VOICE ┼ ’cause Lennon’s on sale again

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Here's a great way to pass those free hours you don't know how to fill:

Bring me one of these posters with Persephone on it, I'll sing some lyrics right in your face. Live. If you don't know why that's totally worth it, ask someone who's been to one of my shows.

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[lempereur]

...what?

[ Way over his head, sorry! ]

I have no idea. Someone whose only agenda is to get people talking, I assume.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

[Getting a straight answer from Luci is like pulling blood from a stone, don't worry about it kid.]

I'm decorating my china room. I could put you next to the primroses if you prefer.

[She's probably just going to torch them at her next gig, in all seriousness, but this is more amusing to talk about.]

Hmm. Well if you hear anything, I'd love to give them a great big thank you.

['Thank You'.]

[lempereur]

Carnations, if you have them.

If I find out, you can have the second shot at them.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

I'll get some.

[She lets out a short laugh.] Guess it's a race.

[lempereur]

I am very fast.

[ Superpower fast. ]

But if you find them first, I'll wait my turn.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Oh I bet you beat me in a sporting "Ready Set Go" situation. But I'm hardly sporting.

And there might not be much for you to take a turn with, but who knows how these things will shake down.

[lempereur]

And I am? How do you think I ended up on that list?

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Hey now, I'd be very disappointed if you were suggesting that all us rebels act the same way. I don't make those sorts of assumptions. Do you?

[lempereur]

Of course not. We all have something different to rise against. That makes our rebellion uniquely our own.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

And our methods. For all I know, you could be all about following rules in some kind of psychotic twist. Like that Saw movie.

[lempereur]

I haven't seen it.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Oh it's really great. [She saw them when she was about thirteen, it was rated R, her parents were out, she had to.]

Psycho builds insane traps that kill people slowly or require them to do terrible things to survive. But the rule is if you do make it out, you get to live. So you could be like that for all I know.

[lempereur]

No, not like that.

[ His method is to brainwash abusers and assholes, not murder them. ]

Why does he do it?

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Why else? Because people are terrible. Everybody he killed did something terrible or was just wasting their life.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's just torture porn, deeper meaning should not be sought in a franchise with upwards of six films and video game spinoffs. But the example seemed apt.

[lempereur]

Some people are terrible.

The first one must have had some artistic value, surely, if they tried so many times to imitate it?

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Even Amaterasu has a shadow.

Wow, quite the optimist aren't you? Faith in American-made movies ranks up there with elevators with expired inspection certificates.

[lempereur]

If you are stronger than your shadows, and aware of them, they will not consume you.

You would discount somebody's art out of hand because of where it came from?

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Sure, but who's that self-aware? Gods aren't that self-aware, trust me.

Ooooh, touché sir. That was hypocritical of me, wasn't it? [She's not going to discuss it further than that acknowledgement, though.] Alright, you find a copy of that movie, we'll watch it and judge the content for philosophical merit.

[lempereur]

Very few of us. But we should strive to be.

You make it sound like a worthy challenge. I will gladly accept.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

[Hm. Interesting that he wasn't terribly specific about what 'us' he's referring to. Or maybe she's just reading too much into it.]

Darling, I can make anything sound like it's worth your time. You might regret this.

[lempereur]

[ Yusuke is no god...not really. His hidden, rebellious spirit can take the form of a god, but even if it is just a natural extension of himself, even if the scope of his power is roughly on par with a god, he doesn't see himself that way. He is firm, he stands his ground, but he is humble. ]

At worst, it's two hours of poor film making. I have regrets more pressing than that.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Yeah? Such as?

[lempereur]

That's quite the personal question, isn't it?

[stylistic_disloyalty]

What can I say? I get personal fast.

[lempereur]

Forward and direct. I have nothing but respect for that, but I have no intention of delving into my life story on the network.