Mood: Tired-ish and bored
Music: LOVE FLIES -- L'Arc~en~Ciel

Rae: Well look who reappears from lurkerdomness. Heheh.

Yes I took a little break from the journal thing. My brain hasn’t been working too well lately I guess.

Sano: *sitting in the corner, bottle of sake in hand, as usual* Yeah, what’s new? Your brain never works...

Rae: Oh, yes. And you have such room to talk, rooster head. -_-;

Sano: Not a rooster. -_-

Rae: Well I could have Kopaka turn you into one. ^_^

Sano: -_-;;;;

Yuki: *playing Crazy Taxi on Rae’s GameCube* Um, I think I accidentally ran over a priest. O_o;;;

Rae: Cool. ^_^ That priest guy’s annoying.

Druu: *appears* Hm, hello. ^_^

Rae: Hey Druu-chan. ^_^

Druu: Well I suppose our little mission was a success, hm? ^^

Rae: Yep. Not only did we help Zelos out, we helped Malba in the process. His little “Ghost of Christmas” routine hopefully helped him realize a few things himself. ^_^ I mean it didn’t fix everything I’m sure, but hopefully helped a little, right?

Druu: Well, that was the plan, yes. It seemed to work quite nicely, I thought. ^^

Sano: I’d love to know what the hell you two are talking about.-_-;;

Yuki: Oops. Um... I think I killed an old lady. O_O;;;;;;;; .....

Rae: Well hell Sano, I ain’t even completely sure. All I know is Malba has issues. Zelos from ToS has issues. By making Malba help Zelos, he hopefully helped himself a little too, right Druu?

Druu: Hm, right. Plus, it was entertaining. ^_^

Rae: That too. ^_^

Sano: You two are like meddling old ladies or something...

Rae: Hey. I resent that. -_-

Druu: I’m not a lady. Old and meddling yes, but not a lady. ^_^

Rae: You’re old?

Druu: Age is just a number, neh? ^_^

Rae: How old are we talking here? You don’t look much older than me, but that doesn’t mean anything... So how old are you really?

Druu: ^_^ So Yuki-chan, playing a video game, are you?

Rae: You just totally blew my question off. -_-;

Yuki: Um, I’m trying. But. I keep running into things and speeding and causing damage. O.o; I’m no good at all. T_T

Rae: But, you’re supposed to do that Yuki. ^^ It’s Crazy Taxi.

Yuki: But...Um, well okay. *rams car into a mall* O.o I’m driving through the mall. That’s weird. But...

Rae: Fun. ^_^

Yuki: This driving thing looks kind of fun actually. ^__^ *drives the taxi onto a freeway, in the wrong lane*

Druu: Oh no, you’ve created a driving fiend, Rae. ^_^

Rae: ^^ Cool.

Sano: Cars are evil.

Rae: You think everything is evil.

Sano: -_-;

Rae: Well, anyway. Like I said, I took a little break from journal writing, my head ‘s been a little messed up the last few weeks.

Sano: Few weeks? -_-;

Rae: -_- More so than usual I mean. Plus I think I got a little discouraged when no one read my ToS/Muse special fic. But now I’ve come to realize a few things.

Sano: Do we have to hear it?

Rae: Yes. You do. -_-

Sano: *groan* ....

Druu: Be nice Sano.

Yuki: Um... I got killed. O_O

Rae: Huh? You can’t die in Crazy Taxi, Yuki. ^^;;

Yuki: But... a train hit me. O_O;;;

Rae: Yes, but you are driving the invincible taxi of doom.

Yuki: O.o Really?

Rae: ^_^;;; Er anyway, as I was saying. I realized a few things.

This is my journal. My website is my website. My fics are my fics. I don’t care if anyone else is reading or enjoying. Because frankly I’m not writing for anyone else. I’m writing for my own enjoyment and I’ve come to completely not care what anyone else thinks. So yeah. I mean It would make me happy of course if someone liked my writings, but I’m not going to worry about it anymore.

From now on, I need to look at it like this: My journal. My randomness. Don’t like it? Fine. You don’t have to. What matters is that I like it. Right?

Druu: ^_^ That’s a good attitude to take. I agree.

Yuki: Me too. ^_^ ....O_O;;;; Um.... I think I blew up a truck...

Sano: I don’t care either way. -_-

Rae: ^^;;;

Well, let’s see. So this is my return. No more lurking. I’m back to my normal craziness. ^__^ And with a brand new layout! See. It’s my favorite all time couple, Zelos and Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia. Soulmates. *giggles like a dorky fangirl*<333333333333

Druu: *looks at layout* Pretty. ^_^ <3

Yuki: It is pretty! O_O...The priest hit me in the head with his bible?!?! He’s.. mad at me...He’s really maaad. He called me an idiot Rae-chan!! T_T

Rae: Um, Yuki, hun. You take games to seriously. Just run over him. Don’t worry about it.

Yuki: *sniff* Okay...

Sano: One strange kid...

