Writer's Block: Six-Word Story

[oceanicbutterfly]

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Captives of fear, rescued by love.

Comments

[tessel-ate.livejournal.com]

Sorry for random commenting, but... The fear and love thing is soooo Donnie Darko. ^^ It's awesome.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Thank you! It's actually based on actual events [backspaced] how I've felt recently.

[I should probably mention that this is actually a roleplaying journal.]

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

That's, like...deep.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Really?

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Like, existential or something.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Hmm... I guess it could be seen that way.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Those aren't exactly stories.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Oh? How is that?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Captives of fear, rescued by love"? You must be joking. It doesn't mean anything.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Of course it does. What it means is vague, but it definitely means something.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It still doesn't tell any kind of story.

[oceanicbutterfly]

As it happens, this one is based on a true story.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"Captives of fear, rescued by love"? Please. I can understand the first part, but that last bit is just ridiculous.

[oceanicbutterfly]

The captives were rescued because of love. It's not a difficult concept.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

It's unrealistic. Love doesn't rescue anyone, it just gets in the way.

[oceanicbutterfly]

You're wrong.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

And you're pathetically naive. Haven't we had this conversation before?

[oceanicbutterfly]

You're still wrong. It's because you're so stubbornly against the idea of ever learning anything that our conversations always end up like this.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Someday, you'll realize the hard way just how useless and counterproductive "love" is... and if you come crying to me, I'll just laugh.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Wel, that's just one of the differences between us, then. Because when you finally realize that love is something you need in your life, I'll be perfectly willing to help.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

You must be joking. I have no need for love- not now, and not in the past. Why in the world would that ever change?

[oceanicbutterfly]

...

You'd be surprised.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I have not loved, I do not love, I will not love. You have no reason to believe it's something I'm even capable of.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...

You really don't remember.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... I have no earthly idea what you're talking about.

OOC: sdfasdlfkjdasdfk THAT ICON MAKES ME SAD. D:

[oceanicbutterfly]

Of course you don't. You had your memories removed. Not that you were exactly quick to admit to it even before.

Azula, I know you can love.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... You're the second one to accuse me of this today. What is this, some sort of joke?

No, you really don't.

[oceanicbutterfly]

It's not a joke.

I do. I know it a lot better than most people, in fact.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Tsk. What is it about me that makes people so sure that I'm harboring deep, dark feelings that I'm too scared to show the world? Really, this is all there is.

Please. As if I would tell you anything of the sort, even if it were true.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Whoever did this was very thorough. ...Who else was saying this?

So then if you deny it, I shouldn't believe it? :D You didn't tell me, exactly. But...

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Oh, that one woman... the magician; I forget her name. Also Mai, naturally, though I suspect she arranged the whole thing- she set that other girl up to claim I was her "best friend" or something of the sort.

... I don't catch your meaning.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...Trucy, you mean? And Mai... well, she has been involved some, but she certainly didn't set all this up. You really did have your memory modified.

Of course you denied it, but... you denied the opposite as well. Ultimately your actions spoke louder than words.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

... No, no, some other girl; one from the Fire Nation. She told me her name, but I don't remember it at the moment.

I did not have my memory modified; I would never do anything of the sort. I need my memories- all of them- to fight in this war.

This is ridiculous.

[oceanicbutterfly]

A Fire Nation magician...?

I thought it was a bad idea, too, but either you went through with it, or you're being manipulative in the oddest way I've ever seen.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I thought you were referrring to the girl who was claiming to be my friend.

Ordinarily I would tell you not to underestimate my powers of manipulation, but... I really have no idea what you're talking about.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Oh, Ty Lee.

Of course you don't. You had your memories of it erased. We're going in circles now.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was the name.

Only because you refuse to accept the most obvious answer, because it would shatter your perfect little world of peace and love.

[oceanicbutterfly]

The most obvious answer being, what, that everyone on the community except you had one big shared hallucination?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

The most obvious answer being that either you're all insane (which isn't exactly out of the realm of possibility, believe me), or you're trying to play a joke on me. And failing miserably, I might add; I'm far from gullible.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I can assure you that, if there is some massive practical joke in effect here, I am definitely not in on it. As for my sanity, I haven't been certain of that since February, but the question there would be whether you and your world exist at all.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Well, whatever the explanation, I can be sure that I have not had my memory tampered with. What memories could I possibly want to get rid of? The entire notion is just ridiculous.