Oh, life...
Been a while since I posted. Tough it out, you probably forgot I had a livejournal anyway.
I got stung by two bees today, which meant that I very nearly fell into a coma. I was just walking back to my dorm and brushed into a bush, and felt two stings on my left arm and saw some bees flying around. I'm fatally allergic to bees. Anything more than, say, 4 stings would probably kill me within minutes. So I simply turned around and headed the studenth health center, which is conveniently a block away. I went up to the nurses station and they were all freaked out, but I'm all, "Dude, it's coo, I probably won't lose consciousness for another hour or so, if at all. It was only two stings." I'm also very proud of myself for saying "I'm all" instead of "My general demeanor towards the situation was." So I got two shots and I'm pretty conscious right now. That was today's brush with death.
sireric86: why do monkeys love bananas? fuck if i know but im so NOT gay
Eric, you light up my life.
Xum was a Lady, one among the ones that call themselves the 'Chosen ones'. She was a pale beauty - of the distant, flirtatious kind, and her intellect was as sharp as a glass shard. Her sanctuary was already over the edge of the Brink, when the following story happened, but her powers were more than strong enough to keep it from being swallowed by nothingness.
On the other side from her Sanctuary was the Tree of Song. It was guarded by the brothers Thar and Bhotaar, strong and horned descendants of Beatrice, that planted the tree there in the age of harmony. Thar loved the Lady Xum, but it was a love that could not be - because Thar and Bhotaar were on the other side of the conflict. They were among the ones that call themselves the 'Faithful', and only death and ruin have ever come out of love affairs between the opposed sides. Such ruin would also befell the Lady and the two brothers.
Thar decided to meet the Lady Xum, and he invited her to meet him in Elysium. They agreed on wearing their ancient shapes, the shapes of the Xan. For 250 man-years they dwelled there in each others arms. A long time for man but just a moment for the ancients. They parted and went back to their homes, saturated with love, agreeing that they should never meet again.
But Thar was lost in his hunger for her, and he went to her sanctuary. Lady Xum screamed and wept as he was slaughtered by her guards and automatons. His ancient soul departed and immediately the Tree of Song started withering.
Furious with grief his brother Bhotaar summoned an army, and he equipped it with only the best he could make. From the song-weavers under the tree came this armor - its strength and durability unparallelled at the time. With this force he invaded the Sanctuary of Xum. Its protectors were many, but they were all felled. Lastly it was only the Lady left in her low chamber. Bhotaar tore down the seals she had set before her door, and he entered. Then he met the look of the Lady, and for a moment he was puzzled to see a tear in her eye. It was just a moment, but it was enough for her to fire a bolt of soul-tapping into his heart.
His body was found by his men. They carried it back to the Tree of Song, but the Tree of Song was also dead. Without a leader or a home the army scattered. Soon after the Sanctuary of Xum fell into the abyss of the Brink, and the Lady of Xum has not been seen since.
Taken from the story of Thar's armor
I got stung by two bees today, which meant that I very nearly fell into a coma. I was just walking back to my dorm and brushed into a bush, and felt two stings on my left arm and saw some bees flying around. I'm fatally allergic to bees. Anything more than, say, 4 stings would probably kill me within minutes. So I simply turned around and headed the studenth health center, which is conveniently a block away. I went up to the nurses station and they were all freaked out, but I'm all, "Dude, it's coo, I probably won't lose consciousness for another hour or so, if at all. It was only two stings." I'm also very proud of myself for saying "I'm all" instead of "My general demeanor towards the situation was." So I got two shots and I'm pretty conscious right now. That was today's brush with death.
sireric86: why do monkeys love bananas? fuck if i know but im so NOT gay
Eric, you light up my life.
Xum was a Lady, one among the ones that call themselves the 'Chosen ones'. She was a pale beauty - of the distant, flirtatious kind, and her intellect was as sharp as a glass shard. Her sanctuary was already over the edge of the Brink, when the following story happened, but her powers were more than strong enough to keep it from being swallowed by nothingness.
On the other side from her Sanctuary was the Tree of Song. It was guarded by the brothers Thar and Bhotaar, strong and horned descendants of Beatrice, that planted the tree there in the age of harmony. Thar loved the Lady Xum, but it was a love that could not be - because Thar and Bhotaar were on the other side of the conflict. They were among the ones that call themselves the 'Faithful', and only death and ruin have ever come out of love affairs between the opposed sides. Such ruin would also befell the Lady and the two brothers.
Thar decided to meet the Lady Xum, and he invited her to meet him in Elysium. They agreed on wearing their ancient shapes, the shapes of the Xan. For 250 man-years they dwelled there in each others arms. A long time for man but just a moment for the ancients. They parted and went back to their homes, saturated with love, agreeing that they should never meet again.
But Thar was lost in his hunger for her, and he went to her sanctuary. Lady Xum screamed and wept as he was slaughtered by her guards and automatons. His ancient soul departed and immediately the Tree of Song started withering.
Furious with grief his brother Bhotaar summoned an army, and he equipped it with only the best he could make. From the song-weavers under the tree came this armor - its strength and durability unparallelled at the time. With this force he invaded the Sanctuary of Xum. Its protectors were many, but they were all felled. Lastly it was only the Lady left in her low chamber. Bhotaar tore down the seals she had set before her door, and he entered. Then he met the look of the Lady, and for a moment he was puzzled to see a tear in her eye. It was just a moment, but it was enough for her to fire a bolt of soul-tapping into his heart.
His body was found by his men. They carried it back to the Tree of Song, but the Tree of Song was also dead. Without a leader or a home the army scattered. Soon after the Sanctuary of Xum fell into the abyss of the Brink, and the Lady of Xum has not been seen since.
Taken from the story of Thar's armor