( 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. )

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[necromantiae]

Are you now?

And why would that be?

[mollymocked]

Because, quite frankly, being alone is fucking awful and I don't recommend it, and if you die here and no one's around to do anything about it, that's just awful. We're better off sticking together.

[So basically practical, not sexual, but the flirtiness stands.]

[necromantiae]

Valid reasoning. I'm not particularly fond of being alone either. It feels like that's all I've been for too long.

( and while being dead was no good, at least this place didn't confine him to one house. )

If you die here, I'll make sure you come back.

[mollymocked]

Thank you. I'll remember that and happily do the same for you. It seems like the lot of us are gonna need to stick together as a group. 'Course I don't know if I can handle one quite this big. That's a lot of arseholes to wrangle.

[necromantiae]

See and I'm actually looking forward to being around this amount of people. It feels like I've been around so few for so long.

( just his family and their guests for as long as he's been under house arrest. )

But, they're not all assholes, are they? Just some?

[mollymocked]

[Molly is somewhere between wanting all the people and just wanting some of the people in a close-knit group, but he's doing what he can to ingratiate himself to as many people as he can.]

I'm from the circus, friend. People in large groups always end up being arseholes of one kind or another. Even the nice ones. And given we're all dead and a bit stressed out, panic and being grouped together makes people hinky.

It's up to the sensible ones to keep everyone from offing or betraying each other.

[necromantiae]

The circus?

( well, that's a new one? )

I don't think I've ever had the honor of visiting the circus. All I know of it is what I've heard from others and seen on television. I know there are large animals and clowns, which I would rather not see ever again, and people who do a lot of flips high in the air.

( that's what the circus was, right? )

What did you do?

[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]

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. )

[mollymocked]

That's a good question. Care for a reading so you can decide for yourself?

[necromantiae]

Depends.

How does one get a reading?

[mollymocked]

Normally you'd have to spare a couple of coppers, but since I don't actually know what the currency here is right now and I'm feeling a bit generous, you might be in luck.

[necromantiae]

Does it have to be in person? Are you going to hold my hand and read my palm?

[mollymocked]

No I don't have to read your palm. That's ridiculous. And, you know, I've never actually tried it with someone, ah... Over a distance. This is all new to me. Suppose it wouldn't hurt to try.

[See how well he can cold read when he's not physically in the same room as a person. That's an intriguing challenge.]

[necromantiae]

If it would be easier, I can come find you.

( that's not something ambrose would mind terribly. )

As long as you're not somewhere strange. I don't want to find some creepy cave in the woods for this.

[mollymocked]

No, nowhere weird. Unless you count the docks as weird. Though now that you mention it... Maybe I should hole up in some creepy cave and turn cards for people. See how many are willing to actually go in for that kind of ambiance.

[necromantiae]

How would you make people aware of where you are? Not many people are just going to come wandering by.

( unless they were creepy too. )

[mollymocked]

I'd advertise. "Come to x creepy cave if you want a legitimate card reading in exactly the right atmosphere."

[necromantiae]

Do you think you'd get a lot of takers?

( because that seems to be the equivalent of a crappy van driving around someone's neighborhood with a sign that says 'free candy' on the side. )

Think people are that hard up for something fun to do?

[mollymocked]

No idea! That's half the fun for me. I'd consider it a learning experience about what sorts of people we're dealing with here. Anyone who'd take that offer is either a risk taker or deeply, deeply stupid.

[necromantiae]

Well, you won't find visiting if you set up shop there. I have had enough of being stupid.

( ha ha he's hilarious. )

If you decide to do readings in places that are well lit and less likely to make me someone's dinner, I might stop by.

[mollymocked]

I can do that. Like the circus, I will never stay in one place long enough to get settled. It's all I can do since I'm trapped in this one fucking dark town for an eternity.

[necromantiae]

I look forward to the day you try and set up shop in the lighthouse.

( maybe robin could be his sidekick. )

That would be quite the thing.

[mollymocked]

Is there something special about it? ...Aside from it being one of the only two bloody sources of light in this place I've seen so far.

[necromantiae]

Not that I know of. I'd just like to see how Robin reacts.

( might be fun. )