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SomemuttupNorth — Sounds- of Silence... (Black2 Nuzlocke Tribute)

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Description Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence- Simon and Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence


I now have the tradition of making a tribute for a fallen member for every one of 's Nuzlockes. This is to honor his Espeon, Psyche, recently lost in the Champion Battle.  She was the companion of Felony the Liepard, who has stuck with Kit to become the world's strongest Liepard.  And now, with Psyche gone, he is the sole survivor of the Plasma Frigate Colress Battle- and the longest surviving member of Kit's team.


The graves are "his old friend" because of so many Pokemon that have been lost on the journey so far.


Stay strong, Felony. For Psyche.

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Comments: 5

ElGreatSquatso [2013-11-17 00:23:40 +0000 UTC]

In all the Nuzlocke's I've read, Psyche's loss is steadily proving itself to be the most emotionally devastating.


I had to look at the book for a few moments before the significance hit me, and now my eyes are tearing up again. Very nice work.

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SomemuttupNorth In reply to ElGreatSquatso [2013-11-17 03:28:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the compliment!


I know.  There have been many bad losses in that Nuzlocke so far.  Peri Peri was a real hard one, but... Psyche was just such a good character, just to end like that.


Now that I look at this again I think I miscolored Felony's whiskers OTL

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ElGreatSquatso In reply to SomemuttupNorth [2013-11-17 04:53:08 +0000 UTC]

Peri Peri and Lyra both hit me pretty deep, but it's Felony that makes the knife twist all the more painfully for Psyche's loss. Matt really made the most out of a horrible situation, because the conversation between Felony and Fancyfree immediately following Psyche's death is (IMO) one of the best moments in his entire Nuzlocke series, as much as I love the more light-hearted stuff. Right before he breaks down, you just see this moment of realization that not only is Psyche really gone, but that they might all be killed as well. It's incredibly dark and I still get emotional when I think about it.


Pfft, whiskers look fine!

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kitfox-crimson [2013-11-14 04:44:37 +0000 UTC]

u____u

aww.. made me tear up a little bit... thank you so much ^^

And yes gotta love the good ol' Sound of Silence. I saw an amazing X AMV that went to it.

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SomemuttupNorth In reply to kitfox-crimson [2013-11-14 04:59:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that song always get to me, and seeing Garfunkel as her goodbye song... yeah, did me in. 


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