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Entry 610; Day 1524
Dec. 17th, 2013 11:37 am[Filtered from Known DELILAH Members || Unhackable]
I should have known this curse will come upon us sooner or later this month: mistletoe growing from every corner and doorway. I can hardly think of a better sign of the season in the City than this. Truly, it is splendid. And one must, of course, observe the custom of the mistletoe. And the City shall, indeed, enforce that custom.
Yes, laugh at it for the moment, if you like, but it's never as amusing as one might expect. It's tiresome and it's frustrating and I'm quite sure the Network will be full of apologies tomorrow. But there's no stopping it, of course, as there's no stopping any of the curses--neither the growth of the plant itself nor the compulsions that come with it. It's a wonder we're not all strangled or poisoned by the stuff by the end of the day. And it is quite poisonous, you know.
It's sprouting from the ceiling and from the side of my desk at the moment. I can fairly watch it growing. I almost think I can hear it. And, of course, it's in every archway and on every lintel and hanging from every lamppost. So there's no avoiding it and its effects. The City has seen to that very handily.
One could, in theory, avoid this curse, if one tried--if one were to keep indoors or avoid the mistletoe itself or others. Of course, one could find a plant growing from one's hat, as has happened to me before, which can undo all of one's efforts.
But I almost wonder if it's quite worth the effort.
I don't care. I've things to which I must attend. I've endured this curse and all the curses of this City long enough to begin to cease to care about any of them. I'm going out anyway.
~C.
[ooc: Yes, he is going out. He'll be around the City in lots of ways today, so feel free to action it up in the comments~]
Comments: http://poly-chromatic.dreamwidth.org/1221087.html
I should have known this curse will come upon us sooner or later this month: mistletoe growing from every corner and doorway. I can hardly think of a better sign of the season in the City than this. Truly, it is splendid. And one must, of course, observe the custom of the mistletoe. And the City shall, indeed, enforce that custom.
Yes, laugh at it for the moment, if you like, but it's never as amusing as one might expect. It's tiresome and it's frustrating and I'm quite sure the Network will be full of apologies tomorrow. But there's no stopping it, of course, as there's no stopping any of the curses--neither the growth of the plant itself nor the compulsions that come with it. It's a wonder we're not all strangled or poisoned by the stuff by the end of the day. And it is quite poisonous, you know.
It's sprouting from the ceiling and from the side of my desk at the moment. I can fairly watch it growing. I almost think I can hear it. And, of course, it's in every archway and on every lintel and hanging from every lamppost. So there's no avoiding it and its effects. The City has seen to that very handily.
One could, in theory, avoid this curse, if one tried--if one were to keep indoors or avoid the mistletoe itself or others. Of course, one could find a plant growing from one's hat, as has happened to me before, which can undo all of one's efforts.
But I almost wonder if it's quite worth the effort.
I don't care. I've things to which I must attend. I've endured this curse and all the curses of this City long enough to begin to cease to care about any of them. I'm going out anyway.
~C.
[ooc: Yes, he is going out. He'll be around the City in lots of ways today, so feel free to action it up in the comments~]
Comments: http://poly-chromatic.dreamwidth.org/1221087.html