major_west: (glancing away)
major_west ([personal profile] major_west) wrote2009-09-07 12:56 pm

SHINY 100th POST [VOICE]

It occurs to me now that my birthday is probably coming up, seeing as it has already passed here once before. I was probably dead at the time-- Barge dead, that is, since I am already as deceased as can be-- or in a port, or lost in a flood. I don't know how old I would be... Thirty-two forever, or would I be approaching thirty-four now? I don't feel any older, physically; no wear and tear outside of injuries. Mentally, I suppose it's a different matter entirely.

It's odd to think that I've let my last birthday slip without any thought. But then, I hardly keep up with time at all any more. It's difficult to think of it continuing for me when I'm no longer part of any world. The only way I really ever track it, these days, is through this...

[There's a long pause as he looks over things in his journal and begins to do the math]

Oh, you have got to be joking. I could not have possibly--

[HAVE SOME OUTRAGE]

ONE HUNDRED ENTRIES?! I have been here for over a year; have I really done nothing more with my time than dawdle about with a journal like a teenage girl? This is what my afterlife is?













I could use something to drink. Right now.

[OOC: I've decided that West's a Scorpio, since it seems to fit his moody craziness, so YAY I GUESS THIS MEANS HIS BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP IN A COUPLE MONTHS LOL. But only Billy and probably Morgan would know that]

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Be glad it's only 32. The older you get, the more life sucks.

Need a drinking buddy?

And oh yeah, happy birthday.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have liked to have experienced that, to be perfectly honest. But I suppose this way, I'll never get too old.

Thanks-- I think. It hasn't rolled around yet, this year. As for the drinking, absolutely. Will you be allowed in the pub tonight? It's Morgan and myself, so far.

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Getting old's not that great. Trust me. The best times in your life are when you're young, when you've still full of idealism and think that nothing can go wrong.

I think I should be. After all, Peter's not here to stop me from going.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Instead, I'll be trapped in 30s cynicism forever... Hm.

Excellent. After the last flood, I reckon you and others could use a drink.

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Better than the cynicism of...however old I am.

Marvelous.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
How does it feel, living so long after you lose hope?

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Awful. You just keep hoping that you'll find hope in something new. A new person, a new event, a new cause, anything.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose I was lucky; that feeling didn't last long for me.

Did you ever find something?

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Various things. My wives helped inspire hope, they gave me reason to do something. But they either failed my expectations or died. Wars inspire. There's nothing as exhilerating as running through a battlefield. And then there was the Company.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-07 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, ten years in the military, and I'd never had a proper battlefield experience. Not like I was trained for, at least.

I've heard about that, here and there. What's so important about it?

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-08 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Heard about what? The Company?

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-09-08 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. I've seen that name before.

[identity profile] lazarusrisen.livejournal.com 2009-09-08 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
I'll tell you over drinks.