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bakerstreet2013-05-21 12:28 pm
yohko) wrote in bakerstreet2013-05-21 12:28 pm
The End of the Line Meme (TW)
The End of the Line Meme
Humanity spends way more time than is strictly healthy contemplating death. But right now, for our characters, it's really the most pertinent topic on hand. For one reason or another, your character is going to die relatively soon, and they know it. Face to face with their own mortality, characters are liable to do any number of things. So have at it!
How this works:
→ Leave a comment with the usual information in the subject line: character name, fandom. Any preferences, including what you don't want, should be included as well.
→ Tag around.
→ Feel free to roll RNG (1-7) if you cannot come up with scenarios of your own.
→ Have fun, and be excellent to each other!
1: ☠Terminal Illness☠ Cancer, smallpox, TB, plague, cholera, pick your favorite life threatening disease, and lose against it. You character has been wasting away, they're past the point of being helped, and soon they will no longer be with us. Perhaps the other players is a loved one, a friend, a doctor, or maybe a fellow patient, (terminal or not), who's there to see the doomed party to their end.
2: ☠Elaborate Plot☠ The spike walls are slowly closing in, or the pit is filling with water, the air is running out in your sealed box, the counter on that bomb is ticking away, the poison has hit your bloodstream, the sharks are closing in, etc. Somehow you've found yourself trapped or cornered, most likely at the hands of some nefarious foe, but not necessarily. Either way, try as hard as you can to escape, you can't. When do you give up, or do you fight until the end? For this one the characters can either be trapped together, or one could be out of harm's way trying to save the other, or gloating and savoring their imminent demise.
3: ☠So Much Bleeding☠ Wow that hurts. Like, a lot. Or...or maybe not? Y'know it's starting to feel kind of light and floaty, and it'd sure be nice to just close your eyes and drift off... For some reason your character suffered a grievous injury. Maybe it was in an epic battle with their nemesis, maybe they sacrificed themselves for player two, or maybe they're just really really klutzy and were running with a pair of scissors. No matter how it went, the point is that now they're bleeding out and have not long left in this mortal coil.
4: ☠Old as Balls☠ Even your wrinkles have wrinkles. You've been alive for like...ever. But hey, all good things must end, and now you feel that you're reaching the end of your rope. Are you a bitter, angry old geezer, or are you content with your life? Heavy with regret, or proud of your accomplishments? Are you saying a tearful goodbye to your friends and family, or maybe flipping the bird to an old enemy one last time? Maybe you're even reconciling with that enemy. Go nuts.
5: ☠To the Gallows at Dawn☠ Innocent or guilty, you are scheduled to hang/firing squad/lethal injection/be drawn and quartered/be decapitated. It is your last night. Chat with your cell mate? Try to escape? Bribe/seduce the guard? Tell your life story to anyone who passes you in the stocks? This one needs a bit more tweaking to properly be an engaging two person thread, but I have faith in your creativity.
6: ☠Final Curtain Call☠ This time, it's not just about you. The entire effing country/planet/universe/dimension is about to go up in smoke and everyone knows it. Break out the condoms and fried cheese, because this is gonna be one wild night.
7: ☠Overdue☠ Waaaait a second, you're already dead! Who would've guessed that? Well anyway, welcome to the afterlife. Maybe you're in some kind of celestial paradise, a torture dimension, or perhaps you're being a clingy fart and hanging around on your previous plane of residence. Finish up your business, or chill out and creep the bejeezus out of people. Your choice.
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[This was good. She could get a hold of him this way. So, as soon as he rights the ring, she brings a hand out to nudge it.]
[The little piece of jewelery moves an inch or so to the right.]
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[Okay. Okay. What just happened. The ring moved! There must have been a breeze or - or something! ...No, there wasn't. The pamphlet on the table didn't move a single millimeter. Maybe someone tied a string to the ring just to mess with Red? ...No strings.]
[What about magic? Felineko can move things around with the Nono... but they'd have to be close and probably in line of sight to the ring. His windows are closed, and there's definitely nobody else in the house. So, with all the logical options gone...]
I-is somethin' there?! Show yourself...!!
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[BUT SHE'S NOT, and thus there is no fun to be had at the moment.]
[But, maybe if she can speak...]
Red? Darling? Can you... ah... hear me?
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[Okay, christ, settle down. That was clearly just... just some other sound! Not a voice murmuring something, right? Just lower yourself down from the top of the couch, Red.]
[He'll just do a quick run around the house to see if anything's making a possibly-vocal sound. Maybe he left a radio on... no, they're all off. The TV's off too, and the computer... Red's freaking out at this point, carefully lowering himself back onto the couch. Is there some kind of curse on that ring? He couldn't bear to part with it...]
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[...but seriously, Red, after living with a succubus, you'd think you'd grow accustomed to supernatural things. Quit screaming like a girl!]
Oh, relax, will you? It's just me!
[...that could refer to just about anyone, hold on a sec--]
It's Morrigan!
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Morr... Morrigan?
[...If anybody could come back to this world, it would be Morrigan. With her powers over souls, it would make sense that she could maintain her own... but this can't be true. It's too unreal.]
If... if it's really you... gimme a sign. Somethin' only you could do.
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Most of the things that only I could do would involve me having a body, dear.
[But, to give him some semblance of proof, she hugs him again, and attempts to give him a peck on his cheek.]
Or, at the very least, some way for me to do it without dropping things halfway through!
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[She's hugging him. The tears start flowing again.]
Morri...! Oh, Morri, it really is you...!
[Red reaches out to embrace her, but his arms find nothing. Of course... she's just a soul. At least she's there.]
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Come on... you and I both know I refuse to stay down.
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[He can hear her as clearly as if she was still alive, feel her touch on his face... and yet it looks like nothing's there. Red's a storm of emotions right now, unsure what to feel. Perhaps... perhaps happiness is a good place to start.]
Morri... thank you for comin' back. I swear by my tail that... that we're gonna get you back alive somehow. I dunno how, but I'll make it happen.
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[She chuckles playfully.]
So long as you don't get frightened when I speak, okay?
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[Red sniffles again, trying to wipe his own tears away. He'd never imagined something like this happening...]
Is there anythin' I can do for you while you're... like this?
[He doesn't want to say "dead." That's not exactly true.]
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[Another laugh.]
So, just sitting here is enough for me.
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H-here... I wanted to give these to ya, but I never got the chance. I'll... just leave 'em out for you.
[He opens the box, delicately setting the lid aside. There's the chocolates, definitely high quality. It's a kind of sadly sentimental gesture.]