December 2011
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Noble darkness, the envelope of the earth and the heavens, a black and seamless blanket of stars. You surround us as we fall in every direction, drifting aimlessly farther and farther into your close and distant depths. Boundless and endless and powerful and prolonging, the universe is yours to behold in your silent hands.
Lovely nightfall, your grasp is sickly and your ailment apparent: by a...
October 2011
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
That’s not exactly fair. Besides, I didn’t deface anything; I cleaned it.
[voice gets a tad lower and more menacing] Defacing or “cleaning”, they are one and the same.
Care to explain how? Cleaning generally makes things look nicer. I was under the impression that defacing something makes it worse.
Have I...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
I suppose defacing my property would not have made you notice my discomfort.
That’s not exactly fair. Besides, I didn’t deface anything; I cleaned it.
[voice gets a tad lower and more menacing] Defacing or “cleaning”, they are one and the same.
Care to explain how? Cleaning generally makes things look nicer. I was under the...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
I suppose defacing my property would not have made you notice my discomfort.
That’s not exactly fair. Besides, I didn’t deface anything; I cleaned it.
[voice gets a tad lower and more menacing] Defacing or “cleaning”, they are one and the same.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Someplace without unwelcome intruders.
(frowns) You didn’t have to let me come back. I’m here because you’re allowing it.
Perhaps I regret that decision.
(looks away) …Sorry, then. I didn’t have any intentions of making you uncomfortable, but I guess it’s unavoidable.
I suppose defacing my property would not have made you...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
Take more jabs at my intelligence if you want, but it really isn’t. Try looking at the good end of things instead of only seeing the negative results, maybe?
What good is a place which sets my heart astir with unease? I have thoughts of leaving.
Really? (looks at him curiously) Where would you go, then?
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
Take more jabs at my intelligence if you want, but it really isn’t. Try looking at the good end of things instead of only seeing the negative results, maybe?
What good is a place which sets my heart astir with unease? I have thoughts of leaving.
Really? (looks at him curiously) Where would you go, then?
Someplace without unwelcome...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Should not comfort be a main factor in deciding a “home”?
Here is no longer comfortable.
So make it comfortable. (shrugs) It’s not so hard.
It is contrarily difficult. [narrows his eyes at Johan]
Yet again you understand so little.
Take more jabs at my intelligence if you want, but it really isn’t. Try looking at the good...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Should not comfort be a main factor in deciding a “home”?
Here is no longer comfortable.
So make it comfortable. (shrugs) It’s not so hard.
It is contrarily difficult. [narrows his eyes at Johan]
Yet again you understand so little.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
I do not belong here.
Then where do you belong?
[turns away] There is no longer an answer to that question.
Sounds more like an “I don’t know” to me, and if you don’t know, then why not here? If nothing else, here’s better than nowhere.
Should not comfort be a main factor in deciding a “home”?
Here is no...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
I do not belong here.
Then where do you belong?
[turns away] There is no longer an answer to that question.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
You act like that’s a bad thing, though. I don’t think it is. Wouldn’t a change here be good, after it’s been empty for so long?
To whom does this new castle belong?
Hm…Well, I’d say it’s still yours. The castle’s not the only thing changing, after all; it’s just moving a little faster than others.
The...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Moon by moon, the castle continues its steady path toward the light.
[slowly turns to Johan and stares at him accusingly]
You act like that’s a bad thing, though. I don’t think it is. Wouldn’t a change here be good, after it’s been empty for so long?
To whom does this new castle belong?
Hm…Well, I’d say it’s still yours....
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Moon by moon, the castle continues its steady path toward the light.
[slowly turns to Johan and stares at him accusingly]
You act like that’s a bad thing, though. I don’t think it is. Wouldn’t a change here be good, after it’s been empty for so long?
To whom does this new castle belong?
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Moon by moon, the castle continues its steady path toward the light.
[slowly turns to Johan and stares at him accusingly]
The castle seems so strange and unfamiliar, a bright scar across the darkness.
A powerless monarch sits askew on his throne of light. The future is uncomfortably golden.
Where is the comforting warmth of the darkness?
The halls ring with the chimes of activity and life.
Two people seem to fill up the entire world.
September 2011
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
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You’re so stubborn! What, is it going to kill you to clean something?
[stares at Johan darkly] Very well.
I will participate if you cease your incessant chatter.
(smiles triumphantly) Good! You need to do something other than stare out of windows all day anyway, it’s not good for you.
It seems to be a...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
I’ll do nothing of the sort.
You’re so stubborn! What, is it going to kill you to clean something?
