MY, O MYOPIA -- EPILOUGE
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The Enduring Man-Child (Registered User)
My, O Myopia!--Epilogue
It had been about a week since the conclusion of the Coffeehouse
adventure with Yolei. Man-Child was back at his home, once
again resolving to be a mature, responsible, no-nonsense adult.
Accompanied by his faithful cats, Samson and Blue, he was
picking fallen persimmons off the ground.
"Mmmmmmm . . . persimmon!" he exclaimed, Homer Simpson-style.
"H--hello? M--Man-Child?" The voice was somehow familiar,
yet it did not sound exactly like any voice he had heard before.
Turning around, who should he see but Yolei Inoue!!!
"Oh, no!" he exclaimed. "Back for more, are you? Samson, KILL!!!!!"
But Samson had once again bolted the moment he had become
aware of a stranger.
Man-Child sighed. "Blue?" he said. But he was too late.
Blue had already galloped up to Yolei and fallen at her feet,
looking up playfully and saying "WOW???"
This was bad. He was vulnerable and this time he didn't have a
wolf spider with him. Yolei stroked Blue's soft fur and then
looked at Man-Child again. And, surprisingly enough, she
actually looked quite timid.
"M--Man-Child?" she said uncertainly, "I know you probably don't
like me very much . . . and I really don't blame you . . . but I
just wanted to come by and apologize for all I put you through,
and to promise that it will never happen again."
Man-Child could not believe what he was hearing. She certainly
looked repentant and chastened. Could it be true?
"You--you really mean that?" Man-Child asked.
"Yes. Yes, I really do," she said, taking a few halting steps
closer. "Mimi and Mrs. Brisby had a nice, long talk with me.
They explained that it's very cruel to tease guys with our
affections--especially poor homely guys like you who are starved
for our attention."
"That is very true," Man-Child agreed.
"So, I wanted to apologize to you. I'm sorry."
And she genuinely looked sad.
"Well, I owe you an apology as well," Man-Child said, taking a
few halting steps towards Yolei.
She looked up, surprised. "Whatever for?" she asked.
"Well, I've used you as the heartless, siren-like villainess in at
least the past two story threads," he explained shamefacedly, "when
I'm actually very fond of you."
"You are?" she asked, her face shining.
"Yes--yes I am," he said, blushing. "I think you're one of the most
beautiful toon ladies there is, which is why I used you as an evil,
heartless, siren-like villainess. I knew that In Real Life you would
probably treat me like that."
She took another step forward. "But this isn't Real Life, is it?" she asked.
"No . . . by george, you're right! It's not!" he said.
"Tell you what," she said, "I promise to appreciate your fanhood and
never mistreat you again. And you???"
"And I promise never to use you as an evil, heartless, siren-like
villainess," Man-Child said.
"Thank you," she said.
"No, thank you."
They shared an uncomfortable silence.
"Man-Child, thank you for liking me," she said.
"Who couldn't?" Man-Child replied, truthfully enough.
This made her smile even more.
"May I . . . may I come closer?" she asked.
"Sure. I trust you," Man-Child said. And so she did.
She stopped for a moment however, as if she'd just thought of something.
"No, no wolf spider this time, not even as a broach," he said.
"She sighed with relief and approached him. They both looked
uncomfortably at the ground for a while.
"Thank you for being such a faithful fan," she said.
"Thank you for being such an appealing character," he responded.
"Man-Child, is there anything I can do for you to make up for all the
trouble I've put you through the past couple threads?" she asked.
Man-Child thought a moment.
"Yes, there is," he said at last, and reaching behind him he
pulled out of nowhere (and please don't ask me how) Davis
Motomiya. "Yolei, would you please consider liking Davis,
at least a little bitty bit? I know the canon has you marrying
Ken and that Davis is hung up on that Kari girl--though how in
the world he could waste a thought on her with you around is beyond me."
"Do you really mean that?" she asked.
"Of course I do," he said. "Well . . . ? I know he's a moron
sometimes, but I kind of identify with him, and I thought if you liked
him just a little that I could experience your affection vicariously."
