tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988502306547463028.post7446096676187619260..comments2012-10-24T22:58:55.453+00:00Comments on 500 Year Diary: Explaining WhySputtershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073789959594528487noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988502306547463028.post-3460476593054093392007-06-12T19:37:00.000+00:002007-06-12T19:37:00.000+00:00My dear and only Oolon,Thank you for the very kind...My dear and only Oolon,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the very kind letter further explaining your plans for this Thursday. Your ways are strange, your science stranger than my magik, but I can see that you have spent months in preparation, are eminently qualified, and well-assisted. While I cannot say that my fears are banished, they are at least calmed.<BR/><BR/>Please forgive me if I have at any point seemed to challenge your capability or right to choose your own path. Life wedded to soul is very, very precious, and to my eyes, this thing you plan has been difficult to discern from a hopeful suicide. I would be utterly bankrupt in virtue had I not spoken up, and spoken strongly, about my concerns for such a brilliant soul as yours. You have quickly distinguished yourself as a man of great kindness and heart, sparkling with life. It is for the loss of that man that I mourn; one way or t'other, at the end of the process, some or all of him will be gone. But, perhaps moreso than anything you ever do, it is your right to decide.<BR/><BR/>Few deaths are true endings. Death transforms us all; only your race, it seems, possesses any conscious control in the outcome. Perhaps your ETC, when it closes its doors, can keep The Reaper out. I will linger near the door in case this is not so. He may recognize me; I've fought Him off successfully for longer than I care to admit in this missive. And I would fight just as hard for your right to stay, in whatever form that might be.<BR/><BR/>Included in this package are five small sample vials. They are powerful potions, relying less on magik (which I find can have unpredictable results when confronted with science) and more on the inherant chemical and alchemical properties of the ingredients. Minerals, herbs, and other living substances from this world and The One Between have been combined to great and powerful effect. Miss Terry, being of a Sidhe line seemingly similar to my own, will likely find many of the ingredients familiar. Two potions inspire massive, fast healing, and will work on every species I have encountered. One refreshes memory, drawing from both the mind and the memories of the flesh having experienced the events. The fourth inspires great leaps of intelligence in humans and similar races, albeit temporarily. And the last is a painless and potent poison, to be used only if things go completely out of hand. I include the samples for your analysis, offering their use should you deem any of them to be of any assistance. I will have each onhand during the regeneration process.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I will be there, and am deeply honoured you would have me. I will help to celebrate your life thus far, and welcome in your next life. I will try to soothe Kiralette, somehow keep both of us out of trouble. And I will be there to assist, as herbalist or priestess, should my talents prove helpful. <BR/><BR/>Know that you are not permitted to fail in this. If your spirit tries to depart this world without the leave of those who love you, know that I will chase you down, no matter where you might go, and drag you back.<BR/><BR/><BR/>In Fondness and Determination,<BR/><BR/>Lady Darkling ElytisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com