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Ask Me Anything!

1. In your subject line or toplevel, post something for others to ask your character about.
   
2. Examples could be "I am a Starfleet Captain", or "I fought dinosaurs on Isla Nublar", or "I am on a quest of vengeance in 1657 Japan."
   
3. Others will come in and ask them anything!
   
4. Honesty is optional. :3
   

Comments

[notnerdenough]

Uh...

[ Men don't get this cute, do they? There's just...

Luke's confused, but if they say they're a guy, who is he to say differently? ]

Sorry, Dude. You look...

[ Like a cute girl? That wouldn't make up for what he perceives as a mistake. ]

Anyway! That's really cool! Do you have a crown?

[arturiarex]

[ Saber regards him curiously. She's not going to offer any other explanation at the moment - she is a woman, but she's also a king. Simple. ]

Look...?

[ Her train of thought shifts. ]

I did have a crown, but I don't have it with me. I'm afraid it was lost some time ago.

[notnerdenough]

[ Luke shakes his head, trying to dismiss the previous thoughts. Someone once told him he was 'pretty' instead of 'handsome', and he didn't like it. ]

Not important!

Anyway, the crown thing. Can't you buy another one? You're a king. Doesn't that make you rich?

[arturiarex]

My kingdom had wealth, but... my reign is over. So there would be no point in obtaining another crown.

[ She shakes her head. ]

At least not for me.

[notnerdenough]

[ Oh. Luke openly frowns. While he may be an actor in training, he's never been one to hide his feelings. ]

Are the Britons another name for Britain? Even if you're not the king now, being a king in the past is still pretty cool. And if Game of Thrones taught me anything, it's a lot less dangerous when you're not.

[arturiarex]

Yes; the islands of Britain.

[ She nods quietly and then arches a brow as he continues. ]

...Game of Thrones? That's... a TV series, isn't it? [ She knows of it thanks to the whole magical knowledge thing, but has no idea about the specifics. ]

Being a king is dangerous in its own way, yes. But it's also a responsibility.

[notnerdenough]

Yeah, it's kind of old now, but it used to be really big. A lot of bad stuff happened to kings and queens on that one.

I guess there's still a real one over there now. A queen. But I don't think they do much anymore. Just kind of be rich. I don't know their history, but I think she's been queen for a really long time, and you don't look that old.

[arturiarex]

That would be because I'm the first. Although I'm glad to hear that my country still prospers, in its own way.

[ She's very matter of fact about it. ]

[notnerdenough]

You're the--- Wait. What?

[ Luke doesn't know the British history, and his knowledge is limited to what most know of its culture. But he knows Britain is very old.

Ah, this kind of thing can happen here. That was something he knew about. But to encounter is it very odd. ]

You're the first king of Britain.

[arturiarex]

King Arthur to be exact.

[ She may as well say it. ]

I don't know if you're familiar with my legend or not...

[notnerdenough]

King Arthur is an old guy with long hair and a gray beard! He definitely didn't look like a cute girl!

[arturiarex]

That is one depiction of me that I'm aware of, yes. However, it is inaccurate.

[notnerdenough]

If you were a king ...

[ Wait. Maybe that explains something. ]

Could kings be women back then?

[arturiarex]

No. But I assumed the role of man and king both.

[notnerdenough]

[ Oh. Wait. She'd... He'd said that. ]

You said that, huh?

[ Luke isn't doing it intentionally, but he's bad at this. ]

Britain's doing pretty good, I guess. They're the biggest country that still has a queen.

So, how old are you? You look about my age.

[arturiarex]

My reign lasted into my thirties, although drawing the sword from the stone granted me youthfulness beyond my years. My reign itself was... almost fourteen hundred years ago, if my reckoning is correct.

[notnerdenough]

So that part really happened?

[ Luke isn't such an idiot that he'd believe this in his everyday life, but this is a special place where special things happen. And he's talking to King Arthur! ]

So why'd you choose to become a guy instead of putting the sword back and telling one of them that if they were so great, they could try? You'd be the only one who could do it, right?

[ Because they were at her... his... her? at the time? mercy. ]

[arturiarex]

It certainly did.

[ She doesn't mind indulging his questions. It's honestly a little fun. ]

Because I was the only one who could do it. Because I believed with all my heart that if I could bring joy and peace to even a part of the kingdom, that I should try. Because it was necessary. I could have led an ordinary, quiet life - but the realm needed a king.

[notnerdenough]

Yeah, that's my point! You could've pointed to them and told them that you held all the cards so you'd rule the country and kick ass, but you'd do it as you were!

Unless you wanted to do the guy thing.

[arturiarex]

The kingdom needed a king. Not a queen.

[ She says that like it's the most obvious thing in the world. ]

[notnerdenough]

The kingdom needs you, right? So it doesn't matter if you were queen or king.

... Or I guess? That's pretty easy for me to say here, huh? Being in college is a lot easier than having to rule a country, even if you are King Arthur.

[arturiarex]

Queens were not exactly common in the era. So I had to be a king.

[ She shakes her head. It's just how it was; she has no complaints. ]

It wasn't easy, but I took the mantle on all the same.

[notnerdenough]

Did you have a name before Arthur?

[arturiarex]

Arturia.

[ Well. It is a bit different. ]

this is my favorite icon

[notnerdenough]

That's not really different, huh...

Can I call you that? Or am I still supposed to call you King Arthur? I think you're still supposed to bow if you meet the Queen of England.

[ If not, he would just to be safe. ]