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the death meme

the death meme

(CONTENT WARNING. This is a meme about death and may deal with suicide, depression, extreme violence, illnesses, etc.)

This is it. The final curtain. You're at the end of your life, and there's someone here you really, really need to say something to before you die.

CAUSE OF DEATH

1 - Accidental. Nobody meant for this to happen, but it doesn't matter now. Due to negligence, arrogance or just plain bad luck, you've become gravely ill or injured and are now in your last moments. This covers all kinds of accidental deaths--strangulation, drowning, car accidents, unintentional beheadings, whatever you can think of.

2 - Murder. Somebody really didn't like you. Enough to kill you, it seems. You're now dead by someone else's hand. (Maybe even the person replying to you?) As with accidental death, this covers all types of intentional, malicious murder, regardless of method--so poisoning, stabbing, shooting, etc., all work here. Same with all the below options: any possible variation you can think of on it will work!

3 - Suicide. There is no hope for you, and no way out. You've reached the absolute bottom pits of despair, and the only recourse you have is to take your own life. Someone shows up to stop you... but they're too late to help you now.

4 - Terminal illness. You have cancer, or tuberculosis, or cholera back when people got cholera. The doctors have done everything they could and it wasn't enough. The only thing to do now is give your loved ones the bad news.

5 - Starvation. So thirsty. So hungry. Maybe you've been traveling in the desert for hours, or maybe you're just really poor. Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter, because you're slowly wasting away until you're nothing but skin and bones.

6 - Death in battle. You've died a hero's death, and gone out in a blaze of glory. Or maybe you were a coward who got shot for deserting? Either way, you're now a casualty of war. Will you be honored with a parade or scorned as a traitor to your country?

7 - Natural causes. You've lived a long, happy life, and now your story is at an end. In a warm bed, surrounded by your family and friends, you peacefully drift off. Just make sure that you've made a will somewhere, or at least use your deathbed to set the record straight. Otherwise, who knows what kind of squabbles might errupt after you leave this world?

TIME LEFT

1 - A few minutes. You're fading fast and you don't have much, well, any time left. Better tell the person with you that you love -- or despise -- them with your last breath, because you'll never have the chance otherwise.

2 - A few hours. You haven't got much time left. Is there someone you still need to kill? To kiss? Better do it quick. (Note: last kisses not recommended for people dying of highly contagious illnesses.)

3 - A few days. The doctors have given you the news, and it's not very good. You've only got a couple days left to live. You should start trying to make peace with people and saying your final goodbyes with the days you have left.

4 - A few weeks. Take that vacation you've always wanted to go on but never had the chance to. Go do that thing you've never thought you'd be any good at. You've got only weeks left to live. Don't waste them.

5 - A few months. While you aren't quite on death's doorstep yet, your lifespan has still dwindled considerably from what you probably thought it would be. How are you going to spend your last few months on Earth? Making the world a better place and telling your family you love them? Or raising as much hell as possible?

RELATIONSHIP

1 - Lovers. This is your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, mistress, whatever you call them they were the person you wanted to spend your life with. Too bad you don't have much of a life to spend with them anymore.

2 - Siblings. Your beloved little or older sibling is just standing there, watching you slowly waste away before their eyes. Can you say anything to comfort them? Note that it doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted literally; adopted siblings and friends so close they might as well be siblings work too.

3 - Parent and child. Nothing is worse than a parent having to bury their child... except, maybe, a young child now alone in the world after losing their parent. As with the sibling prompt, this can be expanded to include parental figures and people who are LIKE a father/mother to you as well as actual biological parents.

4 - Co-workers, teammates or classmates. You were fighting for the same side. Or you worked together in the same office for years. Or they sat behind you in biology all semester. However you met, how do your react when you find out someone who used to be a fixture in your life is going to die?

5 - Friends. You're the best of friends! You go everywhere together, know all each other's secrets, and are never seen apart. At least, you didn't use to be. Now one of you is dying and the other one is left alone in the world. Or maybe you're dying together. Wait, is that better or worse?

6 - Bitter enemies. You hate, hate, HATE this person. In fact, maybe you killed them. Or they killed you. Or maybe nobody killed anybody and they're just bitter that Mother Nature got to you before they did. Regardless, they want to confront you one last time before you bite it, if only to rub your nose in your imminent demise and their ability to outlive you.

HOW IT WORKS:
1. Post your character and preference
2. Respond to others.
3. Tell the person what you need to tell them before you bite it.
4. Have fun!

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Sorry.

