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.

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#1A2367

[nascere]

Probably not. I wonder what #FFFFFF is.

Literary analysis? I'm pretty good at it. But it might not be the same thing next time. [ he did, after all, get first place in his class. ]

[passio]

Do you think they'll be more straightforward next time? If there's something they want us to do, isn't it better to just say it?

#3630FF

[messianic]

[Sup, Dex.]

It's been awhile since I've heard any poetry by him. [Though his teacher wasn't a huge fan so...they skipped over a lot too?

Thanks Toriumi-sensei.]

I'm just glad that things are calm enough for us to sleep a bit better now, though.

[passio]

[ he remembers their grave-digging fondly... as fondly as anyone can remember graves. ]

Minato. It's Dextera.

I don't know much of his poetry, but this is one that managed to survive. I thought it might be nice to share now that things are quieter, even if it sounds better out loud.

#A5211F

[swordfucker]

Lost in thought, huh? Now I’m wondering how one person can exist in two very different places.

Cooperation seemed to be key to make things easier. It’s what you’d expect.

[passio]

Maybe that means there's a version of myself in your world, or you in mine.

[ he hopes not!!! ]

Do you think all the quests we receive are going to be... like that?

[nascere]

Can't honestly tell. That was weird, and I'm thinking whoever it is, is still sticking around.

Anyway, that's a nice poem. You like stuff like that a lot?

[passio]

Hmm.

It's not that I like it or dislike it. It's just important to me. Do you have anything like that?

[messianic]

[Some sort of fondness.

But oh--!]

Good to talk to you again, Dextera-san. ["Talk to again"... look, it's fine, a silent protag does not care about silence.]

It's a good poem. Honestly, I think sharing things like this is a good way to get to know each other more in this place too.

#E00707

[parodeity]

wait did you just give us HOMEWORK

#0000E6

[pursestrings]

can i just fail the test now or nah

#FFC100

[good_ideas]

i doubt that's the end of it

and if we're doing literary analysis
i think that poem was written when the writer was really bored and the neighbourhood cats were really loud
he couldn't sleep and thought

wow
i should write about this in my diary

[passio]

I agree. When there are things you don't want to talk about to people you've just met, sometimes poems or stories are a way of getting around it.

Do you have a poet you like?

[passio]

It's not homework, unless you want it to be. I don't know how to grade anything.

[passio]

There's no test.

What do you think it means, to have the last line of the poem mention a sickness?

[pursestrings]

this sounds like school
i think it means dude is sick & thinks cats can talk

[passio]

Maybe so.

Even if that's true, it's a beautiful complaint. O-wah.

[passio]

Maybe cats can talk, and he's just sharing with us what they said.

[pursestrings]

uhhhhh
okay
but why do the cats think he's fuckin sick then

[swordfucker]

[Through his head, immediately as well: he sure hopes not. He purposefully doesn't respond to that...]

You think we'll get more?

I mean, I don't disagree. If it's the same person, then the formatting probably won't change. It sounds like someone playing games. It kind of pisses me off.

[messianic]

Honestly, not really. My teacher really liked Utsubo Kubota, but I've never really read that much poetry, for some reason.

I guess I was always too busy listening to music instead.

[passio]

I don't think there's a point in giving us one quest and leaving it alone.

I don't mind doing them, but you're right. It seems like a game. There's nothing useful about being cryptic.

[passio]

Music and poetry aren't too different, but I guess it's more fun to listen to the former.

What music do you like?

[ there's only one song he remembers... nobody listens to music anymore in the apocalypse!! ]

[swordfucker]

Yeah. You're right about that.

Being cryptic, though... the only reason is to look down on others. Put them in their place and make them run little errands just because you can. Because you type like you're some kind of god. Maybe they're having a good laugh.

[Guren is maybe a little angry about the idea of it all, it's fine...]

[passio]

That's a good start. What do you think the answer is?

[ okuyasu didn't know he was signing up for poetry 101 here!! surprise!!! ]