❂ four | audio

[gazingup]

[ The sound of chirping crickets has become the usual chorus for Tristan's posts, but today there's an added hoot of an owl ]

Alright. Fine, fine- You know what, Yvaine? I give up.

I GIVE UP.

[ Oh look, he's scared away all the birds from the trees again. ]

I've been wandering around bloody forest for nearly a month now. A month! I've searched for you in every nook and cranny— through the City proper, the beach, that park. I would have nearly trekked up that mountain if I hadn't decided to be sensible for once.

I know you don't want to be found. And yes, you have- you have a valid reason, but at least- At least-

At least tell me you're all right? Please.


[ A gap of silence - a few minutes of it, to be exact. ]


I just want to go home. I never- I never wanted this type of adventure, I mean- I've never even been out of Wall! It doesn't help that I've spent almost the entire time in this stinking- [ the sound of a thump as he kicks a tree] bloody forest.

And of course the City wants to rub it in my face! Let's bring in two men that look like your Father and put them right in front of you so you won't forget.

"Chaining up a woman, what would your father think?"

"Oh, look! It's not-you-father. Doesn't that make you think of home? By the way, how's Victoria doing- Wait, I forgot you're stuck in this City!"

I just-

[ a frustrated sigh, followed by another thump as he abuses the tree once more. Sadly, he ends up hurting himself rather than the trunk of the tree.]

...Ow.

Comments

[gazingup.livejournal.com]

If you were turned into an animal, would you think like that animal? Or like a human?

...Sounds like something out of a fairytale. A- A sort of twisted fairytale, though ... aren't the princes supposed to save the princesses? Rather than turning them into frogs.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I've always managed to stay thinking like a person, when it's happened to me. But it did come with the instincts, I suppose--when I was a bird, it didn't take me long to learn to fly, and I knew how to hunt when I was a lioness, even though I didn't put those particular skills to any real use.

They're supposed to not be rude, awful twits, either, but that certainly didn't stop this one. And, um. Quite a few things are like fairy tales where I come from, yes.

[gazingup.livejournal.com]

Still wouldn't want to become an animal, even an interesting animal. I'm very much content in my own body.

Arriving in the City was a sort of fairytale in itself. A twisted fairytale but ... certainly nothing you'd ever expect.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

No, certainly not. I can't imagine anyone expecting a place like this at all. Sometimes it all seems a bit like a dream, but then, I'm sure I could never dream up half the things I've seen here, either.