perplexme: (I'll never understand)
Roxas ([personal profile] perplexme) wrote2011-02-11 01:34 am

Fifty-Third Keychain - [Voice/Action]

[Roxas is not stupid. Let's just make that clear. He's a bit of a derp, yes, but he's not stupid and he's been keeping track of the days. Valentine's Day is very soon, and he knows that that usually means the Malnosso do everything they can to mess with them on the holiday.

That being said, he's preparing himself for a weekend (or a whole week, really) locked inside KH house. In his hands he's got a stack of red origami paper, a stack of white origami paper, and a box of cookies. Food's important, after all.

As he starts walking home though, he starts letting his mind wander. A holiday dedicated to love. Xaldin explained love once. Axel explained love once, too. Roxas liked Axel's better, even if all of it was pretty unclear back then. Years later it's still kind of unclear though, especially given what he's seen with people around Luceti. It's due to that line of thought that he finally pauses in the middle of the town square, juggling with the things in his arms to open his journal and address the public.]


What kind of love stories are common where you guys are from? Are they real stories, or are they kind of like fairy tales?

...and if you can't think of love stories, maybe just talk about what you think love is.

[He's going to close the journal as he continues on his way back to the house. Don't worry, he'll open it again to talk to people when he gets back to his bedroom. Once there, he's going to be spending some time working on using his origami paper to fold a bunch of these. Once he's got a handful folded up though, he's going around the house and taping them wherever he sees fit. Could be the wall of the kitchen, could be the bathroom door, could be Kairi's bed, wherever! Housemates are free to catch him in the act of either making or hanging the hearts. And maybe steal one of his cookies.]
doubleppk: (Mm)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-11 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Dozens of love stories. I guess Romeo and Juliet is a really famous one.
doubleppk: (Feeling a little blue)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-11 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm truly not sure anymore. People here seem to think my world might have a lot of versions of itself.

It's pretty popular, considered the basic formula for a love-romance story. Boy meets girl, girl loves boy, boy can't have girl, they both get desperate and do something ridiculous.

Though hopefully most romances don't end in a suicide pact or there wouldn't be much left of the population, ne?
doubleppk: (Lonely ocean)

1/2

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-11 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Because love tends to be depressing.
doubleppk: (coy)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-11 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, I think I'd read a sequel to Romeo and Juliet where they're zombies. That'd be hilarious.
doubleppk: Fujiko in a blue leather catsuit, mostly unzipped (open and inviting)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-11 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I nominate you kiddo!

You can even enter it in Ciel's contest! I'll bet you'll be amazing. And I'm sure it'll teach you lots about love.
doubleppk: (Mm)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-12 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[She is serious. This is Fujiko. If she can't get people to join her in doing crazy things, she's probably not talking to them yet.]

Mm-hm! He's trying to convince writers here to submit stories and books. It's a contest. I'm not sure of the prize or rules though.
doubleppk: (cowgirl)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-14 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Could be fun!

Oh, of course there are many others. What kind are you interested in?
doubleppk: (black)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-14 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
To be honest, it's mostly a Westerner genre in my world. And it didn't really interest me as much. I guess the problem is, everyone experiences romance differently so to write a good one that almost everyone would like is... extra challenging.

I know there are some famous ones like Wuthering Heights or Pride and Prejudice, but I'm not sure you'd like them.

My favorite isn't a book at all; it's actually a movie. Casablanca.
doubleppk: (Lonely ocean)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-14 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
A black and white film set in World War 2 about an American who ran a jazzclub in Casablanca -- which was kind of a refugee place for everyone fleeing the war. So this guy walks in with papers that would let just about anyone there get to America where it was safe, only he gets arrested by some corrupt bad guy cop and hands the papers over to the American jazzclub owner to keep them safe. And then Rick (that's the American), his ex-girlfriend walked in and asked the pianist to play their song. Rick got really upset, and found out Ilsa (his ex) was there. Only, she's accompanied by her new husband and she wants to the passage letters.

It's... very sad. Always makes me cry at the ending. [Canon truth. She's seen it a good twenty + times they said.]
Edited 2011-02-14 10:20 (UTC)
doubleppk: (Heart)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-14 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
It's really good. Do you have anything that would play it here?

[It has everything she likes about romance. A married couple, nazis, jazzclub, constant song references, and at the end SPOILERS (if you're like the last person on Earth to see/hear of this: the married couple get away safely and live happily ever after, and the other guy gets his resolution and moves on, now happier himself.]
doubleppk: (Mm)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-14 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds convenient. I wonder if I can find an iPod charger in the electronics section. [She's always been distracted with shinies.]

A dvd player or VCR and tv or a laptop or computer should work.
doubleppk: (Cute)

[personal profile] doubleppk 2011-02-15 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Music player and storage. I got one when I was a wolf last Malnosso thing, but it's really just about out of batteries now. [Sighs.] Such a shame.

Good luck with it cutie!