[ He did mean that, even if he didn't sound very sorry. It wasn't really very fair that he didn't have a full grasp of his previous relationship with her, other than it must have been intimate enough that he stayed with her until he died. He could see why, though. ]

You're charming.

[ And fun to be around, and... well, even if it was more the cookies than himself thinking it, really attractive. ]

No, you're not. [ She stepped closer to him just to place a kiss on his cheek. Innocent and chaste for the time being. ]

Thank you.

[ She has a feeling it's all from the aphrodisiac so she makes sure to keep her hands to herself for the time being. ]

Even if you don't mean it all on your own.

Maybe not, but I can see why I fell in love with you once already.

[ She could be innocent all she wanted, but he didn't want to be. He pulled her close again for another kiss, lingering as much as she would let him. ]

[ Whatever forces are at work to demand she see Yu again, they're vastly overestimating her ability to maintain a normal facade. It's so easy to kiss him, lean into his warmth and let her lips linger against his when she speaks. ]

You've been here for a day, love, and you've had aphrodisiac. [ She smiles. ] Don't say things you're going to regret.

[ Because she hasn't finished grieving him and she can't say she isn't crazy enough to fall in love with him all over again. ]

Mm... technically, aphrodisiacs work by enhancing sexual craving, not pull attraction out of thin air.

[ He was still in high school, he could get away with saying things like that. Besides, since she hadn't moved very far away from him, he wasn't exactly willing to part from her. His hands were resting gently on her hips, his thumb gently stroking her side. ]

[ He could tell he was craving her, and that was very much due to the aphrodisiac, but the attraction? Nah; that had started pretty much the moment he laid eyes on him. It was weird to admit that, considering he never had that reaction to someone before, but he wasn't going to argue it. ]

[ Loki isn't one for tears. They sting every time they threaten to come up but somehow him just saying he's still attracted to puts a lump in her throat. She remembers the very last second she heard his voice, the last heave of his chest, and the stillness of his body against hers. She remembers lighting the pyre and vowing she'd never even consider his dying wish.

And here she was kissing a familiar face, clinging onto some desperate hope she would keep it together long enough to show this version of him around just to satisfy the guilty pleasure of being able to see him again. ]

I've missed you so much. [ She whispered as she just rested her head against his shoulder and managed to calm herself. ] And you don't even know why.

[ It's a momentary slip up triggered by intimacy she craves, but she quickly sobers up squashing those emotions down with a practiced smile. ]

Forget I said that.

[ Yeah, no, fat chance of that happening. Her tears seemed to sober him up from the aphrodisiac, and he gently pushed her off his shoulder. He reached up with his thumbs to gently wipe her tears away, his manner soft and loving, murmuring soft, soothing words. ]

I'm sorry.

[ He genuinely meant it that time. ]

Do you want me to stop?

[ Maybe this is why she had gotten used to shapeshifting so often. It felt less disgraceful to her own pride to cry as a woman, no matter how stupid that is of her to think. She grasped at his wrists, ready to pull his hands away. However she doesn't, soothed somewhat by those soft murmurs. ]

It isn't your fault. [ She can't blame him for being human. ]

No, I don't. [ And that's what hurts. ] We're supposed to be dancing. [ She mentions, trying to lighten the mood. ] It wasn't my intent to act irrationally.

[ Yu's touch remained gentle, helping her clean her face before he pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. He made sure she was okay first, before pulling her over with him, pulling her into a slower dance than before. ]

[ His hand didn't leave hers, keeping her close to him as the music played in an effort to be a calm, comforting presence. He wasn't sure if it was working, but he gave her his utmost attention, ready to stop the moment he sensed discomfort. ]

[ It's easy to fall into the steps of another dance, especially when they serve as a way to keep her from dwelling on the past. Despite not even knowing her very well at all she still receives his comfort. How sweet.

Can she stay like this a while longer?

When did her personality get soft edges around it she would let him see her cry so easily? ]

You don't have to hold me if you don't wish to.

I don't mind.

[ Yu's voice was soft, and he rested his head against hers, letting out a soft sigh at the smell of her hair. ]

...you feel nice.

[ He was incredibly honest, if lacking in vocabulary. ]

[ His compliment gets a laugh out of her, Loki nuzzles against his cheek. ]

You are oh so smooth. [ He was asking for it with such a statement even if she knew better than to poke fun at him for it. His broken brain to mouth filter is something she got used to. ]

It's a wonder how we even got married.

[ Dammit. That's the last time she slips up, she swears. ]

Well, sort of married--

[ A frown. ]

Kind of?

