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[othersdie]

[Justin, unaffected by the cold induced by sitting near the fountain that the City had seen fit to drop him into during winter, finally tires of waiting for what he’s convinced what must be a trick of the mind to dissipate and resolve itself into the nothingness of death. For a lack of any other distractions, he fumbles with the device he had found in his pocket earlier.

He doesn’t fully understand why he would bother hallucinating what resembles a camcorder. The brain is truly a strange and unfathomable thing.]

Am I dead yet?

[It’s a ridiculous question. He still exists enough to imagine things; the answer is clearly no.]

If not--if not, I hope this doesn't last long.

Comments

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

[Video]

[For some reason the question breaks Lily's heart.]

I think that depends on a great deal of things. Why would you be dead?

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

[Video]

[The response from the device is met with subdued surprise.]

What? Why--I was... I should be. Dead. But this isn't what death should be like.

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

I know precisely what you mean. In any case, I think you'll find this a bit better than death at least.

[Video]

[had_not_lived]

[There is a wide-eyed and utterly unfamiliar face on your screen, Mr. Pendleton.]

Justin? [He doesn't dare to hope. After all, seeing a familiar face doesn't always mean much in the City.] Is that you?

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

[How does--but no. If this is a hallucination, then it makes sense that someone would know his name. That's still unsettling.]

[cagily] Who are you?

[had_not_lived]

It's Neil-- don't you--

[But, well, that's hardly unheard of. Though every time Justin's come back, he's remembered; then again, every time he's come back, he's gone again.]

I'm sorry-- but-- it is you, isn't it?

[audio]

[mumbled_truth]

Justin?

[Okay. Okay. That looks like Justin, and yes, Justin is dead, but... still. It doesn't sound quite like Justin, not as he last knew him.]

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

[audio]

[Okay. One time is unsettling; twice is outright unnerving, hallucination or not.]

What do you want?

[audio]

[mumbled_truth]

Uh-- nothing... I was-- I was just asking if it was you.

[So he doesn't remember. But he's been back, they've seen him since he's left, and he remembered then...]

We met, before... my name is Todd.

[intheblanks.livejournal.com]

[Video. And Chase leans in to make sure, but keeps it succinct.]

You don't look it.

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

Dead?

That's something.

[intheblanks.livejournal.com]

Something good, or something bad?

video;

[dignity_misery]

[The voice of experience,]

You wish.

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

video;

In vain, from what I've been told.

[dignity_misery]

[Her smile is tight.]

Bingo. No end in sight.

[whitetwoguns]

Easy, fella. The fact you can ask would be a good way to tell you're doin' okay.

[ooc; IF I HAD A SUBJECT LINE IT WOULD READ 'VEDAAAAA ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥]

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

Your definition of "doing okay" and mine must be different.

[whitetwoguns]

Could be.

I was sure I was a goner before I popped up here too.

[beifongbandit]

You're not allowed to stay dead here.

[ This is her her idea of hello. ]

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

Not allowed?

[beifongbandit]

That's what I said. People who die here just come back a while later.

[deadly_legacy]

[Video]

Justin? [She remembers him from the play they were in.] No, you're not dead. [Not traditionally if you are.] Are you okay? Has anyone gotten you a towel?

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

[Video]

You've known...? I'm sorry. I don't remember.

[This is becoming less unnerving with repetition, but why would he have known any pretty girls before? How had he managed to talk to them?]

...A towel?

[cry-reaper.livejournal.com]

Death is a... complicated state here, Justin. As you're probably finding out from everyone else.


[ooc: SORRY I MISSED THIS! Am I too late? Also - is he city!dead?]

[othersdie.livejournal.com]

So it seems.

You knew me before?


[ooc: No, it's fine! And yes, he's very much city!dead (in spite of his confusion). ♥ ]