paradoxlol: (;misc: dreaming)
Arthur ([personal profile] paradoxlol) wrote2011-04-28 10:11 am

Goodbye, Sanity~

Have you known such a savoury grief as I?
Do people say "Strange fellow!," whom you meet?
— My amorous soul, when I was due to die,
Felt longing mixed with horror; pain seemed sweet.
 
Anguish and ardent hope (no factious whim)
Were mixed: and as the sands of life ran low
My torture grew delicious yet more grim,
And of this dear old world would not let go.
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[There's a long pause in the text, then he switches to voice.]
 
It's Baudelaire.  I can't remember the rest.  I just wanted to share, because... because I woke up, and it was like when you get a song stuck in your head.  An idea that replays over and over again, and you try to get it out, but you can't. [He lets out a soft snort at the thought.  NOT THAT ANYBODY WOULD KNOW, but Arthur's tone sounds more like his normal, pre-Invasion self.]
 
The thing about an idea is... If it isn't yours, you can always trace it back to its genesis.  Your mind-- your mind is-- it's this incredible tool; it retains so much more than you can even comprehend.  Some speculate that you never really forget anything-- you may not recall something, but it's still there, locked inside your head.  You can't, you can't make a person believe in a lie forever, not if you don't go deep enough. [He laughs hollowly]  Any memory can be retrieved. 
 
Anything...
 
[Murmuring:] It's on the tip of my tongue.
 
[He lets out a soft sigh and begins to recite, his voice going flat:]
 
J'étais comme l'enfant avide du spectacle,
Haïssant le rideau comme on hait un obstacle...
Enfin la vérité froide se révéla:

J'étais mort sans surprise, et la terrible aurore
M'enveloppait. — Eh quoi! n'est-ce donc que cela?
La toile était levée et j'attendais encore.

 
That's it.  That's what I was forgetting.
 
[OOC: CUE ARTHUR GOING CRAZY.  Or beginning to.  He knows something's wrong; he knows that he should be able to check that this is reality, but the whole concept of a totem is basically gone, so he's left in a daze.  IF I'M FEELING INTELLIGENT ENOUGH, his comments will become more and more surreal, but if I'm not, he'll just be in a weird malaise.  By tonight/tomorrow, he'll start trying to "kick" his canonmates and himself.  With a gun.  The poem is "The Dream of a Curious Man", and I'm using the second translation here.  OH AND: Arthur's on the deck right now, staring down at the "sea" of stars, so that's where you can find him.]
batmanschmatman: (Smirk.)

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Still recovering from the pool party?
batmanschmatman: (Shrug.)

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. And you're the only one reciting French poetry, if that's what you mean. [SO OBLIVIOUS. Dick doesn't know how truly fucknuts crazy people get when they can't tell reality from a dream.]
batmanschmatman: (I liked being a cop dammit.)

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I mean, it was two days ago.

[Private]

Are you missing anything? Names, faces?
batmanschmatman: (Stare.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? [Elaborate plz. :|]
batmanschmatman: (Bruce is cray cray.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's listening? We're on a private filter.
batmanschmatman: (Squint.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Not to brag or anything, but my filters are pretty unhackable. I think we're fine. [Why you gotta be like that bro. :c]
batmanschmatman: (You're kidding.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
No one's changing my filters unless it's me, and I'm not randomly going to start broadcasting this conversation to anyone.

Arthur, seriously, what's wrong? You're kind of weirding me out.
batmanschmatman: (Working.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean, got into them?
batmanschmatman: (Rocking these aviators.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dick's tone changes to be more gently firm.] Arthur, whatever's happening, I can't help unless you give me some specifics. How aren't they matching up?
batmanschmatman: (Bruce is cray cray.)

Private

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[I KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT EXTRACTION SENSE IS TINGLING.] What do you think is going on?
batmanschmatman: (Okay)

Private - l-lol that face :|

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dick is still going to try and fail to talk you down. :c] Arthur, I know you don't believe me, but it's okay. We can help you. Do you remember where you are?
batmanschmatman: (Default)

Private - It is the scariest face. O.o

[personal profile] batmanschmatman 2011-04-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Why you gotta be like that. :C]