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citynet2023-07-12 05:15 am
petsthedog) wrote in citynet2023-07-12 05:15 am
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[Alright. He didn't want to be the first one to bring this up, but now that there's already been some Nonsense™ involving (attempted?) murder, he might as well.]
so how sure are any of us that we're actually alive here anyway
i dunno bout anyone else but i was definitely about to bite the big one before i woke up on that train
and if people don't actually remember it if they try to kill someone or when they're about to die here maybe it's because we're already dead and this is some kind of fucked up afterlife
so how sure are any of us that we're actually alive here anyway
i dunno bout anyone else but i was definitely about to bite the big one before i woke up on that train
and if people don't actually remember it if they try to kill someone or when they're about to die here maybe it's because we're already dead and this is some kind of fucked up afterlife
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[ ............... ]
1/3 maybe?
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3/4
done
[please say sike,,,]
i'm so sorry shinji.
that's a normal person reaction alright. don quixote hasn't seen one of those in a bit, because most people are dead after she revives. they don't leave witnesses. ]
NAY
I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING
THOUGH NOT ALL CAN DO IT, MY KIND IS ABLE TO REVIVE ONCE WE HAVE FALLEN
IT IS AS SIMPLE AS........... REWINDING A CLOCK
[ ahahahaha oh god verg is gonna kill her if he ever sees this.
good if he doesn't believe her though. ]
i love her
UH.
you know. he was willing to believe in a maybe afterlife. he's seen weird shit like the dark hour. but this sure is. not just stretching the bounds of disbelief but also very delicately dancing on the toes of some trauma, honestly.
give him a minute, here.]
so what
you're some kind of
shinigami or shit?
i'm glad
WHAT IS A SHINIGAMI
[ sosossoosoooo sorry to the other still in work fixer here ]
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you know
a god of death?
think the west calls them grim reapers?
[...]
what's a fixer?
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OHO!!! INTERESTING!!!!
I HAVE A COMPANION WHO WOULD SURELY LIKE SUCH A TITLE; I SHALL MENTION IT TO HER SHOULD WE MEET AGAIN
AHEM!!!!!! A FIXER IS A HERO!!!!!! A KNIGHTLY FIGURE WHOM ALL SHOULD ASPIRE!!!!! THEY PROTECT THE WEAK, RIGHT WRONGS, AND ACT AS DO-GOODERS IN A WORLD WHICH WOULD SEE EVIL PREVAIL!!!!!!
[ ...
it's a job ]
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okay you are really gonna have to cool it on either the caps or the exclamation marks because both is way too goddamn much
[anyway. lordt. this person is either 1) crazy 2) really dedicated to a very weird bit and he's allowing himself to get trolled by it 3) genuinely part of some kind of immortal mafia superhero cult????
the worst part is that he's genuinely not sure which of these is most likely. can he go back to when the weirdest thing in his life was the hour where water turns to blood and everyone's in coffins and monsters come out to feast on your soul? That feels easier to handle than this right now.]
i'm tryin real hard not to assume you're full of shit but you can't seriously be telling me "superhero" is some kind of species where you come from
and what's with the name? it sounds like something outta those mafia type movies
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but if she has to choose between them, goodbye exclamation points......... ]
EHM
I SHALL TRY AND EXPLAIN IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE
FIRSTLY I AM NOT FULL OF SHIT NOR AM I YANKING THY CHAIN
FIXER IS NOT A SPECIES BUT A JOB; I AM A NORMAL HUMAN PERSON
[ which is definitely what normal human people say. ]
HOWEVER DUE TO CURRENT - AS IN PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL - MY AND MINE OWN ARE ABLE TO REVIVE WHICH I AM
THINKING
PERHAPS I SHOULD NOT BE SAYING SO LIGHTLY
[ ...................... is............ she gonna get in trouble for this........................................ ]
HOWEVER WHAT IS DONE IS DONE AND I SHALL NOT TAKE IT BACK
ESPECIALLY BEING THAT IT WOULD SEEM, AS PER ANONYMOUS'S POST PRIOR, EVERYONE IS NOW ABLE TO, AT THE COST OF THIS OR THAT
THEE MAY THINK OF ME AS
PERHAPS........
A MUSHROOM?
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normal human people don’t come back from the dead
explain more about the mushroom thing
[All he knows about mushrooms is various ways to cook them alright he is not a scientist]
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[ simply put ]
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what the hell kind of job can just make regular people immortal?
there’s gotta be a catch
[How many stories are there about people chasing immortality? It can’t possibly be that easy.]
