History enthusiast and linguistic savant on a quest to uncover the secrets of time. Friend to @knotsintime and @DamnedNox. Oxford-based. +21up #PenDropRPG
"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd."
~Making my own rules
~History Nerd
~Linguist
~Lost in the stacks
~Dromomaniac
~OC,crossovers,bants,wind-ups,detailed,DMs open, RP OG
Don't quit your daydream!
@RedHeadedKane *smiling* I have to admit, I was a bit curious about that. Purely from and academic point of view though. *my smile turning to a more cheeky smile*
@RedHeadedKane *lifts my glass and necks the rest of my cider, ready for another round* Would you believe me if I said it can get a little dangerous too?
@RedHeadedKane *smiling at you* I am relieved to hear you say that, Kate. And same here. I sort of live in weird and complicated too. We will get along great.
@RedHeadedKane *grinning wide* Okay, deal. I can show and tell you cool stuff and you can keep me company. *my lips press together, thinking of all the things I haven't said yet.* But I must warn you, my world can get kind of... kind of complicated. How are you with weird and complicated?
@RedHeadedKane myself back in Oxford, with my nose in a book reading, scouring, getting to know dead people really well. So, thanks for the drink. It was a nice reminder that I am among the living.
@RedHeadedKane Nope. *laughing softly* Thank you. Every grad student has to do fieldwork and I have been all over. Beyond grad school and while I was setting myself up as an "expert." Underwater work at Heracleion, the ghosts of France, lost cities, jungle pyramids, and yet I always find <
@RedHeadedKane *laughing* It serves him right! You know, there is a papyrus about a pharaoh doing something similar. He lost a battle, called it a win, and proposed peace by marrying his enemy's daughter. *shaking my head with a soft laugh* 5,000 years later and not much has changed.
@_RobWalsh I have come to the conclusion that bullies, like assholes, are strategically placed so that you always run into one and never get too comfortable with life. *laughs* Or is that too cynical?
@RedHeadedKane Oh no! Okay, that is really, really terrible. *taking a long pull from my cider* The nerve... *laughing at the thought of it.* I'm sure it took her a moment to get over the shock of it.
@RedHeadedKane *laughs quietly as the drinks are set down, still pink in the cheeks* Worse proposals, huh? Now I’m curious. *turning the pint of cider around in my hand, before lifting it in cheers and thanks to you* I’m a sucker for a good story too.
@RedHeadedKane *blinks, a small laugh catching in my throat before I can stop it* You’d marry me for that? That’s either the best compliment I’ve had all week or the worst proposal in history. *smiling, a faint flush creeping in* You’d be bored by week two, I start talking about pottery shards.
@RedHeadedKane rewrote history so he looked like Egypt’s savior. He ordered their names chiseled out, took credit for their victories, buried their gods. The man didn’t just steal power, he stole memory. That’s the real scandal in Egypt. They didn’t kill their enemies. They erased them.
@RedHeadedKane * leaning back against the booth, drumming my fingers on the table thinking about an answer*
Horemheb, was the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He wasn’t born a royal, just a soldier who outlived them all. He watched his kings fall to heresy, plague, and bad luck, then <
@_RobWalsh Halloween prank, to lock someone in the crypts. *grins* Scares most folks but the place is practically a second home. How was your Halloween?