[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

[fogey]

Did you actually read anything I've said?

[ultimatums]

It's a hypothetical
My point is that even if it was an accident, if it turns out that dying here doesn't actually mean shit, then it isn't long before some bright spark is going to try to take advantage of that

[fogey]

Yeah, no shit.

[ BIG SIGH ]

And here we are, the idiots with the easy targets

[ the lanterns, that is ]

[ultimatums]

Can't even leave em at home for fear of some terrible fate befalling us
I feel like Wee Willie Winkie walking around with mine

[fogey]

We're going to have to figure out ways to protect them

[ultimatums]

Have we yet ruled out copious amounts of bubblewrap?

[fogey]

[ honestly? ]

If that's what it takes

[ultimatums]

I was kind of joking but it might work?
It's transparent

[fogey]

If people can die by tripping and falling, then apparently measures like this are necessary

[ he's just

fucking saying ]

[ultimatums]

You're not wrong

So he didn't break his neck or anything, he just broke the lantern?
I feel very fragile all of a sudden

[fogey]

No broken neck. Nothing that would've killed him.

[ and five's very sure of this. it's literally his business to know this kind of thing ]

Just the lantern. Which raises other questions, like do the lanterns need to shatter to kill us? What if they get scratched? Does that just hurt, or is that fatal too?

[ultimatums]

There's only one way to find out

[ that's not to say he's going to start beating up his lantern, however much he'd like to pummel it into the wall. actually, looking at it more closely — ]

Mine's already kind of scratched
Think it came like this, though

[fogey]

Are you volunteering?

[ultimatums]

[ maybe he was kidding. maybe now he isn't. ]

Sure, why the hell not

[fogey]

[ that was a rhetorical question but, ]

The risk of pain, dying again, and maybe or maybe not coming back.

[ JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ]

[ultimatums]

I don't want anyone breaking the goddamn thing but I'd like to see if it can stand up to a little beating

[fogey]

Well, let me know what you find out

[ultimatums]

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