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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 15:45:32 GMT -5
Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.
Huntin had never gotten into Alice in Wonderland too much before, but he had liked the Cheshire Cat, and nowadays the ravings of an Englishman on opium were appealin to him. He read through the pages with a bit of childishness n him, giggling softly at humorous phrases or mannerisms, and raising a brow at things he just plain didn't understand. The Disney film had deffinitely left a lot of stuff out, but Huntin was never one to judge adaptations.
But he was having trouble concentrating....this whole cure thing....he didn't plan on taking it, but what if it like...became mandatory...if it came down to it he would deffinitely take the cure over death, but he reeeeally hoped it didn't come down to that.
"Silly Dutchess......"
Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 15:54:06 GMT -5
"'If what you think is true, but it is really false, then where does the truth lie?' That sounds about right. 'The truth lies outside of our grasp, where only the scientist can reach, but sometimes even they misinterrpret things.' That's it." Kat muttered to herself as she entered the library staring at a small composition notebook in her hand, pencil in her mouth. She was completely unaware anyone was around, and she sat down at a nearby table, still looking at the notebook. "'But when our conciousness looks for the cure to all illnesses, you will find it in vain, already too sick to use it.' That is really good." She wrote it down quickly.
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 16:44:28 GMT -5
"If there was a cure to all illness then there would be no illness technically, but people would still find a way to say soemthing is unhealthy or wrong..." Huntin murmured. "Nice theories...."
He skimmed over the Dutchess's words one more time...if her child was a pig then who was the father?
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 17:30:57 GMT -5
Kat jumped a bit when Huntin spoke. "Yeah, it's just part of this story I'm writing. It's supposed to mean nothing." She said quietly. "'If the world was blue, I would see it in yellow. I am the opposite man, who says everything opposite of what is supposed to be said. If I say I am opposite man, who do you believe?'" She said, in a monotonous voice before writing it down. "Sorry if I'm disturbing, it's just that it's been a while since I've been able to sit down and write and it was driving me crazy."
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 17:33:36 GMT -5
"Nah, not disturbing at all." He offered a small smile and went to read again before looking up to Kat. "Um..sorry again about the whole...ordeal...thing...I'm usually not like that...I guess Arty just manages to bring out the ass in me."
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Post by *~River~* on Jul 2, 2006 17:38:24 GMT -5
"UGH!" A frustrated voice said loudly as River heaved a sigh. "Where is it!?" she said running her hands along the books. "Found it!" She said calmly. Pulling a small boon that must have had 900 pages off the shelf. It had, "Book Of Experienced Science" witted on it. It wasn't a book you'd think she'd be reading. She turned to sit at a table and saw Kat and Huntin. She looked at them blankly and sat down at a table. sliding the book onto the table and going to the Advance section.... which was grade 12 science... but she was in grade 11.....
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 17:42:12 GMT -5
Huntin looked over to River and looked back at his book. She had gotten the most shit from them...Experienced Science? Jeese.
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 17:44:54 GMT -5
Kat looked up at him and smiled. "I know-knew- lots of people like that. It doesn't really bug me, anymore." She looked back at her book. She thought for a few minutes before sighing and laying her head against the table. "'If that which saves us...'" Kat growled a bit. "'If that which saves us uses us to kill us, will it be worth it?' Crap. That's no good. I need a book." Kat lifted her head off the table and saw River head into the advanced section of the library. She stood up and went to look at the shelves, not really looking for anything in particular.
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 17:47:16 GMT -5
The random spurts of adolescent knowledge sounded fair, but what the hell was it all supposed to mean? Even when you say something is supposed to mean nothing that means it means something. Ah well, more Cheshire Cat to brew his brain.
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Post by *~River~* on Jul 2, 2006 17:50:54 GMT -5
"Know it, know it, know it...." River said as she flipped through the grade 12 science sections she stopped at he last section.... " Need to learn it!" She said smiling and pulling out a piece of paper and a pencil out of her bag. She started taking notes as she skimmed through the pages and was finnished in no time. "Not on to math...." She muttered closing the book and leaning back on the chair.She nodded to Kat and Huntin. "Whach' readin'?" She asked cooly.
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 17:56:43 GMT -5
Kat looked over to River, who seemed busy studying. She then turned back to the bookshelf and spotted a book on alchemy. "Wow, I've never even heard of this book." She said while taking the alchemy book of the shelf and flipping through it. She went and sat back down at the table where her writing book was at and started flipping through the book. "Read it...read it...need to read it...." She muttered while skimming the table of contents.
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 17:56:55 GMT -5
"Was Alice In Wonderland. Just finished." A good tale for all ages. Huntin was planning on apologizing to her, but now that she took on the cool tone he decided just to keep himself shut. He stood up and went to the fiction section to return the book, soon returning with a copy of Hamlet. "This is the shit, man...."
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Post by Zeb on Jul 2, 2006 17:58:30 GMT -5
Standing in the back of the library, behind one of the bookshelves, stood Artemis. In his hand, he held a book. His eyes gazed at it lovingly as he read aloud.
