revengeisalie: Bowing down and smiling, very friendly (Totenwache.)
「浅野 凜」 Asano Rin ([personal profile] revengeisalie) wrote2009-06-22 11:54 pm

五十

[notes || off network]

The grand scheme of things: Clues!

Year: 2009 as per solar/"Gregorian" calendar, as far as we know -> evidence is people from the same time period being familiar with the stance of technology

:: compare my year: 1792 as per solar calendar (renaming of Edo to Tōkyō in 1868, Meiji period, opening to the West; from Makimachi-san) ::

Barriers on all sides - underground, sea, sky. (from Riou-san; Radius?)

Curses: Theme for each month? (from Tamura-san) Sometimes themed for holidays - sometimes twisted, others not; often "good" curses - holidays of different cultures, though mostly "contemporary"

-> special: the curse that lets people in -> some of them seem to know a lot; note: needle them next time

Worlds: most similar to my own! City attuned to these -> adaptation to its citizens?

Warden elections: organized by deities! Distraction-manoeuver?

Library: never gives you what you're looking for

Forest: dangerous creatures! Passage through it to the beach

--> magic in some things, not in all

Overall a tendency for mixed messages; some things to make us feel at home, others for annoyance or torture (subjective)

June: an epidemic of fleas - left behind by Adrastus and his mother?

Pesticide -> deities are not sympathetic to Adrastus & mother, or the reverse? (from Carl)

-- Adrastus's messages: hear the beat - heartbeat? Ticking? The clock as the womb? The City as the womb? And then the mother: tied to the City how? --

Clock stopped working during zombie invasion in December -> end of the year always unusual happenings (from Lockon-san)

-> mid-year as well?

Regular "mixed curse weekend" since February or March - usually the first weekend of the month

-> second weekend in June -> meaning?

-> meteor shower on the first weekend -> planned or disruption in the "deity schedule"?

Note: talk to deity(/ies)

Deity Office: guarded; no unguarded back entries -> if entry is wished, under pretense of wanting a trade might be best; note: search network for precedent attacks/invasions of Deity Office (in progess; so far no luck)

-> carousel seems invincible (... thanks, Kanda)



Note: It's not making sense yet.

[/notes]

So that was Father's Day according the the City, huh? For the record, I liked it. I liked it a lot. I spent the day with my father, and I had so much to tell him and to explain! What's been going on in the last three years, and then how this City works. And, most importantly, I got to say goodbye to him. Even if he wasn't real -- I want to believe he was. Umi-chan is right: for this, I thank you, City.

Now, can we have the same thing for next Mother's Day? I'd even be willing to stick around until then, if that were the case.

... I probably shouldn't be saying this, knowing how many people were visited by bad fathers yesterday, huh? Ah, well. Not like I'm getting my hopes up. That would be foolish.

Back to everyday City routine, it is!

[identity profile] concept-killer.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
Same with my dad. That's why I sort of enjoyed that curse day.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
So... you actually got to know him better?

[identity profile] concept-killer.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Fascinating, what one curse does to different people...

[identity profile] child-radical.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
My grandfather.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, right. I think you told me a bit about your family, once.

[identity profile] child-radical.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well he was the same as how I told you he could be. All he did was ignore my warnings, jump to conclusions, and thought that he had a chance with C.C.

[identity profile] alittlewild.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish that could have been the case for that one for me. Has there ever been one that was good for everyone?

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Somehow, I sincerely doubt it.

Some people were complaining about Tango no Sekku, too.

[identity profile] alittlewild.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
What was that?

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a festival! It heralds the beginning of the summer season and it's also Boy's Day.

[identity profile] primrosella.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
My father came, too. So I think my day was rather a lot like yours--taking him to see everything, meeting my friends, letting him know that I'm all right here.
guardianjoker: (Hm?)

voice;

[personal profile] guardianjoker 2009-06-23 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah-- that would be nice if they did that for Mother's day next year...
Edited 2009-06-23 16:37 (UTC)

[identity profile] alittlewild.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Boys day?

voice;

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone else who is for the idea!

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? You were able to introduce him to your friends? ... well, I sort of could, too, but it was rather... one-sided.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It's a festival to wish for the fortune of boys.

There's also a Girl's Day earlier in the year.

[identity profile] primrosella.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Like you said, in a one-sided way. I'd point them out or speak to them on the Network, and then act as intermediary if Daddy had anything to say. Sam came up with quite a clever solution, and sent little movie messages of himself so it was more like speaking to Daddy directly.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see! That's interesting. I wasn't much on the network that day, so it was mostly face-to-face.

[identity profile] primrosella.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I was, but only because I was...er...speaking with a lot of my friends that day.

But he managed to come for the play! I was so excited about that.

[identity profile] alittlewild.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the sound of Girls Day.
reginagloriae: (Going in my journey)

[personal profile] reginagloriae 2009-06-23 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid to know... There's a pair of friends who got bad parents in general.

Not really. I'm glad I didn't. Dad and me got nothing else to share.

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I spent most of the day with father, so...

Oh, right, there was a play! Was it good?

[identity profile] revengeisalie.livejournal.com 2009-06-23 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
... oh.

Really? Not at all?

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