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[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]

I think there's a good chance... but I hope not.

[windeity]

i really hope not too because all i got from that was that two cats are coming and they control the moon and the sun cycles with their tails which seems kind of weird.
but on the other hand you have a good point about trying to be prepared if it is true. so thanks.

[passio]

[ that's... an interpretation! ]

I don't know if I did anything to be thanked for.

I like the way you read the poem, though. It's refreshing.

[windeity]

[He's trying, but luckily he doesn't care about being right in this case.]

people taking initiative is always worth something.
but haha thanks! i think. i know that is probably not what it is really saying but now i am kind of curious what the real message was.

[passio]

There doesn't have to be a "real" message, in this case. Sometimes it's even better not to know.

...though I guess in our situation, having an answer is good.

[windeity]

i thought the saying was that knowing is half the power or something like that.
but we have been doing ok for ourselves even without an answer so far. at least i think so.

[passio]

I think so, too. Most of us seem to have survived the furniture, but... it wasn't easy.

[windeity]

it didn't last as long as i thought it would but it was still too long.
did anybody get away with not hearing anything...?

[passio]

...as hard as it was to hear, I'm not sure I want to meet the person tenacious enough to outlast the furniture.

[windeity]

even if it might help us identify anybody who might be a danger to us later down the line?
not that i think anyone is dangerous! but i also have not met every single person here.

[passio]

I think there are dangerous people. The odds are at least one of us must be... evil, or at least malicious.

[windeity]

should we be worried about that at all?

[passio]

Worrying about it will only make you paranoid. I think.

It’s too early to worry.

[windeity]

given we have way too much to worry about already? you're right.
thank you.
guess all we can do is keep practicing analysis.

[passio]

You can do other things, too. If you don't like poetry, there are other ways to help yourself.

Leave the worrying to me.

[windeity]

i'll take a look at what i have available to me.
just be sure to take care of yourself, too, outside of the worrying.