Yolei took Davis from Man-Child. "I think I can manage that," she said,
"I actually do like him, you know. That's why we fight all the time."
"I'm glad to hear it!" Man-Child said, "though you really shouldn't
do that. Whenever two people who really like each other feel
embarrassed about it and try to hide their feelings by constantly
fighting, it makes Pikachu very, very SAD."
"Oh my, I didn't know," Yolei said, distressed.
There was another uncomfortable silence. Then Yolei, still holding
the hapless and ensorcelled Davis, spoke again.
"There is something I want to give you," she said, "something for
being such a dedicated fan. Do you mind if I . . . if I . . . kiss you?"
Man-Child could not believe his ears, which felt suddenly very warm.
"Oh, I imagine that would be all right," he said. "After all,
your friend Mimi has already melted me into goo once with her
unmerited, beyond-the-reach-of-any-mortal-male affection."
"Well, this is different," she said, smiling. "This isn't unmerited
at all. You've earned it by your devotion to me."
"I . . . ::gulp!:: . . . I have???"
"Yes. You have." Her voice was warm and sincere. And so she
approached Man-Child, who seemed to be paralyzed, and
bestowed upon him what she had declared to be a merited kiss.
Needless to say, he melted into good again.
But as it was autumn and the weather was cool, he soon returned
to solid form again. But he was still very uncomfortable,
without a clue as to what he should say or do now.
Then it hit him.
Of course.
He reached into his pocket and pulled something out.
He held it out to her.
"'Simmern?" he asked her.
"Thank you. I believe I will!" she said.
She accepted the persimmon.
And it wasn't a bit puckery.
THE END
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Okay. So the adventure turned out to be short and ended rather abruptly,
but people were losing interest. And hey--we actually finished one!
This is the epilogue only from my character's perspective. This does
not mean the rest of you can't conclude with your
own epilogues from your own characters' POV.
Thank you for your participation.
The annual christmas story thread is next . . . right???
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8-Bit Star (Registered User)
A comment on this thread....
I should have said this earlier, but I couldn't follow the thread.
It's about how, in the beginning, everyone was mentioning that
glasses on a girl mean they're apporachable...
I'd like to say...
Glasses on a girl usually mean they're 10x Smarter than you, and
that they've been on the internet way too long.
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Indy (MB Admin)
Well, following the thread's not the real purpose...
In fact, it can be extremely frustrating trying to follow it,
since it's being written by so many people. The fun is in the
creation of it, and letting the winds of creativity take our
story's ship where it may. It's art in its purest form, simply
there for all to enjoy.
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Julie (MB Admin)
It is hard to follow threads.
I was impressed with myself for managing to keep track of this one!
Glasses on girls in real life might not make them approachable
(the girls I know with glasses are generally engineers (!), though
I really need to get a pair in case I don't feel like putting my
contacts in ^^;), but glasses on girls in cartoons usually makes
them more approachable-like, I think, because most girls who
wear glasses in cartoons are still totally pretty, yet *usually*
the fact that they wear glasses supposedly sets them off as "nerdy"
or "not as pretty", which would, hence, make them approachable.
(And for the record, while glasses on guys in cartoons or real life
USUALLY don't make them look better, the right kind of frames can
look VERY nice, IMO....)
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Karl (Registered User)
It's an "internal logic" thing.
Once a concept is built into a story, the rest of the story must
grow to fit that concept. One popular concept in our Coffeehouse
threads is *MFP* or magical female powers, for instance.
Do females actually posess mysterious powers? It doesn't matter!
In this story, they do. Do glasses make a woman seem more approachable?
Same answer.
If the story is to have any coherence at all, it must work within
the rules set down in the first few chapters. The longer a story
gets, the more rules pop up.
The great thing about those rules though, is that they don't have
to have anything to do with the Real World. I like that.
PS: I, for one, find glasses appealing on a woman. I think she
looks smarter, more likely to hold up her end of a conversation.
Less likely to expect me to know how to dance. That sort of thing...
B^D (Big grin, with glasses)
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