[text] @five [open]

[fogey]

[ well, there's no way to say it, except to say it, so: ]

One of us died today. Big guy, blond hair. I don't know his name. I found his body.

[ that's his schtick, isn't it? finding bodies. ]

What I do know is that he fell on some rocks near the beach. Looks like an accident, no foul play. The fall shouldn't have killed him.

[ could've, if the bastard really were that unlucky, but it's unlikely. besides: ]

But it did break his lantern. Seems like Winters was telling the truth about that after all. Before anyone asks:

1) No, I didn't see it happen.
2) Yes, I checked for a pulse.
3) No, I didn't do it.

[ juST COVERING HIS BASES THERE ]

One more thing. I had to step away to get my tablet. When I came back, both he and his lantern were gone. No one else was here, I'm positive. They just vanished into thin air.

[ ooc | so as of today, rosinante (callada) is dead :C feel free to threadjack in this post and use it for discussion or whatever! ]

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[fogey]

Do me a favor. Tell that to his friends.

So Ingram told you. Any idea of a timeline?

[starforce]

Hey, no one said anything about accusing. I'm just telling you what you sound like.

[someone probably will, inevitably, and it won't be a joke]

I'm not sure it was an accident, though. Something doesn't seem right.

[kungfuey]

You really think its wise to get their hopes up?

He wasn't big on the details. Seemed like a touchy subject.

[fogey]

I meant your cute comment how we're all dead anyway, but it doesn't matter either way. Presumably, anyone who cares about this news won't just read my message, but also the replies.

[ so there's a good likelihood of hopes going up anyway. ]

I'll have to ask him about it later.

@parker

[webshoots]

How long did it look like the body was there?

[fogey]

[ extremely likely that someone will. he'd even consider it a question worth asking; first person on the scene is definitely suspect. ]

Nothing about this seems right. You're going to have to be more specific

[kungfuey]

I don't do cute. It's a fact. We're dead. Whoever or whatever is behind us clearly wants us here for a reason so what exactly would be the point in doing all this just to get rid of somebody immediately? I somehow doubt the afterlife runs like a reality tv show.

[fogey]

Few minutes, tops. No longer

[fogey]

Hell if I know. Your guess is as good as mine

[kungfuey]

I figure we wait and see if he comes back before we worry about that.

@Nightshade

[primordialerebus]

F

[ She knows it’s a blasé comment, but what is one supposed to say upon finding out you can fucking die in the land of the afterlife!? She wipes away the welling up tears with a blanket, pushing back the welling panic to scroll up to the other comments. Someone has to know what’s happening… right? And at least she’ll get notifications as more people chime in now. ]

[primordialerebus]

You think he'll actually come back? Or that any of us will?

[ Count one person's hopes raised. ]

[starforce]

[you don't find out you've been manipulated and lied to for six years without being left with some degree of paranoia. it's been kicked into overdrive ever since she'd found herself on that ferry, and nothing she's found here so far has convinced her to change her mind.]

They tell us about the lanterns, and then right afterward, some guy dies with his lantern out. Which is exactly what they said would happen.

Convenient, don't you think?

[there'd be something to be said, too, for taking this to some kind of more private avenue, but, frankly, carol doesn't care if they know.]

[kungfuey]

I've seen it before. Why not here?

[primordialerebus]

Are there like, vampires here? Zombies? Is that what you mean? That's not really coming back right?

[fogey]

[ sadly five hails from a land of no computers, so he probably has no idea what this meme is..... SEEMS LIKE A TYPO??? so he sees it, but doesn't reply, figuring that she can come back with a full message if she has something to say ]

[fogey]

You're free to do that.

[ or, less abrasively: he's not so much of a "wait and see" person, doesn't like not knowing how long it might take. couple hours, couple days, couple weeks, couple months? a lot can happen in the meantime. ]

@missprincessmary; voice

[withsadness]

[The description Five gave wasn't enough to go on, but with confirmation in the comments, Mary feels like something heavy and dreadful is pressing down inside of her head.]

He's dead? My Rosi is dead?

@dysmas :// text

[chardismastic]

funky makeup right? he'd said he was out to check the lighthouse in spite of hearing it was an apparent death trap

then again given what i saw he was also clumsy enough that he might've just tripped and fallen on his own lantern so

either or

[fogey]

[ five can respect that kind of paranoia. christ knows he doesn't give out trust easily, that he's as suspicious of winters, ingram, and rastus as he is of the supposed lighthouse keeper. carol makes a good point. ]

I do, actually. Thing about the beach is that there were clearly only one set of footprints -- two, with mine. Doesn't seem to leave much doubt that he was alone.

Which is also convenient.

i kNEW THIS WAS COMING, SCREAMS

[fogey]

[ he speaks after a beat, soft. ]

Mary, where are you?

[ fucking hell. ]

[kungfuey]

Better not be. That was supposed to be the one perk about being dead.

More like resurrection.

[kungfuey]

[ Immediately doing... just that. ]

Any trace of the lantern after he disappeared? Broken glass and the like?

TIME FOR EMOTIONS

[withsadness]

He'll be at the church when he wakes up, that's what they said, isn't it? I have to go there right now, so he won't be alone when he comes back!

[Not an answer to where she is now, but heck, she's running.]

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[fogey]

He was looking into the lighthouse?