azure_and_scarlet scarlet met in a meadow 060531 ... azure asked scarlet if she liked tacos 060531 ... azure lwOuld you like some tea? MInt tea, to be precise, chilled in frozen cubes of Grey Goose. Its lovely to see you buy the way "Big huhg" 060531 ... azure +++++does not know where the taco request came from, but will go with it after his own original pst if need be.+++++ 060531 ... scarlet mmmm, grey goose... sky graced my lips this past saturday, and, you would never believe, a face from very far south five years ago, that of an old man i once lived with.... 060531 ... scarlet and as always, your company is exquisite and appreciated 060531 ... scarlet i like them TUNA tacos... heh... i really do have nothing, you know. 060531 ... azure Glad somebody goosed you. Do I know the old man? *flops on the grass belly down, setuubg the basket aside, and looks, supporting his chin with both hands, at his big sis 060531 ... scarlet you never met him, tho you may remember stories... he was the old letch that saved my life in the end bits. he was not just pleased as punch, not just surprised, but downright flabbergasted to see me. *delicately plucks a wheat thin from the basket and nibbles* 060531 ... scarlet *finishes the tiny corner of wheat then, then rears up, cries out "bonzai!!!" and pounces* 060531 ... azure YOu know...I've come to expect the occasional sequal when I thought it would never happen...but everytime, its a doozie...I"d say the equivilent of going to the theater tomorrow and finding you as the newest manger applicant...needless to say, flabbergasted works. *opens the basket and pulls out the christmas martini glass and the glass and gold one and sets them aside* 060531 ... azure *can't contain his laughter as he rolls a bit and attempts fending her off* its...off...good...hahahhahahaa.....don't tickle...to see....HAHAHAHAHAH!! I SAID NO TICKLING!...YOU! aheh... 060531 ... scarlet *sits back and grins, looking for all the world like a yellow feather should be sticking out the corner of her mouth* 060531 ... azure *is SO smiling to split the planet.* You know, it almost hurts smiling this big, but everytime I think that I just remind myself of any Jack Nicholson cameos I need to stunt for and its not so bad... 060531 ... scarlet plus, your smile is infective. your spirit is infective. and in another part of my brain, i am having a conversation that is teetering on the edge of being literally heartbreaking. the contrast is extreme and welcome. this half of it, anyhow. so howsabout filling them there glasses? *busts out the shaker* 060531 ... a *pulls a bottle of Nameless Vodka of the Phone Book of Eris from the basket and shakes it vehemetly. It seems to grow cold and get frosted on its own* Allow me. *pours intot he glasses and begins rooting for something else* Heh. Hate to cliche it but...are you ready for this.. "How are you?" 060531 ... azure * continues to grin slightly( grin slightly?) and hands the bottle to her* 060531 ... azure *pulls a container of strange looking fruit-vegetable pods about the size of a shooter marble. Pulls two and afixes one a piece to tiny plastic swords, hers a bright red and his a royal blue. He places the speared life-matter and puts them in the the glasses, now positioned infront of her* 060531 ... scarlet *pops the champagne-style cork, then tilts the bottle back for a long swig... keeps swigging... keeps swigging... finally pulls away, makes a half a face, and sighs contentedly, then begins to pour into the shaker, picking sprigs of mint and clover from the surrounding field and sprinkling them in* i dunno how i am. i was doing better about surviving earlier. your call helped. this conversation, though... i'm always the one before the wife. i'm always almost everything someone wants. there's always a timer. and it hurts. and that's the woe_of_the_moment 060601 ... azure Well, sis...We're all about due for a mid-life crisis... But I think, in your case, its more than that. I'm not going to comfort you with words of "I'm sure he's just around the corner"...(cause I really don't know) *pours the two martinis, foundly thinking of times past shared of the drink* ...BUT!...I can say for a certain that you've got what it takes inside you to be happy about the good weather nomatter what kind of weather it might be... *sprouts a long cat tail of bluish black fur, allowing it to swish back and forth* 060601 ... azure *looks at his martini for a long moment. Cat ears, black, sprout just behind his human ones.* 060601 ... scarlet *sighs and catches the tail, which sprouts a beautiful royal blue rose for me to bury my nose in, inhale deeeply, and release, whereupon the bloom unblooms and tail resumes swishing* i do have it in me, somewhere, buried beneath everything else in pandora's_box. but the place is a mess and it's been stinking to high hell for months now and i've forgotten how to laugh. i feel dead. resurrection is a tough trick. 