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[blitzcheer]

magic question

say there's something that keeps someone alive in their world and if it doesn't exist, they don't

do you think it's possible to still exist in another world without it? like there's any chance that they just can

or does something have to keep them there on purpose

i get this is weird but i don't know a lot about magic

anyway thanks

Comments

[blitzcheer]

like for real alive or unsent alive?

[ichoosefight]

not sure what that means but I literally bled to death
woke up in a weird village on presumably an alien planet where I may or may not have been just a clone of the original
escaped some 8 months later
woke up 6,000 miles away from where I died 6 months after my own funeral
now I'm here

so

that happened

[blitzcheer]

oh

[ just literally 'oh' for a moment there ]

that's a lot

sometimes people 'live' again where i'm from but they're still dead? they seem alive but they're not. they're a spirit except you wouldn't be able to tell

that doesn't sound like what happened to you though. i think?

have you ever heard of people coming back to life where you're from?

[ichoosefight]

back then, no. nobody really believed it had happened to me either

now it's not all that uncommon though. I have a friend who's died at least twice that I know of. and I know one guy that died and somehow time travelled his way back? so that was weird.

plus there was a big zombie attack not too long ago. and then when it ended everyone who had been a zombie was fine

like I said, weird nonsense

[blitzcheer]

you aren't kidding


did people from other worlds ever show up in yours?

[ichoosefight]

my home world? a couple. that alien planet I was talking about though, that was like this. all people from other worlds.

oh wait when you say world do you mean planet? we have lots of aliens back home

[blitzcheer]

i guess i mean like this

i mean. yeah i do

i know dead people come back to life here but i'm still wondering about if they had something they needed to be around

if that's really possible or not

[ichoosefight]

I don't see any reason why they would. It seems to me that once you're in another universe the rules are changed.


Or I guess I should say you are changed. Whatever they did to us to bring us here, it's real. It's happened. It's not going to just disappear without good reason.

[blitzcheer]

right

it's just figuring out if something else happened or if it's the universe you know? i guess i'm worrying about nothing but

there's all kinds of people around i thought it couldn't hurt to ask

[ichoosefight]

I'm sorry I don't have more solid answers for you.

But a bit of advice from possibly a clone? You're here now, and you're as much you as anyone is ever themselves. "I think, therefor I am." Unless you need to change your diet or wear a magic amulet or something, the details don't really change anything. You have a life. All you have to do now is live it.

Or your friend, or whoever you're asking about this for. The general 'you'

[blitzcheer]

no, it's for me. if i had to wear a magic amulet i think i'd feel better about this

but thanks. i wasn't trying to be cagey but it's still weird for me to talk about. and the truth is just as weird anyway. it's not that different from the way i described it

but i appreciate the answers. i know i'm me and i'm okay with being what i am. just the...disappearing part's been on my mind

it's just something i need to get used to. or just accept that i'm not gonna know but i'm here now

[ichoosefight]

it's ok. I've been there.

I think we're all struggling a little right now with... you know.

[ Televised executions. ]

[blitzcheer]

yeah... i get it.

[ And, with a small delay: ]

would you mind if i asked you some more stuff in private? maybe later?

[ichoosefight]

sure thing. you like coffee?

[blitzcheer]

coffee works. you know a good place?

[ichoosefight]

For sure. And we can take a walk if they're too crowded.

[ Read: depending on how big a concern being overheard is. ]

[blitzcheer]

thanks. is [ insert x time later in the day ] okay with you?

[ichoosefight]

Sounds great. I'll see you there.

to action?

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus would have confirmed the coffee place with her, sent over a basic but hopefully helpful enough description of himself ('guy with blonde hair and a blue jacket') along with a name, and gone for waiting outside the coffee shop than inside. The weather's been decent for it, and he's usually too fidgety to sit in place when he's meeting anyone for anything other than a normal hang out.

And this doesn't fit that at all.

So dressed with the jacket and in jeans, he's got a foot tapping against the coffee shop wall, looking less than comfortable with his phone out. But he's not so distracted by it not to look out once in a while for someone approaching. ]

action!

[ichoosefight]

[ In a shocking twist Steph emerges from the cafe itself with what is at least her third coffee of the day. She squeaks into it as she spots him and swallows her sip. She thought it was earlier than it is. ]

Oh, hey! Sorry, you haven't been waiting long, have you? I kinda live here during the day.

[blitzcheer]

[ Oh??

--oh! Surprise widens Tidus's gaze, takes a second for him to laugh a little nervously, closing off the phone and shoving it in his pocket. ]

No -- but guess I should've checked inside! [ He sort of looked, through the glass... but also, that's too many heads to guess at, so. ] You really love coffee or something?

[ichoosefight]

It's what keeps me alive. No blood in here, only caffeine.

[ She waves a hand at her other arm and smiles, letting him in on the joke. ]

Did you want to order anything?

[blitzcheer]

[ He chuckles, getting it. Takes a step towards the door. ]

Sure. You uh, already got a place in there?

[ He spares a glance through the shop by the window, sounding slightly hesitant. But it wasn't any big deal if she did. ]

[ichoosefight]

Nah. [ She shrugs. ] I'm travelling light today. We don't have to stay put if you don't want to.

[blitzcheer]

Yeah. Lemme grab something, then we can wander? [ But, dipping his voice: ] 'less you think the noise makes it okay.

[ Maybe. Maybe not. ]