0 The Fool

[elevatoravatar]

[Waking up in a strange bed at 1128 Taylor Road didn't bother Elizabeth, nor did the frilly nightgown, or the odd man next to her.  This was the world outside, though she remembered it being a bit different.  It was odd though, she asked to go to the Abyss of Time to find what she was looking for, but the Master worked in odd ways.  Heading downstairs she picked up the phone]

[Phone]

"Master...  I am outside, the room, but, my compendium.  My cards.  My clothes.  They seem to be missing.  Is this a test?  To live as those who are ignorant to the spirits and demons that people hide behind every day...  Perhaps that is a better way to come to understanding Erebus and why it exists...  I will endeavor to do you proud."

[Action 1]

[Elizabeth will be outside her house, wandering up and down the street, still in her nightgown, seeming in awe of just about everything]

[Action 2]

[She's finally dressed in her clothes from here, at least there were dark blue ones, but you can tell not having her hat bothers her, but she's in the library, taking each and every book down, looking at it, then setting it on the floor.]

[Action 3]

[She's in a shop that sells pianos downtown, playing a kind of creepy music that persona users, or anyone who Igor has played host to may be familiar with.  She's quite good, just the music is a little creepy.]

Comments

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Sadly, I wonder if humanity will ever evolve past this..."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

After so long, I wonder that, myself. But, little progress occurs, even over thousands of years - such is the nature of evolution.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"I.... Have a very long wait then I suppose."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

I suppose you do. But, it is what we do with that time that determines how worthwhile it is, hm?

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Where I come from, time does not exist. We exist, yet only truly understand it when a client has come to the room. I suspect that is what scares me the most, the time that it takes for forever to come."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

[Chuckling, the doctor makes his glasses flash once more.]

Awaiting forever... that does sound like a troublesome life. But then, one does have to consider - is it worse to not perceive time... or to actively pursue an end to it, to give up one's own genetic makeup in preference for eternal life? I wonder what others would say.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Still, an eternity at your own choice over an eternity of servitude. It is a bit more interesting. Who knows, perhaps after this I may have the strength to defeat Erebus as well."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

You underestimate the droll lifestyle of a mystic, I'm afraid. And then there are those of us who do resort to servitude... but, you are right. Treat this as an experience to learn from, and to grow into, and perhaps you can overcome even that situation.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but I don't know what the lifestyle of a mystic is. I know the lifestyle of an avatar of power, however, I have upon leaving the room, turned from that and now I need to find a new lifestyle."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

Perhaps that is for the better. A new lifestyle, a new perspective... useful tools, don't you think? Stagnating oneself in a single role... a fool's game, in my opinion.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Once, part of me wished to be like the master... To be able to bind gods and spirits with nothing but a whim. Now, I am trying to find if there is more than just control."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

... Interesting. It is a rather uniquely human wish, to be more than you are... perhaps you were not quite so far from it as you believed.

Control, however, is a fallacy. There is only one thing anyone can truly control: their own lives and decisions. Even if you believe in Gods and fate, the choice to believe is your own - and thereby, you have created for yourself a model upon which to build.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps. I was made to assist the master in dealing with humans, so, I had to be based in some ways one one. And I do not wish to control the gods and spirits... That is my master's job.. Perhaps... No.. Words fail to convey this."

[doctor-creep.livejournal.com]

Even the merest shadow of humanity affects much. Plus, as you said - you are human, now. Consider of it what you will, and endeavor to move forward. Trust your instincts and your 'self', and you shouldn't be steered in the wrong direction.

... Well, theoretically, of course.

[elevatoravatar.livejournal.com]

"Of course."