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Date Posted: 10:11:42 01/19/02 Sat
Author: Cumulus
Subject: He squinted, struggling to hear what she was saying,...
In reply to: Aori, Guardian of AIR 's message, "Aori and Toluse were at a loss..." on 18:13:04 01/16/02 Wed

...trying to understand at least highlights of her inquiry. It had been a long time since he had experienced language in any form, but "okay?" was universal and familiar in word if not reality. "Okay" was something he had not been for a very long time. Ironically, the very sequence of events which concluded his prior existence was set in motion by a decision which he thought would improve it. For a time, it did; for a time, his ennui was a thing of the past. But the things he did, the price he paid, was ultimately more than he could bear. And when ultimately he refused to pay the devil, the devil collected his only collateral.

Absently, he rubbed his right forearm, still ensconced in a billowy glove of emotional security. The half of him that was cloud darkened now, even as the half that was man shook under Aori's caress, turning away. These were harsh, painful memories, incomplete though they were. What had he paid for? To whom had his debt ultimately been paid? Who had he been and, more importantly, where was he now? Hazel, bloodshot eyes met Aori's as the last question, seemingly the most immediate, rumbled to the surface.

"Is this....is this heaven?"

"Everything has been figured out except how to live."
-Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980)

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Replies:

She smiled at him... -- Aori, Guradian of AIR, 09:31:33 01/27/02 Sun
- "Seems....seems like a paradise..." -- Cumulus, 19:07:02 02/02/02 Sat
  - Underneath the night sky -- Aori, Guardian of AIR, 12:50:41 02/07/02 Thu
    - The great white dragon flew by... -- Treva, Air Dragon, 15:05:43 02/08/02 Fri
      - "It does sound like something to see..." -- Cumulus, 20:56:57 03/05/02 Tue
        So much for rest... -- Aori, Guardian of AIR, 07:52:36 03/29/02 Fri
        The great winged wolf... -- Pulsar, 09:06:46 04/07/02 Sun
        "Oooof!" -- Treva, 16:02:49 04/07/02 Sun
        The half-man, half cloud scrutinized the air dragon... -- Cumulus, 19:32:39 05/26/02 Sun
        Was it to late? -- Aori, Guardian of Air, 18:49:37 06/02/02 Sun
        How now brown cloud.... -- Treva, 15:11:18 06/16/02 Sun
        He had no idea what the hell this idiot was talking about.... -- Cumulus, 20:40:09 07/14/02 Sun