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THURSDAY JULY 7TH, 2011 (Ciphers of the Blind Man's Book)

10:45 AM The hotel room window is a mirror.

10:46 AM The bathroom mirror is a window showing screaming skulls. Made me miss the toilet.

10:47 AM I told Donnie not to use the bathroom. She didn't listen.

10:48 AM "It's fine in there." What? Huh. And it's fine again. Yeah. Donnie's gone to get ready. I'm just.. looking in the mirror now.

10:49 AM You're fine. Yeah. You're fine. "Talking to yourself?" what "Don't look out the door. Look in here. In the mirror." There's. Someone else in the room. But only in the mirror. She waved. She's. A woman. Actually a rather normal-looking woman. Like, not a monster or anything. Uh. Hi? "You've been in here a long time." The bathroom? "No. I'm surprised. Normally people who wander in here find their way back out, unless they die. You two spent the night?" Yeah. And we're gonna keep going. We're looking for a-- wait, maybe I shouldn't go around telling our plans to every last lady in a mirror. "Ooh, you said something smart." Who even are you?

10:50 AM Donnie came and got me. Mirror was empty again when she came in. Huh. Weird.

10:51 AM Setting out! :D Day 2 of our epic journey into the heart of the rabbit hole! Next stop: ..somewhere that isn't this hotel world!

10:57 AM WHERE IS THE FUCKING EXIT.

10:58 AM We're lost! We’ve been walking around this hallway for a while now, passing more and more hotel rooms, but no elevator or stairway or even window in sight. And I don’t think either of us feels like stepping into one of these rooms. Especially not since all the doors are number 616.

11:01 AM It's just.. a big maze of hallways. Frequent turns and branching paths, any one part of this hallway looks plausible for a hotel, but obviously the layout is wrong. It's Hell Hotel Hallway here, hard and horrid.

11:02 AM "I hear something." Just keep walking, Donnie. I hear it too. It's probably just distortion or something.

11:04 AM Wait. How the fuck do we hear distortion, that doesn’t make sense! I hear a high-pitched whine, a sort of feedback. Faint. In the direction we're going, too.

11:05 AM The hallway’s getting a little narrower. Or is it just me? I think the hall's ending.

11:06 AM The hall’s ended. At the very end is a door. Room number 558. Opening the door. ..it’s locked! Oh god I hear footsteps. Oh god I hear a lot. "Do you still have that rifle?" It's in one of the boxes, let me get it.

11:07 AM Donnie opened 558 while I was getting the rifle. The footsteps are sprinting now, sounds like it's behind us, down the hall. But inside 558 is the next rabbit hole.

11:08 AM We just ran in and shut the door behind us. Now we're in darkness. How many of these "too dark" rabbit holes can one boy go through? Jeez. Donnie's got a flashlight.

11:09 AM The walls are bare and grey. Gray? Grey. We’re walking down a slope. The slope’s turning. ope Donnie tripped, and dropped the flashlight. No problem, we’ll just The flashlight fell off this ledge. Oh, I can see its beam as it falls. …that’s a long drop. o_o; Safe to assume I’m not seeing that one again. "Those, uh. Those helmets we were given. Do they have nightvision or something cool like that?" If we can find them in the box, we can try? "shh" I hear it a door opening behind us those footsteps caught up with us fuck well I'll just have to rely on the muzzleflash of this rifle for light o_o;; … step, step, step…

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Night (3) Donnie, are you okay? :c She’s passed out on the floor next to the door. Looks like she was thrust against it. But by what?

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Night (5) Out in the hallway now. I don’t recall there being two double doors there. I don’t recall there being an end to the hallway at all. Through the doors, I can see a man standing far in the distance. He’s wearing a theatrical sadface mask. Oh, that guy. He’s just standing there, feet apart, hands in pockets, looking at us. Is he gonna charge at us? Is he gonna creepily walk away? ..he’s turning around. And he’s walking the other way. There’s another set of double doors down there, and he’s heading for them. ..I hear noises behind us. What There’s another set of double doors far behind us, and he just came out of them. Fuck it, putting Donnie down, pointing my damn rifle. "Hey whoa whoa!" hands up, stopped "Fair play, I wasn't expecting that!" What do you want? "...I, uh, don't have a good answer to that!" Okay, well, who are you? "My name's Omega! Listen, man, I was just trying to scare you! I'm lost here too!" Okay, Omega... do you happen to know where 'here' is, at least? "We're in Night (5), aren't we?" What? he looks relieved "Oh thank god, you're here. Help me out, man!" ...what?

Night (6) ffffffffuck. My goddamn head. Someone else must have come up behind me, but I didn't hear a thing. Sadface man, or Omega, he ran into a classroom. And there's no one behind me now. But I was definitely hit. Fuck it. I'm going after him, into that classroom.

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Night (8) Motherfuckers, I’m gonna kill them. "Don't look at me." On Donnie’s back, she’s been whipped. A lot. The lashes form “THE HARLOT?” "I'm sure that'll wash off." Do you have anything productive to add?! "No, seriously, this place is a lot less consequence-y than it seems. It's a lot more like a waking dream. She'll be fine. Promise!" Well, how do you. How do you know? "You think this is my first time? You're in their house now. The Musicians' house."

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Day (2) She's okay. Her back's fine. She was baffled for a bit, but I showed her my journal. Filled her in. She's looking around now. "That Omega guy still here?" No, no sign of him. "What the hell was he doing?" yeah I have no clue. You sure you're okay? Any weird dreams, psychological stuff? "No, really, I'm good. I dreamed of being followed, but, is that really so strange?" I guess not. So you're good to walk? "Yeah. Let's go."

Day (3) We passed a road sign. It said “The Peisistratos lies up ahead. Take a break!”

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Day (4) I don’t know how long we’ve been walking, but absolutely nothing has been happening. It’s just been endless trekking. Endless. Monotonous. Lots of sighs from both of us. Rabbit holes, huh? "Yeah. Rabbit holes."

Day (5) A fog has surrounded us. We can hear things flying around. Flapping. I can feel humidity decreasing. Donnie’s starting to feel a pain in her back. We can see our own breath. I’m gripping Tiger Stripes. Hard.

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Day (6) Nothing changed. There's flapping, and we can even make out vague shapes in the fog circling us, but nothing's coming at us right now. So we tried simply walking on. That's.. working so far. We're sticking close together. Back to back.

Day (7) There's a bigger shape just off the road. Not moving. I don't think it's a creature. "I think it's a.. car?" Are we approaching civilization, or gasp "Look!" what it's a rectangle to me "That's a Door! That's got to be a Door!" well we can move towards it and see oh WAIT IT IS DOOR YES PLEASE OPEN, GET US OUT OF HERE the flying things don't like us getting close to that doorknob they're starting to whip at us furry tails, like giant dragonflies "I've got it!!" DOOR OPEN.

Day (8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 The smell of evening papers and mildew, much like you’d find in a study. Or a. Library. We’re in a library. An impossibly large library. Is this...? "You're here." o_o There's a man here, old man, cloaked in gray shawl, wearing black sunglasses. He’s the man who can flip through the books of our lives freely.

"The time is 8:05 PM. They call me 'the blind man.' My name is Tiresias. I have much to say to you. This is the Peisistratos. It is my home, the foundation of all human knowledge. Not long ago, it was to be found on Earth. But then the Rapture started, and now it is here, a waystation deep within this damned labyrinth. You have come here because you were summoned. Now that you are here, it is only into yet more madness that you descend. But you will do it, because you want to know. You believe that one can know. I believed this too, once... and perhaps, in time, I will believe it again. I cannot believe it right now, as I am forbidden from accessing my book.

"The time is 8:06 PM. My library, as you can imagine, contains every book that can be contained. There are more books than have ever been on Earth. I have a book for every human, with their every thought laid out in chronological order. I even have some books for Fears... you have heard of them by now, yes?" The books? "The Fears." Y..yeah. "Good." Are you a Fear? smirk "I have been called much worse. As I am a Fear, as I belong to the Fears, there is a book for me as well. But this one does not contain my every thought. I was chosen, perhaps I was born, to be bookkeeper of this place, and part of that responsibility includes writing my own book, by hand. I have done so for a very long time.

"The time is 8:07 PM. This book of mine, it contains the maps of the secret city. It contains the unpalatable requests of the beast. It contains the dreams of nothing at all. It contains the true nature of ferocity. It contains the flood that her evolution brings. It contains the fruits of chaos. It contains the twilight of the gods. It contains the key to containing the virus known as Indisen. And, yes, it contains the truth and true nature of Rapture." o____o donnie raised her hand "Did you just raise your hand?" "yes" "It's okay, you can speak. You're better off speaking, in fact." "Sorry. Uh! Can we.. see this book?" "But of course. It is the simplest request. It is only natural." pained smile "No. My book is locked. With the coming of the red sky, my book became sealed by seven locks. Each lock is encrypted by a different cipher, for there are no keys. And only the Lamb can decode the ciphers. Follow me.

"The time is 8:08 PM." He's leading us down a narrow aisle of books. Books in all directions. Even the floor below us is paved with books. "There are more books in here than people in all of history. There are more words here than grains of sand in the universe. "I have been doing this for a very long time." whoa. o_o "With the Rapture, I have become trapped in here, but there was once a time when I roamed the Earth. One day, if you two would be willing, I would enjoy showing you some chapters I have written. But first we must open... that." again: whoa. o__o That's your book? That's.. gigantic… "I have had to increase its size with the years, both pagewise and physically. Please, feel free to describe it in your journal." It's. I mean, it's a big book. Hard brown cover. Far too big to hold in my hands, or even Tiresias's hands. It's currently mounted on a large marble pedestal. There is no title on the cover, but there are seven jet-black locks extending across the pages from front to back cover, forbidding opening. No lock has keyholes, only drawings of.. what look like weird beasts? I see like a long dragonfly... and a beehive? A torso on tank treads... a mass of heads... and the last three: a lower-case t, a thing crawling with eyes and tentacles, and a regal devil-man-thing. "Hmph. That's all you have to write?" What? How can you tell? "Oh, don't mind me, just talking to myself.

"The time is 8:10 PM. Do you notice that four of the locks have already been opened?" Uh. Wait. ...oh shit! Yeah! Yeah, now I do! And so there are three that are actually locking the book shut! "How observant. Each lock corresponds with a cipher located deep within Xanadu." within what, sorry? "You are here." arms stretched out "The labyrinth of the rabbit holes, feared even by the gods, this is Xanadu." donnie "Wow!!!" yeah. wow. o: So there's, like. Quote-unquote 'keys' deeper down the rabbit holes? Three of them. "Yes. You will know them when you see them. Find them. Find the Ciphers. If you hurry, you might just catch the next train." He gestured towards a nearby Door, through which we can see the interior of a train. "But one thing more.

"The time is 8:11 PM. Jordan, you will return to this library in time. And you will find the fifth Cipher, though I don't know that you will decode it. I do know that you have gained the attention of the Musicians, and for that, I grieve. They are not like any other Fear. They will hound you inside your own mind. There is no peace unless it is by their choice. Good luck. "Donnivan, you will undergo a great judgment in the months to come. You will be tested by a Fear no one else alive has even seen. You will know lowness, and I grieve for you too. Hold on, no matter what you do. You will ultimately be protected in the carnage. I promise you this, you will be protected. "You two will meet new friends on your journey. You will face creatures and locations so sinister they can hardly be classified as 'monsters.' And if you're lucky enough, if you make it through the trauma, if you strain yourselves and drain yourselves and push yourselves beyond the limits you thought you had, you can come out the other side. "Goodbye."

