Post the Sixth: The Mournful Memories

[mysilenceknot]

Well it appears as though the fires caused no lasting damage.

I suppose that is all for the best. Though the fact that we seem to have no fire department could be cause for concern. In normal circumstances I would most likely sugest forming a volunteer ...department of some type. However I doubt very much that would be successful here.

[There is a deep sigh, after he believes he's put the phone away]

Why did it have to be fire?...

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kinda here and not here all at once ):

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

You forgot to hang up.

But yeah, you're not the only one who can't deal with fire.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Oh, my appologizes. I didn't realize I had left the phone off the hook.

[There's a smaller sigh this time]...I do not have a...pleasent history when it comes to fire.

My name is Lemony Snicket, might I ask to whom I am speaking to?

Pyro and Hunter decided on a name |D

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that, Lemony.

You can call me Hunter. Or, if you want, Allan. Since that's my unofficial name.

I've just been burned one too many times. You lose a house?

Aw...

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Your unoffical name?

...I have lost many things to fires over the years. Houses, my reputation, information, the woman I loved....

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

Hunter's more a title than anything. I can't remember my real name, so a friend of mine and I decided on Allan.

...That's... really sad, Lemony. If it makes you feel better, nobody was injured in the fires. As far as I know, anyway.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I see. You are a professonial Hunter I take it?

That is a small relief. Unfortunatley I was forced to go into a burning building to vote. I still can not believe I did that.

[Have a wry chuckle] Sad, yes I believe I know many sad tales, many from my own life, many from the lives of others close to me, some not as close as I would like and all of them true.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

...Not exactly. A Hunter is a classification of infected. Or, basically, a special zombie.

[[Disbelief.]]
You went into a burning building? Jeez! There were other buildings, you know.

[[He laughs weakly at that, though.]]
Everyone's got a sad story to tell. At least one. Always.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

..A..zombie?

Yes, well looking back it wasn't the brightest of plans...However it was on the street and miracusely the votes were somehow counted.

Yes that is true. Some more then others but always at least one. The truth so rarely gets out though. In the very least the story of the Baudaliares will not suffer that fate.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

Not really a zombie anymore, but whatever.

And... yeah, if the votes got counted, I guess what's done is done.

The truth gets warped by memory, I guess.
...who're the Baudalaires?

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

That is most peculiar. [...zombies, what next...]

The Baudalaires are three children that I have been writing the history of. They have suffered from various cases of injustice in their life and I hope with these books the truth will finally be able to reach the public.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

It's not all that weird when it's happening to you.


...So you're kind of like the Baudalaires' guardian-angel-but-not-really?

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's true. Are there other ....zombies where you come from?

...I've been trying to find them...[sighs] but it always seems I'm one step behind.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

Only zombies where I'm from. Everyone's dead.

But if you get home, you might catch up with them some day.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

...How horrid!

...

I certainly hope so. At the moment I believe I am at the end of my book series. However I doubt I will find them then...
However now...well I need to locate a relative of mine who is also looking for them.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

It's not so bad.

[[He smiles, and it's heard in his voice.]]

Don't worry. You'll find them.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I'll have to take your word for it.



...I certainly hope so.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

My word is awesome.

And anythin' you can believe and perceive, you can achieve.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

[He's not going to say anything about that.]

[Chuckles darkly] If only that were true.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

It is true. If a monster like me can learn to value life, then a sad man like you can rescue a bunch of kids.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

Unfortunatly, sometimes good intentions are only that. Intentions.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

Better than no intentions, ain't it?

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

True. However they do not always work out the way you want them to.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

...Man, you are such a pessimist. You need to stop being so sad and live a little. It's depressing to see people like you, being all negative and boring all the time.

If you want to get something done, do it with joy and gusto. Sheesh.

[mysilenceknot.livejournal.com]

I have reasons for being the way I am.
I may be a terribly boring person, this is one of the reasons I tend keep to myself. To spare other people the misery of my company.

Joy and gusto have never been part of my work. When researching such horrid events it is hard enough to continue to get up in the morning, let alone doing it with a smile and a laugh.

[brbpouncingyou.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter what the hell you're researching. Find something you like. Picture the end result. Smile, for fuck's sake. It doesn't matter if you've hit a roadblock. It's only temporary. If you let life get you down, you'll never get anything done. Ever.