in the flowers; (Persephone's ideal world)

[idolpro]

In the flicker of a candle-flame, in the stir of still water, in the fluttering of flower petals, there is a voice.

Once, there was a maiden...

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[nihilmancy]

[Oh. A Sekhem. She knows what that is (she doesn't)

Hesitantly reaching forward, and opening the scroll.]

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[forgottenmercy]

In very beautiful calligraphy (it's Persephone's handwriting) there is a poem.

Once, there was a maiden...
...who was the living embodiment of everything right in the world.
While she lived, no real harm could come to anyone. Oh, wounds, disease, even death, sure. But she stood between the world and anything worse.
"Except," she said, "I'm going to die." And no one listened.
"I'm going to die tomorrow," she said. And no one heard.
Into the silence, she said: "There's always an ending, after all."

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[nihilmancy]

Maiden, I can relate to you, on a very deep level.

Except for not being everything right at all.

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[forgottenmercy]

[the scroll says nothing. the wisteria sways a little in response.]

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[nihilmancy]

[Shaking the bells!]

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[forgottenmercy]

[the wisteria sways in time with the melody. almost seeming to shiver.]

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[nihilmancy]

[Okay. Off to the right, then.]

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[forgottenmercy]

here.