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 Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:57 pm
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
 He shrugged a bit sheepishly, "Well can't do anything about who your ancestors are. Hope ya won't hold against me.." He noticed how the other froze temporarily until he mentioned that gay relationships were less frowned upon these days.
"Sodomic? you mean physical, intimate....sexual..relationship?" He knew the word sodomy.. and sodomic had to be similar..so sue him for not knowing the word-for-word definition of the word. Something to do with sexual relations between two guys..or beastiality..
A thought occurred to him. "Hey, what city or village are you form anyway?" If he'd been from Sodom or Gomorrah then there could be a positive reason for having put Mira into a mirror... though it was unlikely...it was still possible. 
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:18 pm
Mira blushed when Kaito had mentioned the word 'sexual'. He didn't remember anything of the sort, so maybe he had used the wrong word. "Forgive me. I thought that was the right word to use, but I must have forgotten what it really meant," he said, backing away from the window a bit. At this point, he would be slightly faded, or so that's what he would think. His parents had thought so before. "Anyway, as I was saying, our relationship had indeed been a homosexual one, but we've never gotten as far as sodomy."
"I don't remember what village I came from. All I remember are the names of myself, my parents, and the last name of your ancestor," Mira had replied to Kaito's other question. "If you find out, please let me know. I feel guilty for forgetting the birthplace of my family."
Then something struck him. The place seemed unfamiliar. Walking back to the window, or mirror in Kaito's case, Mira noticed that the room was different. "Where am I?" he questioned, moving away from the window. "This isn't my family's house." The room still, however, looked very familiar. It was as if he had seen it before, but when?
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:01 pm
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
Kaitou nodded understanding of the reply to his question. It would be understandable to not remember things after so long. "Sure.. I can try researching it..maybe there'll be something in the family archive from that time..."
He smiled a bit. "Yeah.. the people who owned the house gave it too me because they thought it was a haunted and cursed mirror. They tried warning me about it, that there was a spirit trapped within, but I don't really mind that sort of thing. I didn't even really believe that there really would be someone trapped in it."
He looked around the living room of his apartment. "It's my place. Since I own the mirror, it would only make sense for me to have it in my home. I kind of used an old, traditional Japanese decor for it..though my family didn't originate from Japan. Though they've lived here for at least a few hundred years."
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:38 pm
"Your home is quite nice. I've never seen anything like this before," Mira said, smiling a little. "I've been kept in that house for so long that I forgot the insides of other houses are different. I guess I should say I'm glad to be out of that house."
Then Mira looked down, sadly, as if in guilt. "I didn't mean to make the mirror seem haunted. I've just been waiting for someone to release me," he explained. "That's all I've ever wanted for the past few centuries." The last word came out choked and shaky, as if by a sob, and he fell to his knees.
It scared him that he was crying, though he had given that up for the past apparently two hundred years. Those feelings that were so bottled up were now escaping like a lava from a volcano. "You don't know what it's like to be trapped in this wretched place for so many years, unable to die no matter how many times you would try to kill yourself." The tears that dropped immediately disappeared in the darkness. "I've tried everything to get out of here, especially death, but even that is a luxury I can't afford. Everyone I've ever known left me behind, and I see strangers blaming me for killing people or injuring them when in truth I never hurt anyone."
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:47 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:13 pm
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
"Ya think? Well it really isn't much." He listened to Mira, and was surprised when the boy started crying. "Hey.. You okay in there?" He was worried about the kids mental health.. since he was talking about trying to die.
He wondered what would help him, maybe he knew how to get out, but was unable to do it by himself? "Umm. Well....d'ya... do ya know HOW to get out? Like what needs to be done to get you out?" He was wracking his brain for any family legend about a boy in a mirror...but couldn't think of anything at the moment.
Just then his stomach reminded him it was after dinner time...and he'd not eaten much since this morning. He coughed to catch Mira's attention. "Sorry, but I've gotta get myself some food.. I'll be back in a bit? Okay?" He didn't want to make the boy think he was ditching him...since he wasn't sure if the boy would be able to hear him from the kitchen or not.
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
((Sorry.. computer/internet glitches...won't be operational at home for a while...I'll be back on Wednesday))
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:55 pm
(Okay, I understand.)
