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paradisa2013-01-03 10:08 am
thehangedrose) wrote in paradisa2013-01-03 10:08 am
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nine paintings burned
[Well, this is a voice which hasn't been heard over the journals in a while.]
[The whole fool business has made Garry quite wary- after all, it reminded him too much of the time when he started acting like a different person back home due to the maddening influence of the dolls in the art gallery, not to mention that fake version of himself that populated his own nightmare and terrorized people in the castle.]
[But, well, now it's over. He can go back to thinking about the holidays and his friends instead, but a few questions have been sticking stubbornly to the back of his mind like glue, and he can't quite shake them off so easily. So he begins to speak, hesitant but curious as to what people would say.]
You know...back home, there's a really famous artist called Guertena. I don't really know how many people here have heard of him, what with the "coming from different worlds" thing and all, but he's a pretty big name where I come from.
But um, anyways...I just remembered something I read that he wrote. I don't recall the exact words, but...he said something like "It is said that spirits dwell in objects in which people put their feelings...therefore I will try to immerse myself in my work, to try to impart my own spirit into my creations."
[There's a pause.]
I mean, it does sound like something that an eccentric artist would say, but...the whole point is that it was true. He somehow did manage to make his own paintings and sculptures come to life...
[He drifts off awkwardly, before clearing his throat and continuing.]
What I'm trying to say is...is that possible? Putting yourself into your own work so you could sort of...live forever, I mean. I'm no expert on magic, but how and why would you do something like that? Living forever as an object must be a horrible fate, indeed...but maybe it's better than dying, in a way.
If you could live forever by putting your own spirit into something, would you? Just food for thought, I suppose.
[The Once-ler]
[And he's about to close the journal and end it at that, but there is another issue that has been nagging at him for a while. A girlfriend-related issue, actually.]
Can we...talk? There's something I want to discuss with you.
[The whole fool business has made Garry quite wary- after all, it reminded him too much of the time when he started acting like a different person back home due to the maddening influence of the dolls in the art gallery, not to mention that fake version of himself that populated his own nightmare and terrorized people in the castle.]
[But, well, now it's over. He can go back to thinking about the holidays and his friends instead, but a few questions have been sticking stubbornly to the back of his mind like glue, and he can't quite shake them off so easily. So he begins to speak, hesitant but curious as to what people would say.]
You know...back home, there's a really famous artist called Guertena. I don't really know how many people here have heard of him, what with the "coming from different worlds" thing and all, but he's a pretty big name where I come from.
But um, anyways...I just remembered something I read that he wrote. I don't recall the exact words, but...he said something like "It is said that spirits dwell in objects in which people put their feelings...therefore I will try to immerse myself in my work, to try to impart my own spirit into my creations."
[There's a pause.]
I mean, it does sound like something that an eccentric artist would say, but...the whole point is that it was true. He somehow did manage to make his own paintings and sculptures come to life...
[He drifts off awkwardly, before clearing his throat and continuing.]
What I'm trying to say is...is that possible? Putting yourself into your own work so you could sort of...live forever, I mean. I'm no expert on magic, but how and why would you do something like that? Living forever as an object must be a horrible fate, indeed...but maybe it's better than dying, in a way.
If you could live forever by putting your own spirit into something, would you? Just food for thought, I suppose.
[The Once-ler]
[And he's about to close the journal and end it at that, but there is another issue that has been nagging at him for a while. A girlfriend-related issue, actually.]
Can we...talk? There's something I want to discuss with you.
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[A sad sort of noise.]
Guess nothing but pain and suffering is what results when someone tries to escape death...
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You didn't experience it yourself, did you?
Written- anonymously
I'm far from dead yet.
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[He thinks about that, and...oh.]
You were tricked?
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[It wasn't really a trick when it wasn't like Cruxis were planning on him to live forever, just until he fulfilled his purpose. The soul thing...yeah okay that was trickery]
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[He sounds like he really means it.]
Was it really as bad as it sounds?
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...Whatever. Not like I can change it.
And it's what I said. Didn't make anything up.