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A CATCH?
[ ........ let her think on it. there isn't particularly a physical one, but she's been warned about being too reckless here prior to learning that they return to living once more -- gregor's words ring in her mind and she chews on it a moment. a catch. ]
HMMMMMMMM
NO
WE ARE SENT FRAYS AGAINST FOES OFTEN TIMES STRONGER THAN US, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THEM
THOUGH I SUPPOSE OUR MANAGER BEARS THE BRUNT OF THE PAIN THAT COMES THE ACT OF REVIVAL
[ like
it's not a catch To Them so they don't particularly think of it as anything bad, but poor dante... there's also the fact that the value of their lives comes down to the fact they don't need to think too much about risk vs reward, they'll just come back to life anyway, there's a lack of fear or hesitation that might be present -- not that don seems to have ever felt it, but it's more keen with others. like sinclair and gregor.
it isn't something that comes up. ]
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hang on
so you don't come back automatically
your manager's gotta do it for you?
[hm.™
he really shouldn't ask. he knows it will bother him regardless of what the answer is. but this one question won't stop nagging at the back of his head.]
can this manager bring back anyone or just you guys that work for em?
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don quixote stares at the question, then quietly taps out her reply; she knows, at this point, she has said too much to s citizen... familiar with her city or definitely not. mm. she'll keep it underwraps ]
JUST US
THOU MUST KEEP IT A SECRET
1/2
[he's just! saying!]
private; this took such a turn i'm yelling
how's this revival stuff work
magic, tech, or...?
[like rewinding a clock, she'd said. how far could you rewind? he wonders.]
if someone became a fixer, could they learn to do it?
private; Y.. YEAH
I DO NOT LOOK AT THE RESPONSES OF OTHERS AND SO I HOPE TO BE GIVEN THE SAME COURTESY
[ so. she is thankful for this, because her mind sort of blanked. it's one thing to talk to junpei about IDs because he has something similar, and they're seen in battle anyway, but... this, she is aware, is perhaps a step too far. like a nagging hunch. ]
NAY
IT IS ONLY THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE COMPANY
AND NOT ALL OF THEM EITHER
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW NOR DO I THINK TOO HARD ABOUT IT, BUT MY AND MINE ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO LIFE WITH NO ISSUE
IT IS A MOST USEFUL ABILITY AMIDST BATTLE AS THEE MAY GUESS
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people are gonna read anything that's public
especially when nobody knows shit about what's going on
[Not like he cares! Or anything! About her privacy! He just doesn't want to be expected to keep a secret that's already out in the wind okok that's all it is. Ahem.]
who would know? is your manager person here?
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THEY ARE NOT HERE
NOR WOULD THEY KNOW
MISS FAUST MAY KNOW BUT SHE IS ALSO NOT HERE
IT IS SOMETHING UNSEEN IN THE CITY (WHERE I AM FROM) BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS ONE MAY THINK UNUSUAL WHICH INHABIT THAT AREA, WHICH ARE ENTIRELY NORMAL TO ME
ONE DOES NOT THINK TOO HARD ABOUT THE BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE
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[goddamn it. there's a door slammed in his face, then, huh. it was stupid to even consider it a possibility.]
nevermind. if people can't join up and learn it i don't need to know, i guess.
don't suppose the manager takes requests, either
[It's dangerously close to a direct request, which just goes to show how desperate Shinjiro would've been to achieve that goal.]
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IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DEAL WE HAVE STRUCK WITH THE ONE WHOM RUNS THE BUS THAT WE LIVE UPON
OUR MANAGER DOES NOT KNOW HOW IT WORKS, NOR DO WE, BUT WHEN WE DOTH REQUIRE IT THEY "TURN BACK THE CLOCK" AND WE ARE RETURNED TO LIFE
OUR WOUNDS MENDED, BLOOD RETURNED, SO ON AND SO FORTH
I DO NOT THINK THOU'RT ABLE TO JOIN, BUT I WOULD NOT WISH FOR THEE TO EITHER
IT IS NOT A DEAL ONE SHOULD LEAP AT THE CHANCE TO ACCEPT
[ ... ]
I SHALL SPEAK NO MORE ON THAT HOWEVER!!!
I DO APOLOGIZE FOR PERHAPS GIVING THEE FALSE HOPE, BUT IT CONSIDER IT A SIDE-EFFECT OF MINE EMPLOYMENT OVER AN INNATE ABILITY I WAS BORN WITH
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