First of all I just want to say welcome to all the new readers who make their way here, and say a huge thank you all of you who have been taking the time to read so far. All the feedback and comments from all of you has been fantastic, it is very much appreciated.

I thought I should just provide a few general comments on the story. First off, it will be updated as often as possible. The aim is to have an update every 2 weeks or so, but sometimes there may be occasional delays. If there is a good reason for a delay other than “to busy drinking beer and doing something lame this week”, I will make sure to let you guys know. This sort of info can be found in the general bollocks and news entry. More information is located on the profile page.

This story does contain adult themes. It would be greatly appreciated if you heed the specific warnings which are included at the beginning of every chapter. I should also mention that sometimes there are images with no text. I am just more visually inclined than textual, and I take the pictures, so sometimes I find that sometimes just lone images are a more elegant way of expressing something.

Just as a general heads up, the time frame for this story will shift regularly. There is one 'main' storyline, which (for the most part) will be told in a linear fashion. However, we will be jumping in and out of that main thread often. Please take note of the headers that mark the start of each scene. This will tell you when and where you are, which does play an important part of the story. If you get confused, these will help guide the way.

I really appreciate the feedback that you guys provide. I should also mention that I thrive on speculation, questions and conspiracy theories. Always feel free to include any, or all of the above in any comments. The more you ask, the more clues you get about the story.

Thanks again for taking time to share this with me,

Cheers - goodbye_sun

Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends I seek are seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
- John Burroughs
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes.
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she got us almost through the high grass
then seemed like she turned around and ran
right back in
right back on in
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, Coarse language.
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and she is salt
to him,
something that rubs raw
that leaves a tearful taste
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: Coarse language, Adult themes.

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And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.
- Maya Angelou
Warnings/Bonuses: Coarse language, Adult themes, Bonus ramble.

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He got his strength up flush and in full glitter.
He clawed and fluffed his rage up.
He aimed his beak direct at the sun's centre.
- Ted Hughes
Warnings/Bonuses: Coarse language, Adult themes.

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Is he the archive of their accusations?
Or their ghostly purpose, their pining vengeance?
Or their unforgiven prisoner?
- Ted Hughes
Warnings/Bonuses: Violence, Death, Pixel blood, Coarse language, Adult themes.

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I have no wit, I have no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone
Is numbed too much for hopes or fears
- Sylvia Plath
Warnings/Bonuses: Violence, Sharp objects, Death, Coarse language, Adult themes.

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my momma moved among the days
like a dreamwalker in a field;
seemed like what she touched was hers
seemed like what touched her couldn’t hold
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: No text - images only. Implied violence, pixel blood.

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In her bottled up is a woman peppery as curry,
a yam of a woman of butter and brass,
compounded of acid and sweet like a pineapple,
like a hand grenade set to explode,
like goldenrod ready to bloom.
- Marge Piercy
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, coarse language, wordier than usual – but I didn’t want to break it in half.

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O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful night shall break.
- William Blake
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, references to violence.

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Go back, you whisper,
but he wants to be fed again
by you. O handful of gauze, little
bandage, handful of cold
air, it is not through him
you will get your freedom.
- Margaret Atwood
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, Violence, Blood.

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He cannot be forgiven.

His prison is the earth. Clothed in his conviction,
Trying to remember his crimes
- Ted Hughes
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, implied violence.

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It is the song that calls you back,
a song of joy and suffering
equally: a promise:
that things will be different up there
than they were last time.
- Margaret Atwood
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, course language, implied violence.

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You would rather have gone on feeling nothing,
emptiness and silence; the stagnant peace
of the deepest sea, which is easier
than the noise and flesh of the surface.
You are used to these blanched dim corridors,
you are used to the king
who passes you without speaking.
- Margaret Atwood
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, mild course language, sexual references, implied violence.

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Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
- Maya Angelou
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, course language, sexual references, implied violence.

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Are not my children as dear to me
as falling leaves
- William Carlos Williams
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Blood. Death.

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she had been gone so long.
there was so much to unlearn.
she opened her eyes.
he was the first thing she saw
and she blamed him.
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes.

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even now
to hear the words
defend
protect
goodbye
lost or
alone
is to be washed in sorrow
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes, course language.

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go on, go on back down
into the graveyard,
lie down where you think their faces are;
talk back to your old bad dreams.
- Anne Sexton
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Violence. Blood. Retribution.

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Roads go ever ever on,
Under cloud and under star.
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
- JRR Tolkien
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Course language.

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You will not soon forget my hands,
Nor yet the way I held my head,
Nor all the tremulous things I said.
You still will see me, small and white
And smiling, in the secret night,
And feel my arms about you when
The day comes fluttering back again.
- Dorothy Parker
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Course language. Cheesy pick up line. Partially undressed pixels. Strong sexual references.

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When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I CRY.
- Maya Angelou
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Sappyness. Character death.

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you not a noplace
anonymous girl;
mister with his hands on you
he got his hands on
some
damn
body!
- Lucille Clifton
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Course language. Topless male sim.

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As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen;
One praised her ankles, one her eyes,
One her dark hair and lovesome mien.
So sweet a face, such angel grace,
In all that land had never been.

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Warnings/Bonuses: Adult themes. Violence. One very minor sexual reference. Use of the word “trollop”.

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