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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]

[ 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.