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[April 6th] [The Three Musketeers] Accidents Happen
Title: Accidents Happen
Day/Theme: mad-lib communication
Series: The Three Musketeers
Character/Pairing: D'Artagnan, de Tréville
Rating: G
The captain is angry, and as an officer, d'Artagnan supposes he should be as well. However, as the man on the scene, and also as a friend, he cannot help but offer justification.
Normally, de Tréville would be eager to hear it, especially in defense of one of his long-cherished favorites, but today his scowl only deepens the more d'Artagnan speaks of honor and provocations and the understandable impetuousness of fighting men kept far from actual fighting. When he actually stops to listen to himself, he realizes why; not one of the words is one that de Tréville has not used himself, a thousand times, and often regarding d'Artagnan.
"It will not work this time, and you know it." The captain's mouth twists. "The four of you have gotten away with too much, and Lieutenant de Bracy was a favorite of the Cardinal's. The king will not listen to the same old excuses - "
"So we'll make up some new ones," d'Artagnan says, his voice heating with frustration. "We'll say he... suffered a fatal accident."
"Accident?" De Tréville's eyebrow climbs, and his voice holds more than a touch of irony. "I cannot see how a sword thrust through the lung can be seen as anything but quite deliberate."
"Still." D'Artagnan feels his spirit rise, as it always does when he is on to something, however wrongheaded the something may be. "An accident is what we call it when someone dies of something he never thought could kill him, is it not? So, clearly the lieutenant did not think Athos would be dangerous. Which is of course pure foolishness, as his Majesty well knows, and might well be thought to render a man unfit to live - "
By now, the captain's brows seem likely to come off the top of his head, but the rest of his face is shifting from scowl to amusement. "Indeed. Perhaps his Majesty can be persuaded to see it so..."
Day/Theme: mad-lib communication
Series: The Three Musketeers
Character/Pairing: D'Artagnan, de Tréville
Rating: G
The captain is angry, and as an officer, d'Artagnan supposes he should be as well. However, as the man on the scene, and also as a friend, he cannot help but offer justification.
Normally, de Tréville would be eager to hear it, especially in defense of one of his long-cherished favorites, but today his scowl only deepens the more d'Artagnan speaks of honor and provocations and the understandable impetuousness of fighting men kept far from actual fighting. When he actually stops to listen to himself, he realizes why; not one of the words is one that de Tréville has not used himself, a thousand times, and often regarding d'Artagnan.
"It will not work this time, and you know it." The captain's mouth twists. "The four of you have gotten away with too much, and Lieutenant de Bracy was a favorite of the Cardinal's. The king will not listen to the same old excuses - "
"So we'll make up some new ones," d'Artagnan says, his voice heating with frustration. "We'll say he... suffered a fatal accident."
"Accident?" De Tréville's eyebrow climbs, and his voice holds more than a touch of irony. "I cannot see how a sword thrust through the lung can be seen as anything but quite deliberate."
"Still." D'Artagnan feels his spirit rise, as it always does when he is on to something, however wrongheaded the something may be. "An accident is what we call it when someone dies of something he never thought could kill him, is it not? So, clearly the lieutenant did not think Athos would be dangerous. Which is of course pure foolishness, as his Majesty well knows, and might well be thought to render a man unfit to live - "
By now, the captain's brows seem likely to come off the top of his head, but the rest of his face is shifting from scowl to amusement. "Indeed. Perhaps his Majesty can be persuaded to see it so..."