Entry 184; Day 437

[misterblackbird]

[Filtered from DELILAH || Unhackable]
[Voice Post Begins]
((Click))
((The soft, muffled shuffling of blankets and bedclothes...a small muttering groan, someone not wanting to get up.))

Why is it morning already...?
All right...

((Fumble, shuffle.))

I remember yesterday only vaguely, like one remembers a dream, or a drunken night out. I thought I was a sultan, living in a palace hung with silk... There were holy men and mad men, flying carpets, genii in lamps, adventurers, dancing girls, the ladies of the court--my court--all around me, all colour, and light, and fire...

But I--((a sigh))--realise now there are more than a few to whom I owe apologies, or perhaps explanations.

To put it simply, you have my sincerest apologies for the...madness the curse brought over me. It was a curse and nothing more. I am terribly sorry.

There's nothing else I can say about it.

((Another groan.))

And I shan't be going out today, that much is certain.

Riff? Riff, where are you?

I had a mother--for one day, I had a mother who loved me, who held me with her white hands--

((A moment or two more of shuffling, the network contraption is shoved aside...))
((Click))
[//Voice Post Ends]

[ooc: Aaaaaaaaaaand sultan no more. Having crashed, now with a curse "hangover," extremely embarrassed, he's woken up in his own bed, and, luckily (?) alone. Be nice? ...or, not, that's okay too. Strikeouts are thoughts--you can't hear them.

A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who played along with the harem theme yesterday. I hope you had fun. I know I did. I was so glad to revisit this scenario with Cain--the lulz are immense. I hope you had twice as much fun as I did. Thank you all so much! I am now about as tired as Cain |D;;]

Comments

[ruined-arcana.livejournal.com]

My lord? Are you all right?

1/2

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

No, not entirely. Between exhaustion and embarrassment, I'm not feeling well at all.

[Private]

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Riff--

Was I a good king?
Was I any good at all?

[Private]

[ruined-arcana.livejournal.com]

I was perhaps overly frustrated but you did say to me that you truly wished for your people to be happy. I didn't think it was a lie - Even though I knew you only through my position I'm certain I believed you.

An untapped but promising potential might be the right way of putting it. I believe that was why I was frustrated, after all, one wouldn't keep wasting the effort if there was no promise of success.

[Private]

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

To be my age and ruling an empire myself--I remember how very hard I tried to do things for the best.

Thank you, Riff. I couldn't have asked for a better grand vizier either, stubborn and frustrating as I was to you.

[Private]

[ruined-arcana.livejournal.com]

I remember thinking it very sad. You hadn't asked for anything of the sort but you were left to control of countless lives on your own. You couldn't be blamed for running off sometimes, the responsibility was really too great for one person.

I'm glad you thought so, I wanted very much to help you somehow.

But, my lord, I think I'm far happier as a butler than a grand vizier.

[Private]

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's why I had you as an adviser, for those times when I wanted to run off.

I think I'm happier having you as a butler than a grand vizier. And I'm certainly happier not being a sultan, not if that would have been my life every day.

[Private]

[ruined-arcana.livejournal.com]

I think I prefer you this way, too. I'll bring you some tea - or no, perhaps water would be better today. Stay in your room for as long as you like.

[Private]

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Yes, water would probably do better for me, thank you.

I can't stay in here all day. I just want a bit of a rest. I'll be back to myself by afternoon, certainly.