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Train to the After Life
tickets please

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.

» POST with your character
» 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.
» have FUN & TAG AROUND

TRIGGER WARNING!!
this meme obviously deals with death and may deal with other unpleasant themes as a result. please be cautious.

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[chosenfordarkness]

[ Once she clears the window and begins to climb, he sticks his head out to watch her ascent. When she disappears to the roof, he waits anxiously for her all clear. It's not that he doesn't trust her. She's more than proven her skill and loyalty. He'd be lost without her in his life, the karking mess that it is.

He eases his torso out of the window, finding the same handholds that she did. Making sure his grip is solid, his legs come out and he stands on the window's frame. The wind is a lot stronger now that he's out, threatening to knock him over. Anakin makes his way up the train carefully, joining Rey with a winded huff. ]

Piece of cake! What now? I'll follow your lead on this.

[goazon]

I don't know! [ Rey continued to stare down the back of the train, watching the landscape behind them as it was gradually lost to distance. ]

Run down to the end and climb down? Then we jump?

[ It was going to leave them stranded in a strange place sure - but they were already dead. There was nothing left to do but try, to fight whatever this was as hard as they could. ]

We can follow the tracks back to wherever it was this thing started from?

[chosenfordarkness]

It's as good a plan as any. What else are we going to do?

[ They couldn't stay on the train forever, and Rey wasn't done yet. He had to get her back so she could do great things and save the galaxy where he'd led it to ruin.

He gets to his feet, finding his balance before offering a hand to her. ]

We can't be the only two people in this place, right?

[goazon]

Nothing - we're not done out there yet - I still have to bring you back to your family somehow.

[ Along with saving the galaxy Rey knew Anakin had unfinished business of a more personal nature to work out, and they hadn't even begun to broach that topic before he blew them up. ]

We'll find out I guess, let's go.

[ Without waiting for him, Rey was off at a sprint, running with the wind that whipped at her hair, her urgent footfalls sounding across the metallic roof beanth her feet. ]

[chosenfordarkness]

I'm less concerned about that and more about getting you back on the path you're supposed to take.

[ He didn't need to get involved and make things worse despite the selfish part of him desperately wanting to. Anakin wanted to meet his future children, knowing he'd never get the chance to be a father, only a dark presence looming over them. Doing nothing but instilling fear and acting as the right hand of a lunatic. ]

I hope there's a change of scenery, this is pretty bleak.

[ He keeps up with her, trailing at her heels and to her right. When they reach the end of the train, he wastes no time in launching off the roof and flipping through the air to land in a crouch. ]

[goazon]

[ Rey was on the verge of arguing with him, always believing that he'd been brought forward like this for a greater purposes than simply training her to use the Force - but that was better for the endless walk they likely had ahead of them once they got off the train.

Skidding to a halt midway down the last car Rey held her arm out dropping it as Anakin rushed on ahead, gaping as he leapt off the train.

Unwilling to let herself get too far ahead and risk losing him, but not at all the flipping type of girl Rey climbed down to the platform of the last car, wincing as she flung herself from the car, curling into a ball. ]

[chosenfordarkness]

[ He hadn't gotten much opportunity to share the most important bit of Skywalker teaching he could impart- have faith in the Force and jump off moving transport, it's probably fine. So far, it's worked in his favor. Anakin can see her leap from the train, curled into a ball and braced for impact, but he can't help but use the Force to soften the blow of her fall from the durasteel tracks. No one wants broken ribs.

Standing up, he jogs over to her and holds out a hand to help her to her feet. ]

You okay?

[goazon]

[ Rey stayed on the ground for a moment, very aware of the way Anakin had dulled her clumsy fall and unspeakably grateful for it. Whether or not she could die was one thing, but being incapacitated and unable to die sounded horrible.

Taking his hand she bounced back onto her feet, shaking her head as if to clear it. ]

I'll make it, you okay?

[ Heading back up the little embankment towards the train tracks Rey dusted herself off, looking backwards towards the now small shape of the train. ]

[chosenfordarkness]

[ He hauls her up, brushing the dirt kicked up from their exit off his legs. ]

Never better.

[ Anakin falls into step at her side, whistling at the sight of the train disappearing into the distance. ]

It's a good thing we left when we did.

[goazon]

[ Shaking her head as if to clear it Rey watched the retreating shape of the train, nodding at Anakin. They had decided to leap into the unknown, but Rey was happier with that decision rather than sitting idly by and accepting a fate she knew she wasn't ready for.

Standing in the middle of the tracks she finally turned to gaze down the way they had come, frowning thoughtfully. ]

When we get back to life, we're going to eat so much ronto. Come on, let's get going.

[chosenfordarkness]

[ There is no fear of the unknown; not for himself. He will constantly and tirelessly worry about everyone else rather than looking inward. Anakin doesn't know what that says about him, but it's served him too well for him to change up his routine. He claps her on the shoulder amiably, squeezing gently before removing his hand entirely. He knows she doesn't like to be touched, but his tactile nature is too much to contain. ]

Ugh I don't want to talk about it. I'm so hungry I could probably take one down.

[ He turns around to face the sea of endless track and unchanging landscape and sighs before heading down the path they'd just come. ]

[goazon]

[ For a while Rey was content to walk on in silence, listening to the soundless world around them as it yielded no clues as to where they might have been. ]

I guess if we were really dead, we wouldn't be hungry, right?

[ Again she fell quiet, trying to focus on the way the Force felt - or rather didn't feel - around them, frowning in consternation as again she received frustratingly little insight for her efforts. ]

[chosenfordarkness]

I can't really say, I've never been dead before.

[ It's unsettling how this place seemed to go on and on like the sands of Tatooine, stretching so far that even the sun can't seem to touch its end. ]

I still have a bad feeling about this place. Wherever it is.

[goazon]

[ Rey frowns, having to nod in agreement as he mentions his disdain for their locaiton. ]

I guess maybe we can't die again - so we'll be able to just keep walking until the end?

[ How long had she been on that train for? How far were they going to have to walk. Whatever the challenge in front of them truly was she was right about not being able to get any more dead. However weird this was. ]

Maybe there are towns here - in the whatever this is?

[chosenfordarkness]

Who knows, at this point. Everything I thought I knew about it was wrong. Unless we're inside the Force, but that doesn't feel right.

[ This does not feel like the Force. More of an absence of it. He can question it all he wants, but now isn't the time for an investigation. Their first priority is getting back. ]

Even if there are, we shouldn't stick around. What if there's a time limit?

[goazon]

I figured the Force would be a little bit -

[ Rey trailed off frowning as she looked around them at the landscape unfolding around them. ]

Cozier? Not to mention I don't think we're one with everything.

[chosenfordarkness]

It's supposed to feel like a brook. Constantly flowing and comforting. You are one with the Force and the Force is one with you. This isn't that, you're right.

[ They'll figure it out the further they get. ]

How long do you think we were actually on that train?