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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

[ there's a young, cheerful woman in the mirror, white as a sheet. Around her neck hangs a silver ankh, and in one hand she holds an umbrella ]

Oh, this is wonderful!

You mortal types – and not-so-mortal types – and your pocket dimensions, I mean. Your little rolled-up universes tucked away into the corner of who-knows-where. Y'know, they obliterate any sort of logic that ought proceed them, mess around with the very foundations of time, and completely shatter any hope we had of keeping continuity, well, continuous! In the end, though, none of this really matters. It's like a drop in the ocean, compared to everything that's come before it. Still, we all have a tendency to believe that the world, that all worlds, revolve around us. Like the Universe or the Creator or whatever you believe in purposely did this to mess with you, and you alone, and everyone else has fallen by the wayside. Not that this isn't important. Not to you, anyway.

But what am I saying? Listen, it's like this: take a moment to step back from it all. Stop with the whys, wheres and hows, and all those other question words, and breathe it all in. Some days, I feel as if nobody appreciates life anymore. Not even the little things, like being able to enjoy the chemical aftertaste that follows food, and, oh, I already mentioned something about breathing, didn't I? So take a look around, take a moment to relax! I promise you, nothing's going to fall apart while you all kick back.

Anyway, it's great to be here. I hope we can be friends!

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"any hope we had of keeping continuity", is that a reference to American superhero comics? [1/4]

[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

So you're just saying to relax? That's good advice, but...

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[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

[Wait a moment]

[konoka-chan.livejournal.com]

Really?

...never thought about it that way.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Well, who can blame you? You've not yet been here for any considerable amount of time, have you?

Relatively, that is.

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[reliablekiller.livejournal.com]

I do not understand why people are so willing to...accept this.

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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

You've got me! Acceptance isn't something I tend to stumble across all that often.

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[thevenusian.livejournal.com]

It is really pretty, but…

[Minako lets out a breath; man but 'kick back and take it easy' sounds nice, and tempting, right about now.]

What if things really would fall apart if we just sat back and looked at the flowers?

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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Then perhaps it's just one of those things that can't be helped! Life's fickle like that, sometimes.

[faythfulprayer.livejournal.com]

[Yuna has had some time to settle and find all of her things since the original broadcast by the Queen, and she's been listening for more. This one in particular has caught her attention. There's something incredibly familiar about this woman.]

I... I understand what you are saying, but I have to disagree. This isn't good at all. Spira's hopes... Everyone is counting on me to put a stop to Sin. We're running out of time.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Everyone's always running out of time. It's what you people do.

If you weren't so preoccupied with it, maybe you wouldn't notice the metaphorical grains of sand slipping through your fingertips.

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[bishoujo-ga-yoi.livejournal.com]

((For reference, she's a dead spirit given form out of magic. Since I assume death probably could tell such things.))

Mm! Mm! ... Amiably living in the moment...! Truly, a beautiful way of living, like a flower in bloom that never stops to consider the next coming season.

I like your spirit! Yes, it is good.

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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

I believe this is the exact sort of situation that calls for a high-five.

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[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

It would be... easier to do that, wouldn't it.

[ Caprica still sounds dubious. She's been wrenched away from everything she's ever known — no matter how unpleasant things are in her own world right now — and she's still having trouble wrapping her mind around the concept of alternate universes, dimensions.

She gets a better look at the woman in the mirror, and suddenly her eyes widen, just a touch. There's that feeling, like she knows her, intimately, even though she's certain they've never met... have they? ]

—I know you. [ It's not a question. ]

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[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

[ ]

Hiya. How are you finding it all? This world, that is.

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

You're awfully cheery.

But you're not a devil, so...

Huh.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

[ ]

Nope! I don't think that sort of thing is my style.

[anythingburns.livejournal.com]

[Have a numb-looking face, staring, staring as she tries to figure out where she knows you from. Finally she gives up--]

What is wrong with you?

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

I have an unrelenting case of horribly inappropriate optimism, I'm afraid!

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

Granted that this is a, ah, blissful experience under any other circumstances, but I'd appreciate the view a hell of a lot more if it wasn't from a prison.

...I know you.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Did I drop some movie tickets around you, too?

[dieforyoumylove.livejournal.com]

...Well you sound chipper.

guess I shouldn't be surprised...

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

Just thought I'd try breaking up the monotony and underlying panic.

[traces]

You're very optimistic, ma'am. I'm cheering up just listening to you!

[But try as she might, Dahlia can't keep the note of suspicion off her face. She knows this woman.]

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

That's great to hear! If only everyone responded as you have.

[gentlecuteside]

You're taking this quite well.

[beforemetoday.livejournal.com]

I don't know why I wouldn't!