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unknownseas2022-06-25 05:33 pm
giddyundertaker) wrote in unknownseas2022-06-25 05:33 pm
Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima
[ An hour or two after the first trial's end, Hild and the Undertaker set out to invite as many people as possible to the Restaurant for the funerals of our dearly departed friends.
Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.
Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]
Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.
Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]
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[ He's kind of used to it. Sort of. ]
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[ You would think this would be getting him closer to recognizing that the Undertaker is, in fact, not a vampire! The key word here being "think." ]
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[ Let's see how long he can be duped! ]
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[ Then what is the point?? ]
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[ The point is a secret. Though you are a funny guy. ]
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[ And, for no real reason, something suddenly fits into place in Nandor's mind, and everything clicks. There's the fact that the Undertaker hasn't seemed quite as on-edge as Nandor would expect, closing in on the end of two weeks without blood. The immunity to religious references. The, by comparison, normal sleep schedule. The very, very blunt fangs, which Nandor has avoided bringing up because he assumed it would just be embarrassing for him. All of these he's attributed to the Undertaker being from another universe, but in reality--]
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[ Sorry, the Undertaker genuinely seems incredibly confused by this turn of events. ]
No! I don't even know what those are!
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[ Great! Now he has to explain himself... At least he's got his profile to back him up. ]
I would have been more concerned if they put Lord Phantomhive in that box. You know how human nobles are, almost completely helpless without their servants... Even more so in Phantomhive's case, given his age.
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... shit, are you feeding off this too?
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[ By the way, the current Lord Phantomhive is thirteen. But let's argue about that after we get this sorted out. ]
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What am I going to do with you... Sir. If you are able to keep a secret better than you're able to hide your own vampiric nature, I can and will prove I am not one of these so-called "energy vampires."
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[ And so he heads off into the elevator...
> Follow the Undertaker? ]
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He follows the Undertaker into the elevator. ]
Okay, so what is this proof?
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Well... Firstly, in case you're not aware, the position of Grim Reaper is actually a job shared by multiple people - those who have offed themselves, specifically. The reapers are given a list of people who are going to die and every day they must go out and review their cinematic records... Just to be sure they're not needed for society or whatnot.
[ He brushes a hand through his hair... ]
It's supposed to be a neutral role, so the rules are very strict, but... As skilled as I was, I got to a point where I couldn't follow those rules anymore.
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[ The Undertaker turns to Nandor, his bangs partially pushed out of the way so that one can see his very green, faintly glowy eyes. ]
... I quit!
[ Ah, yeah. And now that Nandor has a better look at the Undertaker's face, he will notice it is weirdly youthful and also lacking in eyebrows for some reason. ]
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So... you are the grim reaper, then. Or you were, but now you are just a guy. And that is what you are telling me.
[ But, like, this does make the funerals and the focus on death make a little more sense. ]
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Well, sort of! Just because I've been living among humans for the past half- century doesn't mean I became any more human than when I was on the job.
[ Which makes him just a guy who is... Immortal, in a sense. He'd have more to show for it if it wasn't for Fontaine screwing over everyone with powers. ]
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Well, why did you not just tell me that, then?!
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[ What did he do? You'll have to pay to see the rest. ]
Besides, most humans would assume the worst if they knew I was ever a grim reaper... And it was funny to let you think I was a vampire until the "energy vampire" thing. Whatever those are.
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[ And considering vampires don't seem exist at all in his home world... Safe to assume Energy Vampires don't exist either. ]
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