the train to the afterlife meme.

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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.

Comments

[savedtheworld]

[He smiles, reassured.]

You're right. We're too great to be separated like that. [Pause.] I wonder if we're going to see where all the other spirits go. [You know, the ones who aren't Avatars or who get turned into the moon.] Like, Jet and everyone. Then maybe... maybe I can finally meet your mom.

[iceandneat]

... I'd like to see everyone again, too. Sokka, Jet... and her, as well.

[ she used to be so torn up over her mom, but now she just smiles and the ages just seem to fall away like her tears. ]

It's customary for a mother to approve of her son-in-law in the water tribes. This meeting was a long time in coming, that's all.

[savedtheworld]

Yeah. [He gives a little laugh.] I just wish I had something better to wear. And... I'll be able to see the air nomads again. You'll love Gyatso.

[iceandneat]

She won't mind, I'm sure.

[ EXCEPT MAYBE THAT YOU LOOK 12 FOR SOME REASON?? BUT IGNORE THAT. ]

And I'll definitely look forward to that.

[1/2]

[savedtheworld]

Great. [His hand tightens around Katara's, and his arrows begin to glow.] This is our last journey, Katara. And... I think I'm finally ready to take it with you.

[The mists are completely clear. And the shape of his spirit begins to change...]

[2/2]

[savedtheworld]

[And Aang's a grown man once more. He flashes a daredevil smirk, and is ready to kiss her, now that it's appropriate.]

Aren't you, Sweetie?

[iceandneat]

[ ... HI THERE SWEETIE i missed you ♥♥ ]

Of course I am. I've always been ready.

[savedtheworld]

[He nods with a solemn smile and looks into her eyes with the same deep contentment that they carried years ago, in the aftermath of the war at Ba Sing Se.]

Then I think we're reaching our stop. [With an affable chuckle.] I just hope they have penguin sledding.

[iceandneat]

[ she presses a kiss to the corner of his lips as the train pulls in and for a moment she looks young again. ]

That'd be fun. Just like old times... let's go, then.

[ together, that's all she ever wanted ♥ ]