[stares at Johan darkly] Very well.
I will participate if you cease your incessant chatter.
(smiles triumphantly) Good! You need to do something other than stare out of windows all day anyway, it’s not good for you.
It...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
If you’ve never cleaned anything before, that’s all the more reason you should now; you’re going to have to learn how to do some of this stuff eventually. Besides, it’s not like it’s hard.
I’ll do nothing of the sort.
You’re so stubborn! What, is it going to kill you to clean something?
[stares at Johan darkly] Very well.
I will...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
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Nah, not really. It was just a suggestion. Do you even have anything better to do?
Anything is better than shameful physical toil.
(sighs) It’s not shameful, it’s something that needs to be done. Do you even have an actual kitchen here? And I don’t even want to imagine how disgusting the bathrooms would be. If...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
A job for servants is beneath the powers of a ruler. Am I a servant to you?
Nah, not really. It was just a suggestion. Do you even have anything better to do?
Anything is better than shameful physical toil.
(sighs) It’s not shameful, it’s something that needs to be done. Do you even have an actual kitchen here? And I don’t...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
A job for servants is beneath the powers of a ruler. Am I a servant to you?
Nah, not really. It was just a suggestion. Do you even have anything better to do?
Anything is better than shameful physical toil.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
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(looks at him confusedly) Well what? Was I supposed to be doing something?
[narrows his eyes] What have you been doing?
Oh. I’ve just been buying some stuff. Do you have any idea how, well, filthy it is in the higher levels of your castle? It really bothered me when I was stuck here, since I could kind of feel...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
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Fear depends upon the witness. [stares at Johan a little expectantly] Well?
(looks at him confusedly) Well what? Was I supposed to be doing something?
[narrows his eyes] What have you been doing?
Oh. I’ve just been buying some stuff. Do you have any idea how, well, filthy it is in the higher levels of your castle? It really...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
Whoa, hey. (shakes his head a little at Haou’s sudden appearance and chuckles) You really have a knack for kind of appearing out of nowhere. You probably would have scared someone else, you know.
Fear depends upon the witness. [stares at Johan a little expectantly] Well?
(looks at him confusedly) Well what? Was I supposed to be doing...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
The castle is not nearly as silent as before. The tallest spire shakes with the fresh vibrations of a visitor, one who sidles in and out as he pleases. [rises from his place and paces around the room]
I have had little knowledge of his activity these past few days. He seems to be quite busy with a certain… something.
[slowly strolls to a stop] I can feel a...
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The castle is not nearly as silent as before. The tallest spire shakes with the fresh vibrations of a visitor, one who sidles in and out as he pleases. [rises from his place and paces around the room]
I have had little knowledge of his activity these past few days. He seems to be quite busy with a certain… something.
[slowly strolls to a stop] I can feel a presence entering my castle...
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crystalbeacon:
(smiles slightly) Ah, so you finally understand that you can’t change my mind. And yeah, I know. I don’t really care, though. I did say I don’t want to be anywhere else, after all.
[sighs and allows his arms to finally drop to his sides] It is your own decision… Johan.
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(lets his arm fall to his side and laughs shakily, wiping away the last of his tears) What on earth makes you think I’ll regret it? I’m so…relieved. It was really hard knowing you weren’t around somewhere all the time for the first few days after I left. I’d gotten so used to you and talking to you and I really kind of…um…missed you. So I don’t think I could ever regret coming...
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crystalbeacon:
Don’t you get it? I can’t leave, not again, not when I never wanted to in the first place. I don’t need any lights in the sky, I don’t want to be anywhere else. Even if you’re a king, every king needs subjects, right? People who support him. Let me stay. Let me help you. You don’t have to be alone. (moves forward a little more, reaching his hand out and grabbing Haou’s arm)...
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crystalbeacon:
Destiny is the path that you choose for yourself, not something predetermined when you’re born. You can change your destiny, you don’t have to be a medium of despair or darkness or whatever. You can change. It’s not impossible.
(attempts to settle his breathing and then takes a step forward) If…if this is wasting my life, then I’ll gladly throw it away. I don’t want to use it...
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crystalbeacon:
Because I can’t stand knowing that you’re in there without anyone at all - I can’t stand the idea that you have to be reliant only on yourself, that you don’t have anyone or anything to turn to, that you have to push everyone away because things don’t hurt as much. Nobody should have to live like that! Nobody should be constantly alone, nobody should hurt as much as you have -...
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crystalbeacon:
Sometimes being alone helps. Sometimes it can make you feel better. But you’ve been mostly alone for your entire life, and look at where it’s gotten you. Just…please don’t. (takes in a shaky breath) Please don’t go sit by yourself.
