Thirty-sixth Entry [Video]

[reckless_eagle]

[Someone's been avoiding everyone the mansion in a fit of awkward and angst since the mirrors showed up!]

[There's really just too much for Poland to deal with right now. His friend-breakup with Elaine, his encounter with Mirror Lithuania, the knowledge that Mirror Poland was free to scare Aang and hurt Nai and maybe do bad things to his other friends... He's curled up underneath his cloak in a corner of the overgrown garden at the edge of the forest, where he's been hiding out today.]

[The knowledge that his memories were able to disrupt the Mansion itself helps him, gives him hope, makes him feel more powerful. But...]

...I like, can't believe I forgot about them. I just... forgot. My own people... A nation totally shouldn't...

Gawd, this is lame.

Um. Is everyone like, okay and stuff? Apparently my mirror was a mega-bitch to some of you, so like. Uh. Yeah. Everybody cool?

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

[ Still not seeing a problem. Care to elaborate on that eloquence??

Just... giving Poland a very inquisitive look, nibbling on his grapes. ]

Can't what?

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

[Little flail! God, how do people not know these things?]

Y-You like, can't run around living in sin with two people! That's--that's totally scandalous ohmigod!

[Flail flail blush flail! He's worried for your soul, Lawr :<]

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

We all love each other. Why is that a sin?

[ Lawr doesn't seem particularly fazed by any of this. He is genuinely interested in why this is so terribly unholy. ]

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Because you like, can't marry two people, and it's a sin to do that kind of thing if you're not married! When you love someone enough to do that, you should like, love them enough to be with them and only them!

[Ffff, he's already in an emotionally unstable place, and in absolutely no mood to go questioning the Church right now ;~;]

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

[ Not questioning, not challenging. Just curious. ]

Oh. [ Pops a few more grapes in his mouth. Really, living in sin is nothing new to this kid. ]

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

H-How can you just sit there and be so calm about this?

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

[ Lawr shrugged, finishing off his grapes and lightly tossing the empty sprig out into the garden somewhere. ]

I was a prostitute back home. If what you say is true, I'm going to Hell for that anyway, right? So I might as well try to be happy while I'm still alive.

Even if there's nothing else in this world that feels real, even if it feels like I'm dead from the neck-down... when I lay down to sleep at night, I have both their arms around me, and I'm happy. They're happy. ...none of us have felt that way in a very long time.

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

That's like, not what my religion says at all! It's like, not about judging people - it's about forgiveness. The Son of God gave himself so that we wouldn't have to say "I'm going to Hell anyway", because there's always forgiveness in God! Plus, you like, didn't choose that. So it's not your sin, right? It doesn't reflect on you at all.

I'm like, not saying it's wrong to try to be happy, or to make other people happy. And I'm way glad that you like, care about each other and stuff. But can't there be the caring and the friendship without the sex? I mean, forgiveness or not, it's kind of seriously important to try and live a moral life anyway!

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

How is sex immoral?

[ Lawr lifts his head to stare up at the sky for a moment, pondering. ]

Sex is nothing. Maybe there was a time when it was more than that. Maybe there was a time when people could find a deeper connection through that physical meeting. But I've... never known something like that. It isn't even something I really enjoy anymore, so we don't do it much. It makes me feel dirty and disgusting because it reminds me of all those other men I've been with, and I don't understand how Seeu and Yujinn would want to sully themselves by being with me.

We're not with each other for the sex. In fact, that really has nothing to do with our relationship. It's just something that happens sometimes.

I try to be a good person otherwise. I do everything I can to help other people, and... I really don't care about what happens to myself when it comes right down to it. Someone in the halls beat me nearly to death a few weeks ago, and I didn't even raise a hand against him. So if God wants to judge me a sinner, and send me to Hell because I'm with the two people I love most in this world... I guess that's a risk I'm willing to take for them.

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

[God, Lawr. You are going to make Poland wibble.]

See, that's like... that's it exactly. It's wrong if it makes you feel that way--like you're dirty or something. When it's not something with meaning. That's when it's bad.

And you should like, take better care of yourself! You're worth more than that! You're... you're like, a good person, even if I think what you're doing in this once case is really wrong.

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

I don't think I feel dirty because I'm with both of them. I think I would feel that way with anyone, even if it were only one person... even if I were with that person exclusively.

[ Lawr wrinkles up his face a little; one of the lizards on his shoulders has decided to try and burrow into his ear and he will have none of that. He reaches up to pluck the iguana called Raphael from his shoulder, and places him instead on top of Poland's head, offering a small smile. ]

Don't worry about me, anyway. I'm still not entirely convinced that this place isn't just an elaborate dream... like maybe I'm in a coma or something.

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Well, then... I don't know. If it's bad for you, like, why do you do it at all?

[He squeaks a little in surprise at the big lizard, then settles down. Somewhat.]

Anyway, I totally hope it's not a dream. Like... I don't know how long it would have taken me to talk to Liet back home, and I... I've like, never had as many friends as I do here.

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

I feel comfortable enough with both of them that I can work past the initial discomfort. Like I said, it doesn't happen often...

[ Lawr stifled a small laugh; Raphael was wasting no time in trying to eat Poland's hair. ]

But you said that you were engaged back in your home too, right? You would have had to talk to him eventually.

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Well... yeah, but like, it was political, you know? It didn't mean I had to... tell him I was into him or anything...

Dude, that's like, my hair. [He pouts at the iguana.]

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

Were you? Did you feel the same way about him then as you do now?

[ Lawr laughed again, ever so quietly, and leaned forward. ]

You can give him back if he's bothering you.

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

It's cool, as long as he like, doesn't actually eat it.

As for Liet... When my boss told me I had to get married, I totally freaked, right? Like, I didn't even know this guy, and I wasn't ready for that kind of thing, and there was just no way I was gonna do it. That kind of thing.

Then I saw him. For like, the first time. And... It was like my heart stopped for a second, right? And he was so shy, and so earnest, and so nice...

I don't think I've ever not loved him at least a little.

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

[ Lawr had a slightly wistful look on his face as he listened to Poland speak. ]

That's so romantic... like a fairy tale.

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

You think? [Blushes a little, playing with the grass]

Liet's always been super sweet to me, too. Which I guess explains what a bastard his mirror is...

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[tagged-tongue.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's still possible... that there are still people like that in the world, and I'm glad you found him.