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Tweak says, "Everything extra cheesy!"

Emil Castagnier [Nebula] (forgotmynuts) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-09-03 17:02:00

Entry tags:

!days 160-169, ashikawa mitsuru, claude c. kenni, {chaz villette}, {emil castagnier}, {kirika yuumura}, {{{hakuba saguru}}}, {{{james t. kirk}}}

Who: Emil, Hakuba, whoever
Where: By the Orion dorms
When: Day 165, afternoon
What: Attempting to teach teammate self-defense

[there are two blanks in blinding Orion yellow, one holding on to a wooden staff, and the other correcting the first's grip]

No, um, more like this. That should help. . . Um, unless it's too heavy for you! It's not too heavy, is it?

[though, it sounds like the second one doesn't really sound like he has much confidence in the subject. shouldn't a teacher know what they're doing?]

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tothelight
2010-09-13 11:19 am UTC (link)

* half-mumbling, thinking out loud. *

'Light and fury'...a meteor impact? Multiples? So the 'fire and rage' could've definitely been a reference to volcanic activity-- but what about the 'arms' and 'embrace' of the Old Woman? That makes her sound like the underground itself-- unless it's talking about a change in the atmosphere itself that's having an effect on the earth... 'dying but could not die'...

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	byallmeans 2010-09-13 11:29 am UTC (link)
	Whatever she did, it had to be strong enough to cause the other judges to fear her. The notes we got in our journals said as much- that they fear her wrath- and if the only way the Old Man could keep them safe was to take them into himself... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tothelight
2010-09-13 11:40 am UTC (link)

I'm not sure the Old Man's keeping them safe per se... Aah, how did the lines go again...

Something something... "as the Old Woman reached out her arms to him. Those within would not die. They drew in others, fed and grew strong."

"Deep in the embrace of the Old Woman, the Old Man was dying but could not die. He has begun to feed as well."

You remember the journals also said this much about him; keep moving, he hungers.

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	byallmeans 2010-09-13 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Those within" must be the judges, though. They're the ones drawing in others, aren't they? And whether it was intentional or not, it seems to be implying that only the ones that entered the mountain as the mural showed survived. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	That's what I'm thinking. But the mountain as it was drawn in the mural... ...looked more like teeth than arms, if you know what I mean. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

byallmeans
2010-09-13 12:37 pm UTC (link)

It's possible. There seemed to be some sort of stylized eyes in one of the images, which would lend weight to the opening being the Old Man's mouth.

But if he ate them, intending nothing more than to feed himself, you would think they'd fear more than just the Old Woman's wrath.

[Pauses a moment, thinking that over.]

Unless they found a way to offer him something else instead. Some other source of food.

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	tothelight 2010-09-13 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	... Aah. Or they just compete for the same one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Convenient for them that we provide everything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	...guess they see that as a fair price for the one wish. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	And for the people that don't survive to get it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	... They're not really dead at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	If he's feeding on them, what would you call it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	The others feed off us. And we're still moving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	They feed off of parts of us. It's different. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	The Old Man doesn't consume them completely. Otherwise the ones who've come back wouldn't be here at all. They're not dead, Mitsuru. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 02:24 pm UTC (link)
	And if they stay there long enough? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-13 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	They don't. We get them out before that happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-13 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	What about earlier blanks? People were here before us, and there will be people here after us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-14 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	...right now, if there's anything that can be done for them, I don't know what it is. All I can do is focus on what's in front of me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-15 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	And tell yourself the rest will all work out in the end. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-09-15 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	Well... there's none of us who can really say it will or won't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	byallmeans 2010-09-15 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	I can make a decent guess. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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