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15corpses2023-05-10 04:41 pm
strangerpeople) wrote in 15corpses2023-05-10 04:41 pm
at once short of life, and long of sorrow.
[You are dead.
Well, obviously. You remember how you died. It was...not fun, to say the least. But hey, at least you're off that ship, right?
Except...you don't know exactly where you are now. It seems like a house, but if it is, it's...a work in progress. Most of the rooms are empty, and your steps echo up through the marble columns and down faint mosaics on the tiled floor. The few windows you find have a green light gleaming through them; you can't really see anything beyond the eerie light.
It feels like you're in a temple of some kind. The columns and mosaics seem to indicate it is something like that-it's certainly reminiscent of something out of an ancient culture, perhaps even one you're familiar with. For some reason, though, it's clear someone-or something-lives here. One of the rooms to the south is stuffed with pizza boxes. Another, larger room has a makeshift futon in one of the corners. There are imprints of multiple footsteps all through the dusty floors as you look around, many of them leading to a small alcove to the west. And-
and there's a giant van. Just. hanging out there. Completely out of place with the seemingly ancient decor. And inside, there is the sound of light snoring.
Ok then. You're apparently not alone in death, after all.]
((OoC: Map for reference.))
Well, obviously. You remember how you died. It was...not fun, to say the least. But hey, at least you're off that ship, right?
Except...you don't know exactly where you are now. It seems like a house, but if it is, it's...a work in progress. Most of the rooms are empty, and your steps echo up through the marble columns and down faint mosaics on the tiled floor. The few windows you find have a green light gleaming through them; you can't really see anything beyond the eerie light.
It feels like you're in a temple of some kind. The columns and mosaics seem to indicate it is something like that-it's certainly reminiscent of something out of an ancient culture, perhaps even one you're familiar with. For some reason, though, it's clear someone-or something-lives here. One of the rooms to the south is stuffed with pizza boxes. Another, larger room has a makeshift futon in one of the corners. There are imprints of multiple footsteps all through the dusty floors as you look around, many of them leading to a small alcove to the west. And-
and there's a giant van. Just. hanging out there. Completely out of place with the seemingly ancient decor. And inside, there is the sound of light snoring.
Ok then. You're apparently not alone in death, after all.]
((OoC: Map for reference.))
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[He died in a horrible way here, but he also died in a horrible way back home. He still has back pain - not because his back was still broken, but because his mind still expects it to be, and his death was so closely associated with his legend that he could never escape it.
So he has a different view of suffering and death - but that doesn't mean Aoi also has it, and he sits beside him, quietly offering a warm body to help Aoi ground himself.]
It is only phantom pains, Aoi. It will pass.
cw: suicide and death
It still hurts. It's not phantom pains.
Something's wrong.
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Because the ship itself killed you? But why would that follow you down here?
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And I don't even know where Hubert is, he should have shown up by now! This would be worth it if I could see him!
[ He leans against Moriarty now, shivering. ]
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[He'll just make an exaggeratedly sad face, bringing up his hands to 'weep.']
Sob, sob. Oh, how truly lonely I am...!
[...Look, he's at least trying to take Aoi's mind off of it in...his own way.]
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No, I missed you a lot. I'm glad to see you.
It was the one thing I looked forward to when I knew I was dying.
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I would have preferred you stay alive, but I suppose I'm grateful to have given a little light at the end of the path, no matter how faint.
[After a moment, he sighs.]
Hubert is most likely fine - if he is not here, then he may still be with the living, somehow. Zack appears to have somehow also avoided coming down here as well.
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[ Aoi frowns. ]
He came back to life once before we killed him for good. He couldn't have done it again, right?
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[...]
I believe his true identity is Zagreus, son of Hades and Persephone. At least, I got confirmation from the sheep that oversees each death here, as it was looking for him.
[The sheep is PROBABLY also a god too, and given the sleepiness....but would Hypnos really be down here looking over the dead? That's why he's not voicing it, tbh.]