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[ OPEN ] ; Network: Chainsawd; Video; Story Time;
[ The video opens to Ronan, sitting in a high-backed chair. He makes a motion towards the camera, and the shot changes to an aerial view of what looks very much like a library, books to the rafters, vines and tree branches gently curling around shelf upon shelf. The light is dusty, but natural. Chainsawd swoops back down, settling once more in front of Ronan, filming him.
It's obvious he's not alone - there's a shoulder against his, and he's leaning against whoever is sitting next to him in what seems like obvious habit of sharing space. On his lap, Ronan has a large volume open, the pages yellowed and crinkly with age. He doesn't smile as he looks at the camera, but he looks sort of relaxed.
Without much introduction, Ronan looks down, and starts reading, his voice nuanced; he has the tone and rhythm of someone used to telling stories. ]
Now when Sarpedon saw his comrades, men who wore ungirdled tunics, being overcome by Patroclus, son of Menoetius, he rebuked the Lycians, saying, "Shame on you, where are you flying to? Show your mettle;
I will myself meet this man in fight and learn who it is that is so masterful; he has done us much hurt, and has stretched many a brave man upon the ground."
He sprang from his chariot as he spoke, and Patroclus, when he saw this, leaped on to the ground also. The two then rushed at one another with loud cries like eagle-beaked crook-taloned vultures that scream and tear at one another in some high mountain fastness.
The son of scheming Saturn looked down upon them in pity and said to Juno who was his wife and sister, "Alas, that it should be the lot of Sarpedon whom I love so dearly to perish by the hand of Patroclus. I am in two minds whether to catch him up out of the fight and set him down safe and sound in the fertile land of Lycia, or to let him now fall by the hand of the son of Menoetius."
[ He took his time, reading. It was a book he loved, after all - and he always wanted to give it the recognition it deserved. On screen, Adam's face was visible, now, as he leaned closer to read, too, his chin almost hooked on Ronan's shoulder. Sometimes, you could see him glance fondly at Ronan. ]
And Juno answered, "Most dread son of Saturn, what is this that you are saying? Would you snatch a mortal man, whose doom has long been fated, out of the jaws of death? Do as you will, but we shall not all of us be of your mind. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart, that if you send Sarpedon safely to his own home, some other of the gods will be also wanting to escort his son out of battle, for there are many sons of gods fighting round the city of Troy, and you will make every one jealous. If, however, you are fond of him and pity him, let him indeed fall by the hand of Patroclus, but as soon as the life is gone out of him, send Death and sweet Sleep to bear him off the field and take him to the broad lands of Lycia, where his brothers and his kinsmen will bury him with mound and pillar, in due honor to the dead."
The sire of gods and men assented, but he shed a rain of blood upon the earth in honor of his son whom Patroclus was about to kill on the rich plain of Troy far from his home.
[ Ronan finally looked up, an eyebrow raised at the camera. ]
Now, children, I know my dulcet tones have probably lulled you to sleep with this epic tale of heroism, but who can tell me - what's this book I'm reading from?
It's obvious he's not alone - there's a shoulder against his, and he's leaning against whoever is sitting next to him in what seems like obvious habit of sharing space. On his lap, Ronan has a large volume open, the pages yellowed and crinkly with age. He doesn't smile as he looks at the camera, but he looks sort of relaxed.
Without much introduction, Ronan looks down, and starts reading, his voice nuanced; he has the tone and rhythm of someone used to telling stories. ]
Now when Sarpedon saw his comrades, men who wore ungirdled tunics, being overcome by Patroclus, son of Menoetius, he rebuked the Lycians, saying, "Shame on you, where are you flying to? Show your mettle;
I will myself meet this man in fight and learn who it is that is so masterful; he has done us much hurt, and has stretched many a brave man upon the ground."
He sprang from his chariot as he spoke, and Patroclus, when he saw this, leaped on to the ground also. The two then rushed at one another with loud cries like eagle-beaked crook-taloned vultures that scream and tear at one another in some high mountain fastness.
