but with a number of books. (in other words: the library). there's a small pile just in front of him, and he can be seen to be leafing through a paperback of some description. the titles of the books that are visible would imply he has something of a soft spot for what can only be described as objectively trash.

that aside, he at least looks comfortable, if not in deliberate disregard of any form of etiquette — his feet, still booted, are resting on the table. ]

There once was a young man from Aberpennar
Who found himself embroiled in quite the dilemma— [ a beat and a flicker of a frown; aberpennar and dilemma don't rhyme, not really. NEVERMIND it's not important. ]
You see, he was quite typical in many respects
and desired to—

[ he stops for a moment, mild (feigned) surprise giving way to equally feigned thoughtfulness. ]

Perhaps I ought not finish, not when there's all manner of polite company and children within hearing — or more accurately, I suppose, listening — distance. There are, that said, a great many things I desire to do today, although it seems as if a great many people would also like to do a great many things today, some not activities they'd normally indulge in. I'm afraid to say that I feel absolutely nothing out of the ordinary; I wonder, then, if I've been cursed at all, or if I've merely been blessed with a startling intense dislike of being utterly, wholly bone idle — or whatever one would say when they detest activities with the sole purpose of being dull and uninteresting.

—Maybe I'll visit the park, feed the pigeons and the ducks and, in a fit of nostalgia, see if the birds here behave any differently to the birds in London. I've always thought that the birds in London portrayed a disturbingly accurate mirror image of the people in London: miserable, and prone to unprovoked acts of violence and inflammatory remarks. Maybe the birds here will simply be unbearably nosy.

Comments

[likeboudica]

Only in as far as you act in a manner that can be described thusly.

[feigns]

I'm yet to meet a toddler who acts quite like I do.

[likeboudica]

Then perchance you are not like a toddler at all, but the point remains the same.

[feigns]

And it's one I've heard in multiple forms a great number of times.

[likeboudica]

It may be time to consider its merits, then.

[feigns]

The merits of constraint as opposed to whimsy, desire and fulfillment?

[likeboudica]

Indeed.

[feigns]

I've never been a fan, and I don't foresee it happening any time soon.

[likeboudica]

I rather expected such an answer.

[feigns]

You know, it's beginning to grow rather tiresome having you predict my every remark.

[likeboudica]

Personally, I find it rather refreshing.

[feigns]

I fear it's a sign of something terrible.

[likeboudica]

Something terrible, such as?

[feigns]

Is predictability not terrible in and of itself?

[likeboudica]

If you were to call it reliability, it would be a positive thing, I should think.

[feigns]

I shouldn't think that anyone has ever used that word in conjunction with my name.

[likeboudica]

That may be quite correct. It does seem hard to imagine.

[feigns]

—Although I suppose Charlotte may have done so once, in an attempt to convince herself that I might be.

[likeboudica]

I suppose it did not work.

[feigns]

You'd have to ask her.

[likeboudica]

Should she arrive here, I shall do so.

[feigns]

Should she arrive here. [ his lips quirk. ] Chance would be a fine thing.

[likeboudica]

Things are certainly possible here that would not be, elsewhere.

[feigns]

Yes, I'm quite aware of that.