8:15 PM This isn’t just any train; this is the wreckage of one. It’s freezing cold here. The pipes look like they’ve frozen over.

8:18 PM We’re having to bust down frozen doors. It’s like being in a giant freezer.

8:20 PM Exit, stage left! Waitwaitwait lemme do this right. I’ll be there in 3, 2, 1, KICK THE DOOR DOWN oh god does our box have an extra coat? This jacket isn’t thick enough for fucking Antarctica. And our fancy military-grade equipment DOES NOTHING FOR THIS

8:24 PM We’re huddling close together while trotting through the thick snow.

8:40 PM Sounded like some kinda arctic wolf howling away.

8:44 PM And that one sounded like a whole pack. Oh god, it hurts to run out here.

8:47 PM Fuck that sounded close Keep running, oh god Door where are you.

8:52 PM Cave or more flat tundra? Cave or more flat tundra? Cave or more flat tundra? OH HELLO DOGGIES Cave it is!

8:53 PM The snow on the ground around here isn’t as thick. It’s easier to run. I just hope the cave doesn’t run out.

8:54 PM The wolves have caught up, all six of ‘em. We’re not ready to stand and fight yet. We’re ready to keep running!

8:55 PM The exit to the cave! Light at the end of the tunnel! DOG THAT’s a big black dog.

8:56 PM The dog just fucking slaughtered all six wolves within a minute. The wolves are easily bigger than it. Then the dog growled at us with red eyes and leaped away into the darkness. …darkness. Darkness?

8:57 PM Darkness. Where are we now. Good question. It’s no longer ice cold. Now it’s pretty warm. Headtorches back on. It's a.. city street. No lights, not even from the sky, wouldn't even know what this was if it wasn't for our helmets. Eerily silent. Just our footsteps on sidewalk. Now, a city street has a lot of doors. Just gotta find one that takes us somewhere unexpected.

9:10 PM That didn't take too long. Now we're in… Look, man. It's just eldritch and shit, this time. We’re talking clouds that are actually giant, slow, floating spiders. The ground around here looks like ordinary sand. We’re on a small cliff, just came out of a green cave with green rocks. The cave happened to have a door on it that we exited from, but now the door is gone. Sky is blue, pulses purple and orange several times a minute. Lightning strikes from the middle of the sky, not the spiderclouds. Out of the lightning comes well done hamburgers on fine china resting right where the shit struck. Don't see any plants nearby, I don’t think. I don’t see fauna, either. Thank God. Y'know, besides the.. clouds.

9:14 PM The cave behind us, the one that no longer has a door, actually leads to the interior of a church. There are five beds inside in rather odd spots. They say “Rael,” “Victoria,” “Nicholas,” “Juliet,” and “John.” Donnie walked right up to the bed labeled "Victoria" and just keeled over. I'm not in a rush to get going. It's been a long day.

(Attached: “Look at me, I sound like a video game prophet character. At least I get better the more I see people. That library gets to you after a while; isolation gets to you after a while. It wasn’t always my library; I had inherited it from.. myself? Which would make it, indeed, always my library. But its nature is not to be understood nor reproduced: My library, the Peisistratos, came from the Empty City. After I escorted a Musician monopole away from his greatest creation, I woke up in the past. Five minutes, as a matter of fact, before the apocalypse– on the night of May 20th, 2011. Not wishing to relive the red sky, I asked the world for a Door and found one beckoning me in my local library. The Empty City greeted me with the stagnant but underlyingly living hum that every city has. The yawn of electricity. I spent a day in meditation, listening to the City’s hum and finding its lexemes. For the next five, I learned its language entirely– it has no written word; its synthetic syllables exist only in sound– and I communicated with the Fear. We became friends. I taught it about the laws of time travel, and it in return gave me my library. I took a day of rest to let books write themselves, and then the City dubbed me Weneg. I have been called many things, but of the titles I consider my names proper, there are thirteen. I will not live long enough to write my lifetime in full, so I will simply give a list.

1: [REDACTED], the name my parents gave me. 2: Thoth, arbiter of the gods, reviver of the fallen, leader of the Ogdoad. 3: Weneg, defender of Earth from the great coming chaos, against whom I fell in battle but still fended off. 4: Odin, or ‘Yggr’ as I preferred to call myself at the time. This was, in essence, my brooding phase. I singlehandedly started the trend of gods calling themselves 'Fears’ here. I also started the Sisters of Mercy, but don’t worry about that. 5: Taucherlunge– 'Aqualung,’ I was coming out of my new wave appreciation and wanted to call myself something with a progressive hint as a response– otherwise known as the time of my life when I grew up and spent a long time in the past doing stuff to help people. Really, just anything to stop my reputation from being a creepy old man. 6: Parashurama, or 'Kalki’ as people often called me and I could never figure out why. My reputation now much more warm and loved, I worked at this period on voyaging to other universes, bridging out to gods from cultures I had never heard of. Didn’t go too hot, but I also made a number of friends. Met Maat here, one of the greatest individuals I could ever know. 7: Host of People. I went a little abstract in my name, but at this point I was content to wander through existence with Maat, talking about the many things we’ve seen, laughing over history. Before we knew it, we were walking through a time before matter, and it was here that we met Sbomten, spoke with Rosendower’s miscarriage, and saw life in a whole new way. 8: Paineilmalaitteet, tarkkailija maailman– later 'Painkiller’ as an easier-to-remember but unrelated nickname. Maat and I split here, and I elected to use my newfound abilities to visit my universe again. See, all this time I’d had to rely on Tuonela, our nearest universe, to travel through time, and since there were no Doors in the world after the apocalypse I had no easy way of going there, but Rosendower’s miscarriage had taught me how to travel through time independently of that. All it took was a snap of the fingers. I would then learn the truth of the limits of time travel and.. well, reckon with that. After the Azathoth episode, I did more introspection. 9: Vesisotakone. This was the big one, my longest era. The Sampo attracted an awful lot of attention to our universe, so I basically had to fight the great coming chaos battle over and over again. I had to direct the biggest battle backwards in time, and it culminated in destroying the Tower of Babel in the carnage. By accident. I knew all this chaos had to happen, though. I understood the implications and accepted them gravely. Schrodinger’s Suicide, after all. That’s the trouble with time travel. 10: Magog. Thanks to all the carnage, people now regarded me as the harbinger of end times. That 'Kalki' title came back in greater numbers here. I tried to make amends, I assured people that I had saved the world. But I knew just as well as they did why I couldn’t go back to the present day post-2011. 11: Fresca. Lost in the past, Louhi turned me into a woman for seven years. I answered some age-old questions. 12: Persse. In which I slept, hoping come eternity never to wake. 13: Tiresias. My name now.

And that’s my life. I know my death at the hands of Sanche’s oldest son in that shade of a library in Nice; I’ve read every text that’s ever been written; I've been there for the invention of every concept there is to know; I’ve fucked up this universe just by existing. The world ends in a The world Write the words, dammit. The way the world ends is not with a whimper but with the mightiest crash ever amassed. Totality. This is why I’ve long tried to avoid documenting my life: It risks the events being truly set in stone. And it hurts to remember.“)

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memberment · 4 months ago

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Genesis

Good morning everyone. It is 5 pm and I may have mildly recovered as I've absconded from the depths of last night's insanity.

Anyways updates will be here but I have felt icky for the past hour so I probably will not get shit done today.

It's 5:38. I have written all of two sentences and have spent most of my time awake trying to figure out something in regards to part two and I feel like executing that is going to be the ultimate test to my writing abilities LMFAO

9:46 I literally just spent THREE WHOLE HOURS on thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com

THREE. WHOLE. HOURS.

I have seen things. I have cracked codes. Now I feel absolutely insane. Back to writing I go!<3

1:07 I finished reading An Answer. Wow, that was fucking wild. Also just finished up 24. It's gonna be on the shorter end, but y'know what? I stand by it. Now I'm gripped with icy terror.

No one can even begin to understand how much seeing this on my screen serves to terrify me. I have officially breached writing the worst part. We are no longer in the worse part. We are in the worst part.

May god forgive me for my sins.

3:38 am: After getting distracted many times, I Want To Live is finished, and frankly, I want to die. I can't believe I just wrote that. That was fucking brutal, dudes.

AND NOW I GET TO WRITE FALL FROM GRACE LIKE I NEED SOMETHING TO COPE AFTER THIS.

Anyways, if anyone has some cute fluff recommendations so I don't slam my head into a wall, it would be kindly appreciated because THIS. HURTS.

4:24 am: AHHH IM AT 1734 AND I NEED TO MAKE THIS AT LEAST LIKE HIGH 2K HOW THE FUCK DO I DO THAT LIKE THIS CHAPTER IS SO STRAIGHT FORWARD BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ITS OWN THING!!!!

5:04: HOLY SHIT SO I AM SITTING HERE TRULY DELVING INTO THE DEPTHS OF MADNESS THAT CRAIG'S EXPERIENCING. HOW THE FUCK AM I ONLY AT EXACTLY 2250????? OH MY GOD. SHOOT ME. LIKE THIS CHAPTER IS SO DISTURBING I FEEL LIKE IF I GO ANY FURTHER IM GONNA HAVE TO START ADDING ACTUAL TWS.

5:33: This is purely hypothetical is anyone gonna notice if the most (arguably) fucked up chapter in this is, like, the shortest one? If so, will they be happy about this just because of how much of a smack in the face that is?

We're gonna go with yes actually, because I have done just about all I can do with this chapter. It's fucked. Creek is dead. I have finally hit the scene that spawned this entire fic. I am dead.

Also forgot to mention I broke 80k. I'm at 81.6k rn.

It is 7:21 am. I have reached the point where I don't even know where I am going with this at the moment. I think someone's gonna have an off page death. I was gonna fully write it but idk. Like, it'll get shown eventually. But I feel like at this point there are certain things I am trying to desensitize the reader to OVER TIME, but this is not that. Anways. I am at 83.4k and I am tapping out. Goodnight.

