-010- [voice] usual spoiler warning

[vanityunbcoming]

[As this entry opens, there's several seconds of faint birdsong in the background. A good indicator that Vanitas is outside somewhere. Why not? It's finally overcast and not so glaringly hot, today.

Just when it might seem the journal was clicked on accidentally, a voice finally speaks up, cool and even as always.] Once upon a time, there

Comments

[zehahaha]

Zehahahahahahahaha! That's an easy one! Fate's what controls all o' us! Regardless o' what ya try, or what yer plans are, fate'll push ya in the direction it wants, whether ya wanna be pushed or not!

[vanityunbcoming]

So no matter what you do, the outcome's ultimately the same? Sounds a little cheap to me.

[zehahaha]

Yep, that sounds 'bout right! Hell, I learned that from experience! I had my plans, an' a pretty good idea of how I was gonna get what I wanted, but fate stepped in! Actually made things a lot easier fer me in the end!

[vanityunbcoming]

Alright, a different question. How has that discovery affected your life, now?

[unbalancedsoul]

Fate is a river, and free will is the rocks you throw in it. My mother used to say that, and I am inclined to believe her.

[vanityunbcoming]

That's an interesting way of putting it.

[unbalancedsoul]

While the current of 'fate' may be strong, it has many different paths it can take. And the rocks of 'free will', over time, can slow the flow, create a new path, or even stop it entirely.

[...Her mom was weird, ok.]

[vanityunbcoming]

[Hmmm. No, it makes sense.]

All with repercussions, though. You can't dam a river and not get a lake out of it.

[flared]

So, which one are you?

[vanityunbcoming]

Take a guess.

[flared]

I think I'll have to go with vampire. Blood-sucking monster seems about right.

[vanityunbcoming]

Was it that obvious?

[meteorical]

A kid from some tiny, backwater world huh?

[vanityunbcoming]

Just telling it like it is.

[meteorical]

What are you trying to get out of this now, Vanitas?

[vanityunbcoming]

I'm interested in other peoples' opinions. There something wrong with that?

forward-dated to the 7th

[perplex_me]

Does one of those freaks include you?

[vanityunbcoming]

Little late, aren't you? [a soft snort] I'm not denying it.

[perplex_me]

Shut up.

So who're the other three freaks then? The people I think they are?

[vanityunbcoming]

Probably.