4th Floor Common Room [Sunday afternoon]

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

Proto had recently discovered Hong Kong action movies. Yesterday had been given over to them almost entirely, and so far so had today. He'd finally made it through the stack he'd obtained from who-knows-where and was now sitting down to put in Crimson Drop. He hadn't taken a look to see how long the movie was, but for some reason he had the feeling he was going to need more popcorn.

And tons of other junk food.

Fortunately, Proto had become quite adept at collecting junk food, so the spread was quite impressive.

[Open as such things are. And Proto's always willing to share his food.]

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

And she didn't. But she was used to that. "Is it on Earth?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Used to be part of the URRS."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"URRS? Sorry earth Geography's not my strongest subject."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's okay." Proto shrugged. "Even people who know earth don't seem to know anything about it."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Guess it's a country unique to your particular Earth."

She wondered if there were multiple versions of Faerie.

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"That's the impression I get, yeah."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"What's it like there?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Pretty awful. We're in the middle of a war."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda winced. She'd come to Bordertown a few years after the war there had ended. She'd witnessed some bad skirmishes between gangs though, and that had been bad enough.

"Is that why you're here?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Kind of? I mean, I'd rather be back there, fighting. But the Elders think I could pick up some useful new skills here."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

That made Leda smile slightly. "This place does seem to be a good place for that."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"It's been informative," Proto agreed.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"What kinda classes have you taken?"

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Military tactics, revolutionary organization, demolitions..." Stuff he had some in-the-field experience with, but nothing formal.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Oh I'm in the Revolutionary class too." Now that she thought about it she remembered seeing him there.

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

Proto nodded. "Yeah, I've seen you around. Even if we've never worked together there."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"It's definitely not something I could have learned anywhere else I'm sure."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you'd been in the middle of a revolution, I imagine you'd pick it up."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"I like to think so. But they're not big on revolutions back in Faerie. Though I'm hoping to maybe change that." She still didn't think of Faerie as home.

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"No one in power is big on revolutions, really." Never stopped Proto.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

At that, Leda couldn't help an ironic smile. "Actually I'm scheduled to be crowned queen of Faerie after graduation. And I happen to think that monarchy is a patently unjust system of government."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Huh." Proto thought about that. "That sounds like a weird situation to be in."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Tell me about it. The only reason I agreed to take the job in the first place was they convinced me that if I didn't, someone really, really evil would. After a while I started to think I might be able to do a great deal of good if I could manage to change the system from within."

[make-the-shot.livejournal.com]

"Well, good luck with that." Proto didn't have a lot of faith in changes from the inside the system.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda had to believe she could do it. Otherwise she might abdicate and run away (it was the Bordertown way) as soon as she'd taken care of Corwyn. Which was something else she had to believe she could do.

"Thanks. I know it's not going to be easy. But, what the hell, Elves are long-lived. I suppose I've got time."