98.7 - drink with me to days gone by

[hard_talker]

[ten PM, anyone with their radios on will recognize the tune drifting over the journal, just as it has for over a year now. however, for once, Mark lets the song play all the way through to the end ... and once it's done, there's the click of a can opening]

Cheers, Paradisa. You managed to make it an entire week without even trying to build on what I threw at you last week. That takes some real commitment to stagnancy, let me JUST say. Way to set an example for our new kids, Chris, Tom, Harry, Himari, Rhode, Ukitake, Kirby, Kalinda, Adrian, Souji, and John. And hey, first we get the Mistress, now we get some schmuck calling himself the Master. What next? Anyone else wanna step up and say they're God?

Jesus fucking CHRIST. You know what? I know people don't stick around here very long half the time, but I KNOW we've still got a good chunk of people who were around this time last year. I'm not tryin' to open up old wounds, but how many of you even THINK about what happened a year ago? Or even six months ago? Do any of you even give a shit? This time last year, yours truly got a bit of a wake-up call in a lotta ways, and personally, I'm gonna remember it. So whether they're here still, or not, here's to Sam, Sister, Penny, and Kara .... and a super-special tip of the cherry Pepsi to Akihiko, for giving me a punch in the face when I needed it.

You might not still be here, but I remember you. I remember all my listeners who leave.

[he'll let the music play for a little while - two songs' worth - then pipe up idly:]

Oh, and someone's starting up the castle equivalent of a yard sale, so if you've got crap you wanna get rid of, now's probably a good time.

You know. So you can chuck your mementos and have one more reason to forget everything that's happened.

Comments

mark forevavaaaaaaaa /starts another thread with you today /DONT CURR

[ino]

[lmfao .... it's so true. :( or at least she feels like it is. softly:]

Sometimes I wonder that, too. [how many people think about it, that is]

<3 Ninja boar don't care. Ninja boar don't give a shit.

[hard_talker]

Yeah...

Thanks for today, by the way. We should do that again, sometime.

Hard Harry

[wizard_redfive]

[Now Dairine is pretty perceptive, but it doesn't take a genius to notice something seems off about their weekly DJ.]

Mark?

Dairine

[hard_talker]

Just ... missin' some people, that's all. Lot's happened in a year.

[gunslinger]

I'd never forget.

[hard_talker]

Thanks, man.

It's ... good to know that some people still wouldn't.

[imnot_likeyou]

Actually, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one left.

But really, thanks for bringing it up. I can't believe I'd forgotten.

[does he sound bitter? Yep, just a little bit.]

[hard_talker]

... you are? ... Jesus. [he sighs] I thought at least Kara'd still be here.

Room filter

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Not saying a word, not like she really has to, Nora pulls up a chair and sits next to Mark. She leans on his arm slightly as she offers him a cigarette.]

[hard_talker]

[he smiles at her, leaning back, and takes the cigarette from her]

Thanks. Gotta light?

[hulloeverything]

[He's not saying anything just yet. However, he IS keeping an ear out to see if someone decides to reply to that God comment.]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

...

You really think I'd forget being kidnapped and almost sacrificed by a lunatic, as well as watching Kat die?

Not fucking likely.

[hard_talker]

Congratulations, you've still got a brain AND a heart. Most people lose one or the other after bein' here long enough.

... How'd you manage it? I mean, I know how I do. But I might start collectin' methods in case people ask.

[pacificate]

[ Unfamiliar songs. ] What happened?

ohgod forgot Veidt SO SORRY will add him in

[hard_talker]

It was -- someone went on a loss and hurt a bunch of people, against their will.

It was really fuckin' ugly. And since she was a friend of mine, I ... don't wanna go into details without her OK.

[too_fairytale]

[a little flatly]

I still remember things that happened longer ago than a year.

[hard_talker]

[quietly] ... Whatever they were... I'm sorry they did. But ... I'm glad you remember them, too.

Means you still care.

[disciplines]

[You know, she rarely, if ever, comments to these things, but today? Yeah. She has to speak up. Good job, kiddo. You got the elf to respond to the radio again. Her elf ears can suffer this human music a while to talk.]

Despite the castle's nigh fetishistic obsession with making us lose things, it's really hard to forget all that's happened this past year. For better or for worse, it's just how it is here.

[hard_talker]

Yeah ... and I think this last year's taught me that you can go with the flow of it without actually havin' to take it.

There're ways to fight back. Even if all you do is remember.

[huntersdaughter]

[And she had just gotten to a point where she was okay with the shit he pulled last year with the deaths. Telling Nora that it had been okay if she wanted to bring Mark to her anniversary party.

