AFTERLIFE

[soulping]

[When you revive from your horrible death, your wounds slowly, painfully healing, you might notice the plants around you are blooming- Watered nicely with your blood, and bones, and flesh.

From this perspective, you can watch day 2.

Wait, why is there a day 2?]

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[grandstanding]

[it's hard not to. between the line of scarring right around his throat, the burns on his chest and the long cauterised line extending down his front, even leaving his collar unbuttoned would give him away. which he usually doesn't do. but now his shirt is ripped in a lot of places.

he swallows.]

It's-- not from here.

[thexfactor]

[ touching them gingerly ]

Do you remember?

[grandstanding]

[he's calmed down enough not to cringe away, but it still unnerves him.]

...I do. Some of it.

[thexfactor]

What happened?

[grandstanding]

[it takes him so long to reply you might think he's not going to. but he does, quietly.]

You remember the shard I gave you, where we went to a portrait to try and get them to fix something that was wrong with you?

[thexfactor]

Yes. . . I remember.

[grandstanding]

That portrait... Systems... it wanted my ability. Control of magnetic fields.

[thexfactor]

Oh god.

[grandstanding]

It took it... four days. I think. To get it from me. It might have been longer, I'm not sure. I just know I stopped fighting it after two days.

[thexfactor]

Erik . . .

[grandstanding]

[looks at him, expression blank.]

[thexfactor]

I'm sorry.

[grandstanding]

It's... fine. It's in the past.

[thexfactor]

Now you sound like me.

[grandstanding]

[lets out a laugh, but it's closer to a sob]

It must be catching.

[thexfactor]

[ rubs his back quietly ]

[grandstanding]

[rests his head on his knees, taking large breaths and fighting back tears.]

[thexfactor]

[ continues to rub his back ]

[grandstanding]

[he gets himself under control after a couple of minutes, sitting back up to lean against Charles.]

[thexfactor]

[ wrapping an arm around him ]

[grandstanding]

[let's just stay like this until revivals.]

[thexfactor]

[ okay ]