Research Paper #143 -- Voice Post
[for a second, the post is silent, except for the tick-tick-tick of a metronome left near the computer for a few minutes. Then, Autor speaks up.]
I'm sorry I've been too busy recently to thank everyone for their presents properly, but...I'd like to take a moment to do so. Thank you, everyone. The gifts were very well thought out.
[silent for a moment, allowing the metronome to tick away]
I...I suppose...that's all I have to say.
[private]
...I was looking forward to this Christmas. It was the first time I'd be celebrating the holiday with people since...f-for a while.
And in the past few days, I've been attacked (with my hand completely crippled for who knows how long), forbidden to see someone very dear to me, had the final nail hammered into the coffin of my affection for Rue (I knew that day was coming, I just didn't want to believe it), and...now, my cousin is dead.
And now, we're supposed to all go to a ball? No, no, I have a feeling I know how well that would turn out. I don't want to go. I hate dancing, anyway.
But if Joshua allows Rosette to go, perhaps I could see her...
No, that'd be foolish. Even if she's there, I can't speak to her, unless I want to be attacked again or, worse, cause Joshua to place even more restrictions on her.
...But if she's there, and I can just see that she's fine...
.............No. She won't be there anyway. I'm not going.
[/private]
((OOC: Icon shows as "This is serious business!" and mood shows as "grateful" to everyone else. Autor's not admitting it out loud, but he's actually rather shaken by Fakir's death. And that metronome in the background is Rosette's present to him--he doesn't know how else to tell her he got it without placing her (or himself) in danger.))
I'm sorry I've been too busy recently to thank everyone for their presents properly, but...I'd like to take a moment to do so. Thank you, everyone. The gifts were very well thought out.
[silent for a moment, allowing the metronome to tick away]
I...I suppose...that's all I have to say.
[private]
...I was looking forward to this Christmas. It was the first time I'd be celebrating the holiday with people since...f-for a while.
And in the past few days, I've been attacked (with my hand completely crippled for who knows how long), forbidden to see someone very dear to me, had the final nail hammered into the coffin of my affection for Rue (I knew that day was coming, I just didn't want to believe it), and...now, my cousin is dead.
And now, we're supposed to all go to a ball? No, no, I have a feeling I know how well that would turn out. I don't want to go. I hate dancing, anyway.
But if Joshua allows Rosette to go, perhaps I could see her...
No, that'd be foolish. Even if she's there, I can't speak to her, unless I want to be attacked again or, worse, cause Joshua to place even more restrictions on her.
...But if she's there, and I can just see that she's fine...
.............No. She won't be there anyway. I'm not going.
[/private]
((OOC: Icon shows as "This is serious business!" and mood shows as "grateful" to everyone else. Autor's not admitting it out loud, but he's actually rather shaken by Fakir's death. And that metronome in the background is Rosette's present to him--he doesn't know how else to tell her he got it without placing her (or himself) in danger.))