011 ⇨ falling down falling down

[brobeforehos]

[So there's Mae, standing under one big oak tree in the park - one of the City parks - kicking absentmindedly at the fallen leaves. Autumn spirit's kicking in, she's got a bag with a new scarf in her hand, and a book taken out from the library.

That'll be for later. Meanwhile, the pile of leaves continues to grow.]

Must be symbolic, really. There's supposed to be a cycle - circle of life, and everything - that all living things must go through.

But of course, things don't work that way in the City.

[ooc; video or action is fine, I think.]

Comments

[synanthrope]

All living things?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

It's the general consensus, I think.

[synanthrope]

I'm sure there are living things in this City that would disagree with you.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Immortal living things?

[synanthrope]

Yes. Things that by nature cannot die naturally.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

But it's there, isn't it? The end of the line, for everyone? At some point...

[synanthrope]

I don't like to assume things. But why do you think that must happen to everyone?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Because...I can't imagine how strange and eternal it might be like to...just keep being.

[synanthrope]

Can you imagine a skyscraper?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Those already exist. I don't think I follow...

[synanthrope]

Take an insect - an ant is the usual culprit, but today, let's go with a single beetle, since they presumably have an independent consciousness that ants lack.

A beetle sitting at the base of a skyscraper sees cement and maybe glass. It looks up and sees that continuing forever. It cannot fathom how eternal and strange it is, when all it can see is one small fraction of it.

1/2

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Nicely spun.

Are we the beetles, then?

[synanthrope]

Better than being an ant, isn't it?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. If it weren't insulting, I'd rather be a corkroach, I hear they're very resilient.

[synanthrope]

They survive almost anything.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

But, there's no point in wishing the be an insect. Most have shorter lives than we do.

[synanthrope]

What do you wish you were?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

I...don't know? I like being human. I've wondered how it would be like to fly, but doesn't everyone?

[synanthrope]

I can't say I have.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Then I stand corrected!

[synanthrope]

What's your name?

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

Mae. And yours?

[synanthrope]

Saya Wallace.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet and swap metaphors with you.