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red-dyed-sarumane · 5 months ago

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people who think the only series songs are the ones directly tied to aru sekai shoushitsu by title are so funny. theres 11 songs and the same major motif is in all but 3 of them. but they dont have a certain kanji in the title so they must not be related right. "marshall maximizer & kanon are their own side thing" "kugutsu ashura isnt a series song" fascinated by this world view. kugutsu ashura is the outlier here so i'll get to that in a second but

aru sekai shoushitsu is the starting point & the reason we can pick out its a series & theorize about where its going. most people can pick out that kyuuyaku hankagai, shuuen touhikou, & oumen mokushiroku are series songs based on the fact their titles start with the same kanji that are emphasized in lines in aru sekai shoushitsu. which is true and great.

we also have the "nami no ne no yume wo miyou ame hodo no uruoi wo" melody that appears in most major & side songs & ultimately serves to distinguish which characters maintain a self of self and get to live and try again and which dont (those that lack the melody in their respective song.) it initially shows up as a repeated line in aru sekai shoushitsu & basically describes that whole concept of getting to continue or "being reborn" that it symbolizes. and then its in kyuuyaku hankagai at 4:51 mixed into the instrumental behind the vocals and more notably at 5:16, shuuen touhikou during the chorus at 1:20 2:34 & 2:47, oumen mokushiroku which is also the Only song where its sung & not apart of the instrumental aside from aru sekai shoushitsu itself at 2:30 & 2:51, unplanned apoptosis at 0:46 (very hard to make out because of the vocals if u listen to the instrumental only u can pick it out easier) & in the chorus at 0:57 1:07 2:17 & 2:26, marshall maximizer at 2:23, kanon at 2:19, and kannagi at 3:31 & 5:45.

that's of course not the only melody to denote a connection between songs there's also rute furute woa which is used exclusively in songs that happen in the past. it's in kyuuyaku hankagai behind the fractal wa kurikaeshita lines at 2:24 4:33 & 5:01 and more notably at 5:30, shuuen touhikou at the whole most of the song when theres not singing& also in behind the chorus at 1:06 2:13 & 2:22, kannagi as a lyric at 1:30 3:00 4:31 & 5:01, POSSIBLY oumen mokushiroku at 1:42 and POSSIBLY kugutsu ashura at 2:47 as the melody for the initial parts of those lines* *saying these two are possible because i know these parts sound like a series motif but its just different enough to keep me guessing. i'm continuing my research as we speak rest assured

and then there's not so much a melodic motif but the inclusion of a singular glass breaking noise thats a bit of a niche thing to notice & it creates a timeline for everything that happens after oumen mokushiroku, with the exception of unplanned apoptosis. marshall maximizer has it at 1:41, kanon at 0:22, laboratory at 2:42, and yamete kudasai at 0:00. oumen does not have this sound effect at its that song's events that break the glass (as told in kanon) and unplanned apoptosis does not have it bc the art implies it to being happening after the glass has already broken.

which leads us to only kugutsu ashura which lacks any immediately obvious motifs and yet is still a series song. it does not have the nami no ne no motif because thats reserved for characters who live or in series terms are "reborn with the next world" and she as both ashura and a puppet lacks her own "self" and her actions are not for her own gain or purposes. i do not believe its intended to be a future/present/modern song & is otherwise a bit estranged from the group that has the glass breaking noise in their songs so it makes sense that wouldnt be in the song. the only remaining thing would be the past motif & due to other details (how the lyrics are written, strong ties to shuuen touhikou & kyuuyaku hankagai, a few other minor things) it does seem to be intended to be a past song but the only place the motif could possibly be is in the last lyrics particularly the ugate ine sono rensa/ yagate mitsu sono koe wa/ mukae rinne sono mei wa/ ata e urufu sono sei wa parts sound a bit like a fragment of the rute furute woa melody. and in the event thats just me making things up because i have listened to every single one of these songs several thousand times without exaggeration, ignoring literally everything else the very last line in the song is mata ibuku you ni literally "so we may breathe again" which is a direct parallel to part of the lyrics in the nami no ne no part in aru sekai shoushitsu "umareyou mou ichido nakusedomo nai keredo/hodo ni" or "let's be born once more though there's no way to lose life/as though life can't be lost" which is a strong enough point to claim its a series song on its own. not to mention if u actually want to go digging into the wall of text that kugutsu ashura is (i dont. i did i once and keep putting off going thru it again even though i really need to) there're more connections to be made to other songs.

this isnt to say every hiiragi magnetite song is a series song because thats also not true. a lot of what makes series songs series songs is the wording; they have a lot more precise words to describe things & usually end up sounding odd if youre thinking of them as stand alone songs. compare to uni for example that, yeah sure it does talk about the rain which is also a series staple & major symbol, but its not a series song. its just a fun little song with comparatively simple lyrics that happens to take place when its raining.

#aru sekai series #the nakusedomo nai keredo/hodo ni always trips me up. an 'i know what everything there means separately but not together' moment #glad to see after almost 4 years shoushitsu still manages to give me headaches thank u magu #'do u have all those times memorized' not exactly but i do have the general idea of where they are #like ive said ive listened to every single one of these songs around 2000 times. generally speaking.#kyuuyakus more like 6000 maybe & yamete & kannagi are probably a bit under 2000 #which is to say i know them pretty well #i think i've said literally this whole post before but its been a while im allowed to repeat myself #also i do have 2 friends ive asked for help about identifying the part in oumen. anyone else is also free to weigh in #this is a community effort afterall #im not making up a guy here either ive seen yt comments saying maximizer & kanon are a two song deal before. etc.#i do in fact like taking the girlies out of context & playing with them #but do not forget the most fun thing about this series to me is taking it so seriously & dissecting it to the smallest parts i can

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calicodreamer · 9 months ago

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CALICO CONTINUES THE SUN AND MOON SHOW

SO, this is what, a couple weeks over due? anyway, we are continuing the Sun and Moon show BABY! WOOOOO

Anyhow, Lets Continue:

16:07 Sun and Moon Play Five Nights at Freddy’s HELP WANTED VR

Sun and Moon- and there is ALMOST no intro this time. I am so excited.

Much more chill than when they're just running around in VR and trying out skits and things.

Sun is a big baby and Moon is standing there and being quietly supportive of him, which I approve of

Sun is either angry or neurotic, I can’t tell

Moon is frankly just here to vibe, and be the counter to Suns just outright anxious energy

Moon doing the outro because Sun is to overwhelmed is really sweet

17:50 Sun and Moon Play UNO in VRCHAT

NO - oh no there is an intro but this time they are playing UNO with Circus baby and Glamrock Freddy, and Baby interrupts them to do the intro which Sun is really mad about for some reason

Circus Baby and Glamrock Freddy being a duo is strange - Like entirely different games, but eh there are worse things you could do with your time. And I don’t mind either of their voices, so they’re okay they can come back if they want to

They also seemed to have there own thing going on, on their channel, and I will not be watching it. Good for them though

They're playing Uno what more do you want from me

Sun and Moon being a duo I enjoy for a good long time

8:46 Sun Goes on a DATE with ROXANNE WOLF in VRCHAT

Pre-watch Notes:

I Don’t wanna watch this episode you guys, I really don’t

This seems like, the worst fucking Idea and I don’t wanna watch it

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The entire concept seems cringe as hell

Watch Notes:

Theres an intro! FUCK THE INTRO

The return of V-tuber Moon, who hangs out in the corner

It took me two weeks to watch this I’m not going to lie

First notes about Moon having left some of his code behind in Suns head, Which is fun, we’re like seven episodes in. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Like Sun straight up says he feels more murderous and Moon is like “Yeah, Here’s why - woops my bad”

Moon being a good brother and giving Sun a pep talk, and like - affirmations. I APPROVE IMMENSELY, and him walking sun through shit, and being a good sibling, and gently walking him through how if Roxanne doesn't wanna go out with him, that's not him and the such. I can’t wait for them to ruin this.

Moon Literally SAYS he is Aro-ace in the thing - representation, I'm so proud of the writers! Like, there's no way you would get that from a televised show. I remember them saying this in the wiki, so I'm curious if they are going to tell us if Moon has ADHD or not.

Post watch notes:

Updates, It was not cringe, nothing much happened

EXCEPT EVERYTHING HAPPENS-

This is 8 minutes, and it took me about a month to sit down and watch the thing, I am so ANGER.

THE FUCKING TITLE IS "SUN GOES ON A DATE" AND HE DOESN'T THEY JUST TALK ABOUT IT.

THE SHIT THAT HAPPENS LIKE BRO - AKLJBAOEJN - NOTHING HAPPENS THEY JUST TALK ABOUT

THEY DON’T EVEN GO ON A DATE IN EPISODE ITS JUST ABOUT HOW SUN LIKES ROXANNE

This should not have taken me this long

Though they did reveal some of the stuff that's gonna happen when they introduce Eclipse, so overall, not a bad waste of my time

#calico speaks #the sun and moon show #tsams spoilers #Calico Reviews

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roadtogracelandx45 · 2 years ago

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Prompt List updated March 27th

I am starting with 70 for now, I may add or change them going forward. but for now these were the ones i had in my notebook. i got all of them off of Pinterest. Some already have names by them but go ahead and request them again if you like the prompt and I can redo them.

Fandoms I write for:

Top Gun Maverick: All

Elvis: Elvis

One Chicago: Kelly Severide, Jay Halstead, Will Halstead, Connor Rhodes, Adam Ruzek

Avengers: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes, Natasha, Clint Barton, Peter Parker

Triple Frontier: Will Miller and Benny Miller

Four Brothers: Bobby Mercer, Jack Mercer

Sons of Anarchy: Jax Teller, Opie Winston, Juice Ortiz, David Hale,

Fast and Furious: Dom Toretto, Roman Peirce, Brian O'Conner, Letty Ortiz

Band of Brothers: Wild Bill, Babe, Malarkey, Nixon, Winters, Joe Toye

Twilight: All of the Cullens, Jacob Black and Bella Swan

Harry Potter: All

WWE/TNA/AEW/ ROH : Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, The Young Bucks, Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, Randy Orton, Edge, Christian Cage, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Hurricane Helms. Mr. Kennedy

Supernatural- Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Cas

The West Wing: Josh Lyman, Sam Seaborn

Game of Thrones: Robb Stark, Jon Snow, and Sansa Stark

Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit: Thorin, Fili, Kili, Bilbo, Legolas, Aragon.

Black Sails: Billy Bones, James Flint, Eleanor, Charles Vane, Anne Bonney, John Silver

Law and Order SVU: All

Hawaii Five-0: All

SWAT: All

Yellowstone: Kayce Dutton, Rip Wheeler, Beth Dutton, Jamie Dutton.

Crash- Kenny

Southland- John Cooper, Ben Sherman

Gotham- Jim Gordon

White Collar- Matthew Keller

The Mighty Ducks- All

The Outsiders- All

Masters of the Air- all

Newsies- Jack Kelly, Davey, Spot Colin, Mush, Kid Blink

*****

01 “Oh you think I am cute when I am angry? Well get ready because I am about to be gorgeous.”

02. “I can’t lose you again. Can’t you see that? I am not strong enough.”

03. “Marry me’

04. “I’m not jealous.”

05. “Kiss my ass.”

06. “Were you ever gonna tell me?”

07. “Excuse you?”

08. “This is all your fault.”

09. “It’s not fair.”

10. “Game Over, you lose.”

11. “Is she always this obnoxious?” “Oh, she is just getting warmed up.”

12. “We don’t need to control them. We need to unleash them.”

13. “It should have never come to this.”

14. “I’m not a lot of people’s favorite person.”

15. “I shouldn’t have wasted 3 years on someone when Russia could have sent me a good bottle of vodka.”

16. “Can we have this conversation when you aren’t upset?”

17. “Come over here and make me, why don’t ya?”

18. “I am tired of being your secret.”

19. “Mess with them, you mess with me.”

20. “I don’t want to sleep alone tonight.”

21. “ I am coming to get you. Stay there.”

22. “Are you safe?” “I, I don’t know.”

23. “This is why I don’t let myself fall in love.”

24. “You are my regret.”

25. “You have to make a choice.”

26. “Put the knife down.”

27. “Jokes on them.”

28. “The way you flirt is shameless.”

29. “With all due respect, I’m going to ignore everything you just said.”

30. “It’s me! It’s me baby! Calm down.”

31. “Have you lost your damn mind?”

32. “Hey, I am here with you. Okay? Always.”

33. “Hold me back.”

34. “You aren’t a bad guy.”

35. “You know we are meant to be.”

36. “Mine.”

37. “Seriously, you are a manchild.”

38. “I get it alright! I fucked up!”

39. “She’s dead! I killed her!”

40. “You smell nice.”

41. “I think I am pregnant.”/ “I am pregnant, not helpless. Stop worrying so much.”

42. “So what if I am jealous? Its not gonna change anything.”

43. “You owe me.”

44. “Be careful.” “I always am.”

