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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?

[ino]

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

[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]

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]

... 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.]

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

Yeah, I'm from the future. Your future. Several hundred years in your future.

Current throne-sitter is Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth Windsor.

[A pause.]

And the Tower of London is a Visitor's Centre now.

[notascienceproject]

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

[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.

[commandsthewind]

... Several hundred years and the first expression that comes to mind upon seeing me is what you just said? My, my, the world has progressed. [She smirks a little and looks away.]

'Windsor'. [putting that to memory.]

Why would anyone want to visit such a place? [she almost shudders from that. It's awful, and it always will be awful to her. Because she spent so long waiting to die there.] Outside of... war and some other uses, it is not a pleasant place at all.

[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]

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.

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

Oh, we shoved some sparkly things in there, removed the dead bodies and cleaned the place up, hung some tapestries and stuff.

Plus, it's the most secure place to store the Crown Jewels. Who'd want to try and break into one of the most secure Prisons in British history?

[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.

[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]

I guess it would be, if it not houses those who are condemned any longer.

[pause]

And someone who wanted to die, clearly.

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

Oh, yeah, we abolished the death sentance.

[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.

[teenagebadboy]

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

[commandsthewind]

[staring, so much staring.]

Why on earth would you do that?

[some people were far too dangerous to live as far as she was concerned.]

[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?

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.

[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]

[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.