Rae: I like this layout better than any one I’ve ever made before. It’s simple, clean looking. And grey. I like grey. *nod* It was a pain getting that pic of Zelos and Lloyd. First I had to find a big screenshot of that scene, and then cut them out. Change the background, turn it grey, de-screen the pic, play with the brightness and contrast, make the CSS/HTML code for the layout, etc. But it looks okay, right? Unless my monitor’s screwing up, I think it looks pretty good, especially considering I’m lame and suck at anything html related. ^^;; Plus I fixed the pic up all without the use of PSP. All I have is paint and the photo editor that came with my scanner. ^^;;

Yuki: Well I like it Rae-chan! ^_^

Druu: ^_^ As do I.

Sano: I think it sucks. -_-

Rae: -_- Shut up Sagara. Geez, you’re in a bad mood today, you drunken rooster. What’s your problem?

Sano: I lost all of my money again. It’s no fair. *another big gulp of sake*

Druu: That’s what happens when you waste all of your money gambling. ^^

Rae: Yep. ^_^

Oh yeah, speaking of ToS and such. First off, I’m going to write a continuation of the big holiday muse crossover fic, continuing with where Malba went, etc. ^^; I think we’re going to get a look into Malba and Kitsune interaction without everyone else around...hmmm...*smirk*....

Also. I wrote a new Tales of Symphonia fic. I haven’t posted it yet, I need to fix a few things first. But I’ll update here when I’ve posted it on my website. Zelos/Lloyd. Called Faded Ink. Not very good, sadly. But all well...

I also am in the process of writing a much bigger ToS fic. I have a lot of ideas for this one. It’s going to be pretty long. Just the prologue alone is like eleven pages or so, so yeah. It’s going to be angsty and suspenseful. And Zelos/Lloyd-ful of course. <3333333333

I don’t know if I should post it as a WIP, or if I should wait until it’s finished and post it all at once... Hm...

Yuki: Rae-chan...Um, there’s a strange black van following me... *staring at TV screen nervously*

Rae: *looks over* Hm? That’s odd. Let me see.

Druu: Hm... ^^;;

Yuki: Um... The van is trying TO RAM ME. O_O;;;

Rae: Whoa. It really is. O.o

~*van pulls closer to Yuki’s taxi in the game*~

~*the van’s window rolls down, and a head sticks out of the window*~

Ganondorf: *sticks head out of van to stare at Yuki hentai-ishly* Ghost boooooy! Mmmmmm, want to take a ride with me back to my fortress of looooove?

Yuki: O_O HE’S BACKKKKK! He’s going to kidnap meee. T_T

Druu: Oh dear. ^^;

Rae: >_< KOPAKA!!!!

Kopaka: *appears, laughing like an idiot* Hehehehe. It’s just a joke Rae. Heh. ^__^

Rae: You’re scaring him. -_-;

Kopaka: Oh, sorry dude. Heheh.

~*The black van suddenly turns pink, and now in Ganon’s place is a giant pink bunny*~

Pink Bunny: Yehhehehehehe!! Yoooooo!

Yuki: O.o;;;

Druu: Any luck Kopaka?

Kopaka: Nope. *looks tired*

Rae: Are you still looking for that missing contact or whatever? Is that why you didn’t show up in Meltokio when Malba went? I know Druu went, and well Druu told me all about it. Even Kitsune showed up. So were you busy, neh?

Kopaka: ^__^ Maybe. *suppresses a yawn*

Druu: Hm. *seems to be thinking*

Yuki: Um, Kopaka-san, the bunny is trying to eat my CAR! T_T

Sano: So run over it.

Yuki: I can’t run over a bunny!! O.o

Sano: Oh so you can run over an old lady, but not a rabbit? *drinks more sake (total alcoholic rooster)*

Yuki: Well...um... I dunno. T_T

Rae: Kopaka, leave the poor ghost alone.

Kopaka: Oh all riiiight. No fun, man.

~*Pink bunny and van disappear*~

Yuki: *turns off video game* Um I think I’ve had enough video games for today. O.o;;;;

Druu: ^^;;

Rae: So I wonder how long Malba is going to be pissed at us for cheating at the card game, hm? ^^;

Druu: Oh I’m sure he’ll get over it. Eventually. ^^;

Kopaka: Hehehe. *yawns*

Rae: You look tired, man.

Kopaka: Heh. Just a little. *lights a cigarette*

Rae: *looks out window* Whoa. I just totally noticed that it’s like snowing outside, blizzard style. Whoa. Lots and lots of snow. No wonder it’s kind of cold in here. XD Goes to show how perceptive I am. Its friggin’ snow-storming and I just now noticed. XD Heh, Zelos would totally be freaking if he were here.

Sano: You are an obsessed maniac, you know that, right?

Rae: Of course. ^_^

Sano: Just checking. -_-

Druu: ^^

Yuki: I wonder where Malba-san and Kitsune-san are?

Druu: ^^;; Who knows.

Rae: It’s hard to tell with those two.

Kopaka: Who knows Yuki-dude? *puts out cigarette, then stretches out on Rae’s bed* Heh. Though I’d guess either fighting or shagging. Heheheh. Or maybe both. *yawns*

Rae: *smirk* Ain’t that the truth.