The son of scheming Saturn looked down upon them in pity and said to Juno who was his wife and sister, "Alas, that it should be the lot of Sarpedon whom I love so dearly to perish by the hand of Patroclus. I am in two minds whether to catch him up out of the fight and set him down safe and sound in the fertile land of Lycia, or to let him now fall by the hand of the son of Menoetius."
[ He took his time, reading. It was a book he loved, after all - and he always wanted to give it the recognition it deserved. On screen, Adam's face was visible, now, as he leaned closer to read, too, his chin almost hooked on Ronan's shoulder. Sometimes, you could see him glance fondly at Ronan. ]
And Juno answered, "Most dread son of Saturn, what is this that you are saying? Would you snatch a mortal man, whose doom has long been fated, out of the jaws of death? Do as you will, but we shall not all of us be of your mind. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart, that if you send Sarpedon safely to his own home, some other of the gods will be also wanting to escort his son out of battle, for there are many sons of gods fighting round the city of Troy, and you will make every one jealous. If, however, you are fond of him and pity him, let him indeed fall by the hand of Patroclus, but as soon as the life is gone out of him, send Death and sweet Sleep to bear him off the field and take him to the broad lands of Lycia, where his brothers and his kinsmen will bury him with mound and pillar, in due honor to the dead."
The sire of gods and men assented, but he shed a rain of blood upon the earth in honor of his son whom Patroclus was about to kill on the rich plain of Troy far from his home.
[ Ronan finally looked up, an eyebrow raised at the camera. ]
Now, children, I know my dulcet tones have probably lulled you to sleep with this epic tale of heroism, but who can tell me - what's this book I'm reading from?
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[ Just wait until he appoints himself caretaker of the library, Ronan. ]
Gansey would probably argue with you on that. [ Because the thing about blood-frenzied battles is that they're often idolised, taken down and described in pretty words and sweet phrases. It doesn't matter if it's this, something like Shakespeare, or Glendower's legend. Death and dying have been written about and revered from the beginning of time. ]
I think it mostly taught me to never visit chocolate factories.
[ He grins, quick and sharp, nudges Ronan with his shoulder. ]
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Gansey would argue with me on most things. It's one of his favorite past-times, after staring at the maggot, and putting himself in danger.
[ Which are attributes Adam also shares. Or maybe shared, when it comes to Blue. Jury's still out on that. ]
Who did you identify with the most? Charlie? Augustus? [ He raises an eyebrow at that, a crooked, teasing smile on his lips. 'A greedy boy' fits Adam, after all. ]
Or did you like the Oompa-Loompas better?
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Neither. It's not like golden tickets are real.
[ Even as a child, he hadn't believed in the sheer luck of a handout. You had to go out there and find it yourself. ]
I bet you'd be Wonka though. All that imagined stuff.
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[ He can't blame Adam for not having much to dream about, or for being disillusioned. For never having had many illusions at all. He can't understand it, but he hadn't grown up in a household like Adam's. He had grown up loved.
Despite himself, without thinking, he leans in, pressing a kiss to the side of Adam's head. ]
Wonka had some issues, though.
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[ But it's a point he can give Ronan. ]
I don't think you're the kind of person who thinks a chocolate factory is a good time anyway. You don't have that much of a sweet tooth. Dream farms though, they're totally it.
[ He presses his arm more firmly against Ronan's. ] Maybe I'll have more time while we're here to read the kind of books you like. [ Which sounds reasonable, but everyone knows he'll try to get a job asap. ] Widen my horizons.
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[ He turns to look at the side of Adam's voice, his voice softer now. They might be completely alone in the library, their daemons doing their own thing, but Ronan still feels like this is - kind of a moment. And he's never been good at not attempting to make moments as small and intimate as possible - they're easier to carry and keep. ]
Make it a book club between us.
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( He smiles, the smaller of his smiles but no the less real for it. It's the kind of smile that means he's not sure how he got lucky, that he's surprised by the fact there's a love he has access to. )
Though no complaining that my picks are boring.