stupidgenes | X12: Heartfelt Gratitudes [Text]

[He'd thought long and hard before writing this.]

To everyone and everything in the City and beyond:

THANK YOU. I can't express enough my gratitude and deepest appreciations for your existence. Special thanks to the City and its deities for giving me a second chance since I'm supposed to be dead. It's given me a place and, to some lesser extent, purpose. Thanks also for the curses, which seem stupid and pointless at times if they aren't all about ruining people's lives, reputations, and relationships with one another.

Thanks to those I've met who aren't here anymore. Your company was well-appreciated.

Thanks to those who are still around to keep me company. I know we've been through some rough times, and we don't know what else lies ahead or what other surprises the City has in store for us.

Thanks to Janine, Eagle Vision, and others I've conversed with.

Thanks to Estelle. At least we know how to handle things when waking in each other's bed to discover we've been handcuffed together. If it ever happens again, we'll know how to handle it. There are probably people who are worse off to be attached to for the whole duration of a curse.

Thanks to Yuri, Rita, and Tyr.

Thanks to everyone from Auldrant who ever paid a visit and didn't stay very long. It's probably better that you aren't here anymore.

Special thanks to Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear for being the strong, courageous, capable, beauteous, amazing woman she is. If only there were more ways to express my appreciation for her without the possibility of her being trapped in the City. She's important and has a lot of things to take care of, so she really shouldn't wind up getting stuck here. Nevertheless, I am grateful for every single precious moment graced by her shining presence, whether here or back in Auldrant. There is no other person I hold more dear and beloved in my heart.

Thanks to Guy.

Special thanks to the replica for surviving here over a year, having an apartment to share with me, and maintaining Hymns of Lorelei, the restaurant established by Natalia. I'm not offended by the fact that you're called 'Luke'. You didn't turn out so bad after all.

Thanks to anyone I forgot, even though everyone deserves to be listed here.

[... Excuse Asch while he hides in a corner now that it's posted.]

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Aw, isn't that sweet.

Thanks, Yuri. I always appreciate your comments on my entries. I wasn't really sure I wanted this publicized, but I'm so thankful these communicators post them up for me.

Just to show your- true love and adoration for everything? You that shy normally?

No, I just like my privacy. But thanks for asking.

I guess it makes sense that this would be a second chance for some people. Never thought of it that way before.

I wasn't sure I deserved a second chance after everything was taken from me, after I finished everything that was left to do. But I'm thankful the City and its deities have a way of making that decision for me. I can always look back and appreciate how their communication devices share all my private thoughts with other residents.

Was that last bit sarcasm, or are you serious?

I'm serious about how they share private thoughts, but I can't seem to help the appreciation for now. I'm probably cursed, and it's a wonderful honor that I'm absolutely grateful for.

Thank you for being very kind to me while we were handcuffed together. I do appreciate how kindly you treated me and how we were able to work together throughout the day.

Edited 2011-11-25 12:51 (UTC)

Really, one thank you is enough for me, but I am so happy for how grateful you are just for my company and giving my honest opinion. I knew there was a kind and soft side to you, even though so many people had told me you were a bit ‘rough around the edges’. Even though there were some misunderstandings between us, you still took the time to explain those things to me even though it had pained you. I could tell. Thank you for revealing that side of you to me!

[spoilers: she’s not cursed.]

I don’t believe there is anything wrong with wanting to thank people. If you’re grateful then you should let them know that. I know I personally appreciate it. Therefore, you shouldn't apologize for it.

[Gah, do not want! ...but also, do not want that to be visible.]

Aww, you shouldn't have.

[He is so sorry, but gahhh, these dumb curses!]

I apologize, but I couldn't hold all my thanks inside. So I appreciate how the communicator posted all these private thoughts for me after I was compelled to write them all out.

Thank you for replying to my letter of thanks. I could only hope that you feel as grateful for our acquaintance as I am.

...really, you shouldn't have.

Okay, this is a little creepier than the fan fiction.

--Thanks anyway. [When will he be able to stop, darn it.]

Worse curses have happened before, and I'm grateful it's nothing like that time I thought I was married and celebrating our one year anniversary.

That's kind of hilarious in a really disturbing way.

Tell you what. I'll forget this ever happened, and you will never remind me.

I've never been more thankful for being hilarious.

Thanks for everything. I hope that I don't remind you for the rest of the day, but I can't help appreciating how cursed I am.

Sorry.

You're welcome. [Her long head slowly slaloms left to right. It's hard to shake your head when you're a quetz.]

[Luke stares at this entry, doublechecks to see who it's from, and continues staring.

And then he cracks up laughing. SORRY, ASCH. HE JUST CAN'T.]

Thanks for laughing at me, replica.

[Okay. Trying really hard to shut up because-- because when this curse is over, Asch will probably be mad.]

S-- sorry! Nothing about that was really funny, I just-- [awkward throat-clearing] -- sorry.

[He's not even thinking of ways to make this more awkward. Cursed or not, there might be a trace of sincerity in there, and it should be acknowledged. He smiles at the camera.]

I'm thankful for you, too. Even if you weird me out when you're cursed.

Thanks for enjoying my being cursed. I can't thank you enough for existing and replacing me.

[As the curse starts bringing all sorts of things to light, Asch becomes more and more grumpy and frustrated with it. He's not even trying to be grudging, not trying to say stupid things like this. But his words just get twisted around, and it's hard to separate stupid thankful compulsions from genuine expression.]

I'm so thankful that I can't stop expressing how grateful I am!

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