45. “Take my jacket, it's cold outside.”

46. “I am not some toy you can play with.”

47. “Just play long. Please.’

48. “I did something terrible.’

49. “Don’t hurt the hair on their head.’

50. “I got your back.”

51. "I told you not to get too close to me."

52. "How long?' "Since the beginning."

53. "Touch her and you're dead."

54. "Baby, we are the law."

55. "Baby, don't make me spell it out. You know I want you."

56. "I will always choose you."

57. "What happened? I told you to stay by my side!"

58. "Don't you dare!"

59. "Well what can I say? I am a badass."

60. "Excuse me, I have to go and make a scene."

61. "Before this happens, I need you to know that I have always loved you." 1

62. "No panties, baby girl?" 1

63. "Well you are coming home with me whether you like it or not."

64. "That looks hard. Let's switch."

65. "Saddle up doll."

66. "Like what you see?"

67. "Don't pretend to be innocent."

68. "You're mine. And I don't share."

69. "Welcome back, now fucking help me."

70. "Don't be an asshole, asshole."

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sshbpodcast · 2 years ago

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Keep the Safeties ON: Holodeck malfunctions in Star Trek

By Ames

TVTropes.org would have you believe that holodeck accidents happen once a week on the Enterprise, but when you actually look at the instances we see Holmesian masterminds gaining sentience or the safeties randomly turning off or cartoon combadges going on a rampage, it’s actually quite the rarity. Sure, it’s more times than maybe the characters should be comfortable with, but the fatality rate might actually be safer than the death trap of a transporter, all things considered.

A Star to Steer Her By is counting up all the times our Trek heroes have nearly gotten themselves killed in the holodeck in this full (for now) list! Check them all out below and listen to our conversation in this week’s podcast episode (discussion at 1:07:46). And this should go without saying, but keep the safeties on!

[Images © CBS/Paramount]

“The Practical Joker”

The very very first time we see something akin to a holodeck in the whole franchise is also the very very first time we see the holodeck trying to get everyone killed. And laughing as it does so! In this (barely) animated episode, the ship is playing pranks on everyone and really takes it too far for the people enjoying some recreation time!

“The Big Goodbye”

Picard has some bad luck with the holodeck in a couple early episodes of TNG, starting with his snazzy new Dixon Hill program that he immediately gets trapped in. The fact that there are safeties that aren’t permanent features of the holodeck is baffling. While only Whalen gets injured as a result, we are still treated to the existential crisis of Officer McNary who learns he’s not real.

“Elementary, Dear Data”

Apparently if you just ask the computer to create a sentient program, it’ll just do it for you, easy peasy. The DS9 holoprogrammer Felix must’ve gotten this into his head when he created Vic. But the first fully self-aware hologram (not counting McNary, briefly) we meet is Professor Moriarty, who immediately starts outsmarting people and stuffing them with crumpets. You get a Pulaski pic here just because of how pissed I am she’s not in the latest ReAction Figures set. #Feminism

“A Fistful of Datas”

Yeehaw. I blame Alexander for this one. This season six episode of TNG was a sendup of Western films but was otherwise not much else. The holodeck is on the fritz again and has merged with some of Data’s programming, also trapping Worf and Alexander in a frontier town. Overall, there was way too much child acting and somehow not nearly enough Data for an episode with this title.

“Ship in a Bottle”

This episode is quite notorious in how very clever it is, which is pretty appropriate considering it features one of our cleverest villains in Trek. Moriarty has created himself a love interest, the countess Regina Bartholomew, out of literal thin air and proceeds to outwit Picard and crew in more and more ingenious ways until the final twist that is just too smart for its own good. And you get a Countess picture here also because #Feminism!

“Emergence”

Ugh, I remember really not liking this one. The ship is trying to create an intelligence and the holodeck is on the fritz again. Didn’t we already do this with Moriarty? And in much better fashion at that? The way the holodeck starts manifesting clues about building the foundation of something, assembling the puzzle, and putting together the pieces was just all too on the nose and doofy for me.

“Our Man Bashir”

We don’t see a lot of holodeck malfunctions on DS9 because the writers were instructed to avoid it… with one excellent exception. This hallmark episode is half transporter accident (like we talked about before!) and half holodeck malfunction, but it’s got the same ingenuity that something like “Ship in a Bottle” had in solving the incident in the show and also in combining two famous tropes to get around the moratorium.

“Heroes And Demons”

When we make it into Voyager, the kibosh on holodeck malfunctions is lifted and we see a huge resurgence in accidents in the famous fun box. (That just sounds wrong.) Very early on, we lose Ensign Kim in the Beowulf program because of some alien energy beings that were unknowingly getting beamed aboard. This one stands out because of some great acting from Picardo and some great period design to bring us into the epic quest.

“Projections”

Another doctor-in-the-holodeck example occurs the following season and again relies on the EMH’s nature as a hologram himself to work out what turns out to be a hologrid on the fritz. We’re treated to an episode that is composed of twists, twists, and more twists. Possibly too many twists, but how can you go wrong when it’s all EMH and Barclay debating if you’re really Dr. Zimmerman or if that’s just a malfunction?

“Worst Case Scenario”

Of course, sometimes the holodeck tries to kill you on purpose because someone programmed it to. The fact that that is possible is absolutely ludicrous, but does supply us with this genuinely fun romp of an episode in which Seska has sabotaged the holodeck to kill anyone that tries to play Tuvok’s Maquis strategy game, and things just get more wild from there!

“Bride of Chaotica”

Speaking of fun romps! Another of our favorite holodeck episodes in Trek is just a full sendup of 50s sci fi adventure gimmicks when we need to play “The Adventures of Captain Proton” in order to save some aliens who are convinced the game is reality. It’s a concept so ludicrous that it totally works, especially with the delightfully hamming of Kate Mulgrew as Queen Arachnia.

“Spirit Folk”

While we generally panned the whole “Fair Haven” holoprogram since it’s an uninteresting setting and also because it’s confounding that Janeway would have such a debate on the subject of romance, when the program starts malfunctioning it gets pretty engaging. Watching what the NPCs do when the game isn’t focused on them is pretty clever, though the execution could have been better.

“Su’Kal”

Discovery season three did something interesting with the holodeck when we meet Su’Kal in the eponymous episode. The holodeck that has effectively raised him from childhood is glitching out more and more due to the radiation of the planet, so our Discovery crewmembers get mistaken for characters in the program and are makeup’ed accordingly. Any opportunity we get to see Doug Jones’s lovely face is a good time, I say!

“Terminal Provocations” et al

By and large, fans of Lower Decks love Badgey, and I don’t blame them. Rutherford’s counterfeit Clippit is bright, colorful, hilarious and perfectly portrayed by Jack McBrayer. Even though the whole episode is a spoof on how even the most innocuous program tends to turn malicious in Star Trek, it’s still quite funny and Badgey makes for a very cute little psychopath.

“Ghost in the Machine”

I could praise Prodigy until I’m hoarse (hell, we did a little of that when we gave our overview of season one), but the holodeck malfunction episode in this CGI kids show turns out to be one of the most creative and dynamic uses yet! The computer creates a mystery for our ragtag crew to solve, but as Zero says, “the holodeck may have more than a malfunction; it has a motive!”

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Computer, end program! Make sure you have all your belongings and limbs as you exit the holodeck via the platform on your left, and thank you for riding with us today! Considering I always assumed there were way more holo malfunction episodes than these ones I could think of (am I missing a bunch? what happened?), there seems to be more good ones than bad, so maybe we got just the right amount.

Keep up with us because we’ve definitely got more fun in the holodeck as we continue through our watch of Voyager on SoundCloud or wherever you find your podcasts. You can also visit Sandrine’s with us on Facebook and Twitter, and be careful what you ask the computer for: it might just give it to you.

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voicesofthegrid · 2 years ago

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VotG - Topaz Blue

A story exploring the emotions of Edward Barnes during the events of 9/11. Content warning for depiction of 9/11, mild suicidal/self-harm ideation, and emotional distress.

6 AM: BEEP BEEP BEEP BE– CLICK. My fist slams down on my alarm clock, rattling the bedside table that it sits on. I groan and roll over, covering my eyes with my forearm to block out the beams of sunlight filtering through my curtains before grasping the covers and throwing them off of me. Another sleepless night. Must just be too much on my mind. Maybe I ought to get my apology over with today. I’ll have to think about it when I’m not still half asleep. I never make good decisions before coffee.

6:07 AM: The shower hisses to life as I turn the knob just a hair away from the highest temperature. Wispy steam rises from the water, filling the small room with wavering clouds.

6:29 AM: Goddamnit. Got lost in thought again. There goes my sit-down breakfast. At least I can read the paper on the train.

6:42 AM: I adjust my hat in the hallway mirror. My eyebags are dark and heavy.

6:50 AM: Thank god for travel mugs, huh? My brother was nice enough to have coffee ready for me as I rushed out the door. And to think we hated each other at one point. I take a sip as I sink into my seat in the subway car, snapping open today’s newspaper. Just a touch of sweetness. Exactly how I like it.

7:33 AM: The door to my office clicks shut behind me. I hang up my coat and hat on the rack in the corner, just as I have for the past… However many years I’ve been here. I pull the shade that hangs over my window up to gaze out on the city before I start my work for the day. Nary a cloud mars the topaz blue of the sky that extends out as far as the eye can see. I glance at the World Trade Center in the distance, the two great towers that anchor the campus. They stare back at me with their thousands of tiny windows, unblinking. Judging me. I have got to apologize to those kids. I just… can’t believe how goddamn immature I’ve been. Fuck.

8:05 AM: I tap my pen impatiently against my desk. Guilt is making it incredibly hard to focus on the task at hand.

8:43 AM: Goddamnit. I’m not going to get anything done like this. I’ve been up and pacing around my office for the past twenty minutes. I can feel those towers with their thousands of little eyes on my back burning straight through to my soul. Fuck it. I’m going home and I’m apologizing to the kids. Work can wait. I frantically shuffle papers into my desk and lock it shut before marching over to the coat-rack in the corner of my office. I grab my hat and—

8:46 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: BOOM.

I wheel around. There’s a dull thump as my hat falls from my grasp. My jaw hangs open in… Shock? Awe? Terror? I don’t even… I don’t know what to call it. I can’t name it. I just feel it.

I rush to the window.

There on the North Tower – Wyatt’s building – Is a gaping maw of shredded steel spewing black smoke.

Shit.

Is he hurt? What the hell caused… That?

I rip my phone from its cradle and frantically dial home to my brother with trembling hands.

“Clarence…?” My voice breaks as I barely choke out his name.

“Yeah, I – No, I don’t know what happened– Clarence– I– A plane? How? What?”

9:03 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: BOOM.

A soft gasp and a muffled sob filter through the receiver.

I look up from my desk. I… Know… I know what must have happened but I don’t want to believe it. I don’t want to see. But I force myself to look anyway.

A gash clawed through the South Tower – Winona’s building – is spewing the same black smoke that her brother’s building is. Oh my god.

“Clarence?” I ask, trepidation thick in my throat, “Are you…?”

He sees it too. I’m not dreaming. A nightmare then, surely. I… No, no this isn’t real this is just some god-awful nightmare, my subconscious trying to teach me a lesson.

Some… cruel trick.

9:33 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: I haven’t been able to peel my eyes off of the smoke pouring from the Towers. I have no idea where the twins are. If they’re hurt. They have to be hurt. I remember when I – No, no. Goddamnit, Ed. Don’t think about you. This is about them. They’re hurt. I hurt them. I. Fuck. They’ll be okay, right? If I survived back in ‘45, surely…

9:35 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: They’re evacuating my building. What happened to the towers is deliberate.

