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the woman with no name ([personal profile] bottecellie) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2012-05-15 10:39 am

the train to the afterlife meme.

The Train to the Afterlife Meme


Congratulations: You are dead.

 


Maybe you know how, maybe you don't. Perhaps the memory is fuzzy, or perhaps it's crystal clear down to the look in your comrades' eyes. Maybe it was your time; you've done all you wanted to. Or maybe you weren't at all ready to go, maybe you went out kicking and screaming - but none of it matters. You know you're dead, and the train is taking you to an afterlife. Perhaps an afterlife of your choice; you might've earned that heaven. Or perhaps you've earned something else entirely.

 


It'll be a bit of a journey, though, so you might as well take your time and talk to the other people in your coach. Death knows no place: most of them are strangers, even from faraway worlds. But death knows no time either, so who knows, some of them may be people you know, even if last you knew, they were alive - or long gone.

 

Oh look, here comes the snack cart.

 


All the usual:

 

  • Post with your character's name and canon in the subject line.
  • Said character is now dead for whatever reason - canon, AU, what have you. They are on a train with other dead people from many other times, places and worlds.
  • Characters don't know for a fact where they're headed - just a general awareness that they're going to some kind of afterlife. Whatever they think it is is up to the player.
  • This meme is built especially for cross-canon interaction, and potentially for threadjacking and group threading - if you're interested, may be a good idea to state as much in your subject line.
  • Tag around and play nice!
  • TRIGGER WARNING: Meme obviously deals with death and may deal with other unpleasant themes as a result. Please be cautious.
spiritblocked: (Republic City Park)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Korra stands and looks around. Are there doors? Stairs?]
savedtheworld: (plain)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-16 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[He takes a look towards the window and sees only blackness. He quickly tears his eyes away and looks further down the aisle. There's a set of stairs going down. He starts to lead the way. Let's check it out.]
spiritblocked: (Shifting Allegiances)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Following...!]

So, uh... My name's Korra.
savedtheworld: (laidback)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-16 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[The name sparks some familiarity. He just doesn't know how. He begins to step down the stairs.]

Nice to meet you, Korra. I'm Aang.
spiritblocked: (Badger Moles)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Aang, as in Avatar Aang?

[He does have the airbending tattoos, now that she thinks about it.]
savedtheworld: (Default)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-16 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's me! [Or maybe was.]
spiritblocked: (Reincarnation)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Korra stops following Aang. Oh dear.]

I think... we're dead.
savedtheworld: (dismay)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-16 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aang stops too, in the middle of the staircase. And he looks up at her, with a dire expression on his face.]

That... that can't be.
spiritblocked: (Buzzardwasps)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Korra- Avatar Korra. I am- was, I guess, in the line after you.
savedtheworld: (aangxious)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-16 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[He sinks down to sit in the nearest step, his spirits dashed.]

You're Korra. The next Avatar. We're dead. I'm still a kid. But I know I don't... I don't die yet, do I? [He looks down at his hands and tries to sort through his memories.]
spiritblocked: (Fire Nation)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-16 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
When I'm from... you died in your eighties.
savedtheworld: (content)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He became silent for a moment in focus, and he could see fragments of some memories... some things he didn't know about. An air baby. A beard. What's a Yakone?

He turns to face Korra, with a small smile.]


Maybe this is over for me. I... think there's something weird going on with my spirit. But you should be fine! You're... you're just here to train with my spirit. I probably have something really wise to tell you.
spiritblocked: (Dragons)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Which would be great if I wasn't spiritually... handicapped.
Edited 2012-05-17 00:08 (UTC)
savedtheworld: (saywha)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
What does that even mean?
spiritblocked: (Earth)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Other than- [what she THINKS happened in her last battle-]

I've never been able to reach the spiritual side of this, but I've been bending three elements since I was four.
savedtheworld: (cheshiresmile)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He has trouble comprehending this. Spirituality was always a given for him, and he assumed such for all Avatars.]

You could have... maybe you did it without knowing. I didn't have much of an idea what I was doing the first time I entered the Spirit World.
spiritblocked: (Triple Threat Triads)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Every time I try something like that [she blows a raspberry] nothing.

I can't really airbend either.
savedtheworld: (smallsmile)

1/2

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's easy. Come on, let me show you.

[He hops to his feet and begins to skip up the stairs, lost in the idea of mentoring Korra.]

Look! Look at this!

[He makes a circular movement and thrusts out his hand.

Nothing happens.]
savedtheworld: (sad)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He crumples on the current step.]

Right. Spirits can't bend.
spiritblocked: (Metal Benders)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry...

But I think there's more bad news.
savedtheworld: (eyebrowup)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He speaks softly.]

What do you mean?
spiritblocked: (Fire)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
The last thing I remember is I was in a fight, and... well I don't think I was really myself.
savedtheworld: (dismay)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He immediately goes pale.]

No. You couldn't have... [It's a second before he could gasp out the next few words.] the Avatar State?
spiritblocked: (City Hall)

[personal profile] spiritblocked 2012-05-17 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
I think that was it.
savedtheworld: (awjeez)

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-05-17 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[No no no no.]

Then... It's over.

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