USER #030066

[passio]

Black-as-can-be cats arrive a-pair,
Up on a rooftop, a plaintive eve,
And on the tips of their pointed tails hung
A wispy crescent-moon, looking hazy.
'O-wah, good evening,'
'O-wah, good evening!'
'O-wah, o-wah, o-wah!'
'O-wah, the man of this household is bedridden.'

A poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara, that I heard once from a friend. It seems things have calmed down since #FFFFFF arrived, but I wonder if that's the end of it.

How is everyone's literary analysis? I think we should be prepared for more mysterious messages, and maybe there's a way to prevent it before it gets bad.

Comments

[passio]

It would all be grey, though. I suppose crows are black, but...

[ the values of dave’s illustrations implied some kind of desperation for color... dextera knows not what he asks, however. ]

[parodeity]

i miss color
this suuuuucks

[passio]

Hmm.

What color do you miss the most?

[ an idle curiosity... but one that he's determined to have answered now that he's thought of it. ]

[parodeity]

red

[ dave is a simple man. ]

[passio]

I think I expected that.

The sky was red back in my world, so I don't mind it, but I would rather see blue again.

[parodeity]

the sky was red?
why was it red

[passio]

It was the color of the end of the world.

[parodeity]

oh you too huh

[passio]

[ "you too"... that's no good. dave is just a kid. ]

This is something I wish we didn't have in common.

[parodeity]

yeah well
it semes to be an actually common problem unforutnately

[passio]

I wonder if that has anything to do with why we were brought here? But there are so many people who haven't been through the same thing.

[parodeity]

yeah i dont think everyone has so its more like
a weird coincidence than anything else
you know same hat

[passio]

[ he doesn't know memes...... ]

...same hat?

[parodeity]

like we both are going through the same thing kinda

[passio]

Hmm.

Then, “same hat,” though it would be better if it were a different hat after all.

[parodeity]

haha yeah
ngl it would be way easier if the universe were not ending or whatever

(ngl is not gonna lie)

[passio]

Oh, like "lol." I'm catching up, I think.

[ there was one he mentioned before as well... btw. that one might be... "by the way"? dextera is more distracted by the chatspeak than by the apocalypse. ]

[parodeity]

soon well have you speaking like a true interwebs denizen
which is of course your new life goal maybe

[passio]

Haha. Or “lol,” if you prefer.

I don’t know if I need all that, but it seems like everyone has a different way of typing. I just want to keep up.

[parodeity]

well just lmk whenever i get too confusing
i dont actually mind explaining

[passio]

Hmm.

I don't know if there's anything I can teach you in return, but if you want to learn how to play chess or anything else about poetry, I'll do my best.

[parodeity]

i kinda know about chess except the super secret special moves
but i wouldnt mind playing some to kill time

[passio]

I'll try to avoid using the super secret special moves until you're better. It's only fair.

[parodeity]

haha sounds like a plan
when/where should we meet up?

[passio]

I can meet you near the well now, if you’d like.