I’m not leaving.

A captain always goes down with his ship.

If I’m next, so be it. Maybe I deserve it after what I put those kids through.

9:38 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: I tell Clarence I’m leaving. I lie. I don’t want him to worry about me.

Click.

I keep my hand on the phone for a moment after I’ve returned it to its cradle. I wish I could tell him how much he means to me. I wish I had been a better brother.

I go to my liquor cabinet. I pour myself a drink. The good stuff.

9:58 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: Smoke is still pouring from the gaping wounds in the towers. I am numb. Sunken into my chair. Eyes glued to the blackened horizon in my window. My glass dangles precariously in my loose grasp.

9:59 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: CRACK.

The glass falls from my limp hand and shatters on the floor as I bolt upwards out of my chair.

She’s gone.

The South Tower… Winona… It… She’s… Just.

Gone.

Hot tears well in my eyes.

10:21 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: I pace the length of my office in front of my window. I am an animal, trapped in a cage of my own making. The glass remains shattered on the floor. How long have I been pacing? When did this start? When did it all go so wrong?

10:28 AM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001: There is a great roaring in the distance.

The North Tower falls.

Dominoes. A house of cards. A structure that once held the title of tallest building in the world, reduced to nothing.

Ash.

Wyatt is gone. Winona is gone. That wish that I had made so long ago, that awful, awful wish of just wanting them to disappear…

Here it is, come to fruition.

Fuck.

#writing #c: ed #c: wyatt #c: winona #c: clarence

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purplecraze · 2 years ago

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Beauty and the Beast AU 29

orange-plane-boy — 10/01/2021 4:18 PM

Narancia will be honest, having a whole night of sleep for once felt good, ad much he felt sorry for Panna

So after he got up he rushed to the kitchen to make a nice breakfast for the other when he would get up

"Uhh so, eggs and flour and-milk right!" He murmured while stirring something inside a pot

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 12:00 PM

seems that despite the hunch of him not much liking the room, he's not leaving it any time soon. maybe he's still tired from raving around.

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 12:17 PM

After a bit Narancia knocked at his door, one trail with a plate of (a bit burned, a bit misshaped) crêpes with strawberry jam and a cup of tea

"Panna you up? I made breakfast!"

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 5:08 PM

The sound of some scrambling around, followed by a drowsy "I'm alive." It took a moment before he could find the key back, but he got the door open eventually. The room as still in chaos and he was still holding the pillow that was only slightly ripped.

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 5:11 PM

"I made crepes! I wanted to make pancakes but they ended up to be way thinner than i wanted, so yeah, strawberry jam crepes~"

He then checked the other "mh..if you need to sleep some more i can pass later"

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:35 PM

Fugo leaned against the doorpost and sighed. "No~ you're a sight for sore eyes, I already feel better.

thanks for bringing it over. this place is a mess, though..."

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 11:39 PM

He blushed a bit at the compliment

"Its no problem really. Can i come in?"

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:40 PM

"uh...." he looked off, still really uncomfortable with confronting the other with the mess he makes every freaking night. But he did step back to allow the other in.

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 11:45 PM

Nara seemsed to not care, he layed the trail on the first stable surface, and in the same way he sat down in the first spot he found

"Sorry i didnt waited for you to make it but letting you sleep sounded a good idea"

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:46 PM

He frowned a bit. "yeah... thank you. you already ate?"

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 11:49 PM

"Nope!" And so he grabbed a crepe and folded it, before starting to eat it without even usuing fork and knife

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:52 PM

He chuckled. The same way he had as what had resounded on his first day in the castle.

He thought Narancia being slightly sloppy was endearing. He was definitely holding double standards in that aspect, since he started restoring the bedroom, rather than eat.

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 11:55 PM

"We will fix it together later, now eat something!" he scolded him, pouting

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:56 PM

it fell to death ears. "What are you going to do? you can't stop me."

orange-plane-boy — 10/02/2021 11:57 PM

He looked at him and then chunked at him a piece of crepe "I can be really annoying if i want to"

purplecraze — 10/02/2021 11:58 PM

"lovely, more stuff to fix. if you keep doing that, there won't be any of your hard toiled breakfast left."

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:01 AM

He sticked his tongue out

"Meanie"

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:02 AM

"✌"

He continued to fix the place up until he was content, sitting down on the bed while hugging the pillow again and taking a pancake crepe

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:03 AM

God he wished he was that pillow-

"Its a bit...crispy, sorry about that"

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:04 AM

He munched the treat eagerly none the less. "it's good."

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:05 AM

"Nice!" He took a sip of tea to wash some of the jam in his mouth, eating crepes was a bit messy

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:06 AM

Fugo kept an eye on him, roling his eyes for a bit as he enchanted a napkin to wipe Nara's face.

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:07 AM

"ehy!" he giggled "Dont baby me-"

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:07 AM

"Then eat properly, baby."

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:08 AM

"I am! I-I just put a bit more jam and now its messy"

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:08 AM

the napkin rubbed more aggressive, just to tease him.

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:10 AM

To prove he was not a baby now he was trying to bite the napkin, so now he looked more like a doggy trying to bite a toy

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:10 AM

"uhuh, very mature." he tugged the napkin like one would with a dog toy.

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:11 AM

Nara giggled "I'm winning!" and pulled with his teeth, making it a silly tug o war game

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:13 AM

Fugo sighed, tugging it with his hand now, in stead of magics.

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:14 AM

Narancia laughed again, pulling a bit more

seems liek none of them have braincells

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:15 AM

At least, Fugo used his braincells to let go of the napkin when Nara's pulling was strongest, so the other would fall back from his own force

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:16 AM

And indeed he falled, but not on fugo and on the bed instead

"Pfff told ya! i won!"

purplecraze — 10/03/2021 12:18 AM

"yes yes, congrats." Fugo clapped. of course, he made sure the other would fall in the opposite direction, he didn't want him dead;;;;

oh well, now there's no more telling what Fugo would have done with that napkin if he had won.

orange-plane-boy — 10/03/2021 12:21 AM

You wanted a dummy bf you keep the dummy bf

Narancia got back to eat and smiled "As soon is a bit warmer outside im gonna go grab the tree! Now its still a bit too cold, dont want to freeze my ass, we can do it at lunchtime"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 9:54 PM

"It's not going to be much warmer with that snow. try checking the closets, there should be coats and boots around."

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 9:57 PM

"Gonna do it later" and got back to eat

"Where are we gonna place the tree anyway?"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:14 PM

"mmm... somewhere we can see it, I guess? since I'll be staying in here, I won't end up destroying it if I'm careful. maybe the entrance hall by the stairs? or in the kitchen?"

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:15 PM

"The kitchen sounds good since in the past days usually we spend our time there the most!"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:16 PM

"Yeah, I suppose. though with the amount of space, I might end up brushing past it..."

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:19 PM

"Mhh then the hall its fine too" he nodded

"In the kitchen we may accidentally ruin it i guess" and took another bite

"Then i finish here and if you want we can go. There is a cart in the stable but i will need help to drag it when the tree its inside it"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:26 PM

Fugo lay back for a bit on the bed, glancing over at the other. There was little 'we' to it... was Narancia annoyed when he was being negative like that? Fugo had sort of figured he would. He'd want to be more positive, he hated this attitude of himself. but even far before these years, negativity had always been the norm. He didn't really know how to change it.... he didn't want Narancia to dislike him over anything. Not over what kind of monster the curse made him, but even less so for things aside from that....

"yeah, of course I'll help. If we'll use a cart, we'll need to clear a path in the snow too."

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:28 PM

"Then i will take a showel too" he nodded

"You can drag the cart while i move the snow, its gonna take a bit but i hope it will be worth it!"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:29 PM

"wouldn't the other way around be better?" since he didn't want to end up touching the tree.

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:30 PM

"I guess! But can your skinny arms showe all that snow?" He teased

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:33 PM

"can your skinny arms pull the cart by your own?💢

okay, how about this:

we pick a tree, you cut it down. we shovel a path from there together, then go back with the cart and get it to the hall together too."

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:34 PM

"Fair!" He nodded

They are both two skinny bitches

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:37 PM

Fugo smiled a little, still reluctant to move from his comfortable spot on the bed with such a beautiful view.

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:39 PM

Nara on the other hand was more excited, he finished his tea and stretched

"Gonna go grab the boots and jackets! Put some gloves and scraf too, i dont want you to get a fever again!"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:41 PM

Fugo didn't really listen to what he said, his mind seeming somewhere different entirely.

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:42 PM

Narancia got down the other side of the bed and opened the closet, taking out the winter clothes, probably Fugo wolunt mind if he wore its clothes for a bit

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:49 PM

no, he wouldn't. and he has no right to criticize, holding on to that pillow all the time.

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:51 PM

"Here, wear those!" And passed him the winter clothes

"I'll go to the stable to take what we need!"

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:53 PM

"......!" having had no reaction skills as he was dazed off, the cloths got thrown over his head. "...yeah;;"

orange-plane-boy — 10/04/2021 10:54 PM

Narancia snorted dressing up

"Watch out!" And then got downstair and in the stable, grabbing the cart, axe and showel and waited for Fugo to come

purplecraze — 10/04/2021 10:56 PM

Fugo pouted a bit embarrassed, putting the coat and boots on, following on some distance, muttering 'stop being so cute, damn it' to himself.

#purplecraze #orange plane boy #fugo replies #beauty and the beast AU

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sol91-staging · 1 month ago

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L-Corp

INTERNAL ONLY L-Corp Tower Security Incident Report

This document describes the events of and leading up to the building security incident on March 23, 2024.

Timeline

Friday, March 22:

10:04 AM: Lena Luthor enters L-Corp tower via helipad B.

4:22 PM: An experiment in product lab PL155 results in a large quantity of foul-smelling adhesive covering the floor and walls. Employees on-scene determine spill is not high-risk, and cleanup is scheduled for 9:00 AM Monday, March 25.

9:24 PM: Last remaining employee leaves the building. Lena Luthor remains in the building in the floor 47 labs and residence.

Saturday, March 23:

9:00 AM: Braniac 5 begins scheduled pentesting to check the effectiveness of L-Corp Tower's security system

10:42 AM: Braniac 5 is able to successfully compromise L-Corp Tower security terminals 0702, 3201, and E04.

1:00 PM: Braniac 5 finishes pentesting. Reimaging to fix compromised security terminals is scheduled for 9:00 AM Sunday, March 24

3:45 PM: On 5th and Hamilton (1.6 miles away from L-Corp Tower, 0.1 miles away from the National City central electrical substation) Martian Manhunter and Dreamer enter into combat with the escaped villain Livewire. 3:46 PM: Lex Luthor enters L-Corp Tower via a service entrance. He accesses security terminal 0108 in an attempt to compromise building security. 3:48 PM: Kara Danvers enters L-Corp Tower via the ground floor front entrance. In her pocket is an engagement ring with an inlaid Kryptonian memory crystal. 3:49 PM: Kara Danvers enters elevator 4. Due to its error state, compromised terminal E04 mistakenly identifies the memory crystal in Kara's pocket as a weapon of exotic origin and deploys a security drone (id 4986654) 3:51 PM: Kara disables security drone 4986654 using percussive force. 3:51 PM: L-Corp Tower's central security system recognizes that a drone was damaged. Per protocol, additional security drones are deployed to every uncompromised terminal. 3:51 PM: Two security drones (id 1835739 and 344472) deploy from security terminal 0108 and identify Lex Luthor as a potential threat. Lex flees toward stairwell C. 3:52 PM: Kara Danvers arrives on floor 47. Security drones deployed from terminal 4701 correctly identify her as an authorized individual. 3:52 PM: Lex Luthor climbs one floor up stairwell C and is able to evade security drones by entering product lab PL155. 3:53 PM: Livewire damages the National City central electrical substation, cutting power to L-Corp Tower. 3:53 PM: Backup power is activated. Per protocol, all security doors close, sealing all high-security areas including product lab PL155 and the floor 47 labs and residence. 3:54 PM: Kara Danvers attempts to access the floor 47 labs and residence.

