[Video | UN: threewings]

[heavenfell]

[She is on a rooftop, one hand - almost protectively - on her abdomen. She looks content enough, her gaze fixed on the horizon. What she looks for is only known to her.]

What do you think of one person - one soul - living multiple lives? There are religions that embrace it, but to others it is considered...wrong; maybe even evil.

[Wicked punishments for wicked angels. She sits near the edge of the roof, dangling her legs as if she is not several stories up.]

I wished to be a man. I thought my life would be easier. But I was being naive.

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[voice|un:hot.damn]

[circumitus]

[Oh boy. This question hits way too close to home for Rey. At the risk of making assumptions, however, her curiosity is piqued.]

You mean like reincarnation or something?

[Voice|catch.a.fallen.star]

[neverbeentogeorgia]

What does it matter what anyone thinks? If that's your reality, then that's your reality.

[voice]

[heavenfell]

Yes. Reincarnation, specifically, where the past life or lives are not remembered. [At least not initially.]

[Voice]

[heavenfell]

Was it reality? I died just as well when I was either gender.

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[foxtrots]

It's a nice idea. I kind of hope it's true.

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[bringbackgold]

It wasn't a belief I grew up with, personally, but I can see the appeal.

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[heavenfell]

What if I told you it is true?

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[heavenfell]

Appeal? Dying multiple times cannot be anything but painful.

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[bringbackgold]

Yes. More like - it appeals to the sense of it's not over.

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[heavenfell]

You cherish life. [It's not uncommon with humans. She finds the trait admirable.] It might have been different if I hadn't been forced.

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[bringbackgold]

I do. [ He thinks it's only natural. ] But the belief growing up was that we'd only have one.

[ Confusion, though ]

Forced?

[foxtrots]

How can you be sure? Have you lived more than one life?

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[heavenfell]

You would be less likely to waste your time knowing you only had one life.

[She is silent for a moment, drawing a knee to her chest.]

I was punished.

[heavenfell]

Yes. I have lived many.

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[rapsheet]

Speaking as the guy whose job it is... was... to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen - it's not your everyday occurrence. Not where I come from, at least. There are rules about that sort of thing.

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[bringbackgold]

That's what I think.

[ Shrug. ]

Seems like a weird punishment.

[foxtrots]

And you remember them. Ah...that's so lucky.

[minsu is suddenly filled with questions and hope, but mostly questions.]

Which one was your favorite?

[heavenfell]

[She is silent, disagreeing with his dreamy notion of reincarnation. For her, it has been agonizing.]

...the last. When I was a boy named Setsuna.

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[heavenfell]

My body was confined to a crystal, chained there and guarded. My soul was sent to Earth to reincarnate however many times it took for my sins to be purged. Each life ended when I was young and...violently.

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[heavenfell]

There is someone in charge of that? [Besides Uriel, though even his reach was limited.] The rules do not apply to god.

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[neverbeentogeorgia]

You misunderstand. I'm stating that if you lived repeatedly, that's simply fact. Right or wrong, naive or jaded--those are just judgments people can make about the facts. So I'm asking you, what the fuck does it matter what anyone else thinks?

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[heavenfell]

...you really have a way with words. [She smiles, a little sad, grateful that he cannot see her face.] You have lived as a woman. I did not allow myself to feel as they do; I couldn't. Women don't wield swords and have dirty, callused hands. They don't kill or hunger for blood or battle. Women are...

Sweet and soft. They comfort and look pretty. I do not see those qualities in myself. That's why I knew my ultimate vessel - the savior - would be a man.

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[hasitsthorns]

Reincarnation, right? It's a nice idea. I don't remember if I had any past lives, if it exists. I hope my next one is something simpler.

Why'd you think being a dude would be easier?

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[heavenfell]

[Nice. Right. Alexiel knows most people mean "comforting".]

Men have less expectations put upon them. I could do what needed to be done without barriers.

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[brotrips]

Why would it be evil? It didn't really happen where I'm from, but I don't think it's usually a choice.

Why would you want to be a man?