Mira just shook his head at Kaito's question. "Your ancestor never said anything about it, so I don't know how to get out of here," he replied, now trying to keep from continuing to cry. "I never saw him again after he put me here. I don't know what happened to him then."
At hearing Kaito's cough, Mira wiped away his tears and looked up. Apparently the older, or perhaps much younger boy, wasn't sick or anything, but rather wanting to notify the spirit that he needed to eat. Of course, how could he forget? Living beings need food. Perhaps Mira had been trapped in the mirror with no longer a need for food and water for so long and forgot.
"I-I see. Go ahead, it's not like I'll be going anywhere," Mira replied, trying to smile politely, but it ended up a bit nervous. He was a little worried that maybe Kaito wouldn't be able to hear him once he came back. It was just paranoia since the thought of someone hearing him when no one else could was too good to be true, so there must have been a limit to that.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:03 pm
((will post Wednesday.. I'll work on it tomorrow too))
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:05 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:55 am
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
Kaitou nodded to Mira and headed to the kitchen. He would prepare the fastest thing he had; insta-ramen.. It was finished 'cooking' quickly and he brought it back to the mirror, since he felt bad leaving Mira alone for such a lenght of time when the other didn't know if he would really come back.
He started eating it, and trying to remember if he'd heard of anything that could help them get Mira out. There might be an old book about it..somewhere in the attic. He could check it out later.
"So..Touei-kun.. could you tell me a bit more about yourself? Like what you did before you were trapped here, or anything you can remember from your life." He set the now-empty ramen cup aside and turned his full attention to Mira.
"You don't have to if you don't want to, of course.." He sighed, rubbing his shoulder a bit. It was sore from his job, and then carrying the mirror home. He was glad he had been given the mirror though, since he'd been able to meet Mira, and learn a bit about his families...less-than-honorable actions in the past. Well, maybe he could fix things. Y'know, make them right with the world.. ((heh, early post x3 ))
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:10 pm
(Yup.)
At seeing Kaito's return, Mira's eyes brightened a bit. Looks like he hadn't needed to wake long. However, his tiny bit of happiness was drowned out as the living person asked about his past. Mira had hoped that he would never ask that, but it couldn't be done.
"I don't remember anything from my past except my name, the names of my parents, your ancestor's name, and what he did to me," Mira explained sadly. "It's been so long and I've gotten tired of trying to remember everything, so I've decided to only remember what was important to me."
Then another memory came to him. "Oh, wait. I just remembered something. My parents and I had been farmers," he said, but then he looked away from Kaito. "We probably would have been better off as farmers if Yorukage never came. I would be in Heaven with my parents by now and I wouldn't have to watch people die and the world change." But there was a pang of sadness where his heart, that had stopped beating so long ago, was. It was as if a hidden part of him didn't want to leave, but why?
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:25 pm
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
He regretted asking the minute he saw Mira's expression. He gave the boy a small, reassuring(he hoped), sad smile. That meant the boy had been of a lower caste than his family and his ancestor.
"Well. I'm a little glad that you did meet my ancestor..Not that you had to suffer like you have, of course, but if you hadn't... We wouldn't have met, would we?" He had spoken before he thought about it, and the words were the undeniable truth. While he wouldn't wish this fate upon even the worst of his enemies, he was glad that Mira had been in the mirror for him to meet.
It kind of felt nice, talking to Mira, familiar and comforting almost. He really needed to research his family history, maybe there was a good reason for his ancestor's actions.. And maybe there was a reason why he felt a connection to the boy when they hadn't met more than twelve hours ago.
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
((I have an idea for an explanation.. basically its: there was an early Japanese version of the Spanish Inquisition, and Yorukage was under suspicion of witchcraft or practicing dark magic's. Thus attention was brought upon the Touei family, who were innocent of it, but had association with a suspected 'witch'. Yorukage could have cast a spell to protect Mira, then cast some kind of rebirth spell upon himself to ensure they would meet again. Kaitou is the reincarnation with the same name.. -What do you think?))
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:52 pm
(Yeah, sounds like a good idea.)
