Llama Day 20- Video

[acapriciousthing]

For those of you who were busy during Della's get to know you session, I'm Death. Not a god thereof, just... Death.

Apparently it's not always common but life also falls under my domain. And Entrapta tells me there are a surprising number of people with soul location issues.

I might be able to help, if you're willing to talk to me about it. I'll be in the rock garden if you want to talk about it.

[Feel free to action on over to the gardens to discuss the matter in a less public venue]

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[magicurls]

Ah...soul issues? I think I might.

[ It's not long before a blonde teenager in the purple uniform appears, a small hedgehog with green and pink leaves riding on her shoulder. ]

Hello, Ms. Death. My name is Mami, and I'm a lich...you know that term, right?

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[acapriciousthing]

[She nods. They don't often look like this but... she's hardly one to comment on expected appearance]

I do, yes. I've seen a few different variations on the idea in my time.

[magicurls]

Ah, all right then.

{ She nervously fidgets, twisting a silver ring with a small embedded yellow stone on her finger. ]

I was...tricked into making a contract to gain magical power, I actually didn't know that I'd become a lich until recently. I use this power to protect everyone, but if I ever falter, there's a chance I'll lose control of it and hurt people. We have a plan to stop that if it happens, but it...obviously wouldn't be ideal.

[acapriciousthing]

[Death nods]

I don't think anyone would want it to come to that.

[And then she thinks more about the first part]

They didn't tell you.

[And humans often know so little of souls, they might not know]

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[killer_rhythm]

[Haneul doesn't have soul location issues per se - he knows where his and Lucy's are already, and he's not sure how you'd separate them at this point in any case - but he probably should talk to her, if only to confirm what he thinks she already knows about him. Them.

At any rate, off to the rock garden he goes.]

Uh, hey.

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[acapriciousthing]

[She gives him a friendly smile. She wants to help, that doesn't take the same form for everyone.]

Hi there.

[killer_rhythm]

[Haneul's not sure what form any help for him would even take.]

How are you doing?

[He's not sure where she'd been for the mission, or how it might have affected her or not affected her, but he still hopes she was okay for it, even though she's probably far, far better at dealing with this sort of thing than he is.]

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[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos... will just avoid talking about the whole death also has life as a domain topic because... yeah.... ]

I can confirm that there are a number of them with their souls in an item or merged with another's.

[acapriciousthing]

That's an oddly specific pattern. It's not that common.

[controlsthedie]

It's not common where I'm from either, but neither is so many dying multiple times.

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[helborn]

[Casper approaches her quietly, Bob perched on his shoulder The pair hesitate or a moment before the bird nudges the young man carefully. He nods and steps closer to her.]

... Hey. As you can see, it's... complicated.

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[acapriciousthing]

[She smiles at the raven, she has a certain fondness. And then she looks between them]

But then. Life is complicated.

[helborn]

That's true... but... well. My mother's the one who did this to me.

[He sighs and reaches up to scritch the bird carefully.]

As punishment for messing up and getting shot by a teammate. She said I asn't responsible enough to hold onot it.

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[worthallthis]

Soldat takes a while to show up, in part because they're working, putting together meals for the train and for the mission. In part because they want to make sure nobody else is going to be there, too. In part because they're a little terrified of the very idea of putting their... life force, soul, whatever... back in their not-actually-their-original-body body.

But still. They're here, lingering a little by the door into the car, reluctant to approach immediately. But if Death looks, she'll definitely see the lantern, swung around in front of their chest on its strap instead of behind them, as the focal point of Soldat's "life".

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[acapriciousthing]

[She gives him a moment to consider. She can see there's something unusual. Something that brought him here.]

Were you looking for me?

[worthallthis]

[They sigh a little, then approach. Slowly.]

I guess. I'm just not sure I want what Entrapta says you can do.

[There's clear advantages to having their life bound up in something they can protect-- just as there are clear disadvantages to that something being actually breakable. But more importantly, two of their headmates technically come from that thing.]

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[schrodingersghost]

[Danny approaches her with a certain degree of awkwardness.]

So... I don't think I have soul issues? [What exactly had happened to his soul when he half-died was another thing he tried not to think about.]I guess I was just kind of curious.

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[acapriciousthing]

Curious is also allowed. People usually have questions when I meet them.

[They are, after all, usually going through some pretty dramatic changes]

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[schrodingersghost]

[He lets out a short laugh.]

Somehow I'm not surprised. The whole thing gives me a headache.

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[creepyoldguy]

[Beetlejuice had no sense of personal space. Or personal hygiene, which made the former even more unpleasant for most people he encountered. The demon flopped down near Death, all fangy smiles.]

Hi! I'm dead. I was born dead---I'm a demon. Don't exactly have soul issues, I just guided the recently deceased through the door to the Netherworld.

...or...gently encouraged them to hang around uptop. I'm a Freelance Bio-exorcist, y'know. The best.

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[acapriciousthing]

[She's met plenty of demons and his hygiene is somewhere in the middle all things considered. HIs words earn a raised eyebrow though.]

Exorcising the ones you told to keep around?

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[creepyoldguy]

Hell, no! Getting the breathers outta the ghosties’ homes.

Hence “bio”.

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[almukhtar]

It strikes me as odd that most people seem to not believe or experience death so intertwined with life.

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[acapriciousthing]

I think it's because they feel differently about the two. When they're coming up with deities, they want to keep them separate.

But since I'm not a god, I embody things as they are.

[almukhtar]

( He is very curious of this embodiment; this primordial being -- physical manifestation? Listening keenly. ) Most of our Death Gods do also symbolize life, the rebirthing, or the cycle of it. I wonder when that did change?

It was interesting to me when a chthonic God spoke of their people and even Gods alike fearing death.