060601 ... azure Life is ... heavy. *sighs* 060601 ... azure BOy it sure seems like alot sometimes. *frowns slightly, then smiles* Join me?*offers the gold and Glass glass* 060601 ... scarlet *gently clinks my glass to yours* some things make it lighter. drinks. family. dumping out the boxes and throwing away the useless bits. enough of my pity party, how's your corner of the universe? *streeeeeetches out on her side, black cotton dress melting to deep deep red silk and settling much drapier as she settles in to listen* 060601 ... azure *sips lightly* Well, I can't really make it sound very exciting, beside a rather vigorous fight with the gaurds I have been expanding my real estate expertise, continuing my training in gongfu, still paying my rent by caring for and training dogs, holding and alternate personality as "Angel" at the Savoy 16 concession booth, playing with my daughter at every available moment, and not getting enough sleep. *sips again* Should be getting my membership int he ccar)champaign county association of realators(. started my first sword form in gongfu. put Carls car in my insurance and may get sued because he crashed it on the job... *tongue paddles the vege in the glas and then crunchs it* Mmm...good...thats about all. 060601 ... scarlet guards? 060601 ... azure Of the happy chunks, I'm really excited about the sword form. I'm going to perform it before battle onthe daggerheir field and score intimidation points. Also, I will be badass in battle. I can't tell how hard I tried not to laugh at how soon they call for water. After a year and a half of training everyday just about, I have decided that regular fighters are out of shape pussies. But Vanity has allways been my primary vice... Anywho... I can't wait. I'm going to be Owen's char "Outlander"'s zombie protector. ITs funny that my daggorheir char was originally YOUR soulless minion.... 060601 ... azure See, that just proves my point. The one thing your interested in is the one thing I made up. There was no fight with gaurds. *smiles devilishly and sips thin air, chokes, coughs, then reloads his glass.* 060601 ... scarlet ahahaha you're beautiful luv. :) *dips her tongue delicately and repeatedly into the glass, drawing up a surprising amount of liquid in this manner* have ye yet a name for the zombie protector? 060601 ... azure WHy...*smiles* ...'Hollow' of course. *downs about half of his new martini* 060601 ... scarlet *beams with pride at her little brother* you know, i gave you your *real* name back, should you ever need it. but be more careful with it next time. them happy fuzzy forest creatures are nefarious, yaknow. *gently lifts the glass from your hands, drains it, and pours one anew, this time with the faintest greenish tint... wait, not quite green...* chartreuse. makes a great spike in a tini. *grins* 060601 ... azure MMmmm...chartreuse...*shivers* Charlies scent filld my nose for just a second...*smiles* thank you. *dips his tongue in the mixture lightly, tracing the outline. Withdrawing his tongue his eyes close, briefly.*Nice. Very nice. *smiles* 060601 ... azure *lays back and looks at the clouds, his tail twitching and swooshing form side to side* 060601 ... scarlet *marches on all fours in a circle for a moment, thoroughly staining the knees of the dress, then flops on a shoulder, rolls onto her back, and lays her head on your chest, watching the same sky* i miss you terribly, you know that? 060601 ... azure Heh...you should aim better...*smiles and points* See that one? Looks like cuthulu...*lets his hand drop to his sisters belly, giving her a quarter hug* 060601 ... azure I missed you too. 060601 ... scarlet the other day i was idly taking a rather morbid stock, just for shits_and_giggles... you were one of three people i realized i couldn't inflict that on... the other two being john and me mum... *rolls over and hugs you proper* someday i'm gonna find the words to tell you how much light you've given me over hte years, and how grateful i am both for that, and for not just knowing you, but calling you kin. 060601 ... azure YOu know...we should do this more often... But I have gongfu in three hours, so I need to am-scray... *rolls over ontop of her for amoment* Sis...lets meet here again...real soon... *kisses her lips, nose, and forehead, in quick succession and then fades to a fine green mist* 060601 ... scarlet i been kissed by an angel! who left me so he could go whoop ass! i'm so proud. *grins ear to ear and melts slowly into the grass* 060601 ... azure That means alot... I know you have your own life sis...and I hope I keep getting to be part of it. *becomes one with the air* 060601 ... azure That means alot... I know you have your own life sis...and I hope I keep getting to be part of it. *becomes one with the air* 060601 ... . *a small flame flickers through the meadow, pausing occasionally as if sniffing the air* 060604 ... azure *the air sstirs as if sniffing where the flame had been* 060605 what's it to you? who go blather from