an armistice under the heliotropes

LI

2008-04-30T23:08:47Z

So, have I ever mentioned how boring you people are?

[private; Aya]

Perhaps you and I could meet once more~? ♥

[/private]

L

2008-04-21T22:51:21Z

So far, all is going well. It was such a lovely evening...

...not to mention, the weather is finally becoming acceptable.

Could, perhaps, a certain Yuuko Ichihara contact me...?

IL

2008-04-14T23:11:57Z

Aya... We really must meet again, if we get a chance, if you wish... ♥

XLVIII

2008-03-30T00:21:04Z

Thank you so much, Aya, for allowing me to spend the evening with you~ ♥

XLVII

2008-03-24T00:27:11Z

[voice]

[sounds of radio in background playing song -- there is some static at first before Patchouli's voice is heard -- yet after this point all is clear]

In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher

Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue

[Patchouli does not speak during the first monologue]

This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose on a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America

[Patchouli is heard playing a violin along to the guitar solo -- again, she does not sing most of the final lyrics -- that being the part not transcribed below -- she resumes singing the final lyrics, with one slight modification]

Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of [radio: America]/[Patchy: Eternity]

[/voice]

[[OOC: The version of the song. Couldn't find a copy of the studio version, else I'd have posted that.]]

XLVI

2008-03-21T02:47:51Z

I've been up twenty-seven hours straight now. I don't know what's wrong with me.

But -- a thought. Didn't Caterina Sforza die in 1509?

...it could just be a coincidence that someone from a millenium and a half later has appeared here with that name -- I think it is -- but... it just seems kind of weird. That Caterina Sforza died at the age of 46. If history does repeat itself, as attested to, then, it'll be another 17 ye--

I'm thinking too much about nothing at all. I need to sleep but I can't.

XLV

2008-03-16T18:18:30Z

Aya, I...

...thank you. You're much too kind, ma'am.

[[OOC: See also: (OѠO)►IN-CHARACTER ANONYMOUS MEME◄(OѠO)]]

XLIV

2008-03-16T00:59:07Z

...This place is becoming a little boring - I need to meet more people... I guess. It's hard to gauge exactly hoe important new friends are - I've been lamenting a lack of them for so long, yet I've gotten along pretty well with only... two, maybe? Seth and Esther have both vanished, and I feel like I've not seen Yuuko in a long time. I have Caterina, whose fate remains uncertain - I have her and Kairi.

The city seems like it's getting darker, emptier - less interesting, if nothing else. Then, I've not been on the surface in a few days - I've been locked in this cell - or approximation thereof. I think I'll go out tonight - anyone care to join me?

XLIII

2008-03-08T17:27:43Z

...I haven't been around much, I know. I think I'm getting sick again.

I haven't seen Esther or Seth recently. Maybe I should attempt to go find a few more friends.

XLII

2008-02-22T23:11:21Z

...Sigh. Just another day.

[private; Esther]

...Esther. I...

...Where are you?

[/private]

XLI

2008-02-16T23:14:51Z

...How kind of all of you.

N-now, where has Esther gone to~?

XL

2008-02-12T06:34:36Z

[private; hackable]

I can feel my body breaking...

...yes. Some of these words are dark, but in these cases their purpose is equally so.

[/private]

So close, yet it feels so long.

Maybe I'll get to speak to her before then?

[[OOC: Gifts list: [pictures to be added later]

All characters obtaining a gift shall obtain a spell card; an image will be linked to showing this card. Later. Each character gets their own semi-unique card.

Yuuko: An obscene amount of chocolate and alcohol. Spell card negates effects of others activated recently.
CCS!Sakura: Some chocolate. Spell card negates effects of others activated recently.
Caterina: Mind-filter necklace. Spell card negates all light in area, but creates new light... by causing things to ignite!
Seth: Tea, chocolate, an unusual fragment of... something which seems to be giving off an excessive amount of energy. Spell card permits temporary telepathy and mild temporary telekinesis.
Esther: A dress which Patchy made (though in Esther's case it takes on a silver color) and a bracelet made of some apparently-unearthly metal. The spell card instantaneously causes the user to recover physically and spiritually.
Kairi: A collection of drawings and poems Patchouli created, in addition to some chocolate. The spell card permits temporary and limited foresight/clairvoyance.

