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the "thought you were dead" meme

They saw you die. They attended your funeral, put flowers on your grave. They were absolutely certain that you were dead. Only suddenly, here you are.

Now what do you do?

Situations:

Took Longer That I Thought: Maybe you got lost or stranded on a dessert island, or kidnapped by pirates. But whatever the case, you’re back now! Only everyone’s acting like you’re a ghost...

Amnesia: You took a blow to the head and lost your identity. Now, you remember, and are going back to your old life. Of course, others have moved on with their lives.

Sleeping Beauty: It might have been magic or the best of modern technology, but you were put into a deep sleep until some future time. Unfortunately, not many people were in on this plan.

Only Mostly Dead: Maybe you got bitten by a giant spider, or maybe you were apparently killed on a hostile planet. Either way, they had to leave your ‘body’ behind. Except you weren’t as dead as they thought.

Faked It: For whatever reason, you faked your own death. Have fun explaining that to your loved ones.

Back From the Dead: It might be a deity or super-advanced aliens, but something or someone resurrected you. What was being dead like?

Mix and match or make up your own!

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[Been there, done that. Feel free to look after him or give him an earful. Number 5 is ~~canon~~ obviously a fave but open to every prompt for angst value.]

[Was thinking of throwing Ammy here, or an aged-up-Raven from TT at you. Any prefs/ideas?]

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Then I'll start us off...

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[ Down for anything! If he was the one presumed dead, I'd especially love to play around with the political consequences of not being able to defend his own land. ]

[he's literally the result of loki dying and being reborn. ALSO UP POTENTIALLY FOR BITCH I LIVED @ IKOL? or any variety of au where he lives past JiM]

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((OOC: Literally the most famous part of his backstory. Obviously I would love to do 6 but I can do the other scenarios too!))

( it'd be nice to try this while giving him a bit more agency than what the movies do by making everything happen off screen. open to all options. plot with me 🔥🔥🔥 )

After a certain point, the idea of super soldiers gets pretty fucking dull. You are one. Everyone keeps acting surprised when you kill somebody. The planet you're on continues to spin around its dull star. You get a contract to fuck up a research facility. Kovacs is only vaguely aware of the Hydra organization, but he knows enough to get the picture that for once-- just this once-- he may be on the side of the angels.

Phantom pain pulses from where a uroburos once was, inked into the arm of another sleeve. A memory of a memory. It's all the same, time sliding over the surface of your eyes.

Retrieve a body they said, but the intel was bad-- security protocol asked for fighters, and they're not on Kovacs' level, but there sure are a lot of them. In the background of the fight-- blood, blood, more blood-- he hears the icy hiss of some kind of pod opening.

Super soldiers. There's always more fucking super soldiers.