Then he just brings it all up again. It's not even about wanting to forget or that people need to be reminded. It's that they don't need names attached to it. Individuals don't need to be singled out. Someone can make a point just as easily without making a laundry list of victims.

She's sort of glad that Sam's here to hear it this time, but she's also concerned because he's as stubborn about these things as she is. Still, she turns off the radio and just goes back to work.]

[lord_wizard]

I can punch you in the face now, if you would like.

[Up to you how kidding he sounds, Mark]

[hard_talker]

[he laughs] I'm sure a couple people'd thank you for it, tonight.

[Felix]

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, THE ASSHOLES ARE COMIN' OUTTA THE WOODWORK AGAIN.

[supes]

[He doesn't like that topic being dragged up, but.]

Paradisa has a way of thinning the ranks after a year. Even more, after two. Only fifteen of us remember Year Two. It's hard.

[dreams_in_red]

[you ain't lying, man :/]

[childofkrypton]

[Oh hey, his name got mentioned, cool! But that's not what he's commenting on.] You don't talk very nice... Did something bad happen a year ago?

[hard_talker]

This place ain't very nice sometimes, kiddo. I react accordingly.

And yeah, a lotta bad things happened. Don't worry, though. There's people here who'll help keep an eye on you if it gets rough. What floor're you on?

dictated;

[valuedstrength]

I wasn't around for that... whatever "that" is. But, don't you think you're being too hard on the people who were? The way I see it if they're not talking about it, it's probably because they do remember and just... can't.

[Steve can sympathize with them which is pretty clear from the tone in his voice.]

I don't think accusing them of not caring will make it any easier for them to make peace with it.

[hard_talker]

Maybe it's a culture gap? I don't know. Where I'm from, it's "Commemorate this" and "never forget that", all the fuckin' time. I'm not sayin' we have to do that with every single thing that happens, but ...

It meant somethin' to me, so it felt right for me to say somethin' about it.

[detectivegenius]

[One of those names pings him.] Could you tell me what Kara's last name was...?

[hard_talker]

... 'Fraid I don't know, sorry. Never found out, didn't really know her. She was one of the ones that ran around in a cape a lot, though.

[heloise]

We have so many new friends.

[hard_talker]

[thank you for being positive, Lucrezia, he needs this to break it up]

Yeah, we do. ... You talked to any of 'em?

[demontobeloved]

Cherry Pepsi? They still make that?

[hard_talker]

Yeeep. ... Shit, you mean they stop making it?

[syndicswillpay]

A...Radio station?

[He hasn't heard one of those in over a century, apart from Fleet Comms.]

I'm assuming that John up there is me?

[hard_talker]

If you just got here, then yeah, it is. Welcome to Castle Wonderfuck. I'm Hard Harry, and I'll be your Monday night DJ for the duration.

[arealwoman]

Isn't it doing nothing supposed to be good? [ Except for the amount of people that have arrived ]

[hard_talker]

The castle doin' nothing? Absolutely. Everyone else doin' nothing? Absolutely not.

You doin' okay, Christina?

HH forever ( I owe you lots of tags. /sob)

[youfallback]

Has anyone properly chronicled the Castle's history?

C

[hard_talker]

I dunno - I think a few people tried? Askin' the Docs might be your best bet. If they haven't tried, they'd know who has.

Mark / snags all the threads ever :3

[notanthea]

Sombre tonight, are we.

Anthea

[hard_talker]

A little bit, yeah. ... And people're givin' me shit for it, even. Christ, can't a guy be honest?

[forehead]

Oh! That's my name!

[hard_talker]

Yes, yes it is! [whichever one it is. pssh]

Mark;

[loisfuckinglane]

It's not something I can really forget.

Lois

[hard_talker]

[his stomach drops, and he winces.]

I know. You ... I just ... I got to thinking about everything that's happened, and that was the first ... really serious thing that happened to me here. [his tone's just dripping apology even though he's not outright saying it]

... You okay?

[traken_master]

[The Master is leaving his journal open a lot, just to get a feel for the residents and what passes as their concerns. He listens to the broadcast with interest and a touch of amusement. There's someone here called the Mistress?]

What an interesting entry. I look forward to meeting this "Mistress." I may not be a god, but I am the Master. I'm known for it. Who are you, may I ask?

[hard_talker]

[ohhhhhhhhhh shit this is him this is the guy. right. best friend's worst enemy. play it cool, man, just like you did with that jackass guidance counselor]

Me? I'm Happy Harry Hard-on, how's it hangin'?