Text [User: South.of.Nowhere]

[whosthemonsternow]

Anyone else died before coming here? Or died and woke up here?

Did you wake up feeling everything from you wounds when you got here?
Do you still get phantom pains?
Any memory issues? 
Nightmares?
Hallucinations? 

Comments

text; @chronicler

[scholiast]

I died and woke up here, but I haven't felt any lingering affects from that death at all. It may be because of the circumstances within which I died, though.

Yourself?

[whosthemonsternow]

I caught a bullet with my eye, so I was killed for sure, but I haven't had any of the rest. Just curious if I was an abnormal situation or if other people suffered shit like that.

[And it's definitely not a lie and she's definitely not having all those things listed and more and she's definitely totally fine]

[scholiast]

Oh, of course.

(Yeah, she's not buying this one! Sorry South.)

Dooooo you want to talk about it or

[whosthemonsternow]

Nothing to talk about.

[She insists, frowning at her screen and considering letting any even a tiny peek at any weakness out, deciding to send something minor]

Just getting used to the loss of depth perception, so.

[Then, after a moment or two she sends another message]

Did you see anything when you died? I didn't.

[Yeah, she did, but that's...not a thing she's going to talk about]

[scholiast]

You're having problems with your eyes? Have you tried asking the medical team about it? When I needed my glasses prescription changed they helped out immediately.

(Not that it's the same thing but. Yeah. That sounds frustrating.)

No, I just saw a white light. But that's what I usually see when I die, so I wasn't exactly perturbed.

[whosthemonsternow]

No I'm.

Literally I am missing an entire eye and still getting used to it. Not something I'd think anyone can help with. It's not a problem, I can shoot fine, fight fine, I'm a-okay. Just keep knocking shit over when I reach for it, nbd.

[She's tempted to go into detail of her shot out eye and everything, but she's also not about to admit to having real issues, for a multitude of reasons]

So. Dying's a regular thing for you. Yeah, that's fucking normal.

[scholiast]

Oh, uh. Yikes. (Is she sure it's not a big deal?? It kinda sounds like one.)

Have you considered magic? I'd offer to help but I'm no evocation specialist.

And uh, yeah, it is normal, in a way. I used to be in a situation where I was temporarily invulnerable, that's all.

[whosthemonsternow]

I'd say I've had worse, but a death from a headshot is kinda. Yeah top of the list. NBD, it's done now and I'm here so?? I'm great.

I mean, I'd guess they'd have offered that in the hospital, wouldn't they? I know they can bring us back but I don't know if they can undo damage done to us like that.

That's. Weird.

[which is blunt and she pauses a second before shaking her head. yeah, that's strange.]

[scholiast]

Yeah I can't imagine anybody could recommend that huh. What do you think of Quarantine so far? I suppose you haven't been here very long.

Maybe? I have to confess I don't know a whole lot about how the hospital situation works here. (Which is kind of funny, because she's dating one of the doctors, oops.)

Yeah I know. Trust me, I wasn't a big fan of it either. Where were you before you ended up here?

[whosthemonsternow]

Seems fine. Got a specials guard spot, get to save idiots who get in over their heads out there beyond the wall, so I'm not complaining.

[A chance to fight and to save people- start trying to sway the shit she's done to make things...better. She can't complain at all.]

Yeah it's kind of impressive. I mean, literally bringing people to life after they die so. I don't know, I should probably ask if they can like. Regrow eyes or shit.

I was- in a shitty place.

[scholiast]

Oh, nice. I've actually been planning to head out beyond the wall within the next week or so, but hopefully I won't need to be rescued.

(Always good to know there are people on standby just in case though.)

You should give it a shot. There's a lot going on here– so many people. There's gotta be somebody who has heard of regrowing an eye.

No kidding. Was this in... uh, a fight? Or a battle, or

[whosthemonsternow]

Lemme know when you go, I'd be glad to go with you. Probably better to head off any rescue missions with an escort.

It was a...I'll call it a fight. It's a long story.

[scholiast]

Neat. I don't need an escort, but I'm be more than happy to have company.

Yeah? Well, you can count me curious if you'd ever like to talk about it.

text; @eddie

[causational]

I died and woke up in the hospital here. I was out until after they'd revived me and done surgery and all that. It was just like recovering from any other bullet wound, except this one was one that should have (did?) kill me. I still have the scar and it still aches a little bit when it rains.

I do get nightmares sometimes, but no memory issues or hallucinations.

Are you getting those?

Re: text; @eddie

[whosthemonsternow]

How'd you die?

And no, I'm not getting any of those. Just thought I'd ask in case they come up later.

[causational]

Single gunshot to the chest, irreparable damage to the heart. At least, irreparable on my world.

You?

[whosthemonsternow]

Yeah, that'd probably do it.

I caught a bullet with my right eye. Didn't exactly go well.

[causational]

It sure did. Dying is not a pleasant experience.

Ouch. Can I ask what happened?

[whosthemonsternow]

Guess that's a good thing about a headshot. Didn't feel the dying part. Definitely felt the waking up and being brought back to life part though- who knew being un-killed would hurt?

I'm going to say coworker dispute. Life of the space marine. It was either him or the friend-turned-monster, so. Guess a quick shot to the face was better than being ripped to pieces.

[causational]

I wasn't too surprised that it hurt. Then again, I was shot in the heart, not the head. I don't think I'd be expecting anything if I was shot in the head, honestly.

Space marine? Like Starship Troopers? Damn.

I'm sorry that happened to you. But space marine sounds like a cool job.

[whosthemonsternow]

Space marine is the best job. Or it was. Shoulda stayed in ODST instead of the Project, that joke did not end well.

But okay. No permanent heart shit going on, then? Cause I lost my right eye and figure it's probably normal for everyone.

[causational]

ODST? Project? Sorry, I've never been in the military. I'm a police Detective.

Not that I know of. I haven't been to the doctor in a while though.

I'm sorry about your eye. I wonder if they'd have the tech to replace it here.

[whosthemonsternow]

Just know I'm a big deal, you don't need to know the specifics.

And yea, I'm gonna look into it. I'm entirely capable of everything with just one eye, but the depth perception being fucked really sucks ass.

[causational]

Ahhh, classified huh? ;)

Well, if you ever need a hand with shooting, I'd be willing to go to the gun range with you.

[whosthemonsternow]

Wouldn't go that far, but when I say "Freelancer" or "space marine" or anything like that, people tend to get confused or not know what I'm talking about.

Wouldn't need a hand with shooting, but won't say no to embarrassing you at a shooting range.