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Noric Pellaeon ([personal profile] untempered) wrote in [community profile] thusia2012-10-14 10:57 am

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Who: anyone
When: Day 85, nightfall (forward-dated)
Where: Level 5
What: The Long Night

[if you head upstairs this evening, following the directions of the message on the noticeboard or just as a happenstance, the sun's last rays of light disappear from the sky and as darkness begins to fall, you will find that not all light has fled from the topmost level of headquarters. down amongst the edges of the floor that still have nature clinging to it, a space has been cleared, and is now stacked high with logs and vines, blazing with a bonfire. the glass dome has not quite been covered over here, so the smoke escapes into the night without hindrance.

Noric is there as well, in his full Ophiuchus clothing, throwing one last piece of wood into the fire.]

((OOC: The Long Night event! This will be open to mingle for about an hour or so before Noric formally opens it, and then there will be a thread for personal speakings-into-the-void.))

ETA: formal opening | thread for personal words
devotedtothecore: (would dig a thousand holes.)

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[personal profile] devotedtothecore 2012-10-14 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...eventually approaches the fire and just... sits there in silence, for a while, looking up at the height of its blaze, listening to the crackle of dried wood. ]
devotedtothecore: (can you lend a caring hand.)

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[personal profile] devotedtothecore 2012-10-14 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ slips his only hand into his jacket and pulls out a small, leatherbound journal, the pages yellow with age, and worn with the passage of many fingers.

he lets it fall open in his palm, slowly turning the pages. ]
unmaskedlizard: (I have no feelings of justice)

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[personal profile] unmaskedlizard 2012-10-14 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[steps up to the fire after a deep breath. He has a piece of kindling he's carved into - little symbols of lizards with embellishments - bat wings on one, a flame on one's head, one is breathing fire, one has what looks like a cooking pan and one has flowers and a simple circle carved above it. Lizards aren't the only thing there; they're crude, he's no artist, but there are many. A gun. A clock. A smiling mask.

He adds it to the fire, and very quietly he murmurs]

I miss you. I'm alright.

I'm sorry.
thevineintervention: (bitter truths)

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[personal profile] thevineintervention 2012-10-14 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ she approaches after a moment, a few feet back from the blaze as well as the kindling she collected, there is a small bundle of dried flowers, some of which are her own ]


Ah, brother? I'm sorry. I'm sorry I haven't been writing to you. That's what you would have done, if you had wandered so far from home, wouldn't you? I think I should have. There's so much to have to say, it would be better, mm, definitely if I'd written some of it down for you. Well, I was never really as good with journals.


Aaah, hmm, I suppose that's not the way to start at all, but it's never really been so long since we've talked, you know?
thevineintervention: (we met we laughed we held on fast)

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[personal profile] thevineintervention 2012-10-14 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
It's such a strange place I've found myself. It looks so much more like . . . ah, you know, like someplace that we would have known, and still it's so different. I think, though, I think you would like it. Even when it's painful and confusing, I wish you could at least see it.

Chrysos is here with me. It seem you two really got closer, didn't you? Honestly, weren't we supposed to do that together?
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nometal_alchemist: Old Ed looking sadly wistful (Wide awake here for days in a row)

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[personal profile] nometal_alchemist 2012-10-14 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
*eventually approaches the fire, just gazing into the flames for a moment, listening, watching*
hyanaimne: Conjure. (Foqal.)

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[personal profile] hyanaimne 2012-10-14 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[moves away from her spot and approaches the fire, kneeling down in front of it, two flowers in her hand. She hesitates . . . then presses the flowers between her palms and bows her head, murmuring quietly in a soft, lilting language.

A pause, before she starts speaking again, the tones of a slightly different language this time. She parts her hands and kisses each flower, then drops both into the fire and leans back on her heels, watching as they burn into nothing.

Then stands up, wordlessly, and returns to her spot at the wall]
offalia: (to the flames)

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[personal profile] offalia 2012-10-14 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ a moth has been circling the fire since it first lighted, and then with no further prompting it plunges into the pyre ]


Yyyyour llllllaaaate, asshole.
overclocking: (unforgotten)

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[personal profile] overclocking 2012-10-14 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He holds a single flower between his hands, one not too dissimilar from countless years of graveside bouquets.]

You already know everything I'd want to tell you. So I'll just say... sorry for making you wait so long.
followthewind: (Default)

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[personal profile] followthewind 2012-10-14 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[tosses some kindle into the fire and stands there, watching it burn.

He doesn't speak aloud, but he stands there for a while, every so often tossing in another piece of kindle.

