Apophasis - [Video, age locked for adults only]

[youfool]

[Not one to be outdone by Smoker, here's another fool unwittingly making a rumor spread farther than it has to.]

"The grapevine's been sporting some colorful flavors lately. If you've no clue what I'm talking about, well and good afternoon. If you do...ah, better address it then.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying there aren't good reasons to kill actors. They were put in the same social stratum as prostitutes for a reason, after all. Earning one's bread as a professional liar takes its toll on the soul eventually. Even, hah, the Buddha wasn't too keen on them.

I'll even admit that an actor dying in their own production is very poetic.

But to get a venereal thrill out of the whole thing is far too obscene and absurd. As always, word on the street is never as serious as I'd like. Take it from one who earns most of my living off such rumors.

Go under the Mercy!

[He hangs up, not quite conscious of the part of the rumor he didn't address. Hey now, absence of evidence...]

Comments

[offwithhishat]

No offense, but I feel like you kind of just yourself dug a bigger hole than the one you started in.

[ Yikes, Ted. ]

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[melodiouspacifist]

What would you want to kill actors for? Entertainers are important, they distract from everything.

[Really now, that's the part he's stuck on.]

[youfool]

[Is that a video-using Jefferson he sees? Progressive! He chuckles as he considers the words.]

"Feel like", "Kind of", "Just". Goodness, Jefferson, you speak (or write) so gently. You must have the art of not giving offense to a science.

[Video]

[justicereigns]

Ted, what the fuck?

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[youfool]

[He rears his head back. Well that was direct.]

"You kiss your mother with that mouth? All that smoking must have seared it. The next time I visit I'll bring the finest soaps money can buy for that elect purpose. Are you aware, Smoker, that there are pirates I know very well who don't stoop quite so low as that?"

[Granted, with Namur it's more a quantity over quality thing.]

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[youfool]

[It's a less...sensual part, at least? He'll take a stab at why soon.]

I hope their vocation's for more than that. If distraction's all they mean, what significance is there? Important for what, exactly?

[melodiouspacifist]

It depends on the actor probably, some people just like to entertain. Imagine if you didn't have any way of distracting from anything?

You'd be miserable.

[offwithhishat]

[ He comes out of hiding sometimes. ]

Possibly, but maybe my apparent manners are a ruse. You'll never know. Either way, you could use a few lessons. I would hate to imagine what would happen if an actor were to take your words too personally. We could end up with a very unpoetic tragedy on our hands.

[youfool]

Haha, oh dear, your manners might only be acting then? Hang them all! That's too bad; I'd prefer a comedy instead. Well, I'm not worried. What are they going to do; pretend to murder me? I'm sure I can answer on their own level and play dead.

[He's clearly having too much fun with this. Now he'll try and see if he can imitate Jefferson's soft talk. Like an actor.]

Well, you know Jefferson, I think I do like lessons, and that kind of thing. If you were offering; not to impose or twist your arm or anything, but I wouldn't mind it. I feel as though it might do a world of good.

[youfool]

[He contemplatively pauses, trying to think of what, if any, philosophy of Demyx all this implies.]

...is it your view, then, that life is mainly miserable? You don't look it.

[melodiouspacifist]

I told you, I don't have a heart. I can look like it if I want to.

[See, he can look crestfallen and miserable, since he claims he can't feel that.]

I think...that life is hard. Distraction helps. I don't know about miserable.

[youfool]

Ah heh...I can see why you'd stick up for actors.

[He says, not quite as mirthful when he began. That threw him. So Demyx's expression are not, necessarily connected in any way to his emotional state? Or rather, there is no state for them to relate to. Disturbing.]

Is, uh, that why you entertain, then? To...alleviate hardship through...disengagement from the same?

[melodiouspacifist]

[He smiles again, because it's better than looking depressed. He would say that's the correct conclusion, somewhat, but that's not entirely accurate either.]

Oh, hm. I think I grew up liking entertainment, I knew a lot of performers. I've always liked music even before, enough that my weapon is an instrument.

I think I perform because it's a connection to who I was. To my heart.

[He pauses.] I don't normally perform though. Usually it's just me alone with my sitar in the castle.

[youfool]

[He laughs slightly]

Goodness, you've managed to afford a castle? Your busking must be exemplary!.

[It doesn't last long. There's something about an affected smile that strikes a familiar chord. Turns out, he's not too bad at the crestfallen look himself.]

...I'm really sorry, Demyx. About your whole...condition. Is there anything I can do to help?

[melodiouspacifist]

[He laughs, he wishes!]

If it was my castle, it wouldn't be just boring white.

[He's quiet a moment, his smile softening.]

Thanks...I think you are helping. Lea thinks if I connect with people I might regrow my heart. It's better than nothing.

[youfool]

Aha, you cad! Is that why you wear black, then? Come on, white isn't boring. It's every color at once! It's almost too interesting!

[The sadness doens't last long. Phew!]

Really? There's hope? Well, I'm very glad to hear it, then.

Speaking of hearing, where do you usually play? I'd like to hear this sitar of yours in person.

[melodiouspacifist]

Nope, that's the Superior's choice too. Something about fading into shadows and crap.

[A lot of decisions are made by him. Demyx doesn't decide anything.]

I guess, I hope there's hope.

[He offers a brighter smile.]

I've been playing in Genessia, usually near the coffee shop. Quick access to coffee that way!

[youfool]

Goodness, for one you seem to regard so little, you obey so much.

[He joked, thinking that it probably had more to do with apathy than servility]

Ah, I'll keep an ear out for it then, listening for that sitar no matter how far!

[If only he had sense enough to ask "which coffee shop?"]

[melodiouspacifist]

Eh, it's kinda complicated. If I do what he says, it'll pay off later, right?

[That and he doesn't have much of a choice.]

Yeah, definitely, come listen. It's great. At least, I think it is.