Zel was in a very good mood. Quite apart from feeling as if he was drunk out of his mind, he was almost certain he'd actually managed to win an argument with Azula for the first time in... ever. He managed to force himself to stop being smug, being aware, if only through a haze of alcohol he hadn't actually consumed, that this would not be useful in helping Azula.

He was still having trouble with the concept of her not wanting his help - surely if the virus was that bad she should welcome someone willing to help her relieve it? Eventually he dismissed it as Azula being her normal difficult self and decided that she'd surely warm up to the idea eventually. He couldn't help giggling a little at the unintentional pun in his own internal monologue, either.

He hummed happily to himself as he he gave a slightly arrhythmic knock at the door to her room. "Hello, Fire Lord?" he called out.

[Zel's sitting on a bed again, but it's clearly in his own bedroom, rather than the cell from before.]

I woke up in my own bed this morning and saw Amelia almost at once.

I don't know whether to be relieved that she's all right and everything yesterday didn't happen or angry that I had to go through it.

... I hate this damn community sometimes.

Zel: What if he hadn't gone to Sairaag when wanted posters for him started showing up? He could easily have avoided the people coming after him - even Vrumugen - and eventually they'd have stopped anyway; Lina, Gourry, Amelia, and Sylphiel could most likely have gotten rid of Eris and Copy Rezo by themselves.

So he won't have seen Lina or Gourry for years, won't have met Amelia, Xellos, or Filia at all, and certainly wouldn't be living with Amelia. On the other hand, dialing him up to the present time, he'd probably have accepted Eris' deal just as readily, if not more. So, still a wandering mercenary, just  a human one now. Eris-mun, if you want to talk to me about what to do with that, ping me~

Jak: What if King Damas hadn't died in Jak 3?

That removes one major source of angst from Jak's recent past. He still went into the Catacombs after Veger, but he had more help this time, and when Damas discovers he has the seal, well, now they both know Jak is his son, Mar. The bad news is that while Jak X probably still would've happened, knowing Jak, he's got all these royal duties that would probably prevent him from hooking up with Keira. And he's generally happier; might end up just a bit of a ladies' man. And of course he'd be going by Mar now.

Zel had been expecting trouble with the guards, but they seemed to accept the explanation that he was Arcee's friend from another dimension.  He wasn't sure he wanted to think about what that meant for daily life around here.

It struck him that he didn't really have the best idea of what Arcee would look like, so he'd resorted to asking a few guards for directions.  Drastic measures indeed.

She said yes!  She feels the same way!

Anonysanta has struck again!

Thank you, Anonysanta! &hearts

Scorpio's Birthday Reading

You're a powerhouse this year. Figure out what you want and make a plan to get it. After that, do it again and again and again and again. You could just about conquer the world, but for that you'll need more players, which you can get.

Celebrity birthdays on October 28th: Lauren Holly, Julia Roberts, Annie Potts, Daphne Zuniga, Jami Gertz

... I'm not entirely sure I want to conquer the world. Getting the world in shape would probably take centuries at least.

But it is my birthday today. I'm twenty-one. Funny, it completely slipped my mind until it occurred to me as I woke up this morning.

((OOC: Horoscope from here.))

Your Love Life is Like The Princess Bride

"Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind." For you, love is like a fairy tale - albeit a fairly twisted one. You believe romance is all about loyalty, fate, and a good big of goofy fun. Your love style: Idealistic yet quirky Your Hollywood Ending Will Be: Perfectly romantic

... I don't want to hear a word from anyone. I don't know why I keep taking these things, but they always give me results like this.

Though come to think of it, it describes my life as a whole pretty well...

Has anyone here ever heard of... I think it's a television show... called "Slayers"?

... You know, I think this is the first virus that hasn't hit me. Is it possible to be nervous and relieved at the same time?

Still, I'm not taking any chances. I wonder if I can get a restraining order for certain people. Then again, as difficult as it would be to enforce...

I suppose all I can do is stay put and hope Xellos has stayed off the community and isn't affected. Because luckily all of my other enemies are in different worlds.

*amazingly, Zel actually has a halfway-decent singing voice*

( Not cut IC, just for lyrics )

It's a song about nothing I found on the Internet. I love the tune. And I've got no clue where the Indian Ocean is, or what a talk-show is, but hey, I don't care.

I swear, this is the best I've felt in... ever, I think.

... Huh. This one's actually pretty good.

I found a copy of this play. It seems to be called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. And Guildenstern sounds a bit like me, honestly. ... "I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns." I feel that way sometimes about things. Things that don't exist outside of stories, but...

Have you ever come across a song - or a band - and just known a friend of yours would like it, even though you know there's absolutely no possibility they've ever heard of it before?

Zel sat on a boulder just outside of Seyruun and waited for Kaye to arrive. He was looking forward to her little "surprise". Everything seemed so dull recently - the community was far more entertaining than real life. He wished Xellos would show up sometime; there was a man who knew how to make life interesting.

Oh, well. With any luck, Kaye's game would be amusing.

I never thought I'd be so glad to be back in this body. I can actually type properly now!

My apologies to anyone I threatened while I was a Golem. I... wasn't in the best mood, and I really didn't want to be captured.

Well, I'm home again - thanks for the lift, Jordan. New York was interesting, but I don't think I could survive living there all the time.

((OOC: Location screened from Nebilim and from Lina - in the latter case just because she's liable to pester him about Amelia again. Easily hackable.))

opiarhasjkflhaklf; wth is going on/

okay ignoring punctuation can't reach shift key with three fingers

does anyone know whatre ive been turned into

Well, that was an... interesting ball. Remind me to expect weird things to happen at balls in the future. And maybe take dancing lessons in advance or something.

I think I'll stay in New York for a while. This place is amazing! You could spend a lifetime here just exploring the city. And I definitely need to check out a few of the libraries - it's a slim chance, but...