Twelfth Conflagration

[alittleblackmagic]

[private, hackable to family and friends]
Sis . . .

You remember?  When we were younger . . . Back when I first learned to walk.  I'd almost got the hang of it, but I just couldn't stop myself from tumbling over and crashing into things all the time -- Of course, you'd managed it perfectly already.  And even then, you'd already honed your 'Stop that Palom!' expression down to an art.  But you held my hand.  You didn't let me give up.  So we did it . . . together.  We've always done everything together . . . And you promised you would always be with me.  I promised you the same thing.

So how . . . How am I supposed to manage this by myself, sis?  How?

 . . .  You've gotta come back.  P-Please . . . I can't.  I can't do this alone.  I can't!  It's too hard.  It's just too hard . . . Oh, sis!  Why?!  It's not fair . . . We're not supposed to go solo.  Neither of us . . . We're not meant to be alone.  We're twins.  Black and white, night and day, yin and yang!  Snap out of it, Porom!  Wake up!  Stop saying those things!  You can't do this to me; you can't you can't you can't you can't you can't!

Porom!  Porom Porom Porom don't leave . . . Don't leave . . .

Don't leave me alone, sis . . .

((Those in the park about an hour after this phone conversation would do well to avoid the little boy throwing a huge tantrum.))

Comments

[iamtheforest.livejournal.com]

[Suddenly serious.]

In a land where everything is taken from us, if we lose our good spirits, what do we have?

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

Cause laughing solves everything! HAHAHAHA POROM'S GONE AIN'T THAT A RIOT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaahahaaaaaaa

[iamtheforest.livejournal.com]

Laughter solves nothing, but that is not it's power! Laughter destroys despair, and hardens the spirit, preventing it from being crushed beneath the absence of hope!

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

. . . What the heck is that supposed to mean?! Porom's gone and we're gonna be stuck here for the next ten years! You want me to laugh about it?

[iamtheforest.livejournal.com]

If not that, then something else! Those passed should be remembered and honored with the joy of those left behind. Not even Gods can know what life may bring or when it may end, so enjoying the present is all we have.

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

. . . I don't think I wanna enjoy myself. Not while Porom's stuck like that. And don't talk about her like she's dead.