names are important
but you will never know
their real name
given to them
their names are
myriad
legion
Category: Characters
Mephistopheles
a programmer is like a wizard
[[a programmer is like a wizard]]
creating some design
a concoction
brewed up with special words
timed exactly rightconjuring up some mysterious forces
sending out their containers
of willful intent driven by a purpose
the job is donea battle of wits
a war ofthe operation was a success
you learned what you needed to
and now you take what you have gained
and repeatarcane_poetry_2
Nic is the Avatar
Nic is the Avatar
Freed from the confines of mortal life, Nic lives in a dream world of his own making.
Will it be heaven or hell?
Digging through his past
Subconscious spelunking
From which he wakes
Occasionally
Just long enough
To give Xander hope
And cryptic messages
Riddles
Poems
Mostly nonsense
Impossible to interpret
But still, Xander must hope
His friend can wake
From his comatose fugue
In a world just like this one
Just left of what we call reality
An alternate dimension
He’s a free agent
Free to wander
The world
And beyond
Bringing back news
From abroad
Some good
Mostly ambiguous
A few deeply troubling
And so Gargoyle is born
Re-born
Like a ghostly Phoenix
From the past
A shitty little office
In a dive-y part of town
Old school
Musky smell
And a basement full
Of files
Horrors
Committed to paper
Enough to make anyone
Crazy
But Xander knows crazy
They’re on a first-name basis
#worldbuilding #electriccity #nic #xander #coma
Alley Cats
Mid Night Crawlers
Unaware
That it is dark
Unsure
If alive or dead
In morning twilight
They dance the razorblade tango
Whirling recklessly
At the edge of life.
Awake since forever
Spirit spurred on
With caffeine and nicotine.
Two things I obsessively read:
License plates and graffiti
No matter how obscure or obscene.
Go to the mattresses
When you’re pinned into a tight spot
Sleep with your back against the wall
On a mattress
On the floorDead man’s switch
Rigged to pop if anything happens. Haha, fuck you. My safety and well-being are now your priority, asshole.
Dead switch, indeed.
pirate meets ninja
The criminal underworld meets the actual underworld.
Bloody, violent, and add a romantic Mediterranean twist
theirs is a love of
A Thousand Lifetimes
the weird shit goes by
the weird shit goes by, and we all learn to accept that the galaxy is way weirder than we ever imagined.
of course, it’s hard. change sucks, even when it’s for the better.
no one could have known that then, however.
Weird doesn’t have to imply malice: we already overthrew the most dastardly pricks anywhere or when, and we did it – not with a bullet – but a hug.
we evolved, they didn’t.
they ceased to exist, we didn’t.
the world moved on, forward, and together. without having the bug up its collective ass of having to struggle just to survive, clawing at each other for scraps was no longer even a faint consideration.
fuck someone over for money? why would you harm another person, a real person -intententionally – to HOPE to gain an imaginary quantity?
wow, how many delusions can you fit into a sentence? Logical fallacies? Don’t get me started.
