emet-selch is here, reading a book on... death traditions and beliefs in various cultures. he's curious, after their conversations, and he seems fairly absorbed in it for the moment, hardly noticing when vax arrives.]
vax is really not a library person compared to others (percy) but nevertheless, he's poking through the different books on the shelves and looking around when he spots emet, who is very hard to miss.
eventually, he comes over to peer at what he's doing, leaning on the back of his chair. ]
[ vax is the kind of person who is apparently very used to startling people so this does not phase him at all. he just smiles a little and joins him, rikering over a chair to sit down. ]
Light reading. [ jesus buddy lighten up!! or no.
he's about to say something else, but that blue, blue compulsion comes up and instead, vax'ildan just says - ] Might as well ask me more, I'm dead.
[
... and then looks sort of surprised at himself. hello? ]
[ well. that's awkward. he looks a bit like he sucked a lemon having said that out loud.
... and yet, ]
... Not really. Sort of. I promised my life to the Raven Queen - years ago, now. I was technically dead before this, but she brought me back to kill a fucking god that was trying to destroy the world, and then took me into her care for good after that. 's the last thing I remember.
[ and it just!! keeps going!!!! wow! this effect sucks, actually.
vax frowns. ] ... I... Not sure why I told you that.
[ awwwww emet. he looks equally taken aback by this offer? wow. ]
...No, no, 's alright. [ wow. vax reaches back to rub the back of his neck, a little embarrassed. ] 's not like you didn't already know. Couldn't - you know. Put the pieces together.
[ so really, it's just context to the bigger issue. it's a little odd to just say it, but... after a moment, vax huffs, shaking his head. ] ...Would've told you anyway eventually, probably.
Fuckin' weird, though. What is it with this place and just making me want to spill all my secrets? Hells.
[ he doesn't sound all that mad about it, really, because it's just out there, but still. vax reaches up to rub the back of his neck, about to say something else, but when emet cuts himself off, he pauses, cocking his head like a bird.
... ]
...Might as well let it out, mate, it's gonna happen no matter what.
frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
[stop being so touchy-- he tenses further beneath it, pulling his arm back reflexively.
he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.
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emet-selch is here, reading a book on... death traditions and beliefs in various cultures. he's curious, after their conversations, and he seems fairly absorbed in it for the moment, hardly noticing when vax arrives.]
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vax is really not a library person compared to others (percy) but nevertheless, he's poking through the different books on the shelves and looking around when he spots emet, who is very hard to miss.
eventually, he comes over to peer at what he's doing, leaning on the back of his chair. ]
What're you reading?
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[he jerks, startled, at vax's voice so nearby. clearly he'd gotten too absorbed... but he exhales slowly, forces the tension out. ugh.]
...I was curious as to the traditions of others, after we spoke. Their own afterlives.
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Light reading. [ jesus buddy lighten up!! or no.
he's about to say something else, but that blue, blue compulsion comes up and instead, vax'ildan just says - ] Might as well ask me more, I'm dead.
[
... and then looks sort of surprised at himself. hello? ]
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[this is just. normal shit to him, let's be honest.
...but that admission makes him blink, glancing up with his attention on vax, though he's quiet for a moment as he considers it.]
...I see. And is this how you came by your duty? One among the dead, sent to collect the rest?
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... and yet, ]
... Not really. Sort of. I promised my life to the Raven Queen - years ago, now. I was technically dead before this, but she brought me back to kill a fucking god that was trying to destroy the world, and then took me into her care for good after that. 's the last thing I remember.
[ and it just!! keeps going!!!! wow! this effect sucks, actually.
vax frowns. ] ... I... Not sure why I told you that.
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You did not intend to? Some form of compulsion, mayhap?
[a brief pause, there.]
If you would prefer I leave, then I will do so before you say aught else.
[he says it brusquely, businesslike, but. the intent is there.]
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...No, no, 's alright. [ wow. vax reaches back to rub the back of his neck, a little embarrassed. ] 's not like you didn't already know. Couldn't - you know. Put the pieces together.
[ so really, it's just context to the bigger issue. it's a little odd to just say it, but... after a moment, vax huffs, shaking his head. ] ...Would've told you anyway eventually, probably.
Fuckin' weird, though. What is it with this place and just making me want to spill all my secrets? Hells.
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[vax could easily have just been a living person working with death... it's fine.]
Either way, I do not believe you need be concerned with having shared. I expect I would feel the same, having said--
[--ugh. he visibly seems to choke something back before he says it, making a face.]
--is it contagious?
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[ he doesn't sound all that mad about it, really, because it's just out there, but still. vax reaches up to rub the back of his neck, about to say something else, but when emet cuts himself off, he pauses, cocking his head like a bird.
... ]
...Might as well let it out, mate, it's gonna happen no matter what.
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[one hand is clenched, there.]
I could not simply--
[a long, slow inhale, trying to steady himself. fuck. it's right on the tip of his tongue.]
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frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
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he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.