"Je vous dis que, les amis, la plupart de soin charitable ont les patricians de vous. Pour le votre veut, votre douleur dans cette mort, vous peut aussi bien les frapper au ciel avec vos barres comme ascenseur contre l'état romain, dont la volonté de cours sur le chemin il prend, fendant dix mille bords d'un asunder plus fort de lien que peut jamais apparaître dans votre empêchement. Pour la mort, les dieux, pas les patricians, leur font elle, et vos genoux, pas bras, aide de nécessité. Hélas ! Vous êtes transporté par calamité là où plus vous sert ; et vous calomnie les barres de l'état, qui s'occupent de vous aimez des pères, quand vous les maudissez comme ennemis."
He read to himself first, in French, for that was what the book had been translated to. He paused, the read the passage again.
"I tell you, friends, most charitable care have the patricians of you. For your wants, your suffering in this death, you may as well strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them against the Roman state, whose course will on the way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs of more strong link asunder than can ever appear in your impediment. For the death, the gods, not the patricians, make it, and your knees to them, not arms, must help. Alas! You are transported by calamity there where more attends you; and you slander the helms of the state, who care for you like fathers, when you curse them as enemies."
It was Shakespear, one of his favorite passages. Both times he read it, his voice carried through the library, warm and tender, unlike it was normally. He had always had a soft spot for plays and the likes. When he read it, he was no longer as brusque and stuck up as he normally was. He was calm and sweet. He sighed, closing the book, and tucking it carefully into his messenger bag. Yes, it was his own copy. He had snuck away to sit in the library and read it.
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Post by *~River~* on Jul 2, 2006 18:02:35 GMT -5
"Alice...."She said. Remembering her real name.... who she once was..... And how drasticaly all that changed. SHe gave a sigh and stood up walking over and pulling a advanced Math, History and English book off the shelf and skipping to the grade 12 sections in them too. "Stupid.... Expctations...." She said, Everyone was expecting more of her because she was in levels.... One grade higher then she should be...
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 18:07:39 GMT -5
Kat's ears twitched when she heard Artemis reading out loud. She didn't want anything to ruin her writing time, so she pretended she didn't hear him, although it was nice to know that he wasn't always stuck up. "'If what the opposite man says is true, why does he say he's opposite? Unless it is a clever plan to get us confused so that we won't attack him.' Mr. Moo said to his comrades. 'He is truely a wise man, therefore we shouldn't attack him.' 'But Mr. Moo,' said Mercedes, 'If he does want us to get confused so we won't attack him, shouldn't we go ahead and attack him?'" Kat muttered after reading some in the alchemy book. She laughed a tiny bit before writing what she said down.
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Post by *~River~* on Jul 2, 2006 18:12:28 GMT -5
River glared at the book case that Artemis was behind. She'd recognize his voice any where.... She lookd back at the books and contined reading. Her lips moving to the word artemis was saying... She loved Shakespear...
(((Got to Go walk my horse....))
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 18:22:12 GMT -5
Huntin heard Arty reading aloud and looked up briefly before noting River mouthing the words. Well weren't we just Ms. Smartypants? He had never been impressed with knowledge of literature or sciences or maths or history or social studies or any of that. Knowledge of anything didn't really impress him. It was all a matter of character to him.
He went back to reading his Hamlet, a bit unsure with some of the phrases, since he had dropped out when they started reading it, but he could grasp in general what was going on. Besides, Mel Gibson did a pretty good portrayal of the Dane in that movie.
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Post by Kat on Jul 2, 2006 18:52:42 GMT -5
Kat looked up at River, who was mouthing what Artemis was saying. "Must be someone good." She commented, more to herself than anyone before sighing and picking up her alchemy book again. "Why is he even in this? He didn't use alchemy enough to get him in a book. Sure, he discovered opium's uses in medicine." She said sourly at the book. "That gives me an idea." Kat said as she wrote in her notebook. "Today has been a good day." She said as she quickly skimmed the rest of the alchemy book before getting up and placing it back on the shelf where she got it from. She stretched a bit before heading back to her table and writing silently in her book.
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Post by MacGuffin on Jul 2, 2006 18:58:20 GMT -5
"Shakespeare....he's one of the better." Huntin chuckled. Ah, finally a grand part. He always loved Ophelia. So crazy, yet so pure. He kicked his shoes off and leaned back on the back two legs of the chair, letting his feet rest on the table. A bit of green showed through a hole in the bottom of his sock, and his teeshirt had hiked up a bit in the back, revealing the slightest bit of black boxers. He read on, looking over to Artemis every moment or two. Talk to a friend, or read silently? Choices....
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Post by *~River~* on Jul 2, 2006 19:58:07 GMT -5
"Hey, Huntin! Put your shoes on your feet stink!" River said. But she contuned to read adn mouth the words to Shakespear.... She gave a sigh and pulled the History book up and started reading form that. Mulity tasking was natural to River.
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