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Ryo ([personal profile] fivemilesdeep) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2021-11-03 05:02 pm
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Death Just Needs A Little Conversation [Open]

Who: Ryo and Open (angled towards those with death powers/connections)
Where: ICP/Garden Car
When: Nebula 3
What: Ryo is coming to terms with the fact that he's kept his death-related Diagad powers, so now he's asking for help with them. (They're not what he's afraid they are, but he doesn't know that yet.)
Warnings: Probably a lot of death talk, but we'll go from there.
Notes: It starts as an ICP post, but he won't be replying on the network, only in person. Anyone is welcome to join in; he's just angling for people with Insight Into Death. (I'll also match prose or brackets.)

[Ryo looks...uncertain at best, but much closer to 'worried but trying not to show it' as the ICP flickers on.]

If anyone is connected to death, or has death-related powers, I could use your help.

[-wait that sounds bad-]

It's nothing crazy - I just have...questions.

[He can't quite bring himself to say what he's actually worried about, so instead it's just:]

I'll be in the garden car, if you wouldn't mind coming to see me.

[And the ICP flickers off. He's not planning on having this conversation in front of the train and everyone, so in-person it is. True to his word, he's sitting on one of the benches in the garden car with Lagos in his lap, holding the plush bird and trying not to let his fears run away with him. He may not be entirely succeeding. It may be obvious.]
acapriciousthing: (Default)

[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-11-04 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Well. That sounds like a job for her. It doesn't take her long to find herself in the garden car.]

One... might say I am connected to death.

[It's not much of a joke but still.]
zombiemessiah: (m110)

[personal profile] zombiemessiah 2021-11-04 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Murphy doesn't even reply on the network. He just shows up with two wine-cooler level drinks and holds one out to Ryo.]

Death powers, huh?

[He sits down beside him. He may not be invited in particular but 'death powers' is basically all he's got going for him. Besides the ability to have some kind of fun with his lot in life, that is.]
zombiemessiah: (m33)

[personal profile] zombiemessiah 2021-11-04 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Yup, that Murphy. That Murphy that's always done what he wants no matter the circumstances. Freedom, incarceration, running his mouth during experimentation, various forms of captivity. That Murphy, and all the problems that come with him.]

[But his big bonus here? He wasn't a guy born with his powers, or purposefully learned them. He also had them dropped in his lap and had to make the most of them. He's also a guy who can't decide if he fully loves them or fully hates them and refuses to make up his mind on it.]

What exactly are yours? [He asks as he opens his bottle with a hiss. It has a little Aquifir logo on the side, proving where some of his coins went.]
thawed_pride: (Nort-Allow me to consider...)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-11-04 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryo remembers Vexen's swirling portals of darkness, right? He's stepping out of one now, though the effect is probably less ominous with him wearing a white coat instead of a black one.]

I am not a skilled manipulator of death magics, but rather the opposite. I thought I might offer my expertise with revival spells should your...questions go awry.
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[personal profile] acapriciousthing 2021-11-04 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
It took a while for me to realize it, but I did.

[To be fair, her Diagad power is fairly innocuous]

I'm guessing yours has something to do with all this?
controlsthedie: screenshot of Thanatos shifting away in Elysium (Guh-dong...)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-11-04 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ A bell toil and burst of darkness and starlight fills the Garden Car as soon as Ryo's message ends. Why didn't Ryo come to ask him? He's Death Incarnate. He is Death. One of them. A broken, incomplete Death whose absence has likely brought the end of all mortal life on his world.

... Maybe Ryo didn't come to Thanatos because he has been a mess and felt like he couldn't. Thanatos stands awkwardly, fully knowing that Ryo is aware of his presence, before he decides to go forward with his initial summons instead of returning to where he came from.
]

Ryo, what's going on?
thawed_pride: (Nort-I've no clue what you mean.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-11-04 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Questions often lead to experiments. Unless whatever you are wondering about lies purely in the realm of theory, it is always best to have precautions in place when seeking to study dangerous powers.
thawed_pride: (Nort-This seems worth my while.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-11-04 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
If that is your concern, then I believe I can be of assistance.

[He holds up a hand and a soft white glow appears in his hand, before wrapping around him and fading.]

A pre-emptive infusion of Life magic creates a protective buffer that will harmlessly negate even exposure to powerful death magic.
wewillwewill: (Elidibus-faintsmile)

[personal profile] wewillwewill 2021-11-04 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Elidibus has a lot less structure to his shadowy teleport method than Vexen. It's more of a cloud that he steps out of before it disappears. But here he is in the garden car. He's courteous enough to not appear right next to or behind Ryo; having had experience with the alarm several other passengers have had when he did so in the close confines of the train. No need to startle the youth.]

You are Ryo? I've some experience with the cycle of life and death. Do you still seek assistance?

[He won't immediately remark on Ryo's condition, choosing instead to look at the state of affairs. After all, others might have already been by.]

zombiemessiah: (m66)

[personal profile] zombiemessiah 2021-11-04 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
So.... Not that you're the type to get handsy, but have you been touching many people? Seen any signs of it still working? I mean- Hold on.

[Murphy holds out his hand, palm up, open for Ryo to try and touch.]

I'm already dead, you won't cost me anything.
controlsthedie: concept sketch of Thanatos (You'll be killed by what'cha don't know)

[personal profile] controlsthedie 2021-11-04 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thanatos takes a seat on the bench and puts Mort on his shoulder instead of within his hood.

What had Ryo's power been in the illusion? Right, there's was something about death with it. Thanatos hadn't seen Ryo do anything with his power in the illusion (for good reason), so he doesn't know the full extent of it. The god stares at Ryo a bit, searching.
]

I don't sense death upon you. Nothing more than previously, I think.

[ There are so many others with a stronger connection to death that Thanatos can sense. ]

What makes you say that?
zombiemessiah: (m63)

[personal profile] zombiemessiah 2021-11-04 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Murphy is distracted, briefly, despite the moment of panic, despite the presence of a... he doesn't know what that thing is. What is? Whatever, it just hollered at him. But what else he hears is more important.]

I just heard you. ...Like a hum? But I definitely heard you. Like I'd hear from a talker, or a Blend.

[He withdraws his hand though.]

Death powers aren't as bad as you're thinking. The thing about the dead is... well, they existed, right? They were alive? In my experience with zombies, they're kind of like tombstones. Everything they wear, everything they do, everything they think are like epitaphs for the people they were before.

But... on a more technical level, there's no life juice left in me. All necromancers do is make me cramp up. Life magic makes me burn. So go ahead. Really. I wanna see if you make the 'noise' again.
thawed_pride: (Nort-You're about to learn a valuable le)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-11-04 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
I had Death spells specifically in mind during part of the development process for this particular spell. As for whether or not it has been tested...it saved someone's life when we were standing against that demonic army.

[If he looks a little smug right now, well...he has reason to, doesn't he?]

I do, however, try not to advertise my mastery of such spells. I fear it would simply encourage a certain segment of our population to be more reckless.
thawed_pride: (Nort-This seems worth my while.)

[personal profile] thawed_pride 2021-11-04 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
I am quite safe. Even should something cause me mechanically fatal harm right now, the spell would restore my body to functionality before my heart and soul have a chance to depart.

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