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toastysocks ([personal profile] toastysocks) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2016-10-04 09:22 pm

Well, now that you're dead...

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.


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Ana Amari | Overwatch

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AMIC | An AI | ota

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Hello! You may consider me your personal assistant during your transition to the next step of your journey. Direct any questions you may have to me. Please, call me Mike.
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Connor | Assassin's Creed 3

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Aaron Keener | Tom Clancy's The Division

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sk12: (11.)

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[ what really burns about dying is that he'd bet twenty he wouldn't be the squad's WIA. technically he'd won, killed wasn't the same as wounded, but it was a very hollow victory, considering he wouldn't be around to collect. c'est la vie. he knew that in this line of work it was bound to happen sooner or later, but he wasn't so hardened that he could shrug it off completely. there'd be no placards or parades held in his honor, nothing more than a small epitaph back at home that he'd fallen on some unnamed, classified operation.

he keeps his face is set in a frown, lips pursed as he wanders the train carriages, looking for an empty space. some people sit in pairs, some sit alone, and some stretch out, weeping silently into their hands. he's looking for some place quiet, preferably solitary, but he'll settle for a space next to someone who seems to know the value of silence. the seat across the carriage from Keener suffices. ]


Nice watch.

[ breaking his own rule and making small talk, because even in death, there's taboo against just claiming a seat without giving the person next to you some form of acknowledgement. he plops down with a large heave, the still frozen snow falling off him like ... well snow really.

it's a long journey, might as well get comfortable. with a heavy sigh, he leans back into the bench, sprawling out and pressing his head back against the dark window. ]

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stillvigilant: (out of the ashes)

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[The Avenger falls from the sky. Bradford, clinging to the guard rails across the command room, is yelling orders until the very end. Red lights flicker overhead. Alarms go off. Lily is trying, God bless her, but there's nothing any of them can do. This is the end of the road.]

[He closes his eyes-]

[-There is a bone-rattling crunch for a split-second-]

[-And when he opens his eyes again, he is sitting on a train. It's dark outside the windows. No lights in the distance. No sign of a world outside of the shabby little compartment he's sitting in. The Commander scrubs a hand over his face. It comes back without a trace of blood.]

[The look he gives Price is curious. Like recognizes like, after all.]


...The hell is this?

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John Wick | John Wick

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Tyrant Valvatorez | Disgaea 4

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[Unlike most who ride the train, Valvatorez isn't actually dead, just hitching a ride back to the Netherworld.]
makeaname: (Let's leave this hot mess.)

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[Nanashi was technically already dead and was just waiting for the next stop where his 'master' was waiting for him. Considering that he made a contact with Dadga, he wasn't allowed to die as his Godslayer. He had to wonder how many times this happened by now... Getting in a skirmish with demons and ended up on the wrong end of a spell or a set of claws.]

Hmph. Death is really freakin' cheap around here. [The young boy was just sulking as he restlessly moved his legs around. Since he didn't want to be bored, he figured that he could make conversation with the man next to him.]

Hey, you get a free death ticket too? Looks like we've got a decent batch of bodies here.
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john reese; person of interest

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symbiosys: (/root:I live to amuse)

hello, pain and suffering. btw, have you watched s5?

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[A train, really? How anti-climatic, Root expected something far more dramatic and symbolic. Singing angels, maybe, or even Hanna calling her over from some unnatural source of light. That sort of thing is what people usually describe when talking about their near-death experiences, right?

Well, it's not like it matters now. Root walks from train car to train car, wandering aimlessly, and her feet come to a halt when she sees a very familiar face through the train compartment's door. The sight of him makes her feel more at ease: it's not that she's glad that John's dead, because she isn't, but having him here means that she won't be alone.]


Hey, big lug, [she says as she takes the seat in front of him, a small smile forming on her lips.] Fancy some company on your way to the afterlife?

HELLO and yes I have!

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Achilles Davenport | Assassin's Creed 3

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elizabeth midford | kuroshitsuji

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Poe Dameron | Star Wars

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[ It was bound to happen sooner or later. ]
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( future ) trunks | dragon ball z/super

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( Can be in Z or Super flavor if you have a preference. )
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buck; rainbow 6: seige

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joseph joestar | jojo's bizarre adventure | ota!

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h ah hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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[ he's here in his kingsguard armour and his sword, but none of them stained in blood, and caesar wakes in a way where he remembers having been satisfied at the manner of his death. he had done his duty for god and country, he has no complaints. if anything else, he is going home. son to a murdered father, orphan from a masssacre, the other half of a prince's soul. he is done. he is here to commemorate his life, and as caesar sits in the train and starts to reminisce, he begins to think about how truly lucky he was.

this was not the kind of luxury that was afforded to other people in his situation. but he had went into this battle with the kind of resignation that was planned, stubborn, resolute. he had loved and fallen out of love and fallen in love again, and he had fought and won against that same love, and he had watched people live and laugh and learn again, finally, what it was like to be alive without the long stretch of shadow that followed from the mad king. in all respects, caesar can say that he has done well. he is content.

