( audio | un: warlock )

[necromantiae]

Indulge my curiosity for a moment, would you?

( could you deny a face like his? could you? you couldn't. which is good because he's going to ask a somewhat morbid question. )

We're all, apparently, dead. But some of us have died again and been returned via the church. Some of us have disappeared or died and not been returned. Are they still here somewhere? Or have they been sent back to where they came from?

Those are hypothetical questions, by the way. Feel free to try and answer but I think it's going to be a lot of time that could be spent on something more fruitful.

My actual question: could the the way of dying a second time crucial to who stays and who goes? Or did those of us that have been lost end somewhere in this place that we've yet to find?

( he knows that it's not necessarily a fun thing to think about but he recalls the resurrection of his aunt hilda after her many deaths at the hands of his other aunt versus how harvey's brother had come back. two dead people returned to the land of the living but only one went on to live a relatively normal life.

ambrose knows that might be because hilda is a witch herself and tommy was a normal human. but his curiosity still stands. )

Do we need to institute the buddy system to make sure no one else wanders off and doesn't come back?

( he's joking. mostly. )

Comments

[catholicisms]

( DAMNIT!!! this is his nightmare )

Not going out alone might help, like you said, though it could also just result in two people dying instead of just one.

[pearlstrings]

Surely one couldn't be faulted for a little multitasking.

[necromantiae]

So basically, the conclusion we've come to thus far is that there's no really easy and foolproof way to monitor someone's death.

( which means people could just go out and die and someone might not know until those bulletins. )

Unless someone has a way to create some kind of death alarm which just sounds...terrible.

[necromantiae]

When's the last time you slept? And before you go 'we're dead, we don't need it?', you can still close your eyes and rest.

( because you need some rest, quentin. )

You need a few hours where you don't do anything but rest.

[catholicisms]

( almost as terrible as the alternative, which would be to murder someone and then eyeball emoji their corpse for science...... )

No easy way. Given the opportunity to observe, as macabre as that sounds, it could tell us something.

[necromantiae]

That's what I think.

But, you know there are some people who are a little too serious to see it that way. I wouldn't want to start some kind of argument.

[necromantiae]

So, do we take volunteers on who is willing to die without any guarantee they'll come back?

( would anyone take them up on that? )

[catholicisms]

I meant more that if the opportunity presents itself, we take advantage of it. Not that we try to force it.

( he won't kill people that actually deserve it, so Matt isn't super down for intentional murder, no matter how scientific. . )

[pearlstrings]

Because you don't think you'd win?

[moderatelymaladjusted]

Uhm, I don't know? I've sort of just been sleeping whenever? Or, when there's nothing to do?

[Which was never, but at least they found somewhere to sleep at night, and it wasn't a total shithole, so-- there's that.]

I do that. I mean, when I need it? But, that's the tip? Sleep? [So very doubtful about that, but sure. Resting could be nice. Once he's done making notes and cross-checking what everyone has been telling him about this place, and there was still the library to check out.]

[necromantiae]

Oh no, I think I'd win.
I'm just trying to be good.

[necromantiae]

It's a tip. It would at least give you some time to not overthink things. It would allow you a break.

( and everyone needs a break. )

And maybe give you some clarity on things when you woke up. Sometimes, sleep is all you need.

[necromantiae]

Probably a better option.

( even if some people here would probably volunteer just for the hell of it. )

From what I've gathered, all it takes is someone's lantern going out here to cause a death. I hate that it is that easy.

[moderatelymaladjusted]

[The laugh just explodes out of him, like, he's not laughing at you, guy, but not overthink things? When overthinking is like motto to him and it just seems too funny.]

Shit, I'm sorry. Just-- just that's exactly what I tend to do, uhm, overthink things? But sure, I'll give napping a shot. I mean, I'm already dead, what harm could it do?

[necromantiae]

Keep your lantern safe and you'll be fine.

( so basically, don't accidentally go falling and you won't die again. napping would be much better than napping because you were dead. )

You can overthink later.

[moderatelymaladjusted]

You should just like someone I know. But yeah, I'll try. Thanks? And, uhm, good luck with-- with getting answers to your questions. I wish I could have been more helpful.

[mollymocked]

We didn't really have large animals- well, no. We had person who looked like one, but that ended badly. Best to not go into that. [He clears his throat.]

I was a bit of an intermediary. Never nailed down an act, though I could do a few sword tricks and the like. I mostly read fortunes.

[necromantiae]

You helped. Don't worry, I don't think these questions are really all that answerable. Take care of yourself, man.

( talking some things out helped. )

Talk to you later.

[moderatelymaladjusted]

You too.

[SuprNerd out]

[necromantiae]

Fortune, hm? Were you actually reading people's fortunes or were you making things up that you thought they'd want to hear?

( could go both ways, he knows. he's seen both types of people. )

[broplaints]

So we make a network
A chain of people who check on each other
No one goes wandering off alone without letting someone know where they're going
That kind of thing

[necromantiae]

So, we establish a directory of people first.
And then go from there?
We need to know who's here before we start pairing people up and the like.

[pearlstrings]

[AMBROSE PLEASE]

But surely now that your ulterior motive is exposed there's nothing else to lose.

[catholicisms]

( well, Matt wouldn't take them up on it, but he WOULD creepily stare down their corpse. so wherever the moral highground is here, he's prob already missed it... )

We better hope that the weather doesn't get too breezy. It could be lethal.

( what a horribly sad joke to make, matthew......... )

[broplaints]

Sounds good to me
Probably gonna have to do a roll call though
It's been pretty hard to keep track of everyone