Sixth Fear: The Plague Doctor

So I was reading this blog here. I think he decided to end it. Which makes me sad, because I was kind of enjoying it a little.

:/ Sad panda is sad.

I'm tempted to write a comment, but at the same time, if the character really did decide to off himself, what's the point?

Not like a dead dude can read.

Also, I'm impatient, and I enjoy reading myself way too much. I'll just do The Plague Doctor now. :3

The Plague Doctor
Scourge, Doktor, Agony, Tengu, The Bird Faced One, The Carnival's Shadow, DECAY, PRE 12

Description:
Alrighty. Now, unless you missed History class, you should know what a plague doctor was. During the Black Plague in Europe, doctors of the time did everything they could to help people who were infected. Y'know, leeches, herbal remedies, stuff like that. They wore masks in an attempt to stay healthy while treating the infirm.

Their masks had long beaks on them, kind of like a crane.

The Plague Doctor wears a crane mask.

...

Er, it might be a mask, anyway. It varies from account to account, but some people speculate there's nothing behind the mask... That it's really his face.

Creepy, yo. Sorry, got distracted by a baby... x3 HE'S JUST SO KISSABLE!!!

He wears a black robe, or something like that? I assume it's a robe, but nobody ever really describes it. He just wears black. I don't know about shoes or hands or any other appendages, just that he's decked in black.

Oh, did I forget to mention what makes him all kinds of fucked up?

He spreads disease.

Not much of a good doc, that's fo-shizzle.

Yeah, just looking at this Fear will give you an incurable disease. Most common symptoms of his nearness include, but are not limited to: bleeding from every facial orifice, the serious need to scrub the living shit out of your hands til they bleed, coughing, wheezing, puking, diarrhea, seriously fast leprosy...

Fuck it, you start falling the fuck apart. Do I really need to explain HOW it happens?? YOU GET ALL SICK AND SHIT, PEOPLE. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?!

Fortress of Solitude: The Crumbling Castle

Got distracted again. Dinner this time. California burgers... :Q Makes me miss San Diego, and In'N'Out Burger. THEY NEED ONE OF THOSE HERE. Danny's fighting sleep again, been screaming off and on since 6:30. And it's 7:15 now, he just stopped moaning on the monitor... I dunno what's up. He's not sick, it's not his teeth, he's obviously sleepy as fuck. Crazy baby is crazy.

Hmm. Okay. So he likes dark, decrepit castles? Makes me think of the ones in the Czech Republic. They're bomb.

The walls are pretty much falling apart, there's no real rhyme or reason to the floor plan, and the architecture's different for each person. As the walls and stuff break away, they uncover pulsing, red, alive walls. Yeah. You read that right. THE WALLS ARE FREAKING ALIVE. Like that's not disgusting in any way, shape or form. I guess you can escape the castle, people have reported coming back, but every person who does returns with some kind of terminal disease. So, while you may EXIT alive, you don't stay that way.

Y'know, I realize I haven't been bothering to mention proxies. Like, the Fears' human minions? I really ought to do that... Eh, I'll wait til we finish all the Fears first, then we'll do a whole list. I like lists. They're fun. :3

... Whoa, pal, you don't look so good. You feelin' okay?

Well now. I'm on this post in Rapture. And I can't help but lawl. Oh jeeze. xD It's like reading my own thought process, which is even more hilarious to me.

Reading Rapture makes me want to write a story. Sooooo bad.

I miss writing.

I used to put my work online. Poems and stories... I was big into Gaia RPing, and Inuyasha RPing, and I was a big member of the AOL chatroom The Red Dragon Inn, back when it was populated.

Oddly enough, that's where I learned to type 120 wpm. :3 With proper English, too.

So I know I could do it. I'd just have to plan out a good plot and stuff.

I just can't decide what to write about. :/

Eh, I'll figure something out. I'm resourceful and shit.

I am kinda sad, though. My boyfriend is gonna be in Iowa for the holidays, and has a party going on for New Year's, so we won't be able to see each other for a while. Ah well, there's always Skype. I just hope he doesn't get bored with me or something. :( I finally find someone I'm seriously interested in, who isn't immature and stupid and actually cares about me and my son, and I feel like I won't be able to keep him. I have no problem holding on to the losers and the asswipes, but the nice guys? I guess they're all attracted to bitches and ho's? I don't have a fucking clue anymore, and I'm about ready to say fuck this shit and give up. Asexuality, mayhaps? I'd consider bisexuality or lesbianism, if it weren't for the fact that females drive me up a Goddamn wall.

Sorry, ladies. Three brothers and parents who raised you like a boy? Yeah, don't leave you really giving two shits about your own gender.

._. Shit sucks. Seriously.

I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN A YEAR AND A FUCKING HALF.

T_T

... Not something people usually profess on the internet, but, y'know, at least I have proof I'm not a virgin? Is that a plus? I dunno.

I think tomorrow I'll explain more about Danny's dad. I feel writing about it will (1) get it off my chest, and (2) explain a lot. Besides, it's not necessarily a bad story. And I like telling stories. Remind me to tell you all about...

OH!

THAT'S RIGHT!

Scipio.

When I was a kid, I had this book. The Thief Lord. It's really good. That link will take you to the Google listing, and I'm sure from there you can find a summary if you really want. The reason the Plague Doctor reminded me of it is because the character I mentioned, Scipio, wears a plague doctor mask. That's how he hides his identity.

Though, I think his mask is black?

And I guess they made it into a movie? When did this happen?? ... 2006? Where the fuck was I in 2006?

... Oh, I was in 10th grade then.

:D That's when I was skipping school and shit. I remember now.

Heheheheh... ^w^;

SooooooOOOOooooOOOOooooOOOOoooooo...

My room is cold.

Our room is cold.

Legit, yo.

Every night, I have to put Danny in two (TWO!!!) layers of clothing, neck to toe, to ensure he doesn't freeze to death in his sleep.

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE, HOW ON EARTH DID HE WAKE UP?! IT'S NEARLY 8, WHAT THE FREAKING HELL...

Mommy Tip: if your child wakes up after you've put him/her down for bed, let them cry. Give them about 20 minutes to fall back asleep. If they don't, or their cry is like, crazy crying, go in, pick them up, cuddle, whatever. After about 10 minutes, put them back down. Give them another 20 minutes. Rinse, repeat.

It's called sleep training.

And frankly, it does work.

But it makes you feel bad, because you have to listen to them cry. :(

... It got quiet... I don't know whether to be worried or ecstatic...

...

Okay, he either fell back asleep, or my aunt decided to go get him. She'll do that. It's that grandmother instinct thing, seriously. She didn't get to really be there for her granddaughter, because her own daughter's a motherfucking piece of shit (oh God, long story, just trust me on this), so she's lapping it up with Danny. I don't mind, I think it's sweet and Danny is a sucker for attention.

Stranger Danger? Bah, Danny doesn't know a thing about separation anxiety (look it up, not-parents). He loves everybody, and everybody loves him.

:3 I was like that when I was little, too.

... Mom said I would sneak out of the house when she was feeding Mikey lunch, and run to the middle of the street, where I would stand and wave at EVERYBODY.

She said I was "friendly."

Drivers screamed I was a "danger."

I don't remember shit. :D

Okay, it's just past 8, and I can't decide what to do. Should I go listen to these "prog" bands DJay keeps referencing in Rapture? Should I say "Fuck that shit!" and jam out to some A Day to Remember? Should I just go back to reading in silence? Should I go have a cigarette and call Danny's paternal grandparents so we can plan a Christmas shindig before I forget about it for the umpteenth time? Should I go read Peter Pan?

OH MY GOD DID YOU KNOW PETER PAN IS A SERIOUSLY DARK CHILDREN'S NOVEL?!?! HOLY FUCKING OH MY GOD IT'S RIDICULOUS AND DISNEY DID NOT PREPARE ME FOR THAT AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

... Or, y'know, I could always just go upstairs and watch tv with my aunt and uncle.

I don't know what to doooooo! D:

Eenie meenie miney...

^_~v

EDIT 8:39: ... Yeah, just discovered my aunt was rocking Danny. I'm sitting downstairs, and all of a sudden I hear the cranking sound of one of my music boxes (I have a collection), then "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" starts playing. I literally screamed "OH HOLY MOTHER OF WHAT THE FUCK?!" and ran upstairs, which of course got the dogs barking, and she comes running out of my room to tell me she'd snuck in and got him out of bed when he was crying.

And here I thought he'd fallen back to sleep. xD

WAY TO SCARE THE PISS OUT OF ME, I LOVE YOU TOO MY DEAR SWEET AUNT!