[text] @keeper; cw: character death [open]

[beaconkeeper]

Heyyy everybody. I'm the LH Keeper. I know you guys probably got some questions for me but like sit tight first OK? I promise I'll answer eeeeverything you wanna know in just a sec. There's a couple things I wanna say.

The first one being, hi! I'm Robin. It's SO good to finally get to chat with you all, like jeez I've been hella bored over here. That party you guys just put on looked really fun. :( I'm sad I missed it! But that's kinda how it goes when you're the Keeper. Rastus said there's been a lot of talk about like fulfilling our roles and stuff, and this is mine! I'm in the lighthouse because it let's me do a bunch of stuff to manage the town and help keep the world safe, but it means I'm stuck out here all by myself and I don't get to do the fun stuff I want to do sometimes. Which is why I'm so so SO happy that you guys and gals got me hooked up to the network again! Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤

Oh right, and you guys have had a lot of questions about what I'm protecting the town from, haven't you? Me and Will talked and he's super sure it's best if HE gives you the skinny on all that since he said he would and he wants to make good on his promise, you feel? So he's gonna do that after the ferry gets here so all the new people can get the info too. Sound good? Sorry you gotta wait just a liiiittle bit longer but there's something else I think we should talk about first...

The forest spirits are still reporting the numbers so I don't know exactly how many we're up to yet but... A lot of people went missing and probably died from how things went down after the party. I'll put all the names in the next bulletin (sorry I didn't do one this week btw! things have been kinda crazy...) but if you want to ask about your friends and stuff in the meantime, I'll do my best to tell you what I know. Maybe some of them will come back? We just have to wait and see.

But... you guys probably saw this in that post Rosinante and Riku and Peter did, but just in case you didn't: Captain Winters died, and so did Five. I didn't see what happened exactly but I saw the spirits starting to come for them all and I tried to stop them but they didn't listen. They get really angry about people coming to the lighthouse or me trying to leave, even the ones that are usually really nice.

I hope they'll both come back but I don't know if they will, so, just in case... Winters would want you all to take care of the town for him and move on you know? He won't be around when the ferry comes so make sure you all fill the new people in on what's happened and how to survive here. All that really important stuff he's been telling people is up to you guys to spread around now.

*BIG SIGH* OK WELL I don't want to end on that super negative note but now I'm all sad sooo ask me questions and stuff, and Will will tell everyone about what I'm keeping the town safe from real soon. It really is nice to meet you all!!

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[necromantiae]

it's good to meet you, robin.

it sounds like you've been here a long time. i have a little experience being stuck in one place for a little while.

is that by choice, you being here, or did someone force you?

[beaconkeeper]

Good to meet you too! You're Ambrose?

Umm it's sort of by choice. I knew what I was getting into when I chose it but when it's this or dying permanently, this sounded like a wayyy better gig.

What about you?

[necromantiae]

i am ambrose, yes. ambrose spellman, late of greendale and, well, i suppose just late. the late ambrose spellman.

( still so strange to say. )

oh, being here was not a choice but apparently angelic wounds are difficult to heal. i would prefer to be alive but if we exist in the same place, does that mean i'm not permanently dead either?

[beaconkeeper]

LOL well hi, Ambrose! The "late" thing isn't really something you get used to, sorry to say. It's still weird to think that I'm technically dead.

I'm not really sure what we are! Like, the world's dead along with everything in it, so I guess that means we are too, but... Does this feel like an afterlife to you? It doesn't to me. It's more like a limbo.

[necromantiae]

that's what i've been thinking of it as, actually. a rest stop minus the truckers and the bad vending machine food.

but being in some sort of in between means there is somewhere else to go. have you ever seen someone leave to go to an actual afterlife?

[beaconkeeper]

You think so? Hmmm. I see your point, but I'm not so sure. Did you believe in an afterlife before you died?

No one's ever been able to really "leave" before, and I don't know what happens to the people who die and stay dead. Sorry. :(

[necromantiae]

i did and, as far as i'm aware, it wasn't an afterlife like this. resurrection wasn't unheard of where i come from but it wasn't something we were supposed to do.

( his aunt zelda like to kill hilda and then bring her back as a lesson to her. )

it's okay. it was worth asking. i don't know if i like the thought of never leaving, though. that sounds...way too permanent.

[beaconkeeper]

Oh wow! So you actually got to talk to people that had come back from the dead?? That's so neat... That kind of reassurance would've been nice in my world, lol.

Is it the permanence that sucks about never leaving, or is it that you don't like this world the way it is?

[necromantiae]

it's that this wasn't what i was expecting when i died. i was raised a different way and i expected a different kind of afterlife, i guess.

so, it's disorienting. but i'll adapt. suppose i have to, right?

[beaconkeeper]

Ooooh, OK I getcha. I suppose that would be pretty jarring! I never really sorted out my beliefs before I died, so like, I may as well be here, I guess? It's better than being dead, IMO.

I think this kind of stuff is what Will was talking about when he said he and Winters were keeping things from you guys so you could adjust. That kind of stuff can really gum up the works mentally, you know?

Adaptability is a good trait to have, though! I mean, who's to say the afterlife you wanted isn't out there somewhere? Maybe this is just a hurdle. That's worth hoping for, I think.

[necromantiae]

i suppose so.

though i'd really like to avoid hoping for something and never have it come to fruition. that would, i think, be very disappointing and upsetting.

best to temper expectations.

[beaconkeeper]

You think so? I guess you have to do what works best for you. So long as it doesn't keep you stuck.

[necromantiae]

well, i'm already stuck.

so, nothing's really changed just yet. i'll work on that.

[beaconkeeper]

Stuck here, you mean? Yeeeah, it's not ideal. Though I'm glad to be alive in some capacity, but it doesn't answer a whole lot of questions.

But hey! At least we've all got each other. :)

[necromantiae]

are you going to start singing kumbaya now?

( he's...half serious. )

[beaconkeeper]

If that's what it takes to get everyone to simmer down and be friendly, you bet I'm gonna! The other option is breaking out the get-along sweater.

[necromantiae]

i don't know if i should even ask what that is.

[beaconkeeper]

Lol! It's just a bigass sweater that you force two people to wear at the same time so they learn to live with each other.

I'm gonna commission one from Rastus.

[necromantiae]

oh, pass on that.
i like my clothes to fit just me, thank you.
i'll get close to people in other ways.

[beaconkeeper]

What other ways? /chinhands

[necromantiae]

my my
that's like asking all my secrets and we've just met
i usually wait to give up the goods.

[beaconkeeper]

Welllll just give me ONE secret then. :) We can trade!

[necromantiae]

you first.

[beaconkeeper]

Woooow, I see how it is! LOL! What do you want to know?

[necromantiae]

something you haven't told anyone else.