Madison Valley Role Play

[Filtered away from the Council]

It's two months exactly since I arrived here. When I thought about what I'd be doing now I have to say that being stuck in a little town in Indiana, living in a church, in a world where Kenzo Yagai never lived and neither did my daddy - that's about one of the least probable things I could have thought of, isn't it?

Two months is a long time and they've probably stopped looking for me. I wonder how long Daddy will leave it before he has another daughter instead. I don't really want any more sisters anyway but if he thinks I'm not coming back then...the technology's there and when my generation are older it's the genemodded kids who are going to have the easiest time at everything so he can't give all the money to Alice, she wouldn't know what to do with it.

I still think we'll get home someday but it might take a long time and I don't know what home will look like when I get there.

Also? Is there anyone else here who's...awake at night? And I don't mean to drink in bars and things, just anyone whose sleep pattern isn't like normal.

Holy writs say the wicked will burn but I tend toward thinking the Adversary's domain is ice and not fire at all.

Cold burns deeper than fire. Is that false doctrine? Angels preserve my wretched soul.

Who is this Robert Browning fellow and why does he suppose he knows anything about anything especially the Tower and he's the one who lies in every word, so it is.

Didn't I say that I hate   carry-over     lies    bad poetry? I'll not put up with it.

WHO Dorian Gray & Tony Stark
WHAT Looking Over Iron Man Comics
WHEN Sunday
WHERE Astro Books, which is closed
RATING: Low
STATUS Closed - Ongoing in Gdocs (will be updated)

( Keys to the Kingdom )

For those of you who don't know already, I'd gotten myself a job at Astro Books, a seller of comics and books. Recently things have been a bit awkward, obviously, as new arrivals have not been arriving and as far as stock is concerned, what we have is what we have (and people seem more concerned with groceries than Captain America issue 10, as far as I know. But! It is a used book store, so we do get new things in from time to time. You know, until Madison's economy collapses entirely because everyone seems more concerned with vaccinating immortals and creating social inequality in place of, you know, protecting local businesses and daily life.

I'm waiting for the between-war-Germany-style inflation to strike, myself. Or are we skipping that and moving right on to Police State

Anyway, among the stakes of Dungeons & Dragons rule books and Essential Incredible Hulk Volume 1, I found a rather interesting book by Alan Moore called 'The Mirror of Love'. It seemed, to me, rather out of place wedged between mad scientists and elves so I took it down and gave it a read.... And -- it's a book of poems about positive and negative figures who have been historically important to literature or society and the position of homosexuality within it. I found them very inspiring, even though I was rather shocked to discover them in this place and from the same hand that brought us V for Vendetta and From Hell.
None of the poems are titled, but at the back of the book it explains who they are written about -- Sappo, Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein...

And on page 46, accompanied by a picture of his lipstick stained tomb, is the poem written for my dear, dear Oscar.
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[OOC: I'm basing the bookstore on LIBRAIRIE ASTRO, my local comic/fantasy/sci-fi book store. Because it's easy. It's pretty cute and I've always been fond of it, so there you go]

So, guys, as Justine stated yesterday, we're going to be holding some...classes, I suppose, on sexuality in the 21st century. Regular stuff about sex: how to protect yourself from diseases, how to prevent pregnancy, how to please your partners. This is going to be a really open sort of thing, and you can ask any sort of questions you like. Trust me, you can't embarrass me with questions about sex.

So, obviously, I'll be leading the men's group, and Justine will be with the women.

If you have any questions that you don't feel comfortable asking, feel free to filter them to me here.

[Filtered to Justine]

I got tested. Results in a few days. I also had to, uh, convince them that my blood was supposed to look like that.

Well, it looks like I've talked myself into a job -- as per usual.

God, what do you people do in Indiana? Are you all just really, really caught up on TV shows? Is this the chance I've been waiting for to finish Orange is the New Black?

I'm starting to miss the constant threat of total annihilation and the epic boss battles. Hell, I'd even take The Unicorn.

At least this place has Spanakopita.



Oh, right. I'm Tony Stark.

[Tony Stark]

If you're not morally opposed, I think I found a place half-decent that'll feed us. If you're not busy tonight, we ought to go.

I am in need of a donor.

You will not be harmed and contrary to folklore, you will not be turned into a vampire. I'm an old vampire and do not require a lot of blood.

Someone needs to explain to me the point of giving an unchangeable immortal a vaccination. I'm sure my portrait doesn't need to be protected against smallpox.

Also, immortality seemed to be a bit vogue among the refugees, mm?

Right.

Could anyone direct me to the nearest restaurant? And if anyone mentions the name of that aluminium-sided monstrosity across for the gas station, I may be forced to put you out to pasture, as you're obviously of no use to anyone.