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[horrible_penny]

Is it just me, or have things been weird around here?  Like, weirder-than-normal weird?  I don't know what it is, exactly... more people leaving, more explosions.  ...Well.  The explosions were only tonight, I guess, but still...

[She trails off.  Her train of thought picks up abruptly at a different station.]

It's been a long month.

[A pause. She

Comments

[fireplacegirl]

I think that was a lovely story, Penny. And in a time when, indeed, things seem stranger than normal - if we may call anything here normal - I believe no one could have developed a better approach. It is the situations which try us the most that make us who we are. And though it may not seem it in our time of suffering, there is always something to learn, some benefit to glean that will make us better for it all in the end.

[horrible_penny]

Thanks, Reinette. That's it exactly, only I think you said it way better than I ever could. There's nothing like a little trimming or raining to make us grow.

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[justcautious]

[Chris thinks about the entry for a little while.]

S'a nice story, Penny.

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[horrible_penny]

You don't think it needs some editing? I think the deities have pretty high standards.

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[justcautious]

S'from th' 'eart. Can't ask for more than that.

Or...well, they're a bit nasty so I s'pose they could. I can't be much 'elp meself with editing, though... Looks good t'me.

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[horrible_penny]

That's enough if it looks good to you. Who needs to impress the deities, anyway?

[have_a_job_too]

I liked it. Do you have more stories like that, Penny?

[horrible_penny]

I'm glad you did! I have some more, yeah... not just like that one, but not too different. Are you into stories?

[have_a_job_too]

Oh, yes. They're a good way to spend

...time. Kids have the best stories.

[horrible_penny]

Do you have any stories, Arkady?

[ihasfeather]

Interesting entry.

[horrible_penny]

Interesting in a bad way or in a good way?

[primrosella]

I'm glad she lives happily ever after, you know. It's a good ending, and one she more than deserves to have for herself.

[horrible_penny]

She liked the ending, too.

I think most stories have happy endings, though. It's just a matter of waiting until to get to the end.

[primrosella]

Yes, and doing your best to live happily in the meantime, even if you haven't quite reached the "ever after" part yet.

[horrible_penny]

That too. Sometimes I forget about the part before the "happily ever after"--you know, the longer part that really matters. That should be just as happy as the ever after.