[ She opens her mouth to explain but thinks better of it. ]

I suppose this was bound to happen. [ A defeated sigh. ]

[ Yu paused at that, tilting his head curiously. They were... married? ]

[ He was silent for a moment, before he smiled faintly, giving her hand a squeeze. Well, it made sense; he couldn't see himself staying with someone until his death unless he was truly devoted, enough where marriage made sense to him. ]

I know I'm not the same person you married, but I'm similar. I can understand why 'I' would do certain things. You don't need to feel guilty telling me about these things.

[ The fact that he believed what she had to say--maybe he really is good at discerning lies from the truth.

It's rare, but she looks a little sheepish. ]

It isn't guilt. I don't want you to feel obligated to spend time with me.

I don't. Feel obligated, I mean.

[ He was starting to get a good picture of why he had been sent to Loki's home as soon as he arrived. Loki was clearly still suffering, and it was obvious to him that she wasn't someone that was honest with many people, herself included. She was doing her best to deny her pain, knowing that she was a god and either couldn't die at all, or just have a much slower aging process than a human, and therefore the time she would be reunited with the version of him was either never going to come or was an agonizingly long time off. He couldn't imagine that kind of pain, and... ]

[ Well, who else could help with that kind of pain, than someone that was at least similar to the person lost? ]

But I'm here.

[ Stamping down her pain, she thought, would make it easier to stomach. She never knew she might be bursting at the seems, the same as she had been when she received news of her mother's death. She just wasn't in the stage of acceptance even coming into play.

She switches the footing of the slow dance to allow her to lead him instead, keeping time with the music. ]

If you ever need anything from me, don't hesitate to ask. [ A beat. ] Just give me a few days and I'll be back to normal.

[ He adapted easily to the change, allowing her to lead without so much as a hitch in his step. He always was so adaptable, after all. ]

And I'll be here for you.

[ A soft smile came to his face. ]

Don't be afraid to ask me if you need someone to confide in.

[ Was he? She doesn't recall. What she notices, especially when she leads him into turns, is that he just has a lighter step somehow. ]

I promise I have most things under control.

[ Death obviously cannot be controlled otherwise she might have figured that out already. Of her own volition she kisses him this time. ]

You seem so carefree.

[ He smiled softly at the kiss, giving her hand a squeeze as they turned around. ]

I think the cookies are helping me relax.

[ That, and the dancing was something familiar, and helped put him at ease. And the company he was keeping at the moment was definitely a calming one as well, especially as she seemed more at ease after the small cry she had. ]

I try to keep positive. After everything that's happened, it's important to me.

[ Loki remembers, during the height of what she thought was just a simple infatuation with him, she fed off his smiles. He was so stoic, so guarded. She made a point to break him out of such a mindset no matter how charming he still was regardless.

Here she finds herself following, even as she leads the dance. There isn't anything wrong with how he changed when he made the decision he so desired. She just now feels as if she doesn't deserve him.

Her skin might be flushed and her eyes a little red from her own pain but she maintained a smile. ]

I mean you just seem happier, is all. [ A beat. ] Not that staying positive is a particularly bad thing.

[ No, it just reminds her too much of her brother and living in the shade of his greatness. She has a type and those are broken souls like herself so she has an excuse to think the way she does with her altered memories from the Mind Stone. ]

It's just....different.

[ Yu was silent for a long moment, taking in everything he had heard her say, every little mannerism and expectant look, and processing it in his mind. He could guess, just from the question about Adachi alone, that things hadn't gone the same way for the other him. In fact, he was betting that he made a choice he had so wanted to make, but it didn't end well for him. ]

[ After a moment, he stroked her hand gently with his thumb, as if quietly reassuring her. ]

I guess... me at my worst would be drastically different from me at my best.

[ Again, there was that soft smile, the kind that seemed to make his eyes light up with his happiness, and it was aimed right at her. ]

But if you could love me then, isn't it only fair for you to have a chance with me now?

[ She has never appreciated his ability to discern, so easily, what she might actually be saying. But then that is the reason he got so close to her in the first place.

If she seems disarmed by his smile it has everything to do with it not being offered so freely before. He is stunning. She has always thought so. She really should stop staring considering she even stopped midstep in the dance. ]

You're so handsome when you smile. [ She mentioned as an afterthought only to blush about it indignantly. What a stupid thing for her, of all people, to say. ]

...No, it isn't. At least then your sins matched up with mine. [ Mostly. ] Even if I said I wouldn't see you because of that I already know that would only last a day. [ If that with it being months since she last saw him alive. ]

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