Eventually he bows his head and says something, too softly to hear, before tossing in the last of the kindle he has and stepping back]
over_the_fop: (To read is to indulge)

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[personal profile] over_the_fop 2012-10-14 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It's late, most everyone but the very devout, the very private or the very unsure have long since left, and the bonfire itself flickers near its embers.

He sits close to the fire, crosslegged, elbows on his knees and chin on his knuckles staring into the dying funeral fire.]

...

It's fitting, you know. That I don't know if you were a fool or brilliant. I don't know if you were push... no, I imagine that I can answer that already. It wasn't about me at all, it was about her... your own mad, selfish thing. .. I know why though. That "just a little while."
favoredenemies: (Diehard)

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[personal profile] favoredenemies 2012-10-14 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Elf is sneaking up to the fire when she thinks it'll be unobtrusive, tossing a two small, dried bones into the blaze. She mutters something in elvish.]

I don't regret breaking with either of you. You died well, but I got to live to be a better hunter. You'd be glad to know none of us died old. I made sure you were burned. Farewell, Mother, Father.

Oh, the rat took your belongings. He was disappointed with the price they fetched.
heartofthewind: (Default)

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[personal profile] heartofthewind 2012-10-14 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[in a quiet moment between those approaching the fire, a figure steps forward, forming from the air. a white shikigami bird sits on hir shoulder and xe carries a garland of white flowers. bowing hir head, Tare murmurs too softly to be heard before letting the flowers drift on the updrafts around the fire before settling into its center before fading from sight again]
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the_sabra_inquisition: (Is it always like this?)

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[personal profile] the_sabra_inquisition 2012-10-14 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Wonderella approaches late in the evening, adding a few blossoms to the flames]

. . . I have no right to expect anything of any of you, and so I will ask nothing of you. I only wish for you to know that I am sorry, as little as that means.
hydralize: (Don't ask me how I've been)

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[personal profile] hydralize 2012-10-14 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's late, very late when Nova finally makes his way to the blaze]

. . . You're an idiot, you know? Didn't I always tell you never to take it out? I told you how dangerous it was, and you still . . .

I'll drag you back out one day. I'll find somewhere you can be happy, and I'll come back for you. You deserve a good life, and that's what you're fucking gonna get.
anklets: (christian things)

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[personal profile] anklets 2012-10-14 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Lenalee is neither among the first to approach the fire, nor the last. She's somewhere in the middle, kneeling in silence with a crest in one hand— a Rose Cross?— and a log in the other. She adds the wood first, speaking quietly as the fire snaps it up.]

Brother. I'm sorry that I left without saying goodbye. I know that isn't the way we normally do things.

But...
fortuneforyourdisaster: mysticartes (pic#3041937)

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[personal profile] fortuneforyourdisaster 2012-10-14 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Dropping a piece of kindling in the fire. No words, and he doesn't even stay long close tot he flame.

He tips his hat before leaving.]
dothewave: srs upset (Water flowing underground)

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[personal profile] dothewave 2012-10-14 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Yamamoto doesn't say anything - drops a folded letter into the fire. He stays long enough to see it burn up, then takes a breath, looking up at the sparks with a little smile. Then steps back.]
crowdependency: (Everybody's dead Dave)

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[personal profile] crowdependency 2012-10-14 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
...I hope you're all resting well.
heroic_homemaker: ('Tis but a flesh wound)

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[personal profile] heroic_homemaker 2012-10-14 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder, since we're the dead here...

I haven't given up yet. You know how bad I am at that, don't you? I didn't give up last time, or the time before that. I'll see you all soon.

Sis... Don't cry again, okay? Ah, but I can't stop you from hitting me again, I'd deserve that.
unhappymedium: a hand (Symbolism!!1)

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[personal profile] unhappymedium 2012-10-15 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He approaches after a bit and tosses a few pieces of kindling into the flame.]

...
whetblood: (Default)

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[personal profile] whetblood 2012-10-16 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[towards the end... or whenever he finishes his beer... Senji's approaching the fire and tossing the bottle in]

I fuckin' hope you assholes end up somewhere better than this hellhole if you die.

[and isn't lingering on any further sentimentality]
soundsinsilence: (tomorrow's not too late)

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[personal profile] soundsinsilence 2012-10-20 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sheets of paper she rests in the embers at the bonfire's edge are blank, but folded oddly&,mdash;as the flame takes them, edges rise like a child's pop-up book, a flaming peacock spreading its tail in full display.

She watches, waiting, until the whole of it has flared and burned away.]