voice; un: lowell

[vibing]

cw: grief, talk of death, suicidal thoughts, language

[ The feed clicks on to ragged breathing, too close to the Omni ]

Who the hell killed Flynn? Some guy with a light sword. Give me names.

[ Yuri's voice is low and rough, somehow both heated and emotionless. His emotional state has been degrading since Flynn's omen led him to Flynn's corpse. He growls and there's rustling over the Omni ]

If you killed him, be at the Gate at midnight.

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[vibing]

Then tell me what the hell else to do. Someone killed Flynn. He's dead. They need to answer for this.

[ Justice is something he's served before, on behalf of others, to make the world a better, safer place. He knows this is selfish, this is a selfish act guised as justice, but that logic won't make its way to the front of his mind just yet. He's too hurt to think about anything else but solving this, right now. ]

[onekindsoul]

I'm- I don't know.
And I'm not saying to just do nothing.
I just think you need to take some time to breath.
If you go out there blinded by anger like this there's a good chance you'll end up dead too.
I don't know your friend very well but is that something he'd want?

They will answer for it.

[vibing]

[ Yuri sucks in a breath-- no. Flynn wouldn't want that.

But Flynn is dead. ]

Will they? There are no laws here. There's no force to keep people accountable. There are only people, and I can do this. I can bring justice.

[ By killing him, maybe. By-- something. By getting answers. ]

[onekindsoul]

Yeah.
And honestly I think that's something we should be working on.
Those of us who came from the dream world were talking about this too after a friend of mine was maimed by someone.

I don't know if we're still going to talk about it but it should probably be an idea.

...But that's beside the point.

I'm not even totally against you going at him. Just breathe and think things through.
...I've been where you are.
And I'm pretty sure I'm dead back at home because of it.

[vibing]

...I'm sorry.

[ He is pausing, he's pausing, and talking to people, and that always puts thing in perspective. Perspective that's skewed because Flynn is dead, but he isn't itching to kill this man anymore.

He just wants to be able to do something. Anything. ]

You went after someone?

[onekindsoul]

It's not your fault, but thanks.

[She's quiet at first. But eventually sighs. She had luckily had a bit of time to process what had happened now. It wasn't as easy as she would like.]

Yeah. Kind of- Sorta.

Someone attacked me while in the middle of an evacuation mission. My sister took the hit for me and fell-

Pretty sure to her death.

I fought with the person there and then- Tried to break away a few times but they weren't going to give up either. They also were on a revenge kick.

Almost won and tricked them into taking them self out.

Then things didn't go as planned and we both ended up falling like my sister had.

[vibing]

[ Yuri listens to the story with his eyes closed. A cautionary tale, if he's ever heard one. He lets out a slow breath. ]

Was it worth it?

[onekindsoul]

I don't know.
I don't think so.
There was still so much I thought I'd be able to do or help with.
I just have to hope the people still alive will manage with what I left them.

[vibing]

[ Yuri lets out a slow breath. The people left. Yeah, he's been there before. When he thought he died, and knew he was leaving everyone to deal with everything without him.

It's a shit place to be. ]

Yeah.

I get it.

[ He groans, and kicks a loose stone on the ground. ]

Goddamnit.

[ Not much for making conversation right now ]

[onekindsoul]

[She gives him a minute because she definitely gets it. She knows what it's like to have all that anger and then no outlet for it.

She had to deal with it for two months in the dream before she ended up here.]

We can take some time to figure out who this guy is and what he can do if you want?

I don't know if people come back here like they did back in the dream.

So we might want to do something for your friend too.

If you want a hand.

[vibing]

Like... a funeral?

[ He thought about it too, about doing some kind of rite for him. Something to mark his passing.

Even if he does come back. ]

Yeah. Yeah, that's... a good idea. I don't think we should bury him, or burn him. Just in case.

[onekindsoul]

Yeah. If you want to-

[She cuts herself off when he seems to like the idea. She smiles softly.]

I think that's a good idea. ...He left a corpse? That's kind of different than what I'm used to these days.

We might want to keep an eye on that. Incase there's anything happens.

We can probably do a little ceremony? Say some words.

Do something to memorialize him.

[vibing]

Yeah. It's not the same, but... you guys are making me hope he might come back.

[ He sighs, running a hand though his hair. It seems like a stupid hope, but it's rotted in his heart ]

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good idea. Say some stuff about what how big the stick up his ass was. That'll bring him back real quick.

[onekindsoul]

I just hope it doesn't end up being false hope. I really hope your friend gets another chance.

[She feels a bit of a smile play up on his lips hearing that.]

Oh yeah? He's a huge pain in the butt, huh? Real stickler for the rules. I've known a few people like that.

[vibing]

Yeah. Me too.

[ He isn't smiling, but... at least it's funny. It's funny even if he can't laugh yet ]

Oh, yeah. Would probably marry the rules if he could. Stiff as a board. You'll see it, when you... meet him.

[ He stays with "when", not saying "if". No need to put that into the world. ]

[onekindsoul]

Jeez, yeah.

My best friend back home, Weiss. She'd definitely get along super well with him. She couldn't get enough of the rules.

But I'll be sure to give him a high five when he gets back.

[vibing]

Yeah. Yeah, do that.

[ A beat. Yuri lets out a slow breath. There's something else he can do right now, too ]

Hey, are you the one who makes weapons?

[onekindsoul]

[Oh. This takes a turn that she hadn't quite expected.]

Oh, Yeah. I definitely am. I'm still sort of getting set up here but do you need any work done on one? Or what are you looking for?

[vibing]

Flynn's sword is pretty messed up. If he, y'know. He'll want it. Can you fix it?

[ It's hard to ask, for him, but hey, here we are. ]

[onekindsoul]

Reforge a sword? Yeah that shouldn't be a problem.

Mind sending me a couple pictures of the damage?

Where abouts are you? I'll make my way over to pick it up.

[vibing]

Crenshaw. Brick house at the end of the street with the orphanage on it.

Yeah, I'll send you pictures. It was cut right in half, so I just have two pieces of it.

[ It takes him a moment, but he attaches a couple pictures of a sword that is... a lot. This sword is a lot. ]

Thanks.

[onekindsoul]

Gotchya. I know the area. I'll be around soon.

[Okay. Ruby's eyes go wide like saucers when she sees the sword. It is a tragic time but gosh her love of weapons shines through the dark. She holds in absolutely gushing about it though.]

Okay- I've done some repairs like this before. There's kind of a cool technique for it back in my world. I've got this.

[Please don't mind the drool.]

[vibing]

Thanks, really. He... yeah. The sword means a lot.

[ To Flynn, to him. The sister sword to his own. It's important, and seeing it in pieces feels like a bad sign. ]

See you.