[takes a step toward him] Give me a solid reason not to go.
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crystalbeacon:
Are you sure about that? I saw that you were shaking. I don’t think being by yourself more would make you feel any better, but hey, what do I know. (sighs and looks up at the sky, putting his hands behind his back to hide their shaking)
It really is empty here, you know. At least it is from here to the plaza. There’s nobody else here at all, not a single living creature. Are you...
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crystalbeacon:
If you don’t, then why are you outside? Why did you say all those things if you didn’t have a reason to say them? (lifts his head and stares at Haou’s back, his voice lowering again as he mumbles the last bit) I…I don’t want to go back where I came from.
[turns to him again] They are irrelevant now and represent sentiments from the past. I only wish to proceed in solitude.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Ah… a taker. I shall bestow on you the gifts of a king. [turns toward the voice] Direct me to—
[lets out a small gasp and swallows it immediately]
You… why are you still here?
…Well, I wasn’t before. I kind of just came back. I didn’t expect you to be outside, though, and I had no plans of actually going in…I don’t know, honestly, I’ve just been…worried....
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crystalbeacon:
(looks around the corner of a house when he hears a voice, his face paling slightly when he sees Haou, and whispers quietly to himself)
…Haou…? He’s shaking. He’s outside. Of course it would be the one time I decide to lurk around…(sighs and fidgets uncomfortably, then takes a step forward, raising his voice)
Um…hi, Haou. (looks away)
Ah… a taker. I shall bestow on you...
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I truly wonder if this world is empty. Perhaps there’s someone here, a lone soul, surviving on this decrepit island as the comet rises high and utters its cry to no one. I don’t understand why a rift in the fabric of space would empty my kingdom.
[alights in the entrance hall, and the large, heavy doors open by themselves as he walks toward them]
Hm. My subordinates used to populate...
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A breath of sweet, untainted air. I wonder what it is like, to breathe in and breathe out. To breathe at all.
[slowly rises from his seat]
If I do not understand it here, will I elsewhere?
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Why does this mood not cease? Will it never end? Was I doomed to eternity, was misery underlying apathy and is now just rearing its wretched black head?
If I could end it now, I would. Alas, I am a king who is yet a slave to the darkness.
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crystalbeacon:
…Fine.
I’ll go. If that’s what you want. (turns and starts walking away, then stops)
I don’t know if it’s pointless to say this, but I’ll never ignore you if you need help. You might not want to see me again, but every offer and every promise I’ve made to you still stands.
(sighs after a moment and then continues out) Goodbye, Haou.
[stands in silence as he watches Johan...
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crystalbeacon:
(pauses for a moment, his breath catching slightly)
I…I don’t believe you. Not completely. And I don’t want to leave you here just because you said something that hurts, especially after I made you a promise. I didn’t expect you to let me go, and even if you had never confined me here to begin with, I wouldn’t want to leave. But if you’ve really given up hope on anything other...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Because you are not obligated to stay. [looks away from him]
That’s not a reason to leave.
It is. Here is not the place for you. It is deep and dark and empty.
Leave.
See, the thing is…you can force me to stay here, but it’s a lot harder to force me to leave. I’m not going anywhere.
Stop this. I don’t… want...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Because you are not obligated to stay. [looks away from him]
That’s not a reason to leave.
It is. Here is not the place for you. It is deep and dark and empty.
Leave.
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
crystalbeacon:
If you’re thinking of me as the source of your problem, then I haven’t gone anywhere. (breathes deeply a few times to catch his breath, then stares at Haou with a frown)
…You de-fused me from your castle. Why?
[turns slowly to him, eyes nearly dead as they once were]
Why haven’t you gone yet?
Did you really think I would just leave? (looks...
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crystalbeacon:
darkworldhero:
Seven days I have lingered.
The cause of the problem has gone, and yet the solution remains hidden within the depths.
Shall I become this for eternity…?
If you’re thinking of me as the source of your problem, then I haven’t gone anywhere. (breathes deeply a few times to catch his breath, then stares at Haou with a frown)
…You de-fused me from your castle....
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Seven days I have lingered.
The cause of the problem has gone, and yet the solution remains hidden within the depths.
Shall I become this for eternity…?
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For days I have sat in silence.
[gingerly pulls out a card from his deck and gazes at it intensely, as if making an important decision]
I play De-Fusion.
[turns to the window, his duel disk deactivating]
I hope you leave this empty place soon, Johan.
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I despise him.
I bade him promise and yet he continues to bring about this thing called misery.
