[ vax watches him, for now, thoughtful. ] ...Told Garou he acts like he's twelve. Think you're nowhere near that.
[ stop bullying garou!!! or not. this is a joke. ]
Whatever you go through - here, or whatever you went through, whatever you remember, just means you've got to learn something from it, no matter how old you are. Maybe take some advice from a dead guy, or don't, but it means you've got some time to learn what works best for you.
[ wow. what is it with everyone he likes and being dead.
.. well. it's not like he can really talk? he returns that, that amused wryness. ] Well. 's not a bad club to be in. Maybe I can pull a string or two for you when I'm back with the Raven Queen.
[ vax no. the second part gets his attention too, though, and he tilts his head. ] What do you mean?
The Raven Queen? Is that a god of some kind? [a beat.] -- Oh, I just mean Selchy said I'm not the only one. I kinda assumed he was talking about you, since you guys are friends.
anyway. he raises an eyebrow at that, with emet - and then laughs a little. ] Iunno if he'd call us friends. [ (emet voice) YOU ARE INTOLERABLE
but, he does seem pleased with this so. ] Sort of blurted it out last week, when we were all just blurting things out, but - yeah, he's right.
The Raven Queen's... [ hmm ] ... a goddess, yeah. An ancient one, goddess of death. Guards passage from life to the afterlife. Sort of my boss, nowadays. I guess.
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anyway. for a long moment, they sort of mull that over, thinking.]
I guess so.
[...] I just don't want to make things worse. It gets worse, if I don't... pretend.
[but they sound uncertain, at least.]
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[ because, unfortunately, he really does.
vax quiets for a second, thinking of how to respond to that. ]
... How much worse does it get for you when you do pretend?
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and then they shrug.]
I just... don't think about it. [they run away.] And eventually it goes away.
[or does it? maybe it just gets worse and worse until they numb out the people around them.]
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...doesn't, though.
[ go away.
just gets worse.
he doesn't say much more than that on it, though, tone just quietly knowing. ] ... you're still young, right?
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I don't know. Maybe. People tell me I act that way. [which they sound vaguely annoyed about.]
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[ stop bullying garou!!! or not. this is a joke. ]
Whatever you go through - here, or whatever you went through, whatever you remember, just means you've got to learn something from it, no matter how old you are. Maybe take some advice from a dead guy, or don't, but it means you've got some time to learn what works best for you.
...Time's a luxury. 's a good thing.
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... A dead guy?
[they glance at him, blinking.]
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...
well.
he shrugs a shoulder. ]
's like I said. Time is a luxury.
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[they look a little amused, almost. in a wry way.]
I think I'm dead too. Maybe that's who he was talking about.
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[ wow. what is it with everyone he likes and being dead.
.. well. it's not like he can really talk? he returns that, that amused wryness. ] Well. 's not a bad club to be in. Maybe I can pull a string or two for you when I'm back with the Raven Queen.
[ vax no. the second part gets his attention too, though, and he tilts his head. ] What do you mean?
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The Raven Queen? Is that a god of some kind? [a beat.] -- Oh, I just mean Selchy said I'm not the only one. I kinda assumed he was talking about you, since you guys are friends.
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anyway. he raises an eyebrow at that, with emet - and then laughs a little. ] Iunno if he'd call us friends. [ (emet voice) YOU ARE INTOLERABLE
but, he does seem pleased with this so. ] Sort of blurted it out last week, when we were all just blurting things out, but - yeah, he's right.
The Raven Queen's... [ hmm ] ... a goddess, yeah. An ancient one, goddess of death. Guards passage from life to the afterlife. Sort of my boss, nowadays. I guess.
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[they point out. emet-selch is their bestie and he can't stop it.]
... So you're the grim reaper, kinda? [they sound... very distant when they say this. also, their static glitches, for a second.]
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anyway the glitching is. concerning. vax frowns, immediately, shifting on the couch. ] I - not really. I don’t know what that is, you alright?
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[they say, still distant.] Reapers. They... collect the dead? And...
[another glitch.]
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he immediately reaches out again, this time getting a hold on their arm. ]
Hey - hey, Bass.
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What? H -- oh. Sorry. [they shift, and he can probably tell they're a little dizzy.]
I'm okay.