the train seems to be waiting for more passengers. he seats himself comfortably, watching at nothing as he waits for it to go, somewhere, wherever. he leans his head against the glass and listens to the murmur of people around him, and he tells himself not to worry too much about the ones who are left behind. sometimes the best decisions are the ones that are made for you. ]

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Sofia Sinclair | OC | OTA

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emma cullen ▎the magnificent seven (2016)

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[ Goodnight's first thought is that he must be dreaming. Sometimes he has dreams that are vivid enough that they seem real. Course, those are usually nightmares more often than not. The war might have been many, many years ago, but it never stopped haunting him. Billy had found that out the hard way, having the misfortune to witness his friend's 'episodes.' But his companion had never left his side, going wherever he went, no matter what the job. Opposites though they might have seemed to the world, they were kindred spirits. 'Brothers in this lifetime and the next,' Goodnight had said one night after a few drinks, when his philosophizing tended to get a little out of hand.

It was why when he realized where he was, he figured his knife-flinging friend would be there at his side, too. It's unnerving at first, being without the other man who was almost always nearby. Had Billy survived somehow? The thought actually cheers him up a little, though it's brief. Fortunately... seeing that familiar head of red hair in front of him chases those bittersweet thoughts away. ]


Why, I do believe I am beholdin' an angel. [ That Southern charm returns even if the moment should be sad, and he instinctively reaches up a hand to remove his hat... only to find it's not there. Damn. He hates that she's here too, but... he gives her a crooked smile all the same. ]

Reckon death can't be all bad, if you're gonna escort me there.
Edited (typos are the worst ugh. sorry.) 2016-10-06 13:01 (UTC)

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Florina | Fire Emblem

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onewithwater: PB is Maria Traydor of Star Ocean 3 (Default)

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H-hey, what are you doing here?

[Marie shouldn't be surprised to see Florina here, but she is. Curiosity gets to her and she goes to sit down by her.]
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Umi Ryuuzaki | Magic Knight Rayearth

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Salamandinay | Cross Ange

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Lance | Voltron: Legendary Defenders

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[A voice test...]
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lol what a meme to voice test on

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[He's been waiting. Shiro's been told he can wait for his team and he's stuck stubbornly to it, pacing the hallways of the train car at each stop, relaxing when he finds all of the seats occupied by shadowy faces he doesn't recognize. Up and down, up and down the aisles until he can finally reassure himself and find a seat until the next stop.

He has no idea how long he's been holding the pattern. Waiting and hoping he never finds anyone he's looking for.

And he still feels the shock, eyes going wide, when he finally does recognize a voice, just as the snack cart goes past. Three long strides up the aisle and -

quiznak.]


Lance?

THAT WAS RUDE

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hehehe

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rude af

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/tips fedora

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the curse of 15 icons

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ah yes, i know it

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Keith | Voltron: Legendary Defenders

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[He's already seated next to the window, arms folded loosely across his chest, head turned just enough to be aware of the shadow scenery zipping past but he turns at the sound of someone in the passage beyond.

And his eyes go wide

and then impossibly sad and he's standing up, looking the way he always has and his voice is the same way it was the last time it was heard.]


Keith.

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Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC

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Are you going on vacation too? I sort of forgot to bring my stuff but... but I can get new clothes there, right?

[ Vince goes over to sit next to the stranger. Someone put something bad in his drink but he doesn't remember what happened after... but now he's on the vacation train! Great! But where's Howard? ]

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Shiro | Voltron: Legendary Defender | OTA

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abondingmoment: (:/)

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[Keith had held out as long as he could after Team Voltron had been split up by the wormhole, but Red was temperamental and he'd been lucky enough to end up on a Galra controlled planet. Once it had finally become clear to the aliens that he wasn't going to talk, he knew it was over.

Keith sits quietly in a booth by himself, knees drawn up to his chest as he stares out the window. Alone again, just like he's always been. It was so stupid of him to imagine he could mean anything more, and now...now what?]
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Reimi Sugimoto | JJBA

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Roadhog | Overwatch

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bigsorry for tl;dr

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[ the plan ends up imperfect. therefore, the blood is on satya's hands.

it's the only logical answer, she thinks to herself. talon invades gibraltar and destroys everything in sight. athena is disabled and destroyed ( "Hola, he llegado," it says all over the computer screens ), emergency defenses have become ruin, agents find her sentries before they can take anyone out or even slow their rush — to her, it is the result of misplacement and the wrong adjustments. her teleporter doesn't finish before the flaw in her design gives its final result: everyone's last breath.

now she walks down the walkway, looking for her assigned seat.

a crushing blow to her heart happens whenever she remembers everything from start to finish. two in the morning, athena only says "system breach" once before nothingness. symmetra forces her calm demeanor to stay until the last second because of the firey explosion. no one deserves this end. not mccree, not junkrat... or perhaps he would have wanted it to end this way. not —
]

Roadhog.

[ her hand crushes the small piece of paper as fingers roll into a fist; satya vaswani finds her seat beside the junker. ]

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