3:56 PM: The security doors sealing the floor 47 west hallway are significantly damaged by thermal radiation. Kara Danvers is able to access the floor 47 labs and residence.

4:01 PM: Lena Luthor and Kara Danvers leave L-Corp Tower together safely via the floor 47 west balcony.

Monday, March 25:

9:07 AM: A cleaning crew arrives at product lab PL155. Lex Luthor is given fluids and arrested for trespassing.

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yeniasworld · 3 months ago

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11/11/2015, 15:51 - Someone: Hey how are u

11/11/2015, 16:04 - S@iney: Hey am alright

How about u

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11/11/2015, 17:30 - S@iney: OMG

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11/11/2015, 17:31 - S@iney: There is something wrong with

11/11/2015, 17:31 - S@iney: U

11/11/2015, 17:31 - Someone: Hahaha

11/11/2015, 17:31 - S@iney: Why do u feel like u want to fuck everyone

Or everyone is gay

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11/11/2015, 17:31 - Someone: Lol

11/11/2015, 17:32 - Someone: Lol

11/11/2015, 17:32 - Someone: You didn't like it right?

11/11/2015, 17:33 - S@iney: Like what

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11/11/2015, 18:13 - Someone: OMD I guess u are misunderstanding me

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11/11/2015, 18:15 - Someone: I could see you are feeling hurt

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Thanks for your apologising

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11/11/2015, 18:18 - S@iney: Maybe

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It just that don't being me in it or anyone I know

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And I don't mind talking to you

As long you don't say something like invite your friends to fuxk or anything

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11/11/2015, 18:24 - S@iney: And what did you say you study again

Can't you find a way to help yourself with your sex drive

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17/12/2015, 18:20 - Someone: I hope you are good ?

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#yeniasworld

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pwblogarchive · 4 months ago

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November 2009

November 2, 2009

we own the

the

words

are

still

coming

but

can

you

keep

hope

you

got

the

relations

POSTED BY XO AT 11:02

November 2, 2009

nite. time for

tell a joke

break a heart

kill a wasp

fall apart

POSTED BY XO AT 19:16

November 2, 2009

“an hour or so”

i dont remember the way you used to smile at me in the morning

i dont remember how your name in my inbox used to feel

i dont remember the things we shared and the sun and the city

but i dont really remember anything

who is surprised?

i dont remember you

POSTED BY XO AT 20:22

November 2, 2009

of fakery. it keeps

breathe in the smoke

youre all alone

caged raging and kicking

you think too slow

its all over in a second

heartbeat ticking, no, no

you are sat, dark and damp

wearing only basquiat's crown

POSTED BY XO AT 20:53

November 2, 2009

you okay and me ticking or sane

what if you are the last domino in the line? just waiting for your own downfall.

we are not the prettiest or the funniest or the fastest or the best. but we are here to stay.

you are the smoke to my cancer

you are the sun, you are my laughter

POSTED BY XO AT 21:24

November 2, 2009

or insane or however perspective folds. all

salt in the wound makes your eyes burn red and black.

i turn from a kid to a monster and a thief.

this is the witchcraft you have been searching for.

kiss the shadows as if they were mirrors.

what if we all breathed in sync for just one breath?

would it all become so clear?

POSTED BY XO AT 21:46

November 3, 2009

going to take everything you love

run away

just like she did

one year from today

xxx.

POSTED BY XO AT 17:07

November 3, 2009

right direction to allow your wings to grow. we are

prescription of this

faking the blues and blow a kiss

youre all swirling in the ocean

a lost school of Fish

but you are swimming and not drifting

and that has always been correct

'fatally yours'

POSTED BY XO AT 01:46

November 3, 2009

you need is a verbal kick in the

expect to prosper

before you share?

no teeth no dogs no where

i am (falling behind) xo.

POSTED BY XO AT 01:20

November 4, 2009

and strip it to the bone. no love is

so i am standing here on the corner. wind feels like razors. like eyelashes blades cutting my cheeks. is this how i will remember bethnal green? am i hunted here? should i just give it another name?

noloveissafe. socoveryoureyesanddream. forthelasttime.

POSTED BY XO AT 11:00

November 4, 2009

free and no love will prosper. we bleed

i am sorry.

i am alive.

POSTED BY XO AT 12:05

November 4, 2009

black and blue. we bleed for you. this is the last chance.

i hope you make it.

this is your standxx.

POSTED BY XO AT 13:29

#fall out boy #pete wentz #livejournal #archive

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cinetenso · 4 months ago

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1 00:03:37,886 --> 00:03:40,054 Mrs. Alsop's out!

2 00:03:40,221 --> 00:03:42,932 Mrs. Alsop's out!

3 00:05:29,580 --> 00:05:32,125

Did you turn off the gas?

What gas?

4 00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:34,210 Which is her room?

5 00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:36,004 Uh, this one.

6 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,683 We must move her at once. Where's the landlady?

7 00:05:48,808 --> 00:05:50,643

She's not home.

Where's your room?

8 00:05:50,768 --> 00:05:55,106

Two floors up.

That'll do. Take her shoulders. I'll take her feet.

9 00:05:55,231 --> 00:05:57,025 Come on, miss.

10 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:07,702 Careful of my bag. Pick it up.

11 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:10,371 I'm sorry. You'll have to do that yourself.

12 00:06:21,007 --> 00:06:24,052 Open the windows. She needs lots of fresh air.

13 00:06:24,218 --> 00:06:26,012 So do I.

14 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:34,937

Should I call an ambulance?

We have no time.

15 00:06:35,063 --> 00:06:38,066 She must have an emetic first. Glass of water, please.

16 00:06:42,612 --> 00:06:45,740 I shall need two quarts of warm water and some towels.

17 00:06:45,865 --> 00:06:47,742 Towels. Coming up.

18 00:06:57,877 --> 00:07:00,546 You found this bottle clutched in her hand?

19 00:07:00,671 --> 00:07:03,216 Certainly did. From your dispensary.

20 00:07:03,341 --> 00:07:06,719 I see. How long have you known this girl?

21 00:07:06,844 --> 00:07:08,763 About five minutes.

22 00:07:08,888 --> 00:07:12,433 Well, she'll need looking after for a couple of days.

23 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,853

How about the ambulance?

It isn't necessary now.

24 00:07:15,978 --> 00:07:17,980 She's out of danger.

25 00:07:18,106 --> 00:07:22,110 Besides, sending her to a hospital would start an inquiry…

26 00:07:22,235 --> 00:07:24,904 and attempted suicide means jail.

27 00:07:25,029 --> 00:07:28,116 However, in a couple of days, she'll be fully recovered.

28 00:07:28,241 --> 00:07:30,576 Meanwhile, let her rest quietly.

29 00:07:30,701 --> 00:07:33,079 If she's thirsty, give her orange juice.

30 00:07:33,204 --> 00:07:35,289 And tomorrow, if she has an appetite…

31 00:07:35,456 --> 00:07:37,708 a little chicken broth, but no tinned food.

32 00:07:37,834 --> 00:07:40,878 Now, if you'll be at my dispensary in 10 minutes…

33 00:07:41,003 --> 00:07:43,047 I'll have a prescription for you.

34 00:07:43,172 --> 00:07:45,883

For me?

No, for her, of course.

35 00:08:14,871 --> 00:08:16,289 Headache?

36 00:08:16,414 --> 00:08:18,958 Where am I?

37 00:08:19,083 --> 00:08:21,586 You're in my room. I live two floors above you.

38 00:08:21,711 --> 00:08:23,671 What happened?

39 00:08:23,796 --> 00:08:27,175 I came home and smelled gas coming from your room…

40 00:08:27,341 --> 00:08:29,302 so I broke in the door, called a doctor…

41 00:08:29,427 --> 00:08:32,054 and together we brought you up here.

42 00:08:32,180 --> 00:08:34,265 Why didn't you let me die?

43 00:08:34,390 --> 00:08:36,392 What's your hurry?

44 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,603 Are you in pain?

45 00:08:40,938 --> 00:08:43,441 That's all that matters.

46 00:08:43,566 --> 00:08:46,360 The rest is fantasy.

47 00:08:46,485 --> 00:08:49,947 Billions of years it's taken to evolve human consciousness…

48 00:08:50,072 --> 00:08:52,116 and you want to wipe it out.

49 00:08:52,241 --> 00:08:55,161 Wipe out the miracle of all existence.

50 00:08:55,286 --> 00:08:59,207 More important than anything in the whole universe.

51 00:08:59,373 --> 00:09:01,375 What can the stars do?

52 00:09:01,542 --> 00:09:05,171 Nothing… but sit on their axis.

53 00:09:08,090 --> 00:09:10,718 And the sun, shooting flames…

54 00:09:10,885 --> 00:09:13,387 280,000 miles high ‒

55 00:09:13,512 --> 00:09:15,973 so what?

56 00:09:16,098 --> 00:09:19,810 Wasting all its natural resources.

57 00:09:19,936 --> 00:09:23,189 Can the sun think? Is it conscious?

58 00:09:23,314 --> 00:09:25,358 No, but you are.

59 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:30,738 Pardon me. My mistake.

60 00:09:42,917 --> 00:09:45,836 Here you are, and there you go.

61 00:09:47,922 --> 00:09:50,424 Well, bless me! Heavens alive!

62 00:09:50,591 --> 00:09:53,552 Look at that! Look at me door!

63 00:09:53,678 --> 00:09:55,554 Housebreaking, that's what it is.

64 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:57,932 And I suppose she's taken all her things.

65 00:09:58,099 --> 00:10:01,644 She'll go to jail for this. I knew she was no good.

66 00:10:01,769 --> 00:10:04,355 That quiet type.

67 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,316 Still waters that run deep usually stink!

68 00:10:15,574 --> 00:10:18,744 That's funny. She hasn't taken a thing.

69 00:10:18,869 --> 00:10:20,997 And what's more, she won't either ‒

70 00:10:21,122 --> 00:10:23,332 not until she's paid four weeks' rent.

71 00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:25,167 Smashing in a door!

72 00:10:25,293 --> 00:10:28,296 Nice festivities to be going on behind my back!

73 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:31,340 Well, she's out now, and she'll stay out!

74 00:10:44,020 --> 00:10:45,980 Mr. Calvero.

75 00:10:46,147 --> 00:10:48,607 Oh, Mr. Calvero!

76 00:11:25,019 --> 00:11:27,772 - Is that you, Mr. Calvero?

Huh?

77 00:11:27,897 --> 00:11:31,317 Here's your laundry. I was about to leave it on your bed.

78 00:11:31,442 --> 00:11:33,277 Just a moment.

79 00:11:35,863 --> 00:11:37,573 Just a minute.

80 00:11:39,116 --> 00:11:40,826 Hold everything.

