A Whimsical Fantasy

Technically I could sneak Israfel back into the Wake... again, just to spite my perma-ban, but I'd have to hide everything and wouldn't be able to reveal her to her old friends.

That game is boring enough as it is.

Writing up Isra's future Ascension to Deva and pondering for far too long why music from Labyrinth was stuck in my head....



Hint: It's because the way you become a Deva is by walking through a realm of chaos and darkness called the Labyrinth.
And I'd already been thinking hard about how I was going to describe it.

B|

My predecessor said that she felt "under-appreciated..."

I can put it into a few more words.

You've worked in childcare for thirty-seven years.
Did you forget somewhere along the way that positive reinforcement works on adults too?

I'm coming into work every day hoping for silence because I know that if you address me, especially within those first fifteen minutes, it will be to criticize me.

If I know I've made a mistake, I'm coming into work a reluctant ball of nerves, buoyed only by my affection for the children and the rest of the staff, still half-wishing I had a reasonable excuse to call in.

It doesn't help if I bring up my own mistake first, to apologize, because you'll question and lecture me either way. Almost better not to mention it, in the hope that you'll forget, or that you didn't notice.
Almost better to make up excuses, pray you don't fact-check them, and quietly meditate on not screwing up the same way next time.

Do you never make the connection, when you're wondering why, that I am still the same species as those children which you so expertly teach?

Is it possible that the problems persist, in part, because I am not being told what I'm doing right?

Athena Silverborn:
Are you fuckin' serious right now?
Snorting CONDOMS?
NOT COCAINE. NOT SMARTIES.
CONDOMS.
Holy fuck, just kill yourselves, I am sSORRY, there is no hope for you kids, real talk.
Why Are Kids Snorting Condoms??

Sirifel Greenhaven:
Because that makes all the sense in the world.

Athena Silverborn:
Siri... Do something. D:

Sirifel Greenhaven:
Okay. Here's what we do, Athena.
Find yourself a keyblade. Learn how to use it. Kill a bunch of Heartless for me. When my Kingdom Hearts is complete, I'll create our new world.
This world will be composed of pure thought. That means the only true powers will be intelligence, creativity, and willpower. We'll shape ourselves and the world around us out of dream stuff and conviction.
Sound good?

Athena Silverborn:
Siri, that was beautiful. o.o;

Sirifel Greenhaven:
I can't claim credit for the plan. I only adopted it from a dear friend.

Athena Silverborn:
Well it was genius, either way, I say we do it.

Sirifel Greenhaven:
Right. Get on it, then.

This is the one stuck in my head now.
I haven't decided if it's for Song or for Phedre. A little of both.
(I should make a proper Kushiel fantrack... Africa by Toto gets me every time)

( Thank You - Alanis Morissette )

Listening to Unchained Melody

picturing Isra and Orphy

once they've mostly gotten over being all awkward and distant

just

touching each other's faces

all gentle and romantic and such

to relearn each other's features

like they start off dancing

and then get distracted

don't mind me while I asphyxiate in my own sap

or possibly write a drabble

I need to do a continuation of that last one anyway

because of the awkward and distant

that sentence is perfectly correct what are you talking about

I did a bad thing....

Here, Amy. Enjoy.


( The Ming family )

( The Dreamshop )

You know you live with an alcoholic when:

You bring home a couple bottles of Welch’s sparkling grape juice to save for New Years.
They’ve mysteriously vanished from the kitchen table two minutes later.

She didn’t even stop to glance at the label.
Or, you know, ask.