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[commandsthewind]

My Lady Mundane,

We have been here before, have we not? 

[there's a faint smirk] And yet, you persist. Well, there is merit in that I suppose. Though if we're really going about this again, I suggest you hold yourself with a little bit more decorum about it.

I don't care what my privateers do, getting drunk and posting with me is not appreciated. I deserve a little more dignity then that. 

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[fuckinghateadrenaline]

[Squinting at...

...Is that who he thinks...? More squinting...]

Well, fuck a duck.

[commandsthewind]

[Staring at you, sir.]

Excuse me?

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

[Stare all you want. Stuart cares none.]

You're actually her, right? Queen Elizabeth I? Elizabeth Tudor?

[Staaaaring right on back.]

I saw the portraits when I went to the Tower of London on a school trip.

[commandsthewind]

... I know of no other bearing my name in England to hold my position, though I assume from your addressing me as 'I' means there is another after me.

Unless you are talking of my grandmother, Elizabeth of York. But if not, then yes, I am Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry Tudor and Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, Ireland and France.

[You know, you're lucky she's used to commoners staring at her, though they usually have the decency to bow.]

... Yes, the Tower. I don't know why my portraits would be there, it's just a fortress after all. [and she's made a point to never return to that place, ever.]

[ino]

Yeah, mine does that all the time, too. It's kind of annoying.

[commandsthewind]

It's irritating at best, and humiliating at worst. Then I have to share space with her splitting headache in the morning.

Honestly, I have seen better manners on pirates.

[ino]

[she's laughing at that] Pirates, huh? Though I've actually met some decently-mannered pirates ...

[commandsthewind]

Oh I've met many I found to be the most admirable company, and political too. [there's a short look away, smiling slightly as she thinks of Raleigh.]

And my lady Mun has none of their excuses for such awful habit. She's not spending months at sea.

[notascienceproject]

At least my mun has the decency to let me get drunk with him. When he actually decides to drink, that is.

[commandsthewind]

I enjoy wine as much as the next -- I wouldn't not be able to stand half the company I keep without it.

[she pulls a face.] ...Her taste is just poor.

[notascienceproject]

As long as it's not strong enough to give me brain damage, or turn me blind, I'll drink anything.

And it usually helps when you have to deal with idiots, yeah. At least you haven't got three other clones of yourself runnin' around here.

[commandsthewind]

That seems a safe enough rule, as they go. A hard one to follow in my own time. Though the alcohol I am used to is not so smooth as the ones I've had from your time.

... It does, it truly does. Believe me, not every man is a poet, but by God they try when you are Queen. [it's awful, completely awful.] No, but it's most disconcerting when you meet others with your face nonetheless, even if they are not you exactly.

[rumcaptaincy]

A privateer is just a pirate with a fancy wig, love. You can't change the soul of a man just by dressin' him up.

[commandsthewind]

No, a privateer is a man with an escape route.

Nor would I wish to change the soul of any man. Their souls are not my keeping, they may do with that what they wish. I simply care about the good of my country, and we serve each other's purposes.

[rumcaptaincy]

It seems to me... that it's not much of an escape route if and probably when it leads to being shot and, or imprisoned in the name of merry old England. I'd much rather have a fast ship with a tight sail and a clean keel, savvy?

[commandsthewind]

Then you took a commission off the wrong monarch. My privateers are so very dear to my heart. My dogs of the sea give me strength.

[In more ways then one, because no seriously, they just save her from Spain.]

[teenagebadboy]

Aren't you the old queen of England? Think I've seen you in the history books.

CLOSEST GIF I HAVE OF HER NOT GIVING A FUCK

[commandsthewind]

Indeed, if I am appearing in history books, I suppose I am in fact the 'Old queen of England'.

Though, I'm still in my own reign.

[teenagebadboy]

[Aaron quickly remembers his manners and does a small bow]

The current queen has been ruling for 50 years by now. Her name's also Elizabeth but she's the second one.

[commandsthewind]

[To which he gets a stately nod back to.]

Fifty years? She must be tired. [there's a slight smile.] The second, well, I am glad to see the name continues still.

[the_effect_she_has]

[One eyebrow raises on an otherwise expressionless face. Dressed like Capital, talks like District. Interesting.]

Dignity's a high commodity.

[commandsthewind]

Dignity is the only commodity that you should never sell. The cost of purchasing it back often comes higher then what you sold it for.

[Not that Elizabeth's face is any more free then Katniss', she's been doing this far too long.]

[the_effect_she_has]

Maybe. But when you don't have the coin ... [Looks her up and down] Or the food. Well.

[She folds her arms over her chest, grey eyes sharp.] What are you supposed to be?

[aboloshisthedead]

Becoming drunk is most certainly not something that any one person should practice.

[commandsthewind]

I can see the enjoyment in it from time to time. I am a free woman with my drink, because what is the alternative, water?