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Raven ([personal profile] trigons_child) wrote2011-01-15 09:12 pm

Somewhere Betwixt Life and Death.....

Two days before, Raven's soul had been ripped from her body and replaced with her father's essence. Hours ago, her physical body had been killed, and not long after that, it had been consumed by the power that had destroyed her father. Now all that was left was her spirit, purified and free.

Just as she was aware of what both her physical body and her Soul-Self experienced when she separated them, she knew fully well what she'd done to her friends, and her heart broke from the guilt and grief. She was confused now, unsure of where to go or what to do. Azar had never prepared her for this.

[NFB. For that goth chick! Warning for sensitive subject matter, namely character kinda-sorta death.]
living_endless: ([neg] Meh)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-16 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Then you start over," Death said, as if it were easy. "You find a new school, or a job. You build a new life."

She rested her chin on a fist. "But do you really think they'll give up on you that fast? Even Karla?"

[OOC: NIGHT.]
living_endless: ([comic] hair over eye)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-16 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's an easy place to hit at," Death said, after the tiniest fraction of a pause. (Officially, she was above it all. Unofficially .... well, Didi hadn't been gone that long.) "I don't like what you did, but people have done worse to him for less reason. I think the one thing they wouldn't forgive, because they couldn't, would be if you never came back."

"Besides," she added, "you don't get a choice about going back to the world of the living, so dreading it is .... really not going to help you."
living_endless: ([ooc] in red)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-16 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's not true," Death said, wrapping an arm around her legs. "But I'm really not good at helping with the self-pity thing. I said what I can tell you for now. The rest of it? That's up to you."
living_endless: ([neg] Meh)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-16 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"They've had better days," Death answered, honestly, irritated edge gone from her voice. "But physically, they're fine and at home. They'll make it back. It's just raw."
living_endless: ([death] is waiting)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-16 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Death sighed, and Didi was looking through her eyes. "Look, if we have to talk about that, it's not like it was the shocker of all time that you wanted him, and staying away because it made you feel bad wouldn't help anybody. I don't hate you. But I'm always flattered to be missed."
living_endless: ([comic] artsy name)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I wish he did love you," Death answered, rather firmly shutting off Didi's pettiness. "Love is an amazing thing. He should have it in his life. He has another couple decades to go. Remembering a girl he knew in high school ... it's not going to do him much good."

She reached for Raven's hand. "See? That's why you have to get back. So you can remind him people care."
living_endless: ([death]smile)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Death was going to indulge in a slight, fleeting feeling of victory at getting Raven to smile, even if she could tell the girl's heart wasn't in it.

"If he does," she said, "if it gets to be a far-away thing he doesn't think about ... it would only be human."

"But," she added as she rose to her feet, "this is pretty far from why I came to find you, isn't it?"
living_endless: ([neu] two faces)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I think that when the time comes, you'll just know," Death answered. "I can't tell you not to be afraid. I would be afraid. But ... it'll come together. Just wait."
living_endless: ([death] profile)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"More than an hour," Death answered. "Less than a hundred years."

She fluffed out her hair. "I'm not just being a brat, Raven. The Endless aren't oracles. Does it matter? I don't think time here is exactly the same as time on Earth, anyhow."
living_endless: ([death] profile)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I see why you wouldn't want it all in your head," Death said lightly, thoughtfully. "I don't think you'll forget, though. Not entirely, anyhow."
living_endless: ([neg] serious and thoughtful)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Being sounds like a plan," Death agreed. "Rest. Meditate. There aren't exactly going to be a lot of distractions."
living_endless: ([comic] hair over eye)

[personal profile] living_endless 2011-01-17 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"That;s good," Death encouraged. "That's what you need. I ... can come check on you again, maybe. If you want."

She hadn't meant to make that offer, but what she had to give was friendship, and she was willing to pass it along.