This was yesterday's writing
Dear Musashi,
Yes, this was from yesterday, that I wrote in Pete's but didn't type up. I actually made the word count!! I'm so happy. 8341!
“We need to get out of this room.” Phoenix informed Eiros, when it became increasingly clearer that the boy’s insanity was stopping him from telling her anything useful.
This information did not go over well. Eiros wailed and hunched over, kneeling down. “No no, Power is smaller than an ineffable god, hubris only leads to an explosion of minds.”
“Look, kid.” Phoenix knelt down beside him and flicked him in the forehead. He looked up at her, startled. “You brought me here. You took me from my perfectly horrible captivity on to this little adventure and you are going to stop talking crazy long enough to tell me why. You said there were things to see.”
Eiros looked at her quizzically. “I did?”
Phoenix sighed. “Yes. You did.”
Eiros looked thoughtful and nodded his head. “Right. Then it would have been on purpose.” He looked at the hole in the wall that Phoenix had burned through. He started to look alarmed, “That wasn’t there before.”
“Yes. Because I just put it there.”
“You did?”
“Yes.”
“Right.” Eiros nodded again. “Great Bird of Destruction, Feared across the Universe. Killer of Thousands, trapped in the body of just a little girl. Only wanted love. I have files to show you.”
“Files! Great! We like Files!”
“They’re not here.”
Phoenix resisted the urge to throttle the boy. “Then where are they?”
“In here.” He tapped his head. “All in here. Didn’t know I saw, didn’t know I remember. I remember everything. Even when they poured bleach on my brain, trying to smudge out the inconsistencies, I still know that they wanted me to forgot.”
Phoenix nodded. Long exposure was choosing her to actually understand what he was saying. The thought should have frightened her more then it did. “Why haven’t the scientists come to us?” She asked, more to herself then to Eiros since she doubted he’d be able to answer. “I mean, they have to have noticed that I’m missing by now. And they should be monitoring you so why aren’t they here? Unless they wanted me to find you. In which case this is all some kind of trap.” She looked at Eiros with an accusing look.
Eiros smiled mysteriously. “I poked out their eyes. They cut out my heart and broke into my brain but I stole their eyes when they weren’t looking. They can’t find me if I don’t want to be found.”
The Universe crushed in the span of a lifetime. Phoenix didn’t like hope, even though it was all she had left. Everyday all she could do was hope that someday she would be free (again) and she would try and try and sit would never come to any use but still she would hope. Now, she was presented with something, something big that just might be the fulfillment of everything she wanted but it was just too large a thing that she couldn’t bear it. Hope, like everything else when coming in large amounts, was just too horrible to withstand.
In a snap decision Phoenix picked up the boy and slung him over her shoulder. He made squeaks of protest but he didn’t struggle. When Phoenix crossed the threshold of her made-door Eiros keened and let out a strangled sob. Phoenix herself let out a breath of relief, the sharp density that had weighed her down suddenly lifted. Eiros sobbed in ragged breathes into her back, clinging fiercely to her body. He was shivering, and hesitantly, awkwardly, Phoenix patted his back three times then returned her arm to supporting the boy’s feather weight across her shoulder.
“I’m going to take you to Osseus and Rhodon. They’ll went to meet you. And I bet Rhodon will have a pen too, because he always gets his hands on the oddest of things. So you can write down whatever you want down then. Osseus will want to use you, so watch out for that. It’s not so bad, Osseus uses everyone. The others will be there too, Charlie and Raven and Tehx and Dopple. They aren’t Sirius though. Charlie’s Orion, a FireStarter like me. Only not as powerful. And kinda weak. Decent enough though. Raven and Dopple are Jupiter. Animal shifter and Cloner. I wouldn’t want clones of myself running around, and frankly I don’t really want Clones of Dopple. I could have been in Jupiter, since I Shift to Fire. But I also Burn things, so I could have also been in Orion. But I’m rather good at killing things, so that’s why I’m the only girl in Sirius. There’s Tehx too. Tehx is Andromeda- spineless the lot of them. Not Tehx though. He’s and annoying Computer User, but he’s got spine. I never did tell you what Rhodon and Osseus do, did I? Rhodon Cuts people. Like a Rose. Osseus can control his Bones, and others. What did you say?”
The whispered voice was lost into the folds of her back, but she still heard that he had said something. She was aware that she had been more or less babbling, but she was Ok with that. She kept on waiting for the whitecoats to come in, running at them with their Guns. But they weren’t coming. Maybe he really could…
“Bones and Blood.”
“What?”
“Bones and Blood. And you, the Spirit.”
Phoenix crinkled her nose. “I’m not the Spirit.” Bones and Blood, she thought idly. Bones and Blood and Breath, that was Sirius. She gave out an involuntary shudder.
“What does that make you, kid?”
“Soul.”
“Of course.”
“Go back to talking about your friends, please. That was fun.”
“They’re not really friends.” Phoenix corrected. “They were rebelling with me. There’s just Lin left. Lin’s Orion too, Cherubim class. She could control electricity. Guess that makes her Spirit too. But she’s not here with us now.”
“Why?”
“Because of Rhodon.”
“Oh.”
