video post † 003 † 05-23-10 (Backdated)

[slantedcross]

[FILTERED FROM: Alice & other children]

Not that I object to staying in bed for two weeks, but some company might have improved the experience.

[End Filter]

Did anything exciting happen while I was asleep?

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please forgive my general fail at life. orz.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Intriguing.

I wonder what ostensibly normal people like us could do, though.

[This is a test. Youji already knows of people who are decidedly Not Normal. He wonders how Danny will react to this.]

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

Hee, well I doubt they'd think I'm lying if you're with me.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

And what are you implying, young lady?

[The smile lets her know he's kidding.]

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

Knights are always honorable of course!

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

All right. That isn't so bad.

[Little bit of guilt here? Maybe.]

...who doesn't believe what you say? I'm curious.

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

Well a lot of people didn't believe me about lions you know.

Nooo problem~ <3

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

What can we do? *There's no hesitation, but his performance is flawed: the timing of his 'beats me' grimace and small shrug is almost rehearsed, and the serious, problem-solving quality of his tone has turned to something that's a shade too close to carelessness. Whatever it all means, it doesn't fit in with how he was before: Youji's test has found something.*

I dunno. Superpowers aren't everything, so maybe they just need people at the right time and the right place.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

...they obviously haven't been here long enough.

^0^

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

[It has. Not that Youji lets on. But there is something hiding here. Something to pursue another time; as someone who is both naturally casual and uses the fact as camouflage for his actual intelligence...]

But it still begs the questions of what, why, and how. Even if you're in the right place at the right time, there is generally still an action of kind involved.

[thenicer-one.livejournal.com]

[She sighs but there is a goodnatured smile on face.]

Would Sunday be good for you?

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately Mr. Simba left...

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

So he did.

But he isn't the only lion in the world, I'm sure.

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

But I've not met any lion here other than him.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

I suppose that isn't surprising. I haven't met any little girls here other than you.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Of course it would be.

[ooc: log? handwave? ignore? backdate? forward-date? XP All up to you!]

[thenicer-one.livejournal.com]

I will see you then, Youji.

[ooc: Mm, let's see. O: She's currently in a sleep coma. XDDD When I get off hiatus, I'm posting a dream about her sister. Youji can remind her about that date then? Maybe even ask for another one since they've been putting it off for so long XDDDD]

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

That's because I'm the youngest person in Somarium.

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll look forward to it.

[ooc: Well yes. XP I think that works best~ Good luck 'til then!]

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

If it helps, you are also the cutest.

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

Really?

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

Why yes. Of course.

[madcuriosity.livejournal.com]

See? Your fail-at-life has nothing on my fail. 8|

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

*After a pained moment of trying to address the complexities Youji is pointing out, Danny grimaces, shakes his head a little, and just shrugs. Those questions aren't all new, but they're definitely ones he prefers to take in stride. Sitting around and agonizing over it all? That's nothing but painful, and he already knows it.*

If there's some kind of action for us, then it's something we can do. They wouldn't assign us anything too impossible, right?

I am determined to reclaim my title. 8D

[slantedcross.livejournal.com]

[...that depends on the who is in charge of this debacle. But Danny's a kid, and Youji decides not to explain to him the meaning of 'expendable.']

I certainly hope not.

Not that there seems to be much to it. We get some time to ourselves, then things get messed up for a week, then back to normal. Hopefully, this is as impossible as it will get.

You'll have to do worse than that to get it. 8||||

[phantomfenton.livejournal.com]

*Sorry, Youji--it was a nice try. Even as he avoids burdening the kid, though, Danny's thoughts have already turned in a similar direction: maybe there really are helpless people being called. Danny's face, already twisted with a grimace and the growing pressure of lying, darkens a shade further. Maybe whoever's behind all this is playing a sick game, trying to see who survives and who doesn't. He's seen things like that before--not identical, but similar.*

Yeah. hopefully. *Doesn't sound very optimistic. In fact, by now he looks more pessimistic than anything else.*

Then again, these week-long crazy things didn't always used to happen. Maybe we're nearing some kind of deadline, and the closer we get, the crazier things go.