Yuki: O_O;;; ....I’m sorry I asked...

Sano: Too much information for me...-_-;

Druu: ^^;;

Kopaka: *yawn* Hey....Is it all right if I crash here, dude?

Rae: Not a dude. And if you mean sleep, yeah. It’s all right.

Kopaka: Thanks maaaaan....*closes eyes*...

Rae: Not a maaaaan either. -_-;; He must be pretty worn out. Looking pretty hard for this mysterious contact, hm?

Druu: Yes...

Sano: So this contact person. Important?

Druu: You could say that.

Rae: you know the person personally, or is it just Kopaka’s contact or what?

Druu: I know him... But it’s nothing to worry about. ^^ I’m sure he’ll turn up eventually.

Sano: Alive?

Rae: Sano!! >.<

Sano: What? >.< I’m just asking. Geez.

Druu: No it’s a fair question. ^^ Honestly I can’t be sure.

Yuki: He could be dead? T_T

Druu: I haven’t a clue. I must admit, it’s irritating, not knowing. ^^;

Rae: Being psychic kind of sucks, doesn’t it? Like when you can’t see what you want to see for instance. You okay? I mean it’s got to be bothering you.

Druu: ^_^ Well, nothing to be gained from speculating. Let’s talk about less serious things hm?

Rae: And once again he blows off my questions. *sigh* -_-;;;;

Well hm. What else to say? Nothing much really happening right now. Mom, Jiro and I beat Niflheim in ToS the other night. Which was fun. We so kicked ass. I always play as Zelos, Mom as Presea, and Jiro usually plays as Lloyd, well and Colette sometimes too. Anyway, the big bad of Niflheim died in less than thirty seconds, man. Hehehe. ^_^

Yuki: He was big. Really big. And ugly. ^^;;

Sano: Had a cool weapon though.

Rae: Yeah, well his weapon didn’t do him much good. And he only got a chance to cast one spell before he dropped dead. ^_^ It was fun.

Druu: ^^

Rae: Whoa, Ko-chan’s asleep. Aww. He looks cute when he’s sleeping.

Yuki: ^^;;

Sano: Yeah well at least when he’s sleeping he can’t cause any trouble, right? -_-;;;

Druu: Usually, no. ^^;

Rae: Hm. I’m bored. Let’s do something.

Druu: Like? ^^

Rae: I dunno. Heh. ^^;

Yuki: Um... We could play a game.

Sano: No vedeio games.

Rae: That’s VIDEO. Moron. ^^

Sano: SHUT up. >.<

Yuki: Um...

Rae: Oh, oh!! Druu I just thought of something.

Druu: Hm?

Rae: You’re looking for your missing contact, but your psychic powers aren’t picking anything up. What about that crazy old lady that helped us that one time? Demon woman. Hanneke-san or whatever. You think she might know anything?

Yuki: If Druu-chan can’t see anything, would that crazy lady really be able to?

Druu: Well. Hanneke-san is a bit...hm, eccentric, however, it’s not entirely out of the question that she might know something, now that you mention it. Though she’s a bit hit or miss. Sometimes she’s dead on, sometimes...

Sano: She’s a raving lunatic?

Druu: Well I was going to say a little rusty...but that works too. ^^

Rae: Do you think it might be worth a shot to go talk to her?

Druu: *thinks for a moment* Well... Honestly I don’t think it could hurt. It may prove to be fruitless; however it’s worth a shot, neh? ^^

Sano: I ain’t going. Last time I saw that old bat, she kissed me. *shudders at the memory*

Rae: Of course you’re going. ^_^ Right Yuki?

Yuki: Yep. ^_^

Druu: Well, then. Let’s pay Hanneke-san a visit, hm? ^^;

Rae: Should we wake Kopaka?

Druu: *shakes head* Let him rest. He deserves it.

Yuki: So where does Hanneke-san live anyway?

Druu: Well in a little hut in the Kainitif woods.

Rae: I’m assuming that that’s not on earth, hm?

Druu: What makes you say that? ^^

Rae: Well I may be slow, but I’m starting to get the feeling you guys aren’t even from this dimension or whatever. Am I right? ^^

Druu: ^_^ Well, it’s off to see Hanneke-san. Ready everyone?

Rae: -_-; Once again, he ignores me. -_-;;;; yeah, yeah. I’m ready.

Yuki: Um okay. I’m ready. ^^

Sano: NOT me. >_<

Druu: Then we’re off. ^_^

Rae: Yep. Let’s go see Hanneke. ^_^

Sano: I’m NOT going. >.<

Druu: ^_^ *snaps fingers*

~*Druu, Rae, Yuki and Sano disappear, leaving only a slumbering Kopaka in Rae’s now quiet room*~

To Be Continued...

Will the gang discover any information about this missing “contact”?
Who is this mysterious contact, anyway?
Will Hanneke kiss Sano again?
Are Kitsune and Malba really fighting, shagging, or possibly both?
Are we ever going to find out more about the mysterious Druu, Kitsune, Malba, and Kopaka?

Find out next time!

Till then,

Laters.

Rae and the gang. XD