Voice Test (otherwise known as what am I doing?)...

[queenofdenile]

Mundane? Is that really what you want me to call you? (Her smirk gives way to a look of forced pity.) I suppose it fits you. There isn't anything special about you. Aside from you being a prude.

(Obviously this is a great time to lounge, so she does, arching a brow.)

Send me somewhere fun. I've earned it, haven't I? Politics really can be tiring and I haven't had a break in so long.

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[maries]

Does your mun have a place in mind?

[queenofdenile]

(She groans and rolls her eyes.) As if she would think that far ahead.

[maries]

They always seem to be keen on letting others suggest ideas.

( she frowns a bit. )

But sometimes, those ideas are ridiculous.

[queenofdenile]

I'm not comfortable following the lead of another. If I see a game I like, I will play in it. (Her eyes sparkle mischievously.) I don't care what she thinks.

[maries]

Best of luck with that really. I wish I could say the same, but in the end, I'm pretty content with where I am.

( marie has a lot more freedom! )

[queenofdenile]

Where are you? (Here? Amongst commoners?) My Mun tells me you're a Queen yourself.

[maries]

My mun tells me the same, I'm at Zodion, a sex game.

( oh and she knows cleopatra well. )

I admire you quite a lot, actually. I'm Marie Antoinette.

[queenofdenile]

One of those, hm? I'd love to have some fun in a place like that, but... (Now it's time to pout again.)

Do you? Then it's lovely to meet you, Marie.

[maries]

But what?

( aww don't pout. )

It's a pleasure. I'm the Queen of France, I've never been to Egypt, but I've heard stories.

[queenofdenile]

She's a prude.

(No fun, no fun.)

It used to be a lot more fun. The Romans have changed it. (And not always for the better, though she has enjoyed her time with various Romans.)

[maries]

Oh, that is an issue.

( marie can be too, but she just tends to go with people. )

So I've heard.

( oh she knows about fun being ruined :/ )

Perhaps you can try other ways to have fun, maybe a musebox or a meme?

[queenofdenile]

I won't let her stay that way.

(She has her ways of convincing others.)

What year is it for you?

(If Marie is from the future - she has heard that is possible - she would like to know what becomes of Egypt.)

Fleeting entertainment. I would like to be grounded somewhere.

[maries]

Well back home it's 1773, but at the game I'm at, it's somewhere around 2013, I believe?

( marie has seen everything, her boyfriend is a superhero, phhhh )

I don't really know of too many games that are entertaining, some are too boring, and some are too much.

( slice of life, and quick-paced, plot heavy. )

[queenofdenile]

1773? (That's startling.) And...2013? (Even more remarkable.) I would like to learn about modern times.

The one you're in doesn't hold your fancy?

[maries]

Oh things have changed so much dear, to begin with the mundane things have changed. And the technology, it's frustrating.

( the shower. this took marie forever to figure out. )

I'll admit, I don't really mind living there, but at the same time I miss the luxuries back home. Although I have someone who makes being there, worth it.

[queenofdenile]

I imagine I can make do with it. (She is adaptable.) There are no luxuries in Zodion?

(Ew. Luxuries are necessary. Like soft beds, pillows, massages, drugs...)

[maries]

Not too many, and the ones that exist....

( oh god it pains her to say this. )

You have to work and pay for them.

[queenofdenile]

What? (A hundred times ew!) How can they expect royalty to work?

[masr]

[ well, it's certainly rare for him to see any of his former rulers here.

he offers a solemn, polite little dip of his head. ] .. Time away from Romans. [ 8| ugh, rome. that guy was a dick. ]

[queenofdenile]

(She tilts her head and frowns at him.) It should be spent well and not wasted. (Because they all have to go back to that.)

[masr]

[ nod! ] .. Where--? [ it has to be good enough for her, after all. not just any game will suit one of his queens. ]

[queenofdenile]

She hasn't decided, but I was looking at a game called Zodion. Do you know of it? (She is just going to assume he's a fellow Egyptian.)

[masr]

Yes. You may enjoy. [ a pause, nostalgic despite himself. ] .. You always were fond of your men.

[queenofdenile]

Why shouldn't I enjoy them? Why can't a woman take what she wants? Men do it all the time.

[masr]

[ a shake of his head. ] I have never disapproved of your sexual appetite. [ he's disapproved of other things, sometimes, but well.. it's been a long time, and she did her best. ] You were my queen once, after all.

[queenofdenile]

So I wasn't wrong in thinking you look...familiar. (It's nice to see someone from home.) When did I stop being your Queen?

[masr]

Many, many years ago. [ a pause. ] .. I am much older than I appear to be.

[queenofdenile]

How old?

[masr]

Six.. thousand years. Or so. [ he doesn't remember his exact age, but at this point, he's not sure it matters, anyway. ]

[queenofdenile]

Six thousand years? Did you see the birth of the Egyptian empire, then?

[masr]

[ a very brief quirk of his mouth that, for egypt, is practically a belly-laugh. ]

Something like that. My mother and I were.. [ all this talking is exhausting. ] You could say.. the soul of Kemet. Now I alone am Kemet, though my name has changed since then.

[queenofdenile]

What was your original name? (She leans in closer, trying to look into his eyes.)

[masr]

It was Ta Shemau. My mother was Ta Mehu. Until the lands were united, at least.

[queenofdenile]

The land of reeds. (He really is interesting. She grins.) Why were you named after the land?