"I guess I'm also glad," Mira said, though half-heartedly. "However, I still kinda wish I was with my family instead of right here. After seeing them grow old and die... and knowing that I couldn't, it breaks my heart even now." His hands clenched into fists. "I've tried to reassure myself that I'll see them again one day, but I'll probably be trapped here forever. Maybe I should give up all hope of returning to the living world."
The area that once contained his heart welled up in fear of a sudden thought. "I almost forgot," he said. There's another reason why I wish I wasn't here." He was sure that he was trembling now. Why is it that he hadn't thought of this for the longest of times? "Ever since I've been sealed here, I was in constant danger. Back at that old house, careless people can easily break this mirror. I'm just so lucky that they haven't yet." He didn't want to continue, because he was frightened.
It wasn't likely that Kaitou would break the mirror, but at one point, hopefully it would never come, someone would break the mirror. It wasn't that he would die once that happened. Actually, he didn't know what was going to happen except that it would end in terrible consequence. Yorukage had once told him about this before he disappeared for good. What relieved Mira was that the mirror breaking wouldn't cause him to be trapped in this dark world forever.
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:18 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:46 pm
((so sorry i haven't posted in, like, forever... i had a serious bout of lethargy mixed in with writers block))
She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep
She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone astray
But she will sing
Kaitou smiled a little sadly, feeling a wave of something akin to regret wash over him. He yawned and finally noticed the time. It seemed they had been talking for a few hours at the least, and it was getting late.
He sighed and looked back to the mirror. "I gotta get going to bed now... It's late and I kinda need to get some sleep soon, or it could be bad for my health and my job." He chuckled slightly at the little joke he doubted Touei-kun would understand.
His boss had practically ordered he get a good night sleep for once, as he rarely did, and that led to him falling asleep for most of his breaks, and sometimes into his shift as well.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow morning then?" He hated to leave Mira alone like this, as the boy seemed to have hated it when he left him alone to get something for himself to eat.
After assuring Mira that he would return once his body had gotten the much-needed rest, he walked down the hallway to his bedroom.
He changed into his silk, midnight blue PJ's and slipped under the rich amethyst sheets in his fair-sized bed. His bed was one of his rare, over-the-top-extravagant pieces that he kept in his otherwise traditional home.
When he finally slipped into a seemingly deep sleep, zen relaxation music in the background, the dreams started. He'd had them before, though they were fleeting, blurry, and dis-jointed fragments. Never were they clear.
That's why he found it odd that suddenly it was like watching a movie, perfectly clear and in sequential order. His ancestor, the one he looked exactly like, was in his noble finery of the era he lived in. He was researching immortality and reincarnation magic in an old tome that had been in the family for generations already.
His family had fled to Japan in the early inquisition days, and their books had been one thing they could not part with. He'd been interested in the darker magics for some time, since he was a child first learning of magic.
He had met a beautiful young thing, and he wanted them to live forever together. He'd thought of trying with making a philosophers stone, but he'd had little talent in alchemy, certainly not enough to successfully create a stone with that great a power.
The dream shifts now and he's casting a spell on his lover. His lovers eyes shine with hurt and betrayal, and tears form in his amethyst eyes. "I'm sorry love.. I'm sorry I brought their attention to you and your family." He finishes the spell that will seal his love in a mirror until he is there to free him once more.
"I will return for you. I swear on all that Is. I hope you will forgive me. I will always love you ----." The name is unclear, though, so he can't tell if it is who he believes it is.
Once Mira is sealed, Kai hands it carefully over to the woman who is entrusted with keeping it, Mira's sister. There is a solemn overtone in the air, and one of urgency. They need to complete this before THEY come.
Kai turns away from the woman and removes all traces of his presence from the house in which his love had grown up. He also removed any trace of the closeness his family had with Touei's. Cut all ties in the hopes it would be enough to keep them safe from the inquisition which had reached as far as Japan.
When he arrived at his family home, with his belongings he had taken back from his lover's home, Kai looked through the books in his personal library once more and found the one he was looking for.
The dream ends with a freeze-frame of the page. An incantation to ensure rebirth after a certain amount of time, the exact amount isn't visible to Kaitou, though whether it was purposely hidden or due to the book's evident age is unknown to him.
Till everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning in their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Till everything burns
((long post to make up for it.. and he's getting clues! in dreams!))
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