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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-09 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
I understand.

It's hard for anyone to turn away from a second chance.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-09 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
... I suppose so. I was raised not to fear death, but... even so, there are people who I wish I had protected. If I return, I may be able to complete my duty properly.

[ also if you have any mems i would love one... ]
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-09 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ she nods.

ramiel tends to be on the side of 'just stay in heaven, it's great here.' but that's usually for people who aren't sure about heaven itself. from this conversation, it seems like that's not really even a factor to eupha. she wants to go back to life, and ramiel doesn't think that's a wrong answer either.

before she says anything more: a memory. from 07:26 to 8:43. ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-09 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ hmm. there is a lot she doesn't understand here, but. ]

That person... he was going to die?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-09 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
... Yes.

We needed him to act as a figurehead. But in order to do so, his body would be... overtaxed.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-09 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would it hurt him so?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-09 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It has to do with technology that I imagine you're unfamiliar with.

But think of it like he was sick. Making him do what we needed would make the sickness worse and worse until it killed him.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-10 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Why did you need him? Couldn't it be someone else?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-10 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
It would have been easier if it could have been anyone. Even me.

But his identity was our leverage.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-10 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ well. she kind of knows what it's like, to be the one person whose very life can be used for an important purpose. she understands a society that would ask a person to make such a sacrifice. ]

... Did he complete that duty?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-10 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
He did. And it caused his emulation to corrupt completely.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-10 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't know what that means exactly, but. that sounds like death. ]

I'm sorry. It looked like you cared for him.
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-10 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I love him.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-10 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ !! ]

Oh...

I cannot imagine how painful that must have been.
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-10 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
It was necessary. But... still the hardest thing I've ever been through.

[ which is actually kind of a fucked up thing to be saying because people keep dying here. which she is also sad about. but. ]
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-10 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

If he has died, could he be in Heaven? In one of the places we cannot yet reach?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-10 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a long. pause. ]

Well, honestly I'm leaving out a whole confusing bit at the end, so I'm not sure he's still dead.
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[personal profile] trifocal 2025-03-11 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Then, he may yet live?
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[personal profile] hotfixer 2025-03-11 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
May...be...?

[ help ]