A series of words is printed on each card. The effect is activated by reading them. In all likelihood, your character will not know this. However, Esther and Caterina will be informed of this. Caterina will be told that her spell "must be used with the utmost of care and only in the most dire of times," while the effects of Esther's spell card are explained directly.

Posting this here, and in the gift thread, as these people post comment-threads.]]

XXXIX

2008-02-09T04:45:11Z

Six days remain.

[private; Esther; moderately hackable by Seth]

...Hm. Would you mind staying with me - for just a day or two? It may be a few more, though - I'll let you know at the time, if you don't mind...

It's so lonely here. You're one of my few remaining friends.

[/private]

[private, hackable]

Why do I feel so numb?

Why indeed. Something feels... strange.

Deep inside, I kind of miss her.

[/private]

XXXVIII

2008-02-04T22:32:35Z

[private; somewhat hackable but not easily; unhackable to Esther, Caterina, or Seth]

Empress. Queen. Duchess.

...This urge is making me lose control...

It will, unfortunately, become terminal... in ten days, then... I will return. I hope.

[/private]

N-now to prepare for Valentines...

...Do you retain your psychic capabilities? You know well enough who you are.

I'm not sure if I should destroy this link. That was the issue, why you saw my nightmare vision of your loss of control. I want to know if you think I should fray this tie...

[private; Abel; hackable]

Psychological death can sometimes be so much more painful than physical death, particularly to a friend...

...Destructive visions are common in my mind.

I don't understand.

[/private]

XXXVII

2008-02-02T16:34:28Z

What kind of--?!

At least it was just a dream.

[filtered from Caterina]

...I think.

[/filtered]

[private; Caterina]

...I hope.

[/private]

XXXVI

2008-02-02T02:18:19Z

[private, difficult to hack]

...Hm. Wonder if that's possible?

[/private]

[[OOC:
NeurotiKca (8:05:05 PM): ...I died of lag D:
LadyCaterina1121 (8:06:00 PM): *HUUUUUUUUUUUG*
NeurotiKca (8:06:17 PM): *hugs* ...Stop that Patchy-muse.
NeurotiKca (8:06:23 PM): YOU CANNOT HAVE CAT.
NeurotiKca (8:06:29 PM): Patchy-muse: *not listening*
LadyCaterina1121 (8:07:02 PM): get her drunk....
NeurotiKca (8:07:31 PM): Patchy: *..schemes* *...for her* *...and for Esther* *...and for Seth*
NeurotiKca (8:07:39 PM): ...God, she's ambitious.
NeurotiKca (8:07:43 PM): D:
LadyCaterina1121 (8:07:52 PM): bwahahaha

For the lulz, that's why.]]

XXXV

2008-02-01T01:02:17Z

My, my... I do hope she likes me... just a little, at least. ♥

[private: Esther]

I didn't disturb you, did I? Hee...

You're such a sweetheart. I'd love to have you here with me. ♥

[/private]

XXXIV

2008-01-30T01:33:45Z

...I think I'll go have a walk. This apartment feels more like a prison every day.

XXXIII

2008-01-24T15:01:23Z

I think...I'll move outof this apartment. It's a little uninteresting here. Everyone who I lived with seems to have disappeared...

...Caterina... is there room that I might... join your kind in your home? Somehow I don't feel like I'd belong in such a place, but it... seems more interesting than where I currently am.

XXXII

2008-01-13T19:53:12Z

The further I wander away, the deeper inside I grow...

XXXI

2008-01-01T19:09:24Z

Th-thank you, Caterina.

I hope I did not disturb you too much?

XXX

2007-12-27T21:31:41Z

Love and lust... can be mutually exclusive ~~discounting the love of lust~~.

I love Motoko... but I feel any lust for her fading. She feels... closer, as if she could be my sister...

...I've never really had a family, either.

XXIX

2007-12-25T18:16:17Z

Merry... er, holiday.

Sorry I didn't get many people gifts! I hardly know what's going on...

[private; Motoko]

...I really didn't know what to get you as a gift, my beloved. But... I know what we could give each other.

...I think?

[/private]

XXVIII

2007-12-21T19:27:18Z

I have no need for other gifts...

She has returned to me.

XXVII

2007-12-09T04:06:39Z

...Really, so dreadfully boring here without my beloved. I haven't... Not in a rather long time.

~~It's a shame Diana's so young, too.~~

[[OOC: Anyone for yuri logs with Patchy?]]