text | anonymous console post

[flowrite]

I am in need of a very specific substance in order to survive, and that substance no longer exists in this world.

I have been told death is not permanent in this world.

When I die, am I just going to keep dying over and over again?

Will I revive on the brink of death, only to die again shortly thereafter?

I wonder if anyone knows. I suppose we'll find out.



((ooc note: Fai is using a minor translation spell to be able to communicate in English, since he does not normally read/write a language anyone else will understand.))

Comments

[flowrite]

If I tell you all that, someone might be able to figure out who I am. I'm not looking for pity. I'm just curious how this world works.

I can say that I have a few weeks left, though.

[annihilist]

This isn't about pity. It's about logic. We're all going to figure out who you are in a few weeks anyway. So, you're either going to have to deal with the inevitable flood of people who try to save you at that point, or you can do it now before you start suffering.

Don't be an idiot.

[flowrite]

I disagree. No one will notice, and that's fine with me. I prefer it that way.

Funny, someone's always calling me an idiot. I must be pretty good at it.

[annihilist]

Foreigners aren't exactly numerous. You have not gone unnoticed, and you won't go unnoticed if something as abstractly horrible as repeatedly dying over and over begins to occur. It hasn't even happened yet, and you've already drawn this much attention.

People are going to be looking, now that you've raised the issue. People are going to care about you, whether you like it or not. Believe me, I know. It's simultaneously among the most exceptionally aggravating and powerful forces in the world. It will be shaped to keep you safe, if there's a single shred of a chance it's possible.

[flowrite]

That was a mistake on my part. I shouldn't have done this.

I'd rather they didn't, if it matters at all.

[annihilist]

Well, the cat's out of the bag now.

It does matter. I understand not wanting to be saved.

[flowrite]

It's not that. [Although it's not the same without Kurogane, without his ninja here to save him. But he keeps getting his idiot self into these situations, and the ninja has already sacrificed too much on his behalf. So maybe it's better this way.] I'm just not worth the bother. It would be better if everyone realized that.

[annihilist]

You're alive, aren't you? You're a living, breathing being?

[flowrite]

Yes.

[annihilist]

Then you're worth the bother, full stop.