[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! ]

Comments

[evocation]

wait seriously?
what did it feel like?

[sulfa]

Tingling. Like the static from a television screen when you hold your hand close to it. I felt it in my chest, and along my spine.

[evocation]

that's weird as fuck
have you tried lighting anything with it since then?

[sulfa]

Only my own cigarettes. I feel it then too.

[evocation]

dude
don't you think it's probably dangerous to be lighting things with your soul lantern or whatever?

[sulfa]

I think it should be fine if it's something small like a cigarette. It's a very minute amount of fire.

[evocation]

i feel like this is a really good metaphor

[sulfa]

[ It's exactly the kind of joke Wade would expect from the guys in Charlie, albeit probably not aimed at him - it was rare for a medic to find himself as the butt of a joke. He figured something like this would happen when he told Kyna about it, too, seeing as this seems to be her brand of humor - so the remark doesn't really come as all that much of a surprise. ]

Yeah, maybe.

[evocation]

you know, like come on baby light my fire?

[LET HER HAVE THIS]

[sulfa]

[ He wasn't around for the release of the Doors' seminal track "Light My Fire" (1967) but he's at least heard the phrase before. ] Haha I'm familiar with the expression.

[evocation]

that was the worst pity laugh i've ever gotten

[sulfa]

It's not a pity laugh it was kind of funny

[evocation]

now you're just rubbing salt in the wound

translation: is that the best you got

[sulfa]

I don't mean to.

INFURIATING!!!

[evocation]

don't pull that fake politeness shit with me
you know exactly what you're doing

[sulfa]

[ He's not!! He really isn't, he just........doesn't........think.......it was THAT funny. ] I'm not, I just thought it was an okay joke, not a great one.

[evocation]

okay, give me a great joke

[evocation]

holy shit wade, that was the funniest thing i've ever read
dying horribly was worth it just for that

[sulfa]

[ After a VERY long span of silence, Wade finally begins to type. ]

Okay, I have one. Not sure how well it'll translate, though.

"When the Germans shoot, The British duck. When the British shoot, the Germans duck. When the Americans shoot, everybody ducks."

[evocation]

[Yeah, not quite translating.]

because everyone hates us and we pick fights every five seconds?

[sulfa]

[ well, it does sound like there have been a lot of wars since he died. but. ]

No we were pretty well liked during our time. They were glad to see us. It's more a statement on the accuracy with which some of our boys fired haha.

[evocation]

oh, got it
so how much does your accuracy suck?