[ me so busy with cyoa that i didnt get to tag this beautiful tag back until now
"i don't mind if i go."
he's quiet for a moment, letting buzen's word sink in - letting him touch his arm, if he likes. it's a beautiful story - the idea of protecting others long enough to save them, when your time is up. and... it's a familiar one, too.
so, his smile is genuine - soft, muted, but genuine - as he glances away from the hand on his arm and back over at buzen. ]
Seems like we're a bunch of assholes - but if you're glad, I'm glad, too.
[ the words echo in his head, again. i don't mind if i go. ]
... Someone'll guide you to where you need to be, when it's all said and done. Whether that's to rest in peace, or to some kind of afterlife or to nothing. Somebody'll be around.
[ vax lifts his hand, briefly - and touches his chest, where a set of dark, raven wings rest near his heart. ] Dunno how the fuck all that works across worlds, or whatever, but I wouldn't mind it to be me.
[ sometimes you are just the acting grim reaper sort of
[buzen nods at that - satisfied. for some reason, he felt rather certain that vax would be able to understand. the idea that you will live out your purpose for others and then, at some point, that time will be up.
and that's okay. it really is.]
Somebody, huh... [it makes him smile a little bit] I'd like it then, if it was you.
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"i don't mind if i go."
he's quiet for a moment, letting buzen's word sink in - letting him touch his arm, if he likes. it's a beautiful story - the idea of protecting others long enough to save them, when your time is up. and... it's a familiar one, too.
so, his smile is genuine - soft, muted, but genuine - as he glances away from the hand on his arm and back over at buzen. ]
Seems like we're a bunch of assholes - but if you're glad, I'm glad, too.
[ the words echo in his head, again. i don't mind if i go. ]
... Someone'll guide you to where you need to be, when it's all said and done. Whether that's to rest in peace, or to some kind of afterlife or to nothing. Somebody'll be around.
[ vax lifts his hand, briefly - and touches his chest, where a set of dark, raven wings rest near his heart. ] Dunno how the fuck all that works across worlds, or whatever, but I wouldn't mind it to be me.
[ sometimes you are just the acting grim reaper sort of
its cool ]
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and that's okay. it really is.]
Somebody, huh... [it makes him smile a little bit] I'd like it then, if it was you.
Let's meet again, at the end of everything.