Phoenix wasn’t quite sure where she was going, and got the distinct impression that she was just getting even more lost. When she reached the top of a staircase and found herself in a bunch of office rooms. She knew she was in uncharted territory.
It was rather awe-inspiring really, the sign of civilization. Something that she hadn’t seen for the longest time, and something she only had the dimmest of memories of over partaking in. “I’m where the whitecoats work.” She said, completely thunderstruck.
Eiros wiggled. “Put me down.”
Phoenix complied. The boy scampered over to a room and with a “click” opened the door. He disappeared inside.
She could hear the voices of the whitecoats- matured voices that none of the Excess possessed. They were off in the distance though, shouting about something. Phoenix poked her head inside the room and found Eiros rapidly typing something. He hit the “Print” button, and then started pulling up all sorts of windows on the computer screen and continued typing at a fast pace. She’d only ever seen Tehx type so fast.
“That’s for you.” He said absently, not taking his attention away from the computer screen.
Phoenix walked over and picked up the newly printed piece of paper.
She read:
Project: Heaven
Subject: Eiros
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Order: Andromeda/Jupiter/Orion/Sirius
Sub-project: Enhanced
Status: Failed
Specimen alone was receptive to all four Groups of Excess-
Permanently altered.
However, his mind was severely damaged in the process.
Classification unstable. His power is sporadic- Sometimes he’s weaker than any Angel, other times he’s stronger than Seraphim. Uncontrabble. Limitations to Excess not yet determined.
Recommended to Terminate.
Phoenix looked up from the paper. “This is how your file looked exactly?”
“Yes.”
“Liar.”
“No.”
“You are so not seventeen.”
“Am too!” He said indignantly, but he didn’t look away from the computer screen. “There.” He said, satisfied.
Phoenix looked at the screen and her eyes widened. “Jezu.” She breathed out. She shoved Eiros out of the chair and ignored his mewling sounds of protest. She scrolled down, looking at the computer screen with an odd sense of horror. “Those bastards. They actually did it.” She pulled up other things that Eiros had put on tabs. After skimming through them she looked back at Eiros. He was looking at her with said, solemn eyes.
“You had to know.” He said. “God calls to our blood and we die, lost from Eden but never because of a fruit.”
“They broke you.” Phoenix whispered.
“My life stood a Loaded Gun.” Eiros replied. “Though I then He may longer live, he longer must then I. For I have but the power to
kill, without the power to die."
Okie. The poem is Emily Dickinson's by the by, in case someone didn't realize that. The Loaded Gun one.
Off I go to write todays... let's hope I can manage...
Phoenixeiros.
Yes, this was from yesterday, that I wrote in Pete's but didn't type up. I actually made the word count!! I'm so happy. 8341!
“We need to get out of this room.” Phoenix informed Eiros, when it became increasingly clearer that the boy’s insanity was stopping him from telling her anything useful.
This information did not go over well. Eiros wailed and hunched over, kneeling down. “No no, Power is smaller than an ineffable god, hubris only leads to an explosion of minds.”
“Look, kid.” Phoenix knelt down beside him and flicked him in the forehead. He looked up at her, startled. “You brought me here. You took me from my perfectly horrible captivity on to this little adventure and you are going to stop talking crazy long enough to tell me why. You said there were things to see.”
Eiros looked at her quizzically. “I did?”
Phoenix sighed. “Yes. You did.”
Eiros looked thoughtful and nodded his head. “Right. Then it would have been on purpose.” He looked at the hole in the wall that Phoenix had burned through. He started to look alarmed, “That wasn’t there before.”
“Yes. Because I just put it there.”
“You did?”
“Yes.”
“Right.” Eiros nodded again. “Great Bird of Destruction, Feared across the Universe. Killer of Thousands, trapped in the body of just a little girl. Only wanted love. I have files to show you.”
“Files! Great! We like Files!”
“They’re not here.”
Phoenix resisted the urge to throttle the boy. “Then where are they?”
“In here.” He tapped his head. “All in here. Didn’t know I saw, didn’t know I remember. I remember everything. Even when they poured bleach on my brain, trying to smudge out the inconsistencies, I still know that they wanted me to forgot.”
Phoenix nodded. Long exposure was choosing her to actually understand what he was saying. The thought should have frightened her more then it did. “Why haven’t the scientists come to us?” She asked, more to herself then to Eiros since she doubted he’d be able to answer. “I mean, they have to have noticed that I’m missing by now. And they should be monitoring you so why aren’t they here? Unless they wanted me to find you. In which case this is all some kind of trap.” She looked at Eiros with an accusing look.
Eiros smiled mysteriously. “I poked out their eyes. They cut out my heart and broke into my brain but I stole their eyes when they weren’t looking. They can’t find me if I don’t want to be found.”
The Universe crushed in the span of a lifetime. Phoenix didn’t like hope, even though it was all she had left. Everyday all she could do was hope that someday she would be free (again) and she would try and try and sit would never come to any use but still she would hope. Now, she was presented with something, something big that just might be the fulfillment of everything she wanted but it was just too large a thing that she couldn’t bear it. Hope, like everything else when coming in large amounts, was just too horrible to withstand.
In a snap decision Phoenix picked up the boy and slung him over her shoulder. He made squeaks of protest but he didn’t struggle. When Phoenix crossed the threshold of her made-door Eiros keened and let out a strangled sob. Phoenix herself let out a breath of relief, the sharp density that had weighed her down suddenly lifted. Eiros sobbed in ragged breathes into her back, clinging fiercely to her body. He was shivering, and hesitantly, awkwardly, Phoenix patted his back three times then returned her arm to supporting the boy’s feather weight across her shoulder.
“I’m going to take you to Osseus and Rhodon. They’ll went to meet you. And I bet Rhodon will have a pen too, because he always gets his hands on the oddest of things. So you can write down whatever you want down then. Osseus will want to use you, so watch out for that. It’s not so bad, Osseus uses everyone. The others will be there too, Charlie and Raven and Tehx and Dopple. They aren’t Sirius though. Charlie’s Orion, a FireStarter like me. Only not as powerful. And kinda weak. Decent enough though. Raven and Dopple are Jupiter. Animal shifter and Cloner. I wouldn’t want clones of myself running around, and frankly I don’t really want Clones of Dopple. I could have been in Jupiter, since I Shift to Fire. But I also Burn things, so I could have also been in Orion. But I’m rather good at killing things, so that’s why I’m the only girl in Sirius. There’s Tehx too. Tehx is Andromeda- spineless the lot of them. Not Tehx though. He’s and annoying Computer User, but he’s got spine. I never did tell you what Rhodon and Osseus do, did I? Rhodon Cuts people. Like a Rose. Osseus can control his Bones, and others. What did you say?”
The whispered voice was lost into the folds of her back, but she still heard that he had said something. She was aware that she had been more or less babbling, but she was Ok with that. She kept on waiting for the whitecoats to come in, running at them with their Guns. But they weren’t coming. Maybe he really could…
“Bones and Blood.”
“What?”
“Bones and Blood. And you, the Spirit.”
Phoenix crinkled her nose. “I’m not the Spirit.” Bones and Blood, she thought idly. Bones and Blood and Breath, that was Sirius. She gave out an involuntary shudder.
“What does that make you, kid?”
“Soul.”
“Of course.”
“Go back to talking about your friends, please. That was fun.”
“They’re not really friends.” Phoenix corrected. “They were rebelling with me. There’s just Lin left. Lin’s Orion too, Cherubim class. She could control electricity. Guess that makes her Spirit too. But she’s not here with us now.”
“Why?”
“Because of Rhodon.”
“Oh.”
Phoenix wasn’t quite sure where she was going, and got the distinct impression that she was just getting even more lost. When she reached the top of a staircase and found herself in a bunch of office rooms. She knew she was in uncharted territory.
It was rather awe-inspiring really, the sign of civilization. Something that she hadn’t seen for the longest time, and something she only had the dimmest of memories of over partaking in. “I’m where the whitecoats work.” She said, completely thunderstruck.
Eiros wiggled. “Put me down.”
Phoenix complied. The boy scampered over to a room and with a “click” opened the door. He disappeared inside.
She could hear the voices of the whitecoats- matured voices that none of the Excess possessed. They were off in the distance though, shouting about something. Phoenix poked her head inside the room and found Eiros rapidly typing something. He hit the “Print” button, and then started pulling up all sorts of windows on the computer screen and continued typing at a fast pace. She’d only ever seen Tehx type so fast.
“That’s for you.” He said absently, not taking his attention away from the computer screen.
Phoenix walked over and picked up the newly printed piece of paper.
She read:
Project: Heaven
Subject: Eiros
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Order: Andromeda/Jupiter/Orion/Sirius
Sub-project: Enhanced
Status: Failed
Specimen alone was receptive to all four Groups of Excess-
Permanently altered.
However, his mind was severely damaged in the process.
Classification unstable. His power is sporadic- Sometimes he’s weaker than any Angel, other times he’s stronger than Seraphim. Uncontrabble. Limitations to Excess not yet determined.
Recommended to Terminate.
Phoenix looked up from the paper. “This is how your file looked exactly?”
“Yes.”
“Liar.”
“No.”
“You are so not seventeen.”
“Am too!” He said indignantly, but he didn’t look away from the computer screen. “There.” He said, satisfied.
Phoenix looked at the screen and her eyes widened. “Jezu.” She breathed out. She shoved Eiros out of the chair and ignored his mewling sounds of protest. She scrolled down, looking at the computer screen with an odd sense of horror. “Those bastards. They actually did it.” She pulled up other things that Eiros had put on tabs. After skimming through them she looked back at Eiros. He was looking at her with said, solemn eyes.
“You had to know.” He said. “God calls to our blood and we die, lost from Eden but never because of a fruit.”
“They broke you.” Phoenix whispered.
“My life stood a Loaded Gun.” Eiros replied. “Though I then He may longer live, he longer must then I. For I have but the power to
kill, without the power to die."
Okie. The poem is Emily Dickinson's by the by, in case someone didn't realize that. The Loaded Gun one.
Off I go to write todays... let's hope I can manage...
Phoenixeiros.