20 (audio)

Nov 03, 2009 22:57

[The entry begins--perhaps not surprisingly, to those who have known Penny for a time--in the middle of a musical number. A rather downbeat musical number, no less.]

--say there's a better tomorrow
At the end of every day--
A ray of light down every tunnel,
A smile for every sorrow,
A happy tune to follow every note that pulls our hope astray.

But sometimes there's no silver lining
Pointing out the way
To days of future happiness
And I'm left looking, finding
Any pieces reminding me that it's okay.

It's not okay.
I'm not okay
But only for today.

[The song ends and, after a significant pause, Penny starts the entry as if no song occurred. Singing? What singing? There's no singing here.]

So that wasn't such a bad way to end the month, right? Sorry I missed all the Halloween parties! Things got kind of crazy at the Welcome Center after people started showing up, and--oh... note to self: Get more beds. It was nice, though. I don't think I've ever gotten to meet so many people all at once. And Death! I was totally freaked out when he first said hi, but he was such a sweet guy. He and his girlfriend, Life--and how cute is that?--even had a present for me. It was sort of a 'sorry you're dead' thing, which was completely unnecessary but really nice. Also? Death's on the pirate side in the pirates-versus-ninja debate. Good to know.

How's everyone doing? Still in one piece after all of that?

[Pause.]

Billy's gone. Just, you know... so you know, if you were looking for him. His picture was up and everything.

[A longer pause.]

Could I maybe talk someone into babysitting the Welcome Center for a couple days?  It's not hard... just hand out guides to anyone you see wandering around by the fountain, make sure they get what's going on, maybe hook them up with something to eat and a jacket.  Raikov's the only one living in back right now.  I usually feed him three times a day...

So that's that.

[ooc: Haven't done a musical entry for a bit, so... yes.  As usual, she isn't consciously revealing any inner thoughts in song form, so expect mild confusion if your character references that.  Penny's been getting progressively more disturbed by the friend-leaving thing that the City does, and Billy/Dr. Horrible's recent exit isn't going over well.  Soul-staring is a-okay if anyone drops by the apartment or wants to do this thing via video post.]

angst and exits, invisible musicians, idk singing?, denial is a way of life, curse, billy, welcome center, everything happens

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