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Vic Sage, The Question ([personal profile] nottheanswers) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowl2011-04-18 12:28 pm

Eighth Inquiry [voice] BACKDATED TO 3AM

You now, there are some questions that you'll be unlikely to ever get an answer to you can share. Not entirely impossible, as this place has proven, but the usefulness of the information, how it may apply to anyone else, is always suspect.

I've got one in particular in mind, but the answers will probably be different between here and home, and there's good odds they'll vary from person-to-person.

But I'm using a lot of words to make a very simple inquiry. [sorry everyone, he probably hasn't slept in a few days] What do you think happens when you die? Or, at the very least, between when you die here and when she decides to bring you back?

I have my own thoughts, of course, but my answers aren't important right now. Just the question.
goryteller: (down)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-19 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He makes a small sound, something between a 'hm' or a 'huh.' Long pause.]

I didn't know the City could postpone things like that.
goryteller: (shadows)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-19 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.
goryteller: (pillowman and pillowboy)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-19 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
You know, I-- I spent a lot of time working with the terminally ill, last year. In the City. [Fractional hesitation.] For a number of reasons.
goryteller: (not okay)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-19 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't my job to tell them anything. I mostly just listened. [A half lie. Beat.] In the end, before I-- before I couldn't work anymore, I was allowed to talk about how I was an import. I didn't talk about my situation, I don't really like doing that, but I did talk about how I met Death here. The physical manifestation of Death. And I told them all that she was-- is-- a very nice person.

[Pause. Lamely:]

It made a difference for me. It's easier when you can see her.
goryteller: (things fall apart)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-19 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't catch your meaning.
goryteller: (not okay)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-20 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Anyway, I know she's real.
goryteller: (falling slipping)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-20 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[His voice wavers somewhat.]

She was one of the sweetest people I ever met. She'd send me letters. When I was upset once, she stayed with me the whole night just to keep me company. She talked about how she-- how death-- wasn't pain, but the end of it. The end of suffering. And when you heard it from her, you'd believe it.
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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-21 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Katurian's usual coldness with Vic is all but gone by now. He loves talking about death. It's unmistakable, the warmth in his voice.]

Certain people might try to convince you that I'm afraid of everything. But not her.
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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-21 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Pause.]

Like you, I was ready to die, and then I wasn't.
goryteller: (not okay)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-21 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[His throat is dry.]

She left.
goryteller: (oceans)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-21 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I keep coming back.
goryteller: (now I really feel like shit)

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[personal profile] goryteller 2011-04-21 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[The edge returns.]

What do you think?

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