81 00:11:40,951 --> 00:11:43,579 Hold everything. Just a minute.

82 00:11:55,299 --> 00:11:59,220

You dropped these.

Oh, yes.

83 00:11:59,345 --> 00:12:01,430 And here's your oranges.

84 00:12:02,473 --> 00:12:04,141 Thank you.

85 00:12:26,872 --> 00:12:28,999 So this is how she spends her evenings.

86 00:12:29,125 --> 00:12:31,961

You keep ‒

You take your hands off me!

87 00:12:32,086 --> 00:12:33,963 What's that woman doing in your room?

88 00:12:34,088 --> 00:12:35,798 Just the opposite of what you think.

89 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:38,801 I'd like to know who smashed in my door downstairs.

90 00:12:38,926 --> 00:12:40,553

I did. - You did?

91 00:12:40,678 --> 00:12:43,180

You have a leaking gas pipe.

I have a what?

92 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:45,766 I mean, that room has a leaking gas pipe.

93 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:47,977 There's something fishy about this.

94 00:12:48,102 --> 00:12:50,729

Who is she, anyway?

You ought to know by now.

95 00:12:50,855 --> 00:12:53,774 Came here six weeks ago. Said she was a working girl.

96 00:12:53,941 --> 00:12:56,861 That's what they all say. What are you so interested for?

97 00:12:56,986 --> 00:12:58,988 Listen, the girl tried to kill herself.

98 00:12:59,113 --> 00:13:02,992 Took poison, turned on the gas. I happened to come home just in time.

99 00:13:03,117 --> 00:13:05,619 Then I'll call the police and get an ambulance.

100 00:13:05,786 --> 00:13:08,414 It'll be in all the papers. You don't want that.

101 00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:10,332 She's not staying where she is.

102 00:13:10,458 --> 00:13:14,545 My good woman, I don't want her. Let her go back to her own room.

103 00:13:14,670 --> 00:13:16,797 I should say not. Besides, it's rented.

104 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:19,008 You can't throw her into the street.

105 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:21,635 She's not going back to her own room.

106 00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:24,263

Then she'll have to stay where she is.

What?

107 00:13:24,388 --> 00:13:26,599

Scandalize my household?

What's the difference?

108 00:13:26,724 --> 00:13:29,477 We could be man and wife, for all anyone knows.

109 00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:32,021 Oh, could you? Well, you'd better not be.

110 00:13:32,146 --> 00:13:34,648 You'd better get rid of her, and quick too.

111 00:13:34,773 --> 00:13:36,609 "Man and wife"!

112 00:13:36,734 --> 00:13:39,487 You watch out for that hussy. She's no good.

113 00:13:39,612 --> 00:13:42,490 What's more, she's been sick ever since she came here.

114 00:13:46,243 --> 00:13:48,287 It wouldn't be dandruff, would it?

115 00:15:53,537 --> 00:15:55,873 Ready?

116 00:16:44,546 --> 00:16:47,299 Let 'er go.

117 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,187 ♪ I am an animal trainer A circus entertainer ♪

118 00:17:00,312 --> 00:17:03,941 ♪ I've trained animals by the score Lions, tigers, and wild boar ♪

119 00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:07,653 ♪ I've made and lost a fortune in my wild career ♪

120 00:17:07,778 --> 00:17:09,822 ♪ Some say the cause was women ♪

121 00:17:09,947 --> 00:17:11,949 ♪ And some say it was beer ♪

122 00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:17,413 ♪ And then I went through bankruptcy and lost my whole menagerie ♪

123 00:17:17,538 --> 00:17:21,208 ♪ But I did not despair I got a bright idea ♪

124 00:17:21,333 --> 00:17:24,920 ♪ While searching through my underwear a thought occurred to me ♪

125 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:29,508 ♪ I'm tired of training elephants so why not train a flea ♪

126 00:17:30,968 --> 00:17:34,596 ♪ Why should I hunt for animals and through the jungle roam ♪

127 00:17:34,722 --> 00:17:38,684 ♪ When there's local talent to be found right here at home ♪

128 00:17:40,561 --> 00:17:43,564 ♪ I found one but I won't say where ♪

129 00:17:43,731 --> 00:17:46,275 ♪ And educated him with care ♪

130 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,111 ♪ And taught him all the facts of life ♪

131 00:17:49,236 --> 00:17:51,947 ♪ And then he found himself a wife ♪

132 00:17:52,072 --> 00:17:54,908 ♪ I give them board and lodgings free ♪

133 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:57,745 ♪ And every night they dine off me ♪

134 00:17:57,870 --> 00:18:00,414 ♪ They don't eat caviar or cake ♪

135 00:18:00,539 --> 00:18:03,208 ♪ But they enjoy a good rump steak ♪

136 00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:07,171 ♪ Off my anatomy Off my anatomy ♪

137 00:18:07,296 --> 00:18:09,590 ♪ It is an odd sensation ♪

138 00:18:09,715 --> 00:18:13,677 ♪ When after meals they take a stroll around the old plantation ♪

139 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:17,806 ♪ Now I'm as happy as can be ♪

140 00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:20,642 ♪ I've taught them lots of tricks, you see ♪

141 00:18:20,768 --> 00:18:24,813 ♪ And now they're both supporting me They're both supporting me ♪

142 00:18:26,774 --> 00:18:30,277 ♪ Walk up, walk up I've the greatest show on earth ♪

143 00:18:30,444 --> 00:18:34,114 ♪ Walk up, walk up and get your money's worth ♪

144 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:37,951 ♪ See Phyllis and Henry those educated fleas ♪

145 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:41,663 ♪ Cavorting and sporting on the flying trapeze ♪

146 00:18:41,789 --> 00:18:45,417 ♪ So anytime you itch don't scratch or make a fuss ♪

147 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:49,296 ♪ You never can tell You might destroy some budding genius ♪♪

148 00:19:03,977 --> 00:19:05,521 Phyllis! Henry!

149 00:19:07,564 --> 00:19:09,650 Phyllis! Henry! Stop that!

150 00:19:09,775 --> 00:19:11,777 What do you think you're doing?

151 00:19:11,902 --> 00:19:14,154 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves…

152 00:19:14,321 --> 00:19:16,532 fighting like that.

153 00:19:16,657 --> 00:19:20,118 All right. Phyllis, you stay in the box. Henry, alley-up!

154 00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,460 Alley-up!

155 00:19:34,258 --> 00:19:35,843 Up!

156 00:19:39,972 --> 00:19:41,807 Alley-up!

157 00:19:52,693 --> 00:19:54,653 Phyllis!

158 00:19:54,778 --> 00:19:56,738 Phyllis!

159 00:19:56,864 --> 00:19:58,532 Phyllis!

160 00:19:58,699 --> 00:20:01,994 Never mind that. You should've done that before I opened the box.

161 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,037 Do you hear? Come on!

162 00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:06,957 Phyllis! Alley-up!

163 00:20:10,836 --> 00:20:12,254 Phyllis…

164 00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:14,339 alley-up!

165 00:20:18,343 --> 00:20:20,012 Alley-up!

166 00:20:22,556 --> 00:20:24,558 Do you want me to squeeze?

167 00:20:26,518 --> 00:20:28,312 Alley-up!

168 00:20:31,732 --> 00:20:33,442 Up!

169 00:20:36,987 --> 00:20:38,739 Alley-up!

170 00:20:50,751 --> 00:20:52,377 Alley-up!

171 00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:03,555 Stop that, now. Phyllis, come up from there.

172 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,434 Phyllis, do you hear? Remember, you're on a diet.

173 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,896 Phyllis! Have you gone mad?

174 00:21:11,939 --> 00:21:13,941 Ph‒ Phyllis!

175 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:17,152 Stop that, do you hear? Stop it!

176 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:19,529 Phyllis!

177 00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:21,740 Phyllis, do you hear? Come up at once!

178 00:21:21,865 --> 00:21:23,617 You go too far.

179 00:21:23,742 --> 00:21:26,161 Phyllis! What are you doing?

180 00:21:27,746 --> 00:21:30,123 You crazy little creature, you.

181 00:21:30,248 --> 00:21:33,126 Phyllis, Henry wants you.

182 00:21:33,251 --> 00:21:35,087 Come, Phyllis.

183 00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:36,797 Phyllis, stop that.

184 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:41,969 Stop ‒ Phyllis!

185 00:21:42,094 --> 00:21:44,680 Phyllis, come out here! Come out!

186 00:21:44,805 --> 00:21:47,307 Where do you think you're going, you nitwit?

187 00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:50,477 Phyllis! Stop that, now.

188 00:21:50,602 --> 00:21:54,106 Phyllis, do you want me to scratch?

189 00:21:59,528 --> 00:22:02,155 That's not Phyllis!

190 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,157 Where's Phyllis?

191 00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:06,326 Oh, there she is! Stop that!

192 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:09,079 Stop it!

193 00:23:23,904 --> 00:23:25,822 Are you awake?

194 00:23:28,241 --> 00:23:30,702 Your husband said to see how you were.

195 00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:32,871 Who?

196 00:23:32,996 --> 00:23:37,209 Your husband. And said I was to warm up some chicken soup for you.

197 00:23:37,334 --> 00:23:39,586 "Husband"?

198 00:23:39,753 --> 00:23:42,547 Here, ducks. Let me help you. Come on.

199 00:23:42,672 --> 00:23:44,841 You haven't eaten a thing all day.

200 00:23:44,966 --> 00:23:47,094 Some nice warm soup will do you good.

201 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,595 Thank you, no.

202 00:23:59,189 --> 00:24:01,024 Your wife won't eat.

203 00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:03,902 Well, that's a blessing to a poor married man.

204 00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:18,875 Well, how do you feel?

205 00:24:20,252 --> 00:24:21,753 Much better, thank you.

206 00:24:21,878 --> 00:24:25,257 Good. Pay no attention to this "wife" business.

207 00:24:25,382 --> 00:24:29,803 It's the front of respectability Mrs. Alsop insists she owes the new housemaid.

208 00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:32,889 However, as soon as you get well…

209 00:24:33,014 --> 00:24:34,808 you'll be free and divorced.

210 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:36,518 I think I'm well enough now.

211 00:24:36,643 --> 00:24:38,311 Mm, not quite.

212 00:24:38,436 --> 00:24:40,856 I think you'd better stay another day or so.

213 00:24:40,981 --> 00:24:42,732 You're very kind, but…

214 00:24:42,858 --> 00:24:45,777 I think I'm able to get back to my room now.

215 00:24:47,112 --> 00:24:49,322 I'm afraid that isn't possible.

216 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:51,867 Why?

217 00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:55,120 Mrs. Alsop's rented it. The people are moving in today.

218 00:24:56,538 --> 00:24:58,123 Oh, I see.

219 00:24:58,248 --> 00:25:01,126 However, you're perfectly welcome to stay here…

220 00:25:01,251 --> 00:25:04,004 until you know what you want to do.

221 00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:06,882 What can I do? I'm helpless.

222 00:25:10,927 --> 00:25:13,847 Why didn't you let me die and get it over with?

223 00:25:14,014 --> 00:25:18,018 That's no way to talk. You're alive, and you'd better make the most of it.

224 00:25:18,143 --> 00:25:20,187 I'm destitute, ill.

225 00:25:20,312 --> 00:25:22,355 Listen…

226 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,150 I don't know what's wrong with you…

227 00:25:25,275 --> 00:25:26,818 but if you're ill…

228 00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:30,989 and if it's what Mrs. Alsop thinks it is, you should do something about it.

