Well. I never thought I would be quite so grateful to be back in this City, but after the events of the past several days, it does come as a relief
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Private to the authoruxoriousemperorDecember 12 2009, 02:26:42 UTC
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Of course there is. There will always be a place in my heart for Rudolph. My difficulty lies in the odd games with time this City plays with us. The last I saw of my son, he was ten years old. In my mind, I can see him running around the palace as clearly as I can see the books on my shelf here. But my wife has returned here from a time twenty years hence, when my son has been recently buried. I have not yet experienced this loss - although my wife assures me I was there, so, as I understand it, I will return home eventually and do so - and as such I am unable to grieve in the same manner as she. When I return home, my boy will still be ten years old, as I understand the nature of such things. The young man he becomes who kills him dies will not exist yet. And as such, I find it difficult, as I know I will have another twenty years with him upon my return.
It is a difficult concept for me to grasp, let alone explain, and I apologize if it comes across less than clearly.
We have spoken before, I believe, but I do not believe we have been properly introduced. I am Franz-Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. And you are?
Private; dude, Franz looks like a woman and it confuses me XDspiritofsorrowDecember 12 2009, 03:32:03 UTC
Ah, I misinterpreted what you had said. The time scales here are so strange...when my lover came to the City, I knew the way she would die, and the manner of her life after the time from whence she came. She barely believed me until she became more accustomed to the City. It was...unorthodox, to say the least, and I was confronting the concept of her death while she had no concept of her impending demise.
I understand that all of this is difficult to explain, and that I surely cannot understand.
You come from a world similar to mine. Or, at least, we have an Austria and a Hungary. As for myself, I am The Sorrow. I was once a Soviet -- ah, Russian -- citizen. I am unsure precisely the era from which you come.
Private; 's okay, he's played by a woman, so I understand the confusion^^uxoriousemperorDecember 12 2009, 04:24:43 UTC
Misinterpretation is easy when the concept is difficult. I often fear I misinterpret what I read or hear through these contraptions.
You have my sympathies, sir. That sounds like a most troubling situation.
You know of my homeland? I must admit, that is refreshing. I know not of "Soviet," but I do know of Russia. The Russians helped us with an uprising in Hungary when I was younger. I come from the nineteenth century. I would assume, based on my lack of knowledge of your terminology, that you hail from some time in my future, if indeed we are from similar worlds?
Of course there is. There will always be a place in my heart for Rudolph. My difficulty lies in the odd games with time this City plays with us. The last I saw of my son, he was ten years old. In my mind, I can see him running around the palace as clearly as I can see the books on my shelf here. But my wife has returned here from a time twenty years hence, when my son has been recently buried. I have not yet experienced this loss - although my wife assures me I was there, so, as I understand it, I will return home eventually and do so - and as such I am unable to grieve in the same manner as she. When I return home, my boy will still be ten years old, as I understand the nature of such things. The young man he becomes who kills him dies will not exist yet. And as such, I find it difficult, as I know I will have another twenty years with him upon my return.
It is a difficult concept for me to grasp, let alone explain, and I apologize if it comes across less than clearly.
We have spoken before, I believe, but I do not believe we have been properly introduced. I am Franz-Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. And you are?
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I understand that all of this is difficult to explain, and that I surely cannot understand.
You come from a world similar to mine. Or, at least, we have an Austria and a Hungary. As for myself, I am The Sorrow. I was once a Soviet -- ah, Russian -- citizen. I am unsure precisely the era from which you come.
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You have my sympathies, sir. That sounds like a most troubling situation.
You know of my homeland? I must admit, that is refreshing. I know not of "Soviet," but I do know of Russia. The Russians helped us with an uprising in Hungary when I was younger. I come from the nineteenth century. I would assume, based on my lack of knowledge of your terminology, that you hail from some time in my future, if indeed we are from similar worlds?
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