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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 17:51:25 GMT -8
Ru- "Good evening gentlewomen. I am Ru Knight, and she is Babette Valetine. Do you mind if we take a seat?" He slid from the shadows and trod over to them, long strides (longer than his natural gait?) helping cover the ground more quickly. Babette- "Hello, Darlings. Charmed!"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 19, 2014 18:35:06 GMT -8
Inka- "Welcome! I am Inka Lepponen and this is Florence Whitney."
Florence- "Have a seat."
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Post by DKender on Jan 19, 2014 19:30:15 GMT -8
"Thank you, Miss Inka." "Since tonight is all about questions, how about I begin? What is..." "...something that..." "...you wish everyone knew?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 19:46:15 GMT -8
Ru- "A fair question. I wish everyone knew I had an affinity for the arts. I'm a painter and I love music." He kept the two embarrassing ones to himself, which was that he had never liked nude women enough to fit in with male friends, and had a no interest in violence, action, or anything of the like. He preferred dramas and slow moving emotionally-resonant movies to television shows drenched in gore and fabulous action heros.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 19, 2014 22:25:12 GMT -8
Inka- "'That is the second time tonight we have been asked nearly this same question, right Florence?"
Florence- "Last time, it was 'what do you wish everyone knew about you?', this time it lacks the 'about you', but Ru interpreted it that way just the same."
Inka- "Since we answered it before like 'about you', maybe we answer this time without that part?"
Florence- "I wish everyone knew how to show respect to everyone else. In practice, there are a lot of particulars no one can know about each other. Still, many people lack even a rudimentary understanding of respect."
Inka- "I am glad not everybody knows everything because mysteries are exciting. But maybe if people know that open minds are better, that would be nice. Some people are so boring! ... Well, Ru, do you have a question?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 22:35:28 GMT -8
Ru- "We could all use more respect. Sometimes we don't treat one another equally, as we should. I think every person is decent until proven otherwise... Well, a question...Where do you hope to be in ten years, and what is your ultimate, most idealistic dream." Ru proudly and slyly reused this one, and seemed more than happy to hear their replies. It was a legitimate question to gauge someone's interest.
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Post by DKender on Jan 19, 2014 23:10:02 GMT -8
"Good question, Ru. Ten years from now ..." She'll be comforting the tempestuous man burnt in Angela's flame. Nah. Not ambitious enough."I hope to be more secure in my acting career. Perhaps August will ask me to star in another movie, one that earns accolades and moves people to laughter and tears. His pièce de résistance." She then clasped her hands and looked expectantly at Inka and Florence.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 19, 2014 23:14:03 GMT -8
Inka- "One time, I have this dream about I was in a land of ideal forms, like from what the alchemists say, and it was supposed to be beautiful. I always hear beauty is an ideal so ideal forms should be the most beautiful. But I think, it is kind of ugly?"
Florence- "I don't think that's what the question meant. In ten years, I will be... much as I am now. Lives are full of change at the beginning, but really wind down as time carries on. Ideally, I would like to see... Those Revolutionary Cycle ideals lived up to. Freedom for all, less oppression of the poor. I don't feel very strongly about that, but if I had the ability to change something, I would."
Inka- "Oh... In ten years, I will be ... still on my path. But ten years along it! If I could do anything... I would like everyone to live forever, so we don't need to make children."
Inka- "Childhoods are so painful."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 23:25:32 GMT -8
Ru- "What do you mean about children and childhood? I thought that children were a gift to their parents, to comfort us in our old age and such. I suppose it is a bother to raise them, they're not self-sufficient for a long time, but many parents enjoy that aspect of having them and seeing them grow into adults." Ru reflected on this with some thought and decision, and leaned back in his chair. "As for dreams and being somewhere in ten years, I suppose I was thinking more on the speculative optimistic side. We can all imagine ourselves being unchanging for ten years but I doubt it is accurate. Living forever is a good thought, but sometimes I wonder if it would be right for the rest of existence...But then who are we to say what is natural with the way our lives are so comfortable now as modern man."
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Post by DKender on Jan 19, 2014 23:33:03 GMT -8
"Oh, Ru! A gift? To many, I suppose... " She looked at him directly. "Is it selfish to bring babies into this world? There's so much suffering, and all lives end in tragedy. Childhood is painful. So is adulthood. The worst kind of pain is loss. I like the idea of immortality, as long as my friends are also immortal." She was really channeling her inner teenager.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 19, 2014 23:42:03 GMT -8
Inka- "...but children are just... they're so dam--"
Florence- "I don't think we should talk about that. Immortality... That's nicer. So, Babette? Who are the friends you would want to be immortal with?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 23:48:01 GMT -8
Ru- "Immortality is so long. I don't think I can fathom it, and I cannot say whether it would be happy or unhappy to be that way forever. I think part of what makes people happy is ambition and goals and not being bored or lonely. It would be nicer with people I know, family and friends." Ru reflected thoughtfully in his thought corner. He didn't speculate too long on the subject by far.
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Post by DKender on Jan 19, 2014 23:53:04 GMT -8
"Who would I want to be immortal with? Oh! You're looking at him." Babette kissed Ru's cheek. Sadly, the gesture left a big red lipstick mark on his skin. "He's the only person who really loves me, right ... oh, no." She dabbed at his face with a black handkerchief.
"It's just ... it's smudging. Ru. I'm sorry. You have color in your cheek now. That won't do ... oh ... nothing works. What a disaster."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 23:59:37 GMT -8
Ru- Some of Ru's pale, fashionable make-up smudges off with her efforts to wipe the lipstick off. His skin underneath is a more flesh-colored shade than his previous pallor would have suggested, and more becoming for a man who probably spent some time outside. "...Ah..Babette, I'm flattered. I would say the same, though I'd want my folks to come with me." Ru searched a pocket and found a small bottle of something, which he applied to his hand, and then rubbed over the spot, thus covering any evidence of a normal, human complexion.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 20, 2014 0:03:31 GMT -8
Inka- "Heehee, that's cute! Well... I suppose I should ask a question, like..." Inka- "Could both of you,"
Inka- "Imagine like..."
Inka- "There could be..."
Inka- "The talking animals?
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