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[jammingwith]

[Ed's thinking again, but this time she's got a big pad of paper and lots of crayons. Don't ask where she got them. As she thinks, she's sort of mumbling to herself and doodling large colorful shapes.

The mumbling and the doodles don't look like they have anything to do with each other, but knowing Ed, they probably do.]

Lots of little threads all connect together in one big knot, but you can't get to the center without a pair of scissors or a lot of time and patience.

Once upon a time there was a little boy so lost and scared he shut himself away from everything and died.

The queen will sacrifice herself for the king but why? The rooks and pawns have no power and no choice but the queen holds all the power but when she dies the game continues.

Fire destroyed the witch, but what did it do to Gretel?

Worms and knives and walls of all shapes and sizes protecting secrets and lies and...

...names.

Comments

[stained-wing.livejournal.com]

Exercising your little mind? How quaint.

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

[Shrugs. Starts drawing... is that a snake? It's hard to tell for the moment.]

There's a lot to think about.

[stained-wing.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that a human would actually think about something that isn't how unhappy they are with their lot here.

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

There's more to think about than complaints. But most people are too busy paying attention to themselves to notice.

[The snake, or whatever it is, has very large teeth. And it's guarding a mountain made of words. But the words are written in crayon, so it's hard to see what they say.]

[tickingshadows.livejournal.com]

[Bzuh? Think, think, what does this sound like...]

Are you - talking about fairy tales or something?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

Yes.

And no.

[Draws a crown.]

[tickingshadows.livejournal.com]

[What kinda answer is that?!]

Uhh, 'kay then. How is...this going then?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

[Using stick figures, draws three people... but one of them is inside a box. Huh.]

Okay. Could be better.

[thefirstphase.livejournal.com]

[Leans over to see. 'Sup hacker.] Why bother with names?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

[Hey, 'sup. She picks up a red crayon and starts embellishing the existing doodles with FIRE.]

Because names are important. They always mean something, even if it isn't what you expect.

[thefirstphase.livejournal.com]

What were you expecting then?

[fairly-og.livejournal.com]

Nice drawings there. Ah, what's the story about?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

A girl who's trying to find the answers to a question she found but keeps running into walls that're trying to stop her.

[She starts drawing a maze.]

[fairly-og.livejournal.com]

Huh...I see. I hope she gets past those walls, then.

[cruciverbal.livejournal.com]

Have you been playing chess recently, Edward?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

[Stops, surprised.]

No.

[cruciverbal.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, you mentioned chess pieces and moves, I was just curious.

[a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com]

[talking cryptically, are we.]

Because the queen herself was a pawn, and it's just hard to see how strong they can be.

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

[why yes we are. She's drawing a complex maze covering the entire sheet of paper.]

It always seems like the king does nothing but he's really the one making all the moves.

[a-ccidentalism.livejournal.com]

[leans over to watch.]

While shortening his own.

[not-elk.livejournal.com]

Maybe the little boy was hurt. By... something. And the queen knew that the game would continue after she was gone.

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

Queens usually get sacrificed, whether they want to or not, and whether the know what's going on or not.

And maybe the little boy is hurt, but he won't tell anyone.

[not-elk.livejournal.com]

Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't. It depends.

... Probably.

[[ooc; If Ed cares to look, Tsukasa's data is extremely fragmented, and there are huge missing patches and patches where things have obviously been modified.]]

[ratherdieahero.livejournal.com]

Edward? What's got you in this mood?

[timeforjam.livejournal.com]

Looking for answers but only finding more questions.

[She draws a moon.]