scrapdraught | Astarion Ancunin

[She laughs. What would a smooth one look like? Death was so rarely painless. Coming back might be in her case, at least on the outside. Her mind had taken the beating instead.]

I've already said a few thank yous. Seems a bit rude not to, considering the effort made for me. [She grits her teeth. Twists her mouth. Her finger has been tracing letters on her forearm, unbidden. Unworthy.] Even ruder to dump the aggravation on them.

Death is always easier on the dead. Maybe I should be glad they yanked me back instead of someone else. Spared them the whole mess.

[Even if there's kids in the ground. Teenagers, some barely touching twenty, cut down all too soon.

That miserable cloud returns. They'll be sorry it was you soon.]

Oh pssh. Get angry if you want to, you did get a very rude awakening.

[ he sighs. ]

I'm not unhappy to see you again, but pretending it's not a complicated affair with everything that's happened is a little difficult.

Yeah? [She smiles wryly at him, one brow raised.] If I go deck Rondo, you gonna back me up?

[Kidding. She couldn't lift a finger to him, even if she had the mind for it. Never out, always in.]

...Well, I'm not unhappy to see you either, asshole. [She gives him a bit of elbow for it. ] I don't like the implications either. But...Caelus said some things to me. Before I died. He found some research on the subject.

Might be a way to bring other people back. Without cutting their throats first.

I'd be like decking a particularly sad puppy, and he'd let you. But if you could, then I'd be suitably impressed.

[ he's fairly sure karlach would hunt him for sport so he wouldn't even try. ]

... Yes, Karlach mentioned she'd heard some rumours that our dead were potentially still around. You had to return from somewhere, didn't you? So maybe there is some weight to those rumours.

God, he would too.

[Bottom behavior. I don't care that he is dead now we all know THE TRUTH.

Also this is. A bit of a downer. Hate to break it to you but:]

I didn't come back from anywhere myself. Just nothingness. Maybe I don't have a permit for paradise or purgatory.

[denied graveyard access on my BIRTHDAY!!!]

An unfortunate side effect of people like that. Proverbial self-flagellation to an extreme.

[ we all know marina tops. ]

[ HELP THE MODS REALLY SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY KABBY YOU DON'T GET TO DIE. ]

Hmm. So, no questions answered about what could be out there but the point still stands -- you did come back.

Astarion Ancunin

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