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[goryteller]

Once upon a time, there were two kings who lived in two separate kingdoms and sat upon two separate thrones; one kingdom was in a valley bathed in light and had bountiful harvests and green, green grass for all the livestock to live on, whereas the other was on a mountain bathed in darkness and suffered drought and famine and so forth, and many of the animals were sickly and the residents were poor. One day, after many weeks of rainfall, a powerful storm hung on the horizon, and the king in the dark kingdom offered the other king and his residents shelter on the mountain with them, for while life was difficult there, their height lent them protection from the dangerous flow of the river below, the same river that allowed the light kingdom to flourish so easily in better times.

"And why should I do that!" cried the king. "We are so comfortable where we are. How could you ask us to give that up, to live life in suffering like you?"

And when storm came, the river overflowed and swallowed the light kingdom, choking the life out of all those bountiful harvests and green, green grasses, and those who didn't drown succumbed to illness and starvation soon after.

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Comments

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[princesscliche.livejournal.com]

[lMAO JUST

staring

in abject misery why is this even here...]

O-oh...[sniff.]

voice;

[goryteller]

[Scream, oh no, Giselle! Just for her, he switches to voice.]

Please don't cry. It's just a story.

[disillusionists.livejournal.com]

[goryteller]

You know me too well.

voice or action?

[acahellyeah]

That's really depressing.

action!

[goryteller]

[Katurian watches him a beat before smiling, rueful but genuine. Like everyone else, he hasn't told him about Greenland. He hasn't explained the stitches in his head.]

Do you know what else is depressing? [He raises his hand over the bed before letting it fall on the covers. Like a punctuation.] Searching for a new place to live.

[incywincyhero]

I've never been very good with this kind of thing. Not unless there's a bit added at the end about when a train which left for the dark kingdom from the light kingdom at 10 AM will pass the train which left for the light kingdom from the dark kingdom at 11:45, assuming the first train is travelling at 60 miles per hour and the second at 45.

[goryteller]

Which is it that you're good at, exactly? Mathematics or humor?

text;

[shiny-lilkaylee.livejournal.com]

text;

[goryteller]

Yes.

Have I spoken with you before? I'm no good at communicator numbers. Or voices, somedays.

[amoray]

oh thats not NEAR as gory as your normal ones
are you depressed or somethin wwhat givves

[goryteller]

That's funny. Normally people would assume the opposite.

[dragony]

So, none of the light kingdom that survived the flood thought to go into the mountains?

[goryteller]

You ask quite a few questions.

text;

[hacktivist]

A possible moral - sometimes we mistake what is familiar for what is safe?

text;

[goryteller]

I don't usually go for that moral stuff. I like it when people draw their own conclusions. But a possible moral. Yes.

[He privates, then switches to voice.]

I don't think I've had a chance to thank you.

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

I thought it was rather perky.

[goryteller]

"Perky."

video;

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

That's very sad. Sadder than the last one, I think.

text;

[goryteller]

How are you, Pam?

permavid & text.

[culver]

That is sad.

[goryteller]

Yeah.

Voice

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

But didn't anyone in the light kingdom see the storm coming?

[goryteller]

It's impossible not to see when a storm is coming.

voice;

[nottheanswers]

We all make do with what existence we're given, don't we?

How've you been holding up?

text; private

[goryteller]

To be honest, not that great.

[video]

[leftymitt.livejournal.com]

[There's about a half a second of normal video before Aoi's face is replaced by the spinning Laughing Man icon.]

Well, that's certainly a downer ending. The style is interesting, I guess, but I also wouldn't give it points for the "once upon a time" line. Seems like everyone and their brother uses it.

text;

[goryteller]

I'm not losing "once upon a time."

[meowminx]

So this was before they invented weather reports?

[goryteller]

Yes. Where I come from, it's been a long time since we've had kings.

[wrong-sometimes.livejournal.com]

...the shrinks must LOVE you.

[goryteller]

They're a little cross with me now, actually.

Hello, Cassie.

permatext;

[tooksteps.livejournal.com]

[goryteller]

You know what a parable is?

voice

[tothecloud.livejournal.com]

Still doing the writing thing?

text;

[goryteller]

Abby. Oh, Abby, I'm so happy to hear from you. I thought you were gone.

voice;

[owninvention.livejournal.com]

Bit of a downer ending.

text;

[goryteller]

Only a bit.