229 00:25:31,114 --> 00:25:34,284 It isn't hopeless. If it's, uh ‒

230 00:25:34,409 --> 00:25:37,162 uh ‒ of course, you know what I'm talking about.

231 00:25:37,287 --> 00:25:39,206 I don't think I do.

232 00:25:40,123 --> 00:25:43,376 Let me put it this way: A young girl, alone…

233 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:45,837 thrown out into the world, gets ill.

234 00:25:45,962 --> 00:25:49,174 If it's anything like that, you can be cured.

235 00:25:49,299 --> 00:25:53,428 There's a new drug they've discovered performing miracles, curing thousands.

236 00:25:53,553 --> 00:25:56,598 If it's anything of that nature, don't be afraid to tell.

237 00:25:56,723 --> 00:25:58,725 Maybe I can help.

238 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:01,311 I'm an old sinner. Nothing shocks me.

239 00:26:04,356 --> 00:26:06,358 It's nothing like that.

240 00:26:06,483 --> 00:26:09,027 Are you sure?

241 00:26:09,152 --> 00:26:11,655

Positive.

But you have been ill?

242 00:26:11,780 --> 00:26:16,034 Yes. I was five months in the hospital with rheumatic fever.

243 00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:18,620 Is that all? Then what are you complaining about?

244 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:21,039 It's ruined my health. I can't work.

245 00:26:21,164 --> 00:26:23,166 What do you work at?

246 00:26:23,291 --> 00:26:25,502 I was a dancer.

247 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:29,089

A dancer?

I was a member of the Empire Ballet.

248 00:26:29,214 --> 00:26:31,007 Then you ‒

249 00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:33,426 And I thought you were a ‒

250 00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:36,096 So you're a ballet dancer.

251 00:26:36,263 --> 00:26:39,891 Pardon me, but we haven't met formally. What is your name?

252 00:26:40,016 --> 00:26:43,687 Thereza Ambrose, but I'm called Terry.

253 00:26:43,812 --> 00:26:46,731 Charming. How do you do?

254 00:26:46,856 --> 00:26:50,777 I'm also in the business. My name is Calvero. Perhaps you've heard of me.

255 00:26:50,902 --> 00:26:53,280 You're not the great comedian?

256 00:26:53,405 --> 00:26:56,658 I was. However, we won't go into that.

257 00:26:56,783 --> 00:26:59,911 Tell me, whatever brought you to this state of affairs?

258 00:27:00,036 --> 00:27:03,957

Ill health, mostly.

Then we'll have to get you well.

259 00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:07,585 It isn't the ideal spot for convalescing…

260 00:27:07,711 --> 00:27:09,963 but you're welcome to it ‒ that is…

261 00:27:10,088 --> 00:27:12,465 if you can put up with being Mrs. Calvero.

262 00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:14,301 Of course, in name only.

263 00:27:14,426 --> 00:27:16,344 It won't inconvenience you?

264 00:27:16,469 --> 00:27:18,972 Not at all. I've had five wives already.

265 00:27:19,097 --> 00:27:21,224 One more or less makes no difference.

266 00:27:21,349 --> 00:27:24,644 Moreover, I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship…

267 00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:27,564 can be sustained on the highest moral plane.

268 00:27:32,819 --> 00:27:34,654 Now, let me see.

269 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:38,283 Your mother was a dressmaker and your father a lord?

270 00:27:38,408 --> 00:27:40,952 The fourth son of a lord. That's quite different.

271 00:27:41,077 --> 00:27:42,912 Mm-hmm.

272 00:27:43,038 --> 00:27:45,123 How is it that he married your mother?

273 00:27:45,248 --> 00:27:47,167 She was one of the family housemaids.

274 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:51,087 Sounds like a novelette. Did he have any money?

275 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:53,340 No, the family cut him off.

276 00:27:53,465 --> 00:27:56,176 So your sister's the only one living?

277 00:27:56,301 --> 00:27:58,428 Yes, and she's in South America.

278 00:28:00,347 --> 00:28:04,476 Tell me, was it just ill health that made you do what you did?

279 00:28:05,393 --> 00:28:07,812

That, and ‒ - And what?

280 00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:12,192 The utter futility of everything.

281 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:16,363 I see it even in flowers…

282 00:28:16,529 --> 00:28:19,240 hear it in music.

283 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:21,868 All life aimless, without meaning.

284 00:28:21,993 --> 00:28:25,080 What do you want a meaning for?

285 00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:27,874 Life is a desire, not a meaning.

286 00:28:27,999 --> 00:28:30,502 Desire is the theme of all life.

287 00:28:30,627 --> 00:28:33,254 It's what makes a rose want to be a rose…

288 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:35,298 want to grow like that…

289 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:39,094 and a rock want to contain itself and remain like that.

290 00:28:41,262 --> 00:28:43,890 What are you smiling about?

291 00:28:44,015 --> 00:28:46,476 Your imitation of a rose and a rock.

292 00:28:47,435 --> 00:28:50,146 Oh. I can imitate anything.

293 00:28:50,271 --> 00:28:54,275 Ever seen a Japanese tree? They're lopsided. They grow this way.

294 00:28:57,737 --> 00:29:00,031 Of course, pansies grow this way.

295 00:29:02,033 --> 00:29:04,411 The dark ones frown and go like that.

296 00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:10,417 However, the meaning of anything…

297 00:29:10,583 --> 00:29:13,253 is merely other words for the same thing.

298 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:16,214 After all, a rose is a rose is a rose.

299 00:29:16,339 --> 00:29:19,259 That's not bad. Should be quoted.

300 00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:21,177 Think ‒

301 00:29:21,302 --> 00:29:24,139 Think how meaningless life was a moment ago.

302 00:29:24,264 --> 00:29:28,101 Now you have a temporary husband and a home.

303 00:29:28,226 --> 00:29:30,228 There's your drinking water.

304 00:29:30,353 --> 00:29:32,772 and in case of any emergencies…

305 00:29:32,939 --> 00:29:35,442 the first door on the left.

306 00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:37,610 It's the same on each floor.

307 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:40,905 Good night.

308 00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,664 Spring is here.

309 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:35,168 Birds are calling.

310 00:30:36,628 --> 00:30:39,130 Skunks are crawling.

311 00:30:39,255 --> 00:30:41,966 ♪ Wagging their tails ♪

312 00:30:42,091 --> 00:30:44,093 ♪ For love ♪

313 00:30:46,012 --> 00:30:47,680 Spring is here.

314 00:30:48,932 --> 00:30:51,017 Whales are churning.

315 00:30:52,185 --> 00:30:54,938 Worms are squirming.

316 00:30:55,063 --> 00:30:59,692 ♪ Wagging their tails for love ♪

317 00:31:00,693 --> 00:31:03,238 ♪ What is this thing of which I sing ♪

318 00:31:03,363 --> 00:31:05,281 ♪ That makes us all bewitched ♪

319 00:31:05,406 --> 00:31:08,284 ♪ What is this thing that comes in spring ♪

320 00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:10,828 ♪ That gives us all the itch ♪

321 00:31:11,704 --> 00:31:14,207 ♪ Oh, it's love ♪

322 00:31:14,332 --> 00:31:16,584 ♪ It's love It's love, love, love, love ♪

323 00:31:16,876 --> 00:31:20,129 ♪ Love, love, love, love, love love, love, love, love ♪

324 00:31:58,585 --> 00:32:01,588 Pardon me, but have you a flyswatter?

325 00:32:01,713 --> 00:32:03,673 I beg your pardon.

326 00:32:03,798 --> 00:32:06,676 If you come begging around here, I shall call the police.

327 00:32:06,801 --> 00:32:08,511 I repeat: I beg your pardon.

328 00:32:08,636 --> 00:32:11,431

I don't care what you've eaten.

I have eaten nothing.

329 00:32:11,556 --> 00:32:13,725 You haven't? Poor dear. Get yourself a sandwich.

330 00:32:13,850 --> 00:32:16,686

I demand an apology!

An apology? I don't know you.

331 00:32:16,811 --> 00:32:19,314 Who are you? Are you in the social register?

332 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:21,524 My name happens to be Smith.

333 00:32:21,649 --> 00:32:24,986

Never heard of them.

That shows you're asinine.

334 00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:26,613 I should have worn my overcoat.

335 00:32:26,779 --> 00:32:28,990 You've interrupted me in the middle of my sonnet.

336 00:32:29,115 --> 00:32:30,533 The middle of your what?

337 00:32:30,658 --> 00:32:33,786 Not in the middle of my what. The middle of my sonnet.

338 00:32:33,911 --> 00:32:36,247 My ode to a worm.

339 00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:39,667 "O worm, why do you turn into the earth from me?

340 00:32:39,792 --> 00:32:42,962 'Tis spring, O worm. Lift up your head…

341 00:32:43,129 --> 00:32:46,215 whichever end that be, and smile at the sun.

342 00:32:46,341 --> 00:32:48,801 Untwine your naked form, and with your tail…

343 00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:51,512 fling high the dirt in ecstasy.

344 00:32:51,638 --> 00:32:54,265 'Tis spring! 'Tis spring!

345 00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:56,059 'Tis spring."

346 00:32:58,019 --> 00:33:00,980 Ridiculous ‒ a worm smiling at the sun.

347 00:33:01,147 --> 00:33:03,524

Why not?

First, a worm can't smile.

348 00:33:03,650 --> 00:33:06,819

Did you ever appeal to its sense of humor?

Of course not.

349 00:33:06,944 --> 00:33:09,113

Well, then.

But it doesn't make sense.

350 00:33:09,238 --> 00:33:12,200 Why should poetry have to make sense?

351 00:33:12,325 --> 00:33:15,578 Don't you know there's such a thing as poetic license?

352 00:33:15,703 --> 00:33:18,206 Just a moment! I've given you no license.

353 00:33:18,331 --> 00:33:22,293 No, don't. This thing we're doing is so much bigger than ourselves.

354 00:33:22,418 --> 00:33:25,963 At this moment, I'm beginning to grasp the meaning of life.

355 00:33:26,089 --> 00:33:28,675 Oh, what a waste of energy.

356 00:33:28,841 --> 00:33:32,178 What is this urge that makes life go on and on and on?

357 00:33:32,303 --> 00:33:33,846 You're right.

358 00:33:33,971 --> 00:33:37,141 What does it all mean? Where are we going?

359 00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:40,770 You're going south, dear. Your hand's in my pocket.

360 00:33:40,895 --> 00:33:42,939

Naughty.

How did it get there?

361 00:33:43,064 --> 00:33:46,442 Pure magnetism, old dear. Pure magnetism.

362 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,407 Why are you antagonistic towards me?

363 00:33:52,532 --> 00:33:54,325 Must we be serious?

364 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:56,703 You make it difficult for me to know you.

365 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:58,871 Read my memoirs in the Police Gazette.

366 00:33:59,038 --> 00:34:00,998

You're a funny man.

Why?

367 00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:03,251 To talk about worms the way you do.

368 00:34:03,376 --> 00:34:06,546 Why not? Even flies are romantic.

369 00:34:06,671 --> 00:34:08,464

Flies?

Oh, yes.

370 00:34:08,589 --> 00:34:11,217 Haven't you seen them coming from the stable to the table…

371 00:34:11,384 --> 00:34:13,469 chasing each other over the knobs of sugar…

372 00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,680 keeping their appointments in the butter?

373 00:34:15,805 --> 00:34:18,725

You've read The Life of the Bee?

No, I haven't.

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