DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
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Post by DKender on Jan 17, 2014 14:20:42 GMT -8
Ru had used a lot of words to explain, 'We're recovering goths.' ((OOC question: Does "goth" have the same connotation in KFverse as it does in thisverse?)) Was he method acting again, or ...
... or trying to be alluring?
Whoa.
He totally was.
How amusing.
"So, this is your son? Good looks must run in the family. Enchantée."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 18, 2014 14:27:23 GMT -8
((We used the word "goth" in the appropriate context in the Karl/Jack back story.))
Angela indeed seemed to enjoy gettin them fingers kissed. Her smile flashed huge before receding to its usual large. Gaston-Louis- "Eh--"
Angela- "You two are so darling! That was sweet, quite, we all adore Gaston-Louis, of course, nature has endowed him with all of the gifts of man. I find it intriguing that in the realm of gloomy art and culture, there is a dichotomy of malevolence and sorrow. Some who drape themselves in black wish to promote an image of demonic virility, while others adopt a more funereal manner - and that this latter style is usually found in the kindest of people - gentle as lambs. Well, I appreciate it and Gaston-Louis apporeciates it as well."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 18, 2014 15:14:11 GMT -8
Ru- "Funerary? Well, that is as fitting a definition as any. I could hardly be considered virile, besides the simple fact that I am alive...Your veil gives you a sort of funerary mystery yourself." Ru didn't admit that kissing fingers wasn't his normal style. He was playing the vampire. Vampires didn't get embarrassed about using outdated gentlemanly style."I've always been on the morose side, but it's helped me admire the more beautiful and fleeting aspects of life, and embrace them. I suppose the recovery is more in the aspect of balance that we have made with our own emotional natures."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 18, 2014 17:30:18 GMT -8
Babette- Babette blinked slooowly, processing the words ... the words upon words! "Oh, yes. We are more lamb than demon, Angela. Mostly." She winked.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 18, 2014 20:03:16 GMT -8
Angela- "I'm not sure what mystery remains in my lovely façade since I explained the reasoning behind the particulars of my ensemble, but perhaps it's more mystery in the sense of a feeling of mystery, do I follow? I suppose it's like Gaston-Louis cultivating an air of danger in his presentation, when of course he doesn't really present a danger to anyone, it's the appearance or feeling of danger that gives him his je ne sais quoi, so to speak, yes--"
Gaston-Louis- "You know I am danger itsel--"
Angela- "--completely harmless, as a downy pillow, but with the appearance of one of those swoopy Kohonese swords, wawatacha --"
Gaston-Louis- "A katana."
Angela- "Akatana. Indeed. Mmm, Babette was it?, you're quite lovely. You both are. I'm just having such a good time tonight, I must confess!"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 18, 2014 20:17:00 GMT -8
Ru- "Indeed you do have a very sharp appearance, Mr. Gaston-Louis, but it's elegant, like one of those swords. I am not one to idolize weapons but there is a certain allure to them. Your husband must have been very handsome to compliment your own beauty so nicely in him." He spoke in drawn out tones, without speaking too fast, and took his time here and there as he explained everything carefully. This sort of social event was not his thing, but it was something that seemed to suit him at this very moment. It didn't hurt he seemed to be doing a good job charming the lovely lady. "What do you do for a living, ma'am? Are you a fashion designer?" Babette- "Thank you very much. You flatter me. I did always dream of being an actress. I've been told I have the good looks for it. You may resemble a katana, Gaston-Louis, but can you use one?" Babette smiles a little more. It still did not seem to sit easily on her face.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 18, 2014 21:48:52 GMT -8
Gaston-Louis- "Somehow through ze noise I am understoo--"
Angela- "That's nice dear. Well, no need for false modesty among the beautiful, lets us play the game... I am a not a designer, of course, but fashion makes curators of us all. Do you have a question for me with more depth? Not that the question of what one does for diversion is especially shallow, but perhaps something with a more lofty air about it would be appropriate to our game tonight. How can we gain some greater knowing of each other, with but a few words between us?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 18, 2014 22:09:08 GMT -8
Ru- "I've got one. Where do you think you'll find yourself in ten years? And if you could change one thing about our world, what would it be? Both of you lovely folks." Ru leaned forward a little. His hands were expressive, to say the least, and he seemed interested in the answers to their questions.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 18, 2014 23:53:42 GMT -8
Gaston-Louis- "..."
Angela- "Well?"
Gaston-Louis- "Truly?"
Angela- "You were asked a question, Gaston-Louis. It is not polite to withhold an answer."
Gaston-Louis- "... Very well. In ten year, I will remain as I have for all these long year, gallant and deadly. To change--"
Angela- "Those are such interesting questions, how did you come up with them? Whatever the case, they move me. In ten years, I see myself... in a passionate love affair, with a tempestuous muscular man, with dark skin and light eyes... Someone brilliant and brave, whose one tragic weakness is loving me too much. And a weakness it is, because I simply cannot be caged. Men tried to bind me once before, and they failed. It's terrible but inevitable, this beautiful man will suffer, because as much as I would want to change the world I cannot - I am a slave to its will, though its will is that I can never be a slave to man. I am the flame, my feet littered with the charred souls of those I use, and I'm powerless to resist this destiny. Though your question was predicated on the hypothetical, perhaps outlandish condition that I would have the power to change the world, and so perhaps what I would change is this - I would love to see a world where every one could follow their bliss without harming others. It's a beautiful, impossible dream... As to what is better, loving or being loved, I think it should depend on the circumstance, but I shall take this occasion to say that it is as pure of evidence as one could conceive that there is a god and it is an evil one, the way so much of our lives are spent loving those who love others who love others and so on. A shame that..."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 0:35:45 GMT -8
Ru- "What a fascinating thought. To live passionately without harming others, and to love and be loved are noble goals for anyone to have, even if they may be impossible, but I think some of this thinking is just from the pessimism inherent in our system. We all learn to be helpless... Did you know, there was a study with rats where those who were completely unable to escape a situation where they would be hurt, stopped trying even when they could escape? Sometimes I think humans are like that. We just learn to stop trying, even when we can accomplish our goals. Nothing is impossible. Passion, though, I like." Ru sits back and thinks on this himself. He was clearly in a deep and meaningful mood of some kind or another.
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DKender
Only One Skeleton has the Power to Control both Life and Death, Light and Dark, Words and Blank Space, Our Humble Lives Continue Only by the Grace and Magnanimity of This Skeleton
Nay, let us walk from fire unto firey skeleton ...
Posts: 9,204
Gender: Unknown Skeleton
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Post by DKender on Jan 19, 2014 12:13:20 GMT -8
Too much information, too little time. She felt a headache coming on. For a dizzying moment, Ru and Angela resembled two sides of an echo chamber. What did it mean? What did it all mean?"Evil ... god? Rats?" No good. They'd lost her. Time to smile and nod."Yes, yes. You're both so right."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Jan 19, 2014 16:35:43 GMT -8
Angela- "Perhaps there is something in our culture that encourages an undue pessimism, and that is something to consider. Have I been unduly influenced by such things? Perhaps, but there is no denying the truth of the things I have expressed as they came straight from the heart... I'm so glad to meet such thoughtful and winning young people, there's so many who just blithely go through their lives chattering as if they hadn't a genuine feeling in their hearts, and here we are, so different - the rare, the few, the souls who can really speak from a meaningful place. Without passion, what is life? The existence of a department store mannequin. Oh, the brocade on this tablecloth is lovely..."
She seems like she could go on all night.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 17:16:29 GMT -8
Ru- Ru blushes, she really did have a lot to say. If he stayed there and listened, he wondered what she would tell him? He leaned back in his chair and was just quiet for a good long time, listening to her philosophize.
He finally came forth with: "I would love to act again, but I think above all, I want to be part of a musical library. It would be wonderful to care for recordings and discover artists I've never seen before. Do you have an appreciation for art?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Jan 19, 2014 17:27:50 GMT -8
For goodness sake. They'd chat all night. Babette dropped her purse next to Ru's foot. "Oh, no! Can you get that for me ...?"
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