@joe.jones | 10 july

[malta]

What do people do for hobbies around here? Aside from volunteering for medical torture.

Has Victorian flower languages come back in style yet? Bookbinding and leathercraft seems obsolete by now, but what about backgammon or cards. I once lost a game of trappola to the Duchess of Ferrara, she was shark. Scrabble? Does that work with the translator? Pomme de terre is about twice as many points as potato.

[ please enjoy that this translates to "potato is about twice as many points as potato" unless you also speak french.

anyway joe is bored come talk to him ]

Who wants to bring fencing back in fashion?

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[malta]

[ well if that doesn't appeal to his over-competitive ass ]

I understand completely.

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Is there something you wanted from me?
We could make it a deal.

[malta]

You could help me find the supplies to make paper

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Sure.
Are you doing it yourself?

[malta]

It seems like I must. Luckily I learned in the 11th century.

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You're making old paper.

[malta]

I am an old man.

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[ you wanna know what ]

Nice.

[malta]

I am grateful for my age too.

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Do you know any other cool things?

[malta]

Depends on your definition of cool.

[ this man thinks backwards baseball caps are cool. ]

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It's all relative.

[ probably??? ]

[malta]

I know all the rules to cricket.

[ which is cool because cricket.... is truly convoluted ]

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The bug?

[ help him ]

[malta]

The sport. Now outdated, probably.

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I don't know what that is.

[malta]

It would take 13 years to explain

It might be easier for you to tell me what cool things you want to know and I'll tell you if I know it.

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Yeah, I don't want to listen that long.
Can you play darts?

[malta]

[ the only people that have time to learn the rules of cricket are no one! even people who play cricket cannot succinctly explain it to me! the longest cricket game was TWELVE DAYS and normal matches last at least three days. this sport is an enigma and it scares me. ]

I can play darts, yes.

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Are you any good?

[ there's a difference!!!

boy needs a challenge. ]

[malta]

I'm decent.

Nicky, on the other hand, is a champion. If you want better than decent.

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Who's Nicky?

[ you know, like he should know or smth ]

[malta]

[ he should ]

The other half of my soul. My husband, if you'd prefer, though it is not wholly accurate.

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That's pretty deep.

[malta]

After 920 years I would hope so