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Going to California at the end of the month to visit my Grandparents for a week. Whee for impromptu vacations. ^^;; (although it's better than the time I flew to Hawaii on 3 days notice)
They're playing musical managers at work again, which always leaves me unsettled because I hate change, and I also hate having to train new managers. -__- Meh.
Made cupcakes Wednesday. Couldn't hear the timer over the road noise, however, so they got a tad overdone. Ah well.
What else....
There was a crack. A tiny, infinitesimal crack, so high and far from anything that no one would ever notice it. No one but him. A crack, in the fabric of reality.
Of course, he'd known that other realities existed. How could he not? He'd simply never had much interest in them before. There was so very much to see and explore in his own world that the thought had never crossed his mind. But now, here, was an oddity. A curiosity.
And he'd ever possessed far too much curiosity for anyone's good.
Between one moment and the next he passed through, flinging himself to the winds of spacetime and letting them send him where they would. Wherever he ended up, it was sure to be an adventure.
"Ah, where did you come from?"
The creature standing before him was unlike anything to be found on his world, a fact which pleased him immensely. Maybe he'd have to create something new when he got back; he hadn't done that in ages.
"I like you. What are you?" he asked the creature, which blinked at him.
"... What are you?" the creature countered.
Well, why not? After all, it wasn't as though anyone here would know what it meant.
He grinned. "I'm the Lord of Darkness."
The creature raised one finely-shaped brow. "And that means what, exactly?"
Oh, this was so much fun. He liked this strange creature from another world. It didn't react as he would have expected; maybe it liked being contrary.
"It means everything, and nothing," he answered cheerfully. "I retired, you see, so I'm not officially anything anymore, but I was the Lord of Darkness, so I was everything, then. But now that I'm retired, it doesn't really mean anything at all."
The creature blinked slowly at him, lips pursing, then it snorted. "Right. Has anyone ever told you that you're insane before?"
He considered. "I don't think so?"
"Somehow, I find that hard to believe," the creature muttered beneath its breath. "So, let's try a new tactic. Who are you?"
That was a complicated question. Ordinarily, he'd be one of any number of persons, all with different histories and personalities and lives, but he wasn't any of them right now. He was as close to his True Self as he ever allowed himself to be, and so he supposed...
"My name is Shaial."
The creature eyed him a few moments longer, then shrugged. "I'm Tian. You want something to drink?"
Shaial grinned. "Of course!"
This world was going to be so much fun, he just knew it.
They're playing musical managers at work again, which always leaves me unsettled because I hate change, and I also hate having to train new managers. -__- Meh.
Made cupcakes Wednesday. Couldn't hear the timer over the road noise, however, so they got a tad overdone. Ah well.
What else....
There was a crack. A tiny, infinitesimal crack, so high and far from anything that no one would ever notice it. No one but him. A crack, in the fabric of reality.
Of course, he'd known that other realities existed. How could he not? He'd simply never had much interest in them before. There was so very much to see and explore in his own world that the thought had never crossed his mind. But now, here, was an oddity. A curiosity.
And he'd ever possessed far too much curiosity for anyone's good.
Between one moment and the next he passed through, flinging himself to the winds of spacetime and letting them send him where they would. Wherever he ended up, it was sure to be an adventure.
"Ah, where did you come from?"
The creature standing before him was unlike anything to be found on his world, a fact which pleased him immensely. Maybe he'd have to create something new when he got back; he hadn't done that in ages.
"I like you. What are you?" he asked the creature, which blinked at him.
"... What are you?" the creature countered.
Well, why not? After all, it wasn't as though anyone here would know what it meant.
He grinned. "I'm the Lord of Darkness."
The creature raised one finely-shaped brow. "And that means what, exactly?"
Oh, this was so much fun. He liked this strange creature from another world. It didn't react as he would have expected; maybe it liked being contrary.
"It means everything, and nothing," he answered cheerfully. "I retired, you see, so I'm not officially anything anymore, but I was the Lord of Darkness, so I was everything, then. But now that I'm retired, it doesn't really mean anything at all."
The creature blinked slowly at him, lips pursing, then it snorted. "Right. Has anyone ever told you that you're insane before?"
He considered. "I don't think so?"
"Somehow, I find that hard to believe," the creature muttered beneath its breath. "So, let's try a new tactic. Who are you?"
That was a complicated question. Ordinarily, he'd be one of any number of persons, all with different histories and personalities and lives, but he wasn't any of them right now. He was as close to his True Self as he ever allowed himself to be, and so he supposed...
"My name is Shaial."
The creature eyed him a few moments longer, then shrugged. "I'm Tian. You want something to drink?"
Shaial grinned. "Of course!"
This world was going to be so much fun, he just knew it.