tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19651271381779415572024-03-08T18:37:54.369+08:00Echo BizarreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-49286048337908961102011-06-18T00:54:00.002+08:002011-07-24T23:20:53.712+08:00Through tattered cloth small vices do disappear.Robes and fur'd gowns join them.<br />
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<i>"You choose a particularly bold cravat in a venomous magenta, embroidered in citrine and sulphur, and drape it over his shoulder. Your friend claps his hands in delight and turns to you. 'I do so enjoy that you know my tastes so well,' he says. 'It is perfect. Just as your...' He turns back to the mirror, happily stroking his new cravat. Later, he presents you with a gift; a new handkerchief he picked out himself. Naturally, you accept the hideous thing with good grace."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joy and woe are woven fine,<br />
A clothing for the soul divine.<br />
Under every grief and pine<br />
Runs a joy with silken twine.<br />
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One makes do with what one is given. Silk in any shape or size still sells as cheap.<br />
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Shrewdly,<br />
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and remaining Yours Always,<br />
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La Cravate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-28906661655166441482011-06-15T00:29:00.000+08:002011-06-15T00:29:12.316+08:00Nothing really matters, but Me.Any way the wind blows<i>.</i><br />
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<i>"Everywhere you go these days, this person is there also. They have
insinuated themselves into all your favourite soirees, tea-parties and
balls. This is unacceptable."</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was angry with my friend;<br />
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.<br />
I was angry with my foe:<br />
I told it not, my wrath did grow.<br />
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And I waterd it in fears,<br />
Night and morning with my tears;<br />
And I sunned it with smiles,<br />
And with soft deceitful wiles.<br />
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And it grew both day and night,<br />
Till it bore an apple bright.<br />
And my foe beheld it shine,<br />
And he knew that it was mine.<br />
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And into my garden stole.<br />
When the night had veiled the pole;<br />
In the morning glad I see,<br />
My foe outstretchd beneath the tree.<br />
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Guileful,<br />
Gratified,<br />
and still Yours Always,<br />
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Le Corset.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-8616284467054778592011-06-07T01:13:00.004+08:002011-06-09T17:42:59.945+08:00A Stranger in Fallen London.A framed moment of the early days, when all was wondrous and new:<br />
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<i>What passed for dusk in the Neath had fallen, though the denizens rarely kept to a common schedule. A fine mist had risen above the ground like mushrooms in the night; silent and unnoticed. </i><i>The individual at the gates tilted his head - surveying, and considering. The only sign of his satisfaction was in a slight narrowing of his glowing amber eyes.</i></div>
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<i>Yes. What better way to begin, than in anonymity? And what better place for secrets and mysteries, than in the Echo Bazaar? Deep. Dark. Different from the Surface inasmuch as could be perceived.</i></div>
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But he does not talk my talk--/ I cannot feel his mind.<br />
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,<br />
But not the soul behind.<br />
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Reminiscently,</div>
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La Cravate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-44603220774943013602011-05-31T21:51:00.001+08:002011-05-31T22:02:54.955+08:00With a Confident SmileOne ponders why "Smiles! Put that man down!" should not be a Persuasive challenge.<br />
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Imagine employing a well-practiced Confident Smile to out-smile, and thereby defeat, Jack-of-Smiles.<br />
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It is, indubitably, a viable course of action.<br />
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Just ask any of your oriental acquaintances, and they would say that the act of 'hiding daggers in one's smile' is almost always necessary for one's survival in most parts of the Neath.<br />
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Pearly White,<br />
Pondering,<br />
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Le Corset.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-34937541231911742732011-05-29T18:37:00.011+08:002011-05-30T13:02:18.469+08:00Welcome to Echo BizarreGreetings, one and all.<br />
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Echo Bizarre is now officially open for your perusal. It is with great excitement and pleasure that we invite you, delectable viewers, to join us in our foray into the world of the Bizarre that is Fallen London.<br />
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Always yours,<br />
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<i>La Cravate et Le Corset</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1965127138177941557.post-67112206226635750352011-04-29T14:45:00.012+08:002011-05-30T00:31:46.732+08:00Construction in the Neath<i>Hello</i>, delicious passerby.<br />
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In the few hours between the night and the morn, the dastardly duo has been hard at work.<br />
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To be blunt, this site is still under construction.<br />
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For now, kindly please move along. And while it is generally rude to stare, please do watch this space.<br />
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