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γ → un: ghostking
[ the view this time is of nico, sitting atop a gravestone. there's a fire crackling nearby, the glow making him look even more gaunt and sinister than usual ( if the dark hair, italian cheekbones emphasized by dark circles under his eyes, and the nearly all black clothing decorated with skulls aren't enough ). against the headstone he's sitting on rests a lethal looking, pure black sword.
it might seem like the beginnings of a horror movie of some sort, except nico is currently munching on french fries while gazing at the toy figurine he got with his quarantine equivalent of a happy meal. it's a pirate, of all things. ]
For those of you who are unaware, I am providing funeral services for anyone who decides to die heroically. Shroud burning, free of charge.
[ cheerful, isn't he. ]
Fortunately, I haven't had to do so yet, but where I'm from it's pretty common, so I might as well offer it here too. Trust me, though. Burning your body is best. You don't know who might decide to raise you from the dead.
[ and he gives a snap of his fingers. the earth at the feet of the tombstone he's sitting on begins to shift and soon enough, a skeletal hand begins climbing out. nico flashes a wry grin, and then turns the feed off. ]
it might seem like the beginnings of a horror movie of some sort, except nico is currently munching on french fries while gazing at the toy figurine he got with his quarantine equivalent of a happy meal. it's a pirate, of all things. ]
For those of you who are unaware, I am providing funeral services for anyone who decides to die heroically. Shroud burning, free of charge.
[ cheerful, isn't he. ]
Fortunately, I haven't had to do so yet, but where I'm from it's pretty common, so I might as well offer it here too. Trust me, though. Burning your body is best. You don't know who might decide to raise you from the dead.
[ and he gives a snap of his fingers. the earth at the feet of the tombstone he's sitting on begins to shift and soon enough, a skeletal hand begins climbing out. nico flashes a wry grin, and then turns the feed off. ]
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Wait a minute, zombies?
[Excuse him, sore subject. He looks more disturbed than anything, but there's only so much teasing someone can take before it just causes an emotional reaction and that was a subject he'd never been allowed to live down.
Kind of made him want to punch Lyle all over again, at the reminder.]
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Yes. Zombies.
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[Sorry Nico, now you've really got his attention.]
You want to tell me what the hell they are?
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To say that the reminder actually made him miss the damn place was an unsettling realization, and not one he wanted to to be having in front of a stranger - because he wasn't about to explain it.]
The guy that mentioned them... said they weren't real. At least on his world. I guess it's a little different when you're related to actual death gods.
[That tone? That's the sound of Ed trying not to sound skeptical about the concept of gods. It was still a rather- complicated matter with his history. How many of these 'gods' were just beings that called themselves that? And how much difference did that actually make, considering what they could do, whether they were actually gods or not.
His history has made him have to give these situations the benefit of the doubt, but even with the experiences he had something coiled inside him at having to utter the word.]
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I know it's hard to believe. Most mortals will go about their lives without ever having contact with something supernatural. But I don't lie... if I can help it. I suppose things really are different for people of different worlds. But I think some things are universal.
[ like life, death, and even love. ]
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[You believed, or you suffered. Not many people can say tea parties are on their list of triggers, but forced tea parties where everyone invited died after weren't exactly a common occurrence for most people either.]
Things aren't like that on the world I'm from originally, though ... it- took some getting used to.
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You've been to more than one world than this?
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[He's so used to this question he's got jokes. You're welcome, Nico.]
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So... it's not on purpose?
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[Is that a serious question, he's so confused.]
There isn't really much of a choice.
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[In Ed's experience no one went on purpose, but he was sure someone fro some world would counter that point if he tried to make it, so he kept it to himself.]
It just kind of- happens.
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You get used to it. Besides, it gives you an opportunity make all sorts of friends you'd never meet back home.
[Silver linings, everywhere. That's how they dealt with it in Lang, at least. Purg was different, but the bright side there was that people who had died got to continue on - even if it was in a place like that. It was easy to come up with reasons to live no matter what the situation, sure new worlds sucked but- there could be pros too, if you knew how to look on the bright side.
Most people that didn't learned soon enough.]
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[ it's not much of a comment. mostly because nico is sure he wouldn't make many friends, regardless of where he ended up. ]
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It doesn't